Henk, I found just the opposite as far as hardness goes. I used them for streamers and my froggies. Had a lot of breakage. Found them to be brittle. Still have several hundred that are just collecting dust. I agree, they had to be sharpened out of the box. That was about 10 years ago, they might be better hooks now than they were then. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Henk Verhaar wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > On 1-nov-03, at 18:58, jerry wrote: > > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) > > Pro* > > Are VMC hooks any good? compable to Mustad or TMC? > > French hooks. the ones I'm familiar with are strong, but not hard. > Bending but not breaking, need sharpening out of the box. They're good > hooks, for certain purposes, especially in the larger sizes, for pike > flies. > > henk > > ==========================Heisenberg was right!======================== > | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | | > | Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology Specialist | > | Fly Tier | | > | Stichts End 17 | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | phone: +31 35 656 2128 | > | the Netherlands | ICQ: 15727113 | > ==========================Uncertainty happens!=========================
