Sunday, June 12, 2011

Where to get Ken Sawada Hooks in the USA! FINALLY

After a month of searching for Ken Sawada hooks sold in the US, I finally found a source.  Ken Sawada is a world known fly tier and author.  He has some AMAZING wet flies.  He makes his own hooks and are very hard to get here.  Pics below are some of his flies.  This is ken's website http://www.kensawada.com ..  The info to get the hooks are at the bottom of the post




Here is where you can get the hooks. They only carry 2 of the styles. I gain nothing for posting this just wanted to share the info.

http://store.allaboutthefly.com/sawada.aspx

All About The Fly
212 East Main Street
Monroe, WA 98272
360 863 1833


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10 comments:

  1. A Reel LadyJune 12, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    I'm not a fly fishermen or a fish, but those are GORGEOUS!

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  2. e.m.b.June 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Cool! I'm beginning to learn that hooks are really at the heart of a good fly. I'll have to try these out!

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  3. Dustin's Fly BoxJune 12, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    That is an understatement. These are the old limrick bend which is perfect for traditional wets

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  4. Trout MaGeeJune 12, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    I just lost a 20" Brown beauty today due to crappy hooks. Ohhh if I only had one of these sweet hooks. Hindsight is a ... ..... Thanks for the info, and those flies look like trout Christmas presents...

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  5. Dustin's Fly BoxJune 12, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    That sucks!! The last fish I lost was yesterday when it fell off the grill due to too much blue moons and my clumbsiness

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  6. UnknownJune 13, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    Some great wet flies Dustin well done.

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  7. David RomanillosJune 13, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    I don´t know about this hooks. I use TMC or kamasan. It´s very interesting.
    Greetings
    http://romanillosamosca.blogspot.com/

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  8. MartinJune 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Dustin, I searched high and low for a retailer in Europe and the US for these hooks - but obviously not well enough. I agree with you, the 'limerick' are lovely hooks for the classic wet. Although they make a lovely straight eye streamer hook in linerick bend as well. The limerick bend appears inceasingly rare amongst hook manufacturers now adays. Thanks for the post, Martin.

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  9. Dustin's Fly BoxJune 13, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    @ Richard -- I didn't tie these, they were from his site

    @ David -- Give them a try, the old limrick bend is really hard to find and he made them going back to the roots of classic wet flies

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  10. Dustin's Fly BoxJune 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    @ Martin -- I know what you are saying. I have read about Ken for a while then wanted to try his flies but could not find the right hook. Then I found out he made his own hooks and the search was on

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