Re: [VFB] Mustad 80150BR's + OT

[mark romero]

Don, what did you do "back in the days" when all they had was bone? LMAO, 
mark....

From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad 80150BR's + OT
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 20:08:05 -0800
Pete,
Sorry to hear about your job predicament.  Want me to look around Wyoming
for a job for you?
BTW, in the 'old days', before all of these fancy-dancy shaped hooks, I 
used
to bend my Mustads into all the different shapes that I needed, as did most
other tiers.  I never had one break unless I bent it too sharply, and I
never had a bent hook break with a fish.  I bent keeled hooks, hopper 
hooks,
nymph hooks, and rounded.  I did find one Mustad hook that was not 
tempered,
about a size 10.  It was a really weird piece of wire, as I twisted it many
times and tied it in a knot, and it still didn't break.
 Then they started making all these shapes and charging an arm and a leg 
for
them.

To get stronger large-fly hooks, I would buy Eagle Claws and take the kirb
(bait bend) out using a needle-nose.  In fact, I still do that for my
stinger hooks on my blue-water flies.  But now there's half a dozen makers
to choose from.
I like the quality of the new hooks, though, along with the diversity.  
Even
Mustad had to step up to the competition.  The points are way sharper and
the micro-barbs are a good comromise.  It's just harder to keep track of 
all
of them now.  I must have well over a hundred different styles and sizes.

DonO
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:13 PM
Subject: [VFB] Mustad 80150BR's + OT
>
> Hello, everyone!
>   I was just looking at my hook 'collection' and realized that many of 
the
hooks I have come to love are not being produced any more.  One such hook 
is
the Mustad 80150BR - a Swimming Nymph hook with a 45 or 50* bend in the
middle of the shank.  This has proven unbelievably useful in my cased 
caddis
pupae patterns.  I'm curious if anyone knows of another hook manufacturer
who still makes a similar, if not identical, hook.  Just curious as I get 
my
"year's end/ gift-money" order started for Line's End...
>
> OFF TOPIC ALERT!
> On a totally different note, if you'll put up with this on the list, I 
was
just informed today that it "doesn't look promising that our lab's grant
will be renewed", what with NIH reform and such. In essence, this means 
that
come the end of February (yes, a month after closing on the house), I'll be
out of work.  Yes, there is unemployment and such, but I am now in the
process of looking for a new place of employment, to prepare for the worst
case scenario.  If anyone knows of any Environmental or Laboratory 
positions
for a Developmental Biologist with DEP experience, anywhere in the NE 
region
of the USA, *please* feel free to drop me a line.  I suppose it hasn't
really set in *fully* yet, but if the picture stays the same for this
grant's renewal by the end of this month, I may not be placing that order
with byard (sorry!).
> Also, sorry for the sob story but needed to get it off my chest before I
explode - four years into a PhD program and I may have to start a totally
new thesis from start or take a terminal masters.  As for the swaps I'm
signed up for, I have the supplies needed for them and will stay in as
planned.
> Thanks again, and tight wraps,
> Pete
>
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