Hook sizes in J Veniards Lake and Reservoir

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Anyone know what are the different sizes he uses throughout the book, he uses size 15 hooks, I presume this is between a 16 and 14 in size.

ALso he mentions no.1 and 2 hooks in places but unsure what the equivilent is in normal hook size?

thanks
AL

[arkle]

When the book was written, there were several different hook scales in use. The "Redditch" was the older & more popular one & is virtually the same as the one used today. The "New" scale was brought in to replace the Redditch, but never really caught on, so the industry stayed with it.

Tiemco, who weren't around (in the U.K.) then, are making some patterns of hooks with in-between or odd numbers.

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Thanks so for the odd no. sizes just go for the number above or below it?

Thanks
AL

Ps. Just seen your Pm you sent me on Complete fisher,sorry about not replying i dont check my messages there

[arkle]

There are other sources of info, but if you try A Fly Fishing History, by Andrew Herd under the special features section, 1. Hooks that'll be a start for you

[darwin]

Originally Posted by arkle

There are other sources of info, but if you try A Fly Fishing History, by Andrew Herd under the special features section, 1. Hooks that'll be a start for you

Arkle,
Thanks for the link that looks to be interesting