You need to fins out if Alec has a Euro distributor. Here is his contact info in the USA.
Alec Jackson, The Yorkshire Flyfisher Tel: 425 48 89806 Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Zillmann Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 6:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Fancy Salmon Hooks -- Mark Mike, I was wondering if I can get them here. Our local shop started to carry Gamakatsu, therefore I'm wondering if the Gamakatsu hooks might fit. Rene Michael Santangelo wrote: >Rene, > >You may be referring to Alec Jackson Hooks. They are made by Daiichi. >Line's End carries them. See the link below. Because there is no photo of >the hooks, below that link is another link which shows what the hooks look >like and has color photographs. > >Mike > >http://www.linesend.com/product/daiichi_100_4.shtml > >http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/hooks-alec-jackson.htm > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Rene Zillmann >Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:29 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [VFB] Fancy Salmon Hooks -- Mark > >Mark, >these Gamakatsu hooks, are this 'Salmon hooks' or just huge coloured hooks? >Rene > >mark romero wrote: > > > >>Rene, you can get the Daiichi Alec Jackson hooks, (although not blind >>eye), in size 1.5 or 3/0 from Byard at Line's End. The best deal is to >>get a box of 100. They're cheaper that way, about a buck >>apiece......$1.oo each. If you buy them in the 10 packs, they're more. >>They come in gold, silver, black, and blued-black. Actualy that's the >>3/0 size. I think the 1.5 size only comes in black and blued-black. >>Check that with Byard. I mostly use the 3/0 size. Don't worry about >>using a blind eye hook if your having a hard time finding them. That's >>why i didn't make that mandatory. You can do that next year after you >>have found some or whatever. Actually you can get them from Ronn Lucas >>Sr. Go to FAOL and look up Dressing Atlantic Salmon Flies or whatever >>it is down at the bottom of the home page. Go there and email Ronn. He >>has the Heritage hooks. You can also get blind eye hooks from Roger >>Plourde. Or from Phil Castleman at Castle-Arms. They can be found on >>e-bay at times as well. As for colored hooks, Gamakatsu has them in >>size 1/0 and 2/0 in red, and blue. And they have their Octapus hooks >>which are not nessessarily a salmon hook, but which have a turned up >>eye, (i'll allow it), all they way up to size 5/0, and which come in >>even more colors.....green, purple, pink, yellow, orange, white. >>"Choices" mark..... >> >> >> >> > >
