Jimmy, thanks,
This was a flybox where I use regulary flies from. Others didn't fail.
The fly which failed, was a 'Irresistible' dry, with a spun dear hear
body, Maybe these types of fly are more difficult to dry....
Rene
Jimmy D. Moore wrote:
Rene, I never dry my flies. And, I've never had a rusty hook except
the time, my fly box got dunked in the water. Even then, by shaking
the excess water out of the fly box and sitting it in the sun to dry
completely, I only had a couple flies that got rust on the hook I
think you got a bad hook or had a lot of moisture in your fly box and
failed to dry it out.
JIMMY D
Rene Zillmann wrote:
Gang,
How do you dry (not dye <G>) your flies?
I was out fishing today at the Ahr (Very neat, fine water, pleasant
scenery and excellent wine <G>, you see the picture ??).. Aehm that
was not the topic.
I tried to ty on a fly and the hook broke into 2 parts. I'm sure this
fly is 3 to 5 years old, and a couple of years ago I caught a trout
with it. I usually wash my flies after return, and let them sit on a
cloth for 1 to 3 days, than they return into the box. My impression
is, that this fly (hook) broke because of rust.
How do you avoid this, or was it simply a bad hook?
I'm talking about freshwater.
Rene
Don't worry about this mishap, I had some more flies with me and
caught my share of fish. Most of them on a hopper and my parachute
beetle.
