Not an answer but a question to the group. I have bent hooks to change the eye and to bend the hook. Any thoughts about what this does to the integrity of the hook? If the metal is warm will that help?
Mike On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Rodger Oleson <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > I've been looking at streamers in several different places in books and on > the web. I'm wondering what the general consensus is as to using down eyes > or straight eyes for the hooks. It seems it is a bit difficult to > find/afford some of the straight-eyed streamer hooks. Well maybe not > totally out of line, but it seems strange to pay a couple dollars more for > 25 TMC/Tiemco 8089's as opposed to a similar(R74-9672) mustad hook with a > down eye. (Seems to be the general pricing trend) Is it a case of paying > for something better or just pricing to take advantage of what the market > will bear? > Anybody here have any thoughts/reasons for choosing down eye or straight > eye hooks for streamers? > I just thought I'd tie a box full of Woolly Buggers while listening to the > Rangers on the radio, and noticed I had very few hooks with straight eyes > and 4X long. > > Rodger O. > > -- > 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 -- 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 [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
