Of you tear down a used beat up fly to reuse the hook?
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Nope. Only if I screwed the tie up at the vise.
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@Jason_M
I’ve thrown out 100s of flies over the years. Never thought twice about it but now, just seems like a waste to toss perfectly good hooks.
I’m just curious if anyone takes the time to reuse a hook.
I probably won’t, just easier to toss them.
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I seldom reuse hooks unless the fly is pretty new. But I always try to salvage lead or brass dumbbell eyes.
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Over here, ME! I will recycle hooks larger than an 8 or 10. Anything smaller gets file 13.
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I recycle hooks and dumbbells that have not seen the water on some of my uglies lol
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Like others I will recycle hooks and eyes provided the hook is in good condition. Especially on clousers.
Big game/tarpon flies will usually be single use whether they get eaten or not.
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I got a pile of recycled hooks, use them for new ties or experiments.
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I lose more flies than wear out, but always recycle. Even rusty hooks get used for practice flies.
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Absolutely. I like the stainless hooks specifically for that purpose. Now the non stainless hooks, once they get rusty, get trashed.
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I do re-cycle hooks - but not ones used for tarpon… I also re-cycle chewed up flies that still have some of the basic characteristics intact, cutting back to the part that’s still usable then adding the materials needed to bring it back to specs… My most common “re-cycle” are with flies that have lost their wire weedguard. Pretty simple matter to cut back the thread on the head then place a new weedguard and finish out the restoration with a tiny bit of superglue when I’m done…
Every now and then we’re able to break brand new, super premium hooks on big tarpon - so re-cycles for those guys - just not a good idea in my experience….
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Never
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