I came across the Guru family of hooks while looking for the strongest, smallest barbless hooks I could find. These are an innovation from the world of carp angling but they’re extremely at home on any trout stream!

The MWG is the heavy wire model (see the Guru LWG for the light wire version), the 20 is a true 20, these hooks run a bit small so expect that the size you’re purchasing will be a size smaller than what it’s labelled(e.g. a size 10 is more of a 12 and a 14 is closer to a 16 etc.)

– Heavy wire

– Short shank

– Straight eye

–10 hooks per pack

Measured total hook lengths are:

• #10 = 12.3 mm
• #12 = 11.2 mm
• #14 = 9.9 mm
• #16 = 8.7 mm
• #18 = mm
• #20 = 7.1 mm