Colonial Eyeless hooks and Horsetail Angling lines

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Comment by John Sheehan on January 20, 2014 at 12:13pm

You bet Carl!

Comment by carl hendrix on January 20, 2014 at 11:39am

if I ever get a chance to meet this guy-- we're going to have a LONG talk!!  thanks john for letting me know about this guy!!

Comment by John Sheehan on January 20, 2014 at 11:11am

Carl -Ken Reinhardt ,'The Colonial Angler' is the research man ! If you go to a Fly Fishing Expo look him up !

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 20, 2014 at 11:08am

Yup I've read in the old fly angling days that horse hair , tail hair, was braided and waxed , then made into fly line so one could angle a fly...........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh the good ole days !!!!!!

Comment by carl hendrix on January 20, 2014 at 8:34am

john- you really did your research buddy! very interesting!!

Comment by John Sheehan on January 31, 2012 at 3:27pm

Similar concept I think to winding ' plain' strings (Two or three highest depending on gauge)against the post of the geared tuner on a guitar . 

Comment by Johnny wilkins on January 31, 2012 at 3:17pm

It is actually a knotless knot - yes, you are on it.

The line lays flat not the shank and the wraps hold the line against that tightly. One loop holds it all in place. I have seen people tie it by hand but I require a tyer to make it happen.

Comment by John Sheehan on January 31, 2012 at 3:06pm

I asked Ken Reinard(The Colonial Angler) at this booth if they used a snell knot and he told me it was similar. He showed me the tied hook and it looked like a tag end was left that was cinched somehow against the shaft of the hook . What was the knot used Johnny?

Comment by John Sheehan on January 31, 2012 at 3:02pm

Fantastic info Johnny !! The Delaware Shad run  Ruse! Good one!

 

Comment by Johnny wilkins on January 31, 2012 at 2:56pm

I think they were happy but the fish they had to eat were foul-tasting but welcome. The secret they kept was an early Shad migration which they mislead the redcoats into thinking was 3 weeks later on in the Winter. There was in fact a plan in place to block the waterways so with nets so that no fish could get up to the troops. Since the Brittish were preparing their nets to block the migration (that had already slipped past them), the "fake edition" of the Farmer's Almanac - paid off. The Brittish literally got schooled - and the troops of the Revolution were fed proteins and valuable fish oils. Now that is course fishing.

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