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    Hook on Fly question!

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    I really am not impressed by how much you have spent or how much machinery you have. I only gave a picture to people that supported trolling fly manufacturers about the amount of time and investment that is put into making trolling flies and using quality materials from my point of view not yours.

    I noticed no other fly manufacture has come back with such a defensive response or for that matter took it so personally. If you really read my response to ITO Flies, you may have overlooked my support for manufacturers such as you, Big Weenie, and Howie. And honestly, my responses were not directed at you, but information from my end to help out someone else. But, by you chiming in, you took offense which shows your intimidation for no reason as always.

    You can make me and others look bad all you want, but I know how easy it is for you to lose your temper. I have seen it this summer with many other issues on here as well as from other tackle shops.

    You continually deface me on your facebook page, you have threatened all your accounts thru emails to pull your products if they bought product from me as well as threatening emails personally to me thru the years. Your bullying of people thru the years is well documented and someone needs to standup to your nonsense.

    You may have a great business and products which I have always supported and have been impressed with, but when it comes to being a caring and a really nice human being, you are lost in that department.

    Hook on Fly question!

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    I agree with you and stand corrected that VMC are less expensive when running the numbers. I believe that we are comparing apples with oranges. Owner Hooks are more than a cut above VMC hooks in quality, strength, and sharpness. When you are only paying 28 cents before FET (excise tax) for a hook used in a suggested listed trolling fly rig at $5.95 to $6.95, then 28 cents is insignificant for the quality you are obtaining. If you breakdown the cost of all the components used as you have extrapolated from your previous response, you will see that spending the extra 20 cents will not break the bank in a trolling fly rig with the following breakdown:

    (and yes the price to the consumer is FAIRLY respresented but not by the Owner treble hook, but predicated by what is charged from the mfg and retailer so they can be profitable)

    Plastic Bulk Lures From Silver Horde For Tying Banded Mylar: $25.50 per 1,000

    6mm Plastic Beads From Jerome Plastics: $16.50 per 5,000

    Banded Mylar Material From Purple Taco: $.75 to $1.75 per yard depending on material

    Seaguar Flourocarbon 50# test line: $13.95 per 25 yards

    Owner ST41 2X #2Treble Hook: $.28 each

    Gamakatsu 02314-25 Red 4/0 Stinger Hook: $.25 each

    Total Mfg Cost Before Excise Tax For One Rig:

    Lure Head: .0225

    2 Plastic Beads .0033

    Banded Material .2776 (average cost at $1.25 per yard using 8 inches of material)

    Flourocarbon 1.39 (using 30 inches of material)

    Owner ST41 Hook .28

    Gamakatsu Hook .25

    Total Cost Exluding Excise Tax: $2.1734

    Cost After Excise Tax ( $2.1734 x 1.10): $2.3907 (before packaging)

    Add Labor Costs, UPC Labeling, Blister Cards and Clamshells and you have a significant amount of money invested to make a quality product such as Atommik, Big Weenie, or Howie Flies.

    (Not counting your initial investment in vises, tying thread, head cement, blister packaging machine, UPC Council Membership, Marketing Tools Such as Internet Presence/Catalogs/Sales Tools, Special Inkjet Printer To Print UPC Labels, Product Liability Insurance, a prerequisite to sell to the big box stores)

    Asian Carp COULD ruin the Great Lakes Fishery

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    I hope our DEC as well as Federal Fisheries will be aggressive and address the Asian carp problem that has invaded the Missisippi River. Lake Michigan is trying to keep them out of their ecosystem right now as you read this.

    This was taken from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission....

    Asian carp are a significant threat to the Great Lakes because of their size, fecundity, and ability to consume large amounts of food. Asian carp can grow to 100 pounds and up to four feet. They are well-suited to the cold water climate of the Great Lakes region, which is similar to their native Eastern Hemisphere habitats. It is expected that they would compete for food with the valuable sport and commercial fish. If they entered the system, they would likely become a dominant species in the Great Lakes.

    Two species of Asian carp-the silver and the bighead carps-escaped into the Mississippi River from southern aquaculture facilities in the early 1990s when the facilities were flooded. Steadily, the carp have made their way northward, becoming the most abundant species in some areas of the Mississippi, out-competing native fish, and causing severe hardship to the people who fish the river. The Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal connects the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. Currently, the carp are in the canal and have been sighted approximately 40 miles from Lake Michigan.

    Also check this video out from Youtube:

    We should all be aware and read up with what is happening in the midwest with the invasion of this species. If this species got into the Lake Ontario fisheries, it would have devastating effects on businesses as well as the sport fishing industry from Niagara Falls to Henderson Harbor.

    Walleye & Bass Lures & E Chip Technology Preview

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    New additions of walleye and bass lures with E Chips for the Oneida Lake and Lake Ontario Fisheries. These will include walleye harnesses, vertical jigging blades, buzz baits, bass jigs, ice fishing vertical swimming jigs, and lake trout jigs.

    We will also be adding a new line of bucktail jigs with E Chips for walleyes for the Oneida Lake area as well as Lake Ontario.

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    Wire on rod eyes

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    Mildrum Corporation mfgs a carboloy all metal guide which works quite well with copper wire. I replaced all the guides on Tony Buffa's Charters rods and he has had great luck with them. The cost of each guide are much less than AFTCO or Pac Bay Roller guides. Pricing ranges between $2.00 and $6.00 per guide. Check out Mudhole Rod Components for those products.

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