Re: Umpqua, TIEMCO Hooks

[cpbreed]

Me thinks that there was a bad heat treat of hooks and this will "flush" thru the retail system. It happens. CPB Bill Hamilton wrote: don't think I have any secrets- I do use a nor-vise - I have both styles; & can't remember ever breaking a hook in the vise- & I do go down to size 20 (under duress) it seems funny to break them 'cause the 9761 is 2x heavy. the theory that the hook gets caught in the groove for the larger hook makes sense to me. not much help eh? bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 9:01 AM Subject: RE: Umpqua, TIEMCO Hooks Bill, tell us your secret with TIEMCO 16 nymph hooks. Seems like some of us are having the same type of problem. R -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Hamilton Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Umpqua, TIEMCO Hooks sounds like you have a bad batch-I'd take 'em back & get the hooks replaced-haven't had a problem like that with tmc in the 10 years I've been using 'em bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:43 PM Subject: Umpqua, TIEMCO Hooks Happy Holidays to all, I've been tieing up some nymphs on Upmqua hook, 3761SP-BL's, 16's 2X Heavy, 1X long nymph hooks and 2 out of 3 break off in the vice. They are barbless. I have been careful not to set the vice too tight as I have had problems with UPMQUA hooks before. Anyone else have this problem? Thks, R -