MUSTAD BASHING, now that is a new one!!!!!!!!!!!! Tony Tom Davenport wrote:
> Hmm. I find this Mustad bashing interesting. While I have several varieties of > Pacific Rim hooks and admire their quality, I still mostly buy Mustad, mainly > because they are anywhere from 20% to 50% cheaper than the designer brands. > > To the best of my knowledge i have only lost one fish due to hook failure (the fine > wire dry fly hook bent straight). I doubt I have thrown away more than a half dozen > hooks because of poor manufacture, but I have LOST several hundred fishing! In fact, > I bet the average life span of most of my flies is one or two fishing trips, so > "quality" really isn't an issue. I figure flies are like bullets, if you worry too > much about losing them you are going to miss some nice fish that hang out in snaggy > places. Besides that, I NEED to lose a million or so so I can start saving money > tying my own flies... > > Tom > > On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 08:24 PM, Mark Delaney wrote: > > Dean, > > Too many times I found the plstic boxes more useful than the hooks...Mark > > "Dean Endress..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IAIN, > Don't get me wrong...Mustad still produced quality stuff in the Mid 70's thru > late 80's... it's just that they also sold soo much below standard stuff as well... > I remember the last few times prior to the Tiemco arrival that I would open the > plastic boxes up & pump them on the counter at the fly shop to inspect the hooks... > It just got to the point where it was like gambling when you'd purchase Mustads... > you had a 50/50 chance of getting Junk.... > I purchase the Older Mustads that come in the cardboard boxes still...they > always seem to be fine & quality when they came in a Cardboard box... (did the > Plastic Boxes make the hooks go junky????)..why is that??? > > DEAN.... > > iain short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Inteteresting, but i havnt had any problems with mustad or partridge hooks, > mind you, most of my hooks are from the 50s/70s ... iain > > <image.tiff> > > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > > So much water, so little time! > > Website: http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <image.tiff> > > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
