.........nice old HOOKS, too!!

Bill - thats a great pattern you have there.....i really like the second version, AND that brownish cream hackle......deadly!

I don’t know Carl

I think you should send them to me for up close inspection. ....As a matter of fact send me the whole box

Top hook looks like a Mustad 3399D, middle possibly a Mustad 94830 OR a Mustad 3824; bottom a Mustad 3399........

That’s a nice fly with Barry’s excellent Tups !

Thank u Raymond, ur selfless generosity never ceases to amaze me. :D Unfortunately I’ve misplaced ur postal address ;) Thank u again Dana, this hook is quite possibly one of my personal favs, it is perfect in its form. That symmetry of the round bend and the detail under macro shows the unique deta...

I'm embarrassed to say I've never tied a herl head wet before :oops: It seemed like an appropriate pattern to tie on these gorgeous E Hille and company #201 size 14 hooks kindly gifted to me by Dana/Theroe. I absolutely love this iron, I'll have to take a super macro of the barb/business end when I...

see how this hook sickness gets???

i just gaze at the iron, never reading the words.....good lord!!

thanks dd

nice - i really like the slate with dark black line in the soft hackle....ill bet that looks great when wet!

Great fly, greater SBS !