Re: [VFB] Hook wire?

[mark romero]

WOW, that's very cool Tim. Ya done good. Misa finally got a few real nice 
Grayling in Slovakia at this years WFFC&CS. I sure hope to catch one some 
time. Steve is a cool guy right? He was here this summer and did a fly tying 
demo that Misa and i went to. Got his book, and he signed it for us. Got a 
few of his flies too. Just saw him again at the IFTS. I'm gonna make the BFF 
one day. Maybe then i'll finally get to fish in the land that was........ 
mark

From: "Tim Trexler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:21:17 -0500
Mark,
We fished the Izaak Walton stretch of the River Dove, then had lunch at the 
Izaak Walton Hotel.  Even had an Izaak Walton Ale!  A few little browns, no 
grayling (which is what we were suposed to be fishing for)

Steve Thornton caught a rather nice brown.
Cheers,
Tim
Tim Trexler
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----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" 
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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....

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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
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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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