Tony, I won't be coming this year. I wish I could but work is pretty heavy. I will envy all who make it.
Mike On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@hughes.net>wrote: > I agree Tony on the Eagle Claws and Mustads.. I used to do a lot of > crappie fishing with live minnows and I'd use those two brands of hooks. And > I'd get hung on sunken trees etc, pull till the hook straightened out, > reshape it, fish again and again and again.. Other brands I don't know > about, Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:59 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Tiny Fly Question > > Mike, I know this will worry some tyers and I am sure some hooks will be > too brittle like the old VMC hooks. I have had no problems with the Eagle > Claw hooks I use and most of the Mustads.. On some of the old Mustads, most > that broke was when I pinched down the barb so I quit using them.Like I > said, it works for me. I have not tried it with the real small hooks, sz 14 > is the smallest I have done it with. > Are you going to make the Sowbug this year. Hope so. > Tony > > --- On *Thu, 1/7/10, Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [VFB] Tiny Fly Question > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 1:48 PM > > One of the things that Tony said was what I would say - pinch the barb > down. Next get the right size bead for the hook. Glass is not as flexible > but I have found that they are not consistent with the sizes. You can try > several and some will work and some won't. Tony's idea of bending the hook > is interesting but I would worry about that causing metal fatigue. Someone > smarter might be able to answer that. > > Mike > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Chuck Alexander > <chuckalexan...@hughes.net<http://mc/compose?to=chuckalexan...@hughes.net> > > wrote: > >> OK all you tiny fly tying experts LOL.. I am stumped with a problem.. I >> took the advice of tying a bigger fly, then working my way down in hook >> sizes till I get to where I want. Problem is, I'm tying (or TRYING) my Pink >> Panfish Producer, and I'm down to a size 20. Problem is, the gold bead for >> the head. The ones I have are either too small to go around the sharp bend >> in the hook, or they are too big, and they either fall right off the eye end >> of the fly, or get stuck, with the eye buried halfway inside the bead. I >> have tried the beads front wards, backwards and sideways. Is there a secret >> to this??? Should I just make the "gold=bead head" out of gold tying thread, >> or tiny tinsel?? Or do you just not tie flies this small with a bead head on >> them?? Thanks for ANY help, Chuck >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> vfb-mail@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=vfb-m...@googlegroups.com> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Mike Bliss > Aloha from Hawaii > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to > vfb-mail@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=vfb-m...@googlegroups.com> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.129/2606 - Release Date: 01/07/10 > 13:35:00 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii
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