Wayyyy down here there are gems to be found.
Signed first edition.
NZ$5.00. That’s about US$2.60

Roses are red
Violets are blue.
I fish flymphs
And so should you.

Hey Ray,
I snared them on our local version of EBay, called Trademe. We don’t get a lot of good quality old stuff floating around, but I keep my eye out and now have accumulated a healthy collection of older hooks, silks, feathers, furs, flies etc..

Even down here at the bottom of the world we come up with gems sometimes…

A travelling salesman’s hook boards I’d suggest…

I know they work and euro nymphing I very effective.. hell I do it myself.
But many of the flies commonly used are so……..
I don’t know….
Boring… ?

Similar to a local fly, the Pomahaka Red…

I think UV materials are just a marketing exercise…. I don’t think they make one iota of difference to the effectiveness - or not - of a fly.

I buy what I can get. Mainly Tiemco and Kamasan for fishing use. Have lots of other hooks for display flies and what have you but if I had a choice of one brand it’d be Kamasan but here in NZ, Tiemco are cheaper for me to buy in bulk so mainly go for them

I’d kiss my sister before I’ll use a 200R.
I think the gape is awful and reduces hookups.
It’s one of the few I’d not use.
For anything
But hey if we were all the same, things would be boring….

Just my take