Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-12 Thread Robert Morger
caterpillar hook, Chuck > - Original Message - > From: ashley strutt > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap > > > Well, I maybe cann't although my guess is that these origi

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Chuck Alexander
exander Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:41 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; fly fishing for panfish Subject: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap Folks: I know we just had a hook "Co-op buy", but if anybody needs hook "on the cheap", I just now stumbled across this guy. And

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Chuck Alexander
Thanks, cause I had already misplaced that link LOL... Chuck - Original Message - From: "Allan Fish" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap >Where is the link. Tony Here's a link to it in the Mustad catalog: ht

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Chuck Alexander
: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap Well, I maybe cann't although my guess is that these originated as bait hooks, possibly worm. I tried wikipedia and even they don't know. I have trying off and on over the years to figure it out myself, one of the greatest unanswered questions. The exp

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Neville Gosling
Well, my guess is that Mustad had to call it something and came up the " English Bait Hook" possibly because it resembled an ancient bait hook going back to Izaack Walton and beyond. Neville (Nev) Gosling On 2012-04-11, at 10:30 AM, ashley strutt wrote: > Well, I maybe cann't although my gues

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread ashley strutt
Well, I maybe cann't although my guess is that these originated as bait hooks, possibly worm. I tried wikipedia and even they don't know. I have trying off and on over the years to figure it out myself, one of the greatest unanswered questions. The explaination of being a worm hook is the clo

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Neville Gosling
I have no idea why they are called English bait hooks. Having fished the first 28 years of my life in England, both as a bait fisher and fly fisher, I never came across this style of hook. Maybe Ashley can shed some light on this? Neville (Nev) Gosling On 2012-04-11, at 8:31 AM, Wes Wada wrot

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Anthony Spezio
Thanks, Tony From: Wes Wada To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap English bait hook On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: I can't remember the full name of

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Anthony Spezio
Wes, Those were the names I could not remember for those hooks. Tony From: Wes Wada To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap Here are three original patterns using that style of hook

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Wes Wada
English bait hook On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > I can't remember the full name of that hook but I remember part of it. It > is the English something or other hook. The rest of the name will come to > my feeble brain . I have some of those hooks in my stash. > Tony >

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Anthony Spezio
s.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap >Where is the link. >Tony Here's a link to it in the Mustad catalog: http://www.mustad.no/productcatalog/product.php?id=1911 a. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "

RE: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Webb, Gary
-mail@googlegroups.com; fly fishing for panfish Subject: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap Folks: I know we just had a hook "Co-op buy", but if anybody needs hook "on the cheap", I just now stumbled across this guy. And they are Mustad hooks. @ 200 for $7.50 plus $3.25 S&H, that only co

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Allan Fish
Where is the link. Tony Here's a link to it in the Mustad catalog: http://www.mustad.no/productcatalog/product.php?id=1911 a. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from thi

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Anthony Spezio
Where is the link. Tony From: Allan Fish To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap Chuck, > BTW. Can somebody tell me what the advantage of using a Mustad hook #37160 > (see the l

Re: [VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Allan Fish
Chuck, BTW. Can somebody tell me what the advantage of using a Mustad hook #37160 (see the link at the bottom to see what I'm talking about) over a standard scud hook??? The 37160 is obviously designed for a special purpose. Hmmm. Can somebody tell me what the Mustad 37160 hook is used fo

[VFB] Mustad hooks cheap

2012-04-11 Thread Chuck Alexander
Folks: I know we just had a hook "Co-op buy", but if anybody needs hook "on the cheap", I just now stumbled across this guy. And they are Mustad hooks. @ 200 for $7.50 plus $3.25 S&H, that only comes out to 5.4 cents per hook DELIVERED. Now, that's the "auction" starting price and not the "buy i