Wrapping copper wire on fish hooks.

pitw · October 10, 2009, 12:19:38 PM

Any of you guys ever do this and if so how? I'm finding it harder and harder to get little whitefish hooks with the right color copper on them so was thinking of giving it a go myself and just wanted to shorten the learning curve a mite.

Todd Rahm · October 10, 2009, 12:34:18 PM

I haven't Barry, but I bet you can find it any basic fly tying book.

Todd Rahm · October 10, 2009, 12:43:19 PM

Take a look at the first step in this Barry and see if its like what your looking for?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/endrick.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flyforums.co.uk/showthread.php%3Ft%3D5227&usg=__K07SS50A7owUybvSgA0d-WP9Opc=&h=372&w=500&sz=10&hl=en&start=23&um=1&tbnid=PMRSempg-Yn8VM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Bwrap%2Ba%2Bfishing%2Bhook%2Bwith%2Bcopper%2Bwire%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1

or

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://copperfly.net/images/br/br_step2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://copperfly.net/brassie.php&usg=__eM0lsIVeJOKP-iu--K_RWRbp-M8=&h=157&w=200&sz=5&hl=en&start=108&um=1&tbnid=Mq-R27YfskOmKM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Bwrap%2Ba%2Bfishing%2Bhook%2Bwith%2Bcopper%2Bwire%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D90%26um%3D1

pitw · October 10, 2009, 01:05:06 PM

Thanks Todd. Guess I'll have to find a mite smaller vice than I'm used to using

. Can't be that hard to do can it?

pitw · October 10, 2009, 07:02:32 PM

It's the 5th one's color that I want to make as they are tough for me to find up here. If I could get jigs like the first one it would be even better as the white fish want these things coming down the river horizontal.

alscalls · October 10, 2009, 07:13:38 PM

Barry, I could check my local fly shop for ya and see if they have it in stock.........
I have one of those fancy vises........you should try it........helps a lot.

Todd Rahm · October 10, 2009, 07:26:16 PM

?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.greentackle.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/j/i/jig-head-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.greentackle.com/unpainted-round-lead-free-jigheads.html&usg=__578SHm46qLCQrkXzC8qu4BAXTck=&h=372&w=500&sz=10&hl=en&start=86&um=1&tbnid=Ve6RFRitmoFH1M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfishing%2Bjig%2Bheads%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D72%26um%3D1

pitw · October 10, 2009, 07:30:08 PM

Thanks for the offer Al

I'm thinking I should have taken this up some 27 years ago when I had fingers and could see

. We must have some specialty fishing lure places somewhere up here but I never even thought of them

. I've always just kinda/sorta bought them when I found them but we're running out of places that carry much of this stuff thanks to Walmart and other box stores.

pitw · October 10, 2009, 07:35:31 PM

Quote from: Todd Rahm on October 10, 2009, 07:26:16 PM
?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.greentackle.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/j/i/jig-head-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.greentackle.com/unpainted-round-lead-free-jigheads.html&usg=__578SHm46qLCQrkXzC8qu4BAXTck=&h=372&w=500&sz=10&hl=en&start=86&um=1&tbnid=Ve6RFRitmoFH1M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfishing%2Bjig%2Bheads%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D72%26um%3D1

How the "L" do you find stuff like that

. I'm on my way now.

Todd Rahm · October 10, 2009, 07:46:39 PM

Google .26 seconds.

Just looked for the closest thing to what you wanted and copied the address for ya.

alscalls · October 10, 2009, 07:50:51 PM

We have a local fly shop about two min. from my house........I just checked my old fly stuff and the only wire I have is lead.

pitw · October 10, 2009, 07:56:07 PM

Quote from: Todd Rahm on October 10, 2009, 07:46:39 PM
Google .26 seconds. Just looked for the closest thing to what you wanted and copied the address for ya.

I can find a quarter in a straw stack but I can't find anything on google

. Everytime I go looking and hit a link button twice it ends up wanting me to see some porn junk

. So I just don't bother.

Todd Rahm · October 10, 2009, 08:07:15 PM

Your looking for a fish "Hook" Barry.....................not a fish "Hooker". :roflmao:

FinsnFur · October 10, 2009, 08:18:03 PM

They are called Brassies, or Nymphs.
Actually here's a video of a guy tying some up.

[youtube=425,350]ojge3w1obJo[/youtube]

Plus you can get some pretty fancy, authentic looking heads to start with, as pictured here. Granted these are for silicone grub or worms, but they'd be ideal for the brassies.

click image to enlarge

pitw · October 11, 2009, 09:17:25 AM

Thanks for that Jim

. Now having watched it and seen the guy with his fingers going close to the hooks I guess I'll psaa on building 'em cause with the way I shake it would be like sticking my hands in a sewing machine that used barbed hooks

. I also noted that even while he was wrapping that one that he's telling about even better vices to make the job easier[me thinks it could get pretty cost prohibitive by the time your done].

Pretty cool what you fellers can find on this thing though

. That kinda stuff is neat to see and I may try building my own shortly after all. Shopping on it ain't much fun though is it?