Re: [VFB] Hook wire?

[mark romero]

Tim, where did you fish in England? I've been there a LOT! But never got to 
fish. Misa fished there in 2000 i think it was during the WFFC&CS, and 
really enjoyed it. She brought home a bunch of cool flies too. How'd you do 
on the hallowed waters? mark....

From: "Tim Trexler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:15:25 -0500
Hi Martin,
Trip home was uneventful, now days that's a good thing!  Wish you could 
have gone fishing with us on Monday.  It's always nice to put faces with 
the names!

Guess I've always been a do-it-yourself'er?  I'm only making the larger 
hooks, so it's not like I'm that fanatical!

Cheers,
Tim
Tim Trexler
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----- Original Message ----- From: "MartinWestbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Hook wire?

Hi Tim,
Did you have a good trip home after the BFF?
About this hook making idea... are you sure you want to do that? Why don't 
you just buy the *^% hooks and use the time you save to brush up your 
flytying technique :-)
.......running&ducking
Martin

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Trexler" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:36 AM
Subject: [VFB] Hook wire?


Hello all!
Coming out of lurk mode to ask a question!  As some of you know, I've 
started to make my own hooks for presentation salmon flies, and I am 
looking for a source for carbon steel (or any steel or iron ) wire. Don't 
need 5000 foot rolls of the stuff, but that's all I've found so far.

I have been using large streamer hooks for the wire so far, but I want to 
start completely from scratch now.

Does anyone know where I can find reasonable lengths (like 100 or 150 
foot) of wire?  I want the diameter to be about 0.10 or 0.12 inches.

Any ideas out there?
Cheers,
Tim
Tim Trexler
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