"riverman" wrote in message ...
Fact, or myth?

--riverman



I've had hooks "straighten" several times ....note that what the others say
applies, they don't get "straight" just not bent enough to hook any more,
allowing the fish his freedom.

I've also had hooks break, where I had flattened the barbs, while fighting
fish .... which is one reason I now buy only factory barbless hooks.

Note: I fish with mostly smallish flies ( #18 most common over a season )
and use light wire hooks for some very sparse spring creeky ties ... a
Tiemco 103BL, for instance, is a lovely light wire hook for such patterns
but it is the weak link in a system that includes 5X and good knots. I
have had small standard nymph hooks ( 9206?? ) open a couple times, but only
on very fat tippet, and with truly large fish that I tried to muscle when
they were still very strong right after being hooked ... not in a more
standard fishing situation.

HEHE, speaking of myth, the spot/fish in the link I posted for rw was ( the
heavy water last Spring changed the stream and it's no longer there ) a
local 'secret' in W.Yellowstone. When I told Craig Mathews that story and
showed him my straightened PS nymph he knew exactly, to the foot, where I
had been and had several funny stories of locals trying to catch the fish
..... including one about a guy that brought a huge fish into the shop with a
bullet hole in it!! ... the guy had gotten so frustrated he had gone back
and shot a fish!! Now it's true that Craig told me that story, but whether
it was a true story? I don't know G



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