Ray Bergman Hooks
Hook catalog — 3 models documented
Ray Bergman — Size 6 — Red Label Short Shank, Forged, Regular Wire, Tapered T.U. Eye
Dry fly
Wet fly
Nymph
The Ray Bergman Red Label is a small dry-fly hook manufactured by a specialist English maker and distributed by Ray Bergman’s Nyack operation in the late 1930s and 1940s. …
- Eye
- Turned-Up Tapered / Return Loop Eye
- Bend
- Sproat
- Wire
- Standard
- Shank
- Short
- Finish
- Bronzed
- Sizes
- No. 6 (100 hooks per package)
- Era
- c. 1935-1950
Scarce
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Yellow Label — Yellow Label H.P. Sproat, T.D. Eye
Dry fly
Wet fly
The Yellow Label H.P. Sproat represents Ray Bergman’s entry into the mid-market American fly hook trade during the 1950s-early 1960s. Bergman, a prominent outdoor writer a…
- Eye
- Turned-Down Tapered Eye
- Bend
- Sproat
- Wire
- Heavy
- Finish
- Bronzed
- Sizes
- 6
- Era
- c. 1950-1965
Uncommon
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ML-4 — Nyack Brand Medium Long Sproat
Dry fly
Wet fly
Nymph
The Nyack Brand Medium Long is a private-label Sproat hook distributed by Raybergman of Nyack, New York, manufactured in England (likely Redditch area) during the 1940–1960 peri…
- Eye
- Turned-Down Tapered Eye
- Bend
- Sproat
- Wire
- Standard
- Shank
- 1XL
- Finish
- Bronzed
- Sizes
- No. 4
- Era
- c. 1940-1960
Uncommon
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| E | Estimated — An approximation based on visual comparison, proportional analysis, or limited data. |
| S | Speculative — A reasoned hypothesis that cannot be confirmed from available evidence. |
Claims with no notation are confirmed by multiple independent sources. All photographs on garrenwood.com are taken on a measurement grid where each square equals 1/10 inch (0.1″ / 2.54 mm).