Oh, and as a related issue........(sorry Jimmy if you see this as beating a dead horse, but i think it's important....for some anyway), as far as the beads are concerned. I bought my first stash of beads from Ronn Lucas just recently. Only five beads to be exact, and that was because that was all he had from the ones i choose. The cheapest (or least expensive) bead was $7.50, and the costliest was $14.00 so, as you can see, one you have a $6.00 to $20.00 and up, hook in the vise, with a say, $10.00 bead on it.....your already in debt. But hey......it could be worser.......use your imagination, lmao. mark.....
From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [VFB] BTW...........
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:57:56 -0500
>I don't think they fish with Ron Lucas's beaded flies. The handmade lamp
>work beads are very expensive and they would break if they hit anything with
>them. They would sink like a rock and I'd much rather be hit by a clouser
>than one of those.
>There are some tiers that do fish with full dressed flies just for
>nostalgia's sake. The same kind of fisherman that likes to use Bamboo rods
>also. When they get that fancy with their flies though they usually end up
>on a wall because of the price of the materials.
>I was fortunate enough to have the foresight to buy a few of Ron Reinhold's
>hooks when I stopped by to visit him while in Traverse City. He was
>seriously considering selling his business to Ron Lucas at the time so I
>wasn't too surprised when he did. I will most likely not even tie on Ron
>Reinhold's hooks. They're works of art all by themselves.
>What most astonished me though were the nets Ron R made! WOW!! I wish I
>had taken some pictures of the fishing nets but I got too caught up with the
>hook conversation and didn't think of it.
>Regards,
>Deb
>
>www.uftri.org
>www.linesend.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>Behalf Of Steve Brettell
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 4:52 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [VFB] BTW...........
>
>
>Just a question for the tiers of these works of art. Does anyone actually
>fish with them? Have they ever been working flies?
>
>
>On 1/8/07, Jim Collins < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Not to worry, Don. I believe yours is the most expensive (you win?).
>According to his catalog, Ron's most expensive hook is an exhibition Jock
>Scott (Stout) 10/0 at $25.50. Still, for an Atlantic Salmon fly hook, that
>ain't cheap.
>
>Jim
>
>_
>
>
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