09-22-2003, 01:11 AM
ya know,
since fish hooks are not asembly parts there is no standard that a hook or multitude of hook manufactures have to comply with.
I have tried as i might to figure them out and there seems to be no ryme or reason other than that each manufacture has its own standard as what to hold the hook sizes to.
I too have number #4 hooks and several other sizes from different manufactures different styles snell bait circle and others. sizes dont match. I have taken a set of calipers to mesure the angles hook thickness check the radious of the hooks, nothing matches.
the only thing I can tell you is that between manufactures for the most part is there are subtle differences in different sizes like a #8 and a #6 and other sizes form one brand to another are relitively the same.
ranking them from small to big the numbers run like this
#12 - #10 - #8 - # 6 - #4 - #2 - #1/0 - #2/0 - #3/0 - #4/0
there are bigger and smaller and some in between.
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since fish hooks are not asembly parts there is no standard that a hook or multitude of hook manufactures have to comply with.
I have tried as i might to figure them out and there seems to be no ryme or reason other than that each manufacture has its own standard as what to hold the hook sizes to.
I too have number #4 hooks and several other sizes from different manufactures different styles snell bait circle and others. sizes dont match. I have taken a set of calipers to mesure the angles hook thickness check the radious of the hooks, nothing matches.
the only thing I can tell you is that between manufactures for the most part is there are subtle differences in different sizes like a #8 and a #6 and other sizes form one brand to another are relitively the same.
ranking them from small to big the numbers run like this
#12 - #10 - #8 - # 6 - #4 - #2 - #1/0 - #2/0 - #3/0 - #4/0
there are bigger and smaller and some in between.
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