RE: [VFB] Tiemco Dry fly size 32 hooks

[Neville Gosling]

Hi Don:   I used to fish in England before coming to Canada. I used to fly-fish and coarse-fish. Coarse fishing is fishing for non-game species such as roach, rudd, tench, bream, carp, perch, pike etc (i.e non-salmonids). When fishing for smaller fish such as roach, I used to use spade end hooks, which as you know, have a small spade shape in place of an eye. The line (normally 2-4 pound test) is snelled around the shank of the hook and the spade-end prevents it from sliding off. The reason that I used them was because the were less bulky than an eyed hook of the same size - an advantage when fishing for finicky fish.   Spade-end hooks are not designed for fly-fishing or tying flies, so why are you including them in search for small hooks?   Neville Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [VFB] Tiemco Dry fly size 32 hooks Deb, I have a pack of the Tiemcos, and they're considerably larger than a Mustad #32.  Probably more along the lines of a #28 Mustad short shank.  They are not rare and can be ordered.  However, if you ever see Gold Mustad 32's anywhere- grab them for me and don't let Byard know.   Obviously then, the Tiemcos are more fishable and tieable than the Mustads, because most people can't even pick up a Mustad 32 without a tweezers, much less work with it. And the Tiemcos have a big plus- eyes.  The Mustad 32 is a spade-end.   DonO