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Old December 24th, 2008, 02:01 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly.tying
Frank Reid[_2_]
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Default Old trick for the tying bench

On Dec 9, 9:29*am, riverman wrote:
It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.
don't the hooks get magnetized?


I know of one person that polishes the varnish off the hooks and dips
them in brine before tying. This starts a bit of rust which some say
mimics the electrical field of a bug in the water. He says it works.
I've tried it and got a rusty fly box out of the deal.
Frank Reid
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