When I showed the title of this post to my wife said "
Ray, that could be the title of your biography." (I love her sense of humor. She makes me laugh.)
What an interesting collection!
Great photo! It speaks of countless hours at the vise, and missed frustrations on the stream (broken hooks could have been lost fish/grrr).
Thank you for NOT using these hooks on your swap flies...
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