You might check out allenflyfishing.com and the mp003bl stinger. Some of their hooks are good and some not, but all are inexpensive.
On May 30, 2017 6:04 AM, "Pete Gramp" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds very cool - and much more in my price range. I'll try a 25 pack > out to test out the hooks, and if I like them (which I suspect I will) I > can always get a 100-pack at a later date. Truth be told, I'm a sucker for > the packaging, and I like the idea of the hook holder that the 25-pack > comes in, so that is part of why I'm starting out with a 25 pack haha. > Many thanks for the suggestion, much appreciated - I hadn't heard of these > stealth hooks prior to now. > Thanks again, > -Pete > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Joyce M Westphal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Must add, in my opinion, these Stealth hooks are a better hook all >> around. They increase in hook length and depth as the hook size increases, >> geometrically scientifically set up, and are the sharpest hooks I have ever >> used, and I've used a lot of hooks.They are also the strongest hooks I have >> ever used. Check them out and read about them on the Stealth hook home >> page. >> I often tie the Nitro caddis with a greenish/brown core braid, a purple >> glass bead for the bead and tiny starling feathers for the wing pads when I >> am lazy and don't want to cut the sheeting wing pads. BTW, if you have a >> set of cutters for small upright dry wings, you can use that wing cutter to >> do the medallion sheeting wing pads..works really well and you can knock >> out several dozen in very little time. >> >> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Joyce M Westphal <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I tie these on a Stealth C10 hook, 100 cost $25.99 so cost 25 cents >>> apiece, and also on Mustad caddis hooks, cheaper, and find no difference >>> in fishability or catching quality. I do crush the barbs. You can find >>> them here: >>> http://www.stealth.fish/products/100packs/. I think that the black >>> hooks really do seem to work better on these Nitro Caddis when there is >>> bright sunlight as the black hook eliminates the glare from the sun. This >>> is just my opinion. I buy mine from Eddie Robinson's flyfishing shop in >>> Orem Ut. The neat thing about these hooks, if you only want to purchase >>> 25, is that you can get them in a great plastic box with a lift out hook >>> holder that is great to simply take out and sit on the bench. At any rate, >>> check out the Stealth flyfishing hook page just for fun. >>> >>> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Pete Gramp <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone on this list know of a cheaper alternative, or similar >>>> hook, to the Tiemco (TMC) 2499SP-BL? I saw the "Nitro Caddis Pupae" on >>>> www.intheriffle.com and would like to make a batch up, but I don't >>>> know that a standard curved scud hook will do the trick or not. the >>>> 2499SP-BL is 3x heavy, 2x short, 3x wide, at least according to one site I >>>> found them on... though it was in a foreign language so I don't know if I >>>> was reading that correctly or not. One seller on amazon said it is 2x >>>> heavy, 3x wide, 2x short, so I may go with those specs. Either way, it >>>> isn't exactly a standard scud, or a rounded-out klinkhammer hook either. A >>>> substitute could have a hook barb, I can crush barbs like the best of them, >>>> that isn't a problem, it doesn't have to be barbless if it saves a few >>>> bucks. I just can't pull the trigger to spend 12 bucks on 25 hooks for >>>> these, but maybe it's just been so long since I've bought hooks that this >>>> is the going price now... I've been fortunate to have stocked up on literal >>>> thousands of hooks about a decade ago, and haven't had to buy hooks in >>>> ages... so the price of a hook may have gone up from what I remember it >>>> being back then... >>>> >>>> Someone set me straight, if this is the going price of hooks these >>>> days, but I'm a cheapskate looking for a cheaper price and thought hooks >>>> were less than 48 cents US a piece. I realize it was 10 or 11 years ago, >>>> but I bought mine at a little under half that price. Has prices escalated >>>> that much in 10 years, or is it because of the special nature of the hook, >>>> or something else I'm not thinking of? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help you have, and tight wraps, >>>> -Pete >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> 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 Google >>>> Groups "VFB Mail" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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 Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > 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 vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ > 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 Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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