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Help!!!! Messy question
I knocked my hook bin over and created a mess. Hooks all over the floor. There were dry fly hook. Wets. Nymphs. No. 16s. No. 14s. All sorts of every size. I spent the whole day trying to sort them out.
They're back in the bins but I'm afraid some are a little mixed up.
Any easy way to do this?
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I can't give you any hints about sorting very similar hooks, but perhaps a tip to minimize the liklehood of it happening again. I keep my hooks in the typical multi-compartment plastic boxes. To prevent or at least minimize the problem you experienced, I purchased a roll or sticky back ruberized magnetic strip. I cut off about one inch and stick it in bottom of each compartment. That way if I do drop the box with the lid open, the magnet keeps the large majority of the hook in place rather than scattered over the carpet. I also have one of those strong magnets on a long (3 ft) handle used by auto mechanics if they drop a bolt or tool. When I do drop a hook onto thje floor, I never have to leave my tying chair to find/retreive it. I simply pass the magnet over the area a couple of times and it gets picked up every time. I hope this helps.
Good luck with sorting the hooks.
Jim Smith
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Im sorry for your troubles, probably the only way to do this easy is donate them to the boy scouts and buy new. :rolleyes:
I have magnets glued in my fly box to keep them in place, It wont help now but perhaps in the future it will save you troubles.
Eric
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Thanks for the good suggestions!
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Magnets, yes. I've done this for about 7 or 8 years now. I also use a magnet to pick hooks up from off the floor.
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I'm probably going to be in the minority but I just leave them in the original containers. I buy Mustads by the 100 pk. My storage system is set up so I keep all streamer hooks and sizes in one box, wets in another box, drys another, etc. If I end up spilling any, they are all the same size, maybe hard to find but not hard to sort.
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I also use magnets, both for pickup of spilled hooks, and to stay organized. My hook boxes have a magnet in the bottom of each compartment, and whenever I'm tying, I get out a few hooks at a time, (usually 12), and get more when I've used them. I use several of the same size smaller 6 compartment clear plastic boxes for hook storage. I use several small rether than one or two large boxes to minimize the trauma when (not if) I have a wreck and spill. Magnets are a wonderful thing..................ModocDan
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I'm So Sorry Steve!
I can only image what that mess looks like. Many years ago, I had a very well stocked worm box with hundreds of weights and hundreds of hooks (not to mention hundreds of worms) flip over in my bass boat. Actually, it was worse than a flip. I hit a boat wake at high speed. The worm box flew about three feet in the air, turned over completely at that height and dumped the entire contents all over the floor of the boat. Three or four more hard bumps scattered the contents that hit the floor into every conceivable corner of the boat. It took days to put that box back together.
I generally do what Rookie has suggested. I keep the hooks in their original boxes. It's not the best space solution or search time solution but it prevents major disasters. Magnets may help but you still have many nights of sorting ahead. 8T :)
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Well you have convinced me to stop looking for a good hook box and keep them in the packages I buy them in. I am so sorry you had to have this trouble for me to sort out that I need keep them as is.
Thanks for sharing,
Skip
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Steve,
You should know that your not alone. A post similar to this shows up about every 6 months.
Good luck with the sorting. Don't worry about finding them all. When you think you have them all, walk through the area barefooted, you'll find more.
REE