Quote Originally Posted by texfly View Post
. As in the #16 has the gape of a #14.
Then it's a 14 with a short shank, not a 16 with a big gap.... I wish to God the hook makers would adopt a standard regarding hook sizes. Mustad has done BY FAR the best with their signature hooks, it all makes sense once you take 93 seconds to understand the code. IMO (which is worth what...?) the hook SIZE should always refer to the gap-- shank length is irrelevant to the number size.