Hi Rodger; Personal preference for me but that said, I always tie clouser style, thunder creek, and puglisi type baitfish patterns on straight eyed hooks. Wooly worms/buggers I usually tie on turned up eyed hooks. Anytime I fish a baitfish pattern, I use an open loop knot to tie it on, as a matter of fact, I almost always use an open loop for just about every pattern.. As far as cost for tiemco 8089's, I bought them as seconds on ebay for $10.00 per thousand in sizes 2, 4 , and 6. The ebayer was selling them as worm hooks, nickel plated, sharp as hell and the only problem is the size 2 & 4's eye is oriented side to side instead of up and down. Wayneb
--- On Wed, 8/24/11, Rodger Oleson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rodger Oleson <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] Up or Straight eye for streamers To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 4:56 PM 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 -- 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
