I tie my own flies and also buy some on line.I never had a hook break on my ties,I use Mustad hooks.However I have had some hooks break from on line dealers,when I reported it they replaced my entire order and those hooks are good....so far.Don't know if they were cheap hooks or if they were damaged in the vice.

Gerry, those are all the best quality hooks money can buy. About 5 years ago we got our hands on some Edward sealy English style turned eye hooks by the thousand packs. They hold up well with 12 pound but maybe break every now and then. I've been running 15 pound so far this year as its what I have and I have broken quite a few. These were hooks that never went in a vice. Give it another 3 or so years i'll need to restock on hooks...Diachii tiemco and mustads can usually bend and just be bent back with pliers and still land fish...

slabdaddy
THanks guys. I hope I get a chance to come up this weekend. It will be either salmon or Erie walleye in Oh.

 
Hey Slab,
Make sure you tell the "rest of us" how it goes.

You know I will! Pics as well. LOL. I am trying to find some info on how the fish are running in Sandy Creek.

For kings I usually use mustad salmon fly hooks. Had a few bend but none broke.
For steelhead I usually use a mustad caddis of egg fly hook. A couple times while fishing I checked the fly and found the points were gone, broke clean off.
It happens and most times I'd say Gerry is correct that I knicked them in the vise.

Still haven't tied a fly yet for this upcoming - happening , season. Some day..

slabdaddy
You know I will! Pics as well. LOL. I am trying to find some info on how the fish are running in Sandy Creek.

Slab,it might be a little early for the Sandy's.

Jack I think he is talking about the creek in Hamlin.
The same answer holds true though.
Don't know if it rained enough last night to really push the flow out into the lake.
Rained hard not long.
 
On another note Ddeux says there is to many words and not enough pictures.
So here are a couple he sent my way.
Oh look all the fins are intact.
She is a beauty.

Classic hero shot or were you born without elbows?
For serious that is a long sleek (but healthy looking) king right there friends.
Built to fight.
 
 
 

Very healthy Bob, and they were feisty... don't think I'll find kings as feisty for the rest of the season... the hero shot was a joke ;) had numerous strikes that day with my line straight down stream from me almost rippin the rod out of my handz.

The hero shot comment was a joke also, but you knew that already.
That was a very nice looking fish to be that far up the river:).
I used to fish up there but as I got older and grew into my hermit curmudgon phase I walked as far as current let me so people didn't show up till later.
Its amazing how many will stop when kings are throwing up roostertails all around them.
When I couldn't get a drift or swing I had gone too far.
 
Sorry for all the words but I ain't got no recent pictures.
Maybe next week.

Very nice Dime.