[Austin W Hogan]

Bruce; I have no real information on Hawes production but Hawes was given the premier listing in both the Abercrombie and Fitch and Mills catalogs. The A&F catolog has 4 lengths of Trout, Bass and Dry Fly Hawes rods at $50, a Hawes featherweight at $70, two Tournament rods at $60, and a Salmon rod at $90. A Hardy on the same page is $65. A&F notes the popularity of the Hawes; I would think that more than 100 Hawes rods would have sold each year during the 1920's to warrant almost a full page in the catalog.
( The Parker April 1923 catalog offers a Trojan at $55, a VH at $69, and a VHE at $90, quite comparable to the Hawes rod price range)
Greg; that hook is the TDE 3X long 2X heavy nymph hook that the nymphs running diagonally in the picture are tied on. As you say Mustad's numbers are assigned by a random number generator, but I did dig through Mustad's web site and found it. I have visited three major shops this month, without finding any in stock. I have also drawn a blank on 6X long streamer hooks in small sizes, and the 1/2 inch longer series which were my favorites.

I am making up some long pseudo March Brown nymphs on the 3665A for the early season here. I have not been able to obtain the 3665A in 14, which is a good nymph size for our cold clear streams.

Best, Austin