Looking for a particular type of dumbbell eye

[JTMIV 0]

Dear Michael and Dave,

 

Michael thanks for identifying them and providing a potential source. I knew I had purchased them sometime between 1995-2000 so I sort of expected that they might not be available any longer.

 

Dave thanks for providing the lead on the brass eyes from Allen Fly Fishing. I was aware of Allen as a seller of rods and reels but I had never looked to them for fly tying materials. I'll definitely be purchasing 100 or so eyes from them because their price is less than half the price of most other sources. At the rate I hang flies on rocks and root balls and overhanging limbs I'll need to make a bulk order!

 

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

 

Regards,

 

Tim Murphy

[flytire 0]

are the eyes you are looking for the ones being pointed to by the arrows in the following pic

 

 

they too have gone the way of the dinosaurs

 

on to a substitute

[JTMIV 0]

Dear Flytire,

 

Yes, those are exactly what I was looking for.

 

I think the Allen eyes will be a suitable substitute, at least for the price.

 

Regards,

 

Tim Murphy

[flytire 0]

i won the contest!

 

whats the prize!!

 

:)