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[Peaty Mann]

Hi Everyone,

I have attached a photo of some hooks a friend of mine has he was wondering if they are of any use for tying classic wet flies, it's something I have no knowledge of..

Any help would be appreciated..

All the best Davie

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[Peaty Mann]

Hi Everyone again,

These are the packets some of the hooks came in and as well if they are any good he is wanting to sell them for his charity so if anyone is interested then I could get him to contact you..

All the best Davie

P.S I have been tying some streamers lately for a charity so here's some photos which i hope you like...

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[ted patlen]

dave, they were all used for wets, and dry flies as well.

beautiful work on the streamers

yo

[mcbeever]

Love the streamers and I always look forward to a new video from you! Best reference for beginners and experienced tyers alike!! No idea about the hooks though!!

Paul

[Don Bastian]

Hi Davie;

Nice flies, and the hooks are cool! Wish I could afford them.

I recently had the privilege at the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester, Vermont, to view, handle, (while wearing white gloves), and photograph 24 of the original 32 plates from Mary Orvis Marbury's 1892 book, Favorite Flies and Their Histories. The other eight plates are out on loan.
Once at home, I downloaded these photos and then made macros of each individual fly. This is being done for the reseach of my current book project, a tier-friendly volume of these patterns, plus at least 100 more, includng some never published. Out of 291 patterns in Marbury's book, all are on blind-eye hooks, except for twelve of the fifteen dry flies of Frederick M. Halford on Plate V. One dozen flies are on eyed hooks, out of 291.

One year later, Mary Orvis Marbury made a large display as part of the Orvis Company exibition for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Many of the same flies from her book, one year later, are shown on eyed hooks, in all the categories; trout flies, hackles, lake flies, bass flies, salmon flies. I have photos of many of these as well, there may be 20% or more on eyed hooks. One could deduct that this was the period where the transition began from blind-eye to eyed hooks, though we anglers and fly tiers were resistant to change, how weird is that?

The hooks you posted with the square bend are Sneck hooks; some of the flies in the Display and from the original Marbury plates are dressed on Sneck hooks, usually with a gut snell.

It's all very interesting, thanks for posting the photos!

[Mike Boyer]

Hello Davie. Those are some brilliant streamers.

[Brk Trt]

Wonderful streamers.
I love your choice of materials.

Brk Trt

[Peaty Mann]

Hi Everyone,

I appreciate all the info on the hooks and your kind words about the streamers i tyed as I do enjoy tying them..
The main reason I wasn't sure about the hooks was the size of them as the wet flies we tye here are a bit smaller especially for trout so I'm glad that they are of interest to anyone
wanting a hook of these styles and sizes..

Hi Don, I don't think he will be selling them for crazy prices so I'll come back to you with his prices as they have been lying around his home for a long time until I mentioned that they
may be of interest to some tyers..

Many thanks again..

All the best Davie

P.s Here's another fly I tyed I called it the Green Highlander Streamer...

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