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Eric, if you are paying 20 cents a piece for "typical" trout fly hooks then i strongly suggest you find a new supplier for your needs.
Depending on the hook type (dry,wet,nymph,streamer) you should be paying between 7 and 15 cents a piece when buying in boxes of 100.
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Jamie
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I would suggest that you do not take up saltwater fly fishing if you think .20 cents is a lot for a hook LOL.. I just finished some orders for flies tied on special hooks for a group going to South America for Peacock Bass. Each hook ran about $1.50 wholesale. LOL And I had to buy them by the hundred. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif Thank goodness they were all tied on one size of hook. Ron
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Eric-WD Probably the same reason a steel, 3/4 inch washer cost 5 cents and I can drill out a copper penny and achieve the same result, and I don't have to tell you how much that cost.
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At 20 cents for a hook you need to loose at least 30 each trip just to justify paying 3.00 a gal. for the gas! if you buy store bought you only need to loose 1
Rich
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Jonezee
Pennys are not copper anymore, they're zink with a copper jackett. and by the way penny have not been copper for over a 100 year they have be a brass with a high copper content.
Ghost lol .
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GrayGhost - I know what you mean, but even a copper coated zinc washer should be worth more than a penny as compared to a 5 cent steel one, and I'm not even considering the galvanized washers....but the plan old, rust in a year, washer. And speaking of hooks, I would lay in a good supply while the going is good. Maybe I'll reinvest some of my 401K in Wright & McGill........
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I'm with Betty on this one, I can't believe someone worry's and even complains about 20 cents.
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Eric,
I do most of my tying with Mustad and once in a while with Eagle Claw. Most of these hooks are between four and nine cents each. I've never had any problem with either brand. As someone suggested already, Hook and Hackle takes off another 20% on all their orders. 8T http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
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You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it's a real short camping season.
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Your replys are wonderful, however none of you have stated a reason a 1/8th cent piece of bent wire should cost .20 buying top quality in packs of 25. perhaps this is where the profit is and they loose money on the rest.
Eric
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OK the reason for the price is as follow's.
The hooks are made in Japan, Korea or England and then shipped to the USA. The company making the hooks make a profit the people importing the hooks to the US make a profit. There is duty on the hook's and the vinder's that sell the hook's have to make a profit on them.
Just to show how much import tax and profit there is on a hook. Some years ago I talked with a friend that had a fly tying operation in South America. He told me that he was buying Temico 100's for $1.54 a box of one hundred. Now remember this was some years ago. But at the time the same hooks were $3.00 for 25 here. Get the idea. Lot's of cuts out of that pie. I buy hooks wholesale and they cost me $4.00 a hundred but I have to buy 1,000 of one size and style to get that price. You want cheaper hooks buy them by the thousand of one size and style.
Just like gas in this country the government makes the most off of a gallon of gas. Thing called taxes. But everyone gripes at the oil company's Go figure http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif LOL Ron