I WANT MY HOOK BACK I WANT MY HOOK BACK CRY CRY> Another story about the 32 hooks and a magnet. The first time I ever saw them was at a tying session we had each month. This old time fly tyer brought a box of them to the tying session to show us. He removed the paper from the box very carefully opened the wax paper that hooks were wrapped in back then. Just then one of the guys that was looking close at them let out a sneeze. It came on him so fast that he was not able to cover his whole face.. Needless to say, the paper flew and the hooks too. We spent a long time covering the whole area with magnets. When Bunky counted the hooks, we had recovered all of them. Tony
--- On Wed, 10/15/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VFB] Re: Hook question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:14 PM Chris: I have a story for you. In the SFP, I received a size 32 from Hans W, and proceeded to try and tie a fly. The jaws spit it out. I tried to bow out but Hans sent me another. I was trying to get it in my vise when it slipped and disappeared when I knocked a couple of things over when I was looking for it. Thought this is it then Tony Spezio sent me one, and I finally was able to tie a fly for the SFP. A couple of weeks later I was cleaning around my desk when I thought I saw a glint of gold. I got out a magnifying glass and there in the rug was a size 32 hook. Rather than risk trying to grab it. I took the round magnet I keep on my tying desk, and used it to pick the hook up. When I turned it over to get the hook off, I found two hooks instead of one. The magnet had been on my desk the night I'd dropped the second hook and it had been sitting on it for two weeks. I passed one on to one of the tyers in the swap who had bent the one he had gotten. The other one is sitting in a small clear plastic box at my local fly shop. -- Jerry Caruso [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" -------------- Original message -------------- From: Chris Broomell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi John, > > I don't think that you'll find a Mustad 277 at any store. They're not > made any longer. There are a few people (and you know who you are!) who > have some. I think that I still have ONE - although it's hard to tell > because I don't want to open the bag. I tried tying a fly on one > once...I used to have two hooks...then one decided to jump out of my > vise. The other is too precious for me to make another attempt... > > Good luck. > > Chris > > > John C. Bennett wrote: > > Has anyone tried to tie a size 32 fly? The smallest I have ever tied was > > a size 24. I was trying to find a place that sales them. I know that > > mustad ma kes them but I can’t find them anywhere. > > > > > > > > */John Bennett/* > > > > Engineer Tech > > > > W-(801)513-9001 > > > > F-(801)728-1970 > > > > E- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
