The hooks I was using were long shank sz 10 - 6 and dry fly hooks sz 12 & 14. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Henk Verhaar wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > On 1-nov-03, at 21:19, Tony wrote: > > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) > > Pro* > > 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. > > Mine are old too, but my main experience is with the large 6/0 hooks > (forget the number) that I use for pike flies... might be different. > > 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!=========================
