The old adage is true: There are many fish in the sea. But an angler tying for saltwater need not buy myriad hooks for myriad fish. The Tiemco TMC 800 S is an extremely versatile saltwater fly tying hook and can be used to tie a range of flies that will please tarpon, bonefish, sheepshead, and every fish in between. The stainless steel construction will stand up against the saltiest currents and the hook points will remain sharp fish after fish. The TMC 800 S is available in hook sizes #8 to #2, so get that baby tarpon outfit dusted off and book your ticket to Campeche, Mexico!
Summary
Tiemco’s TMC 800 S is the standard all-round fly tying hook for saltwater applications. This great hook is available in sizes #8 to #2 and sports a straight eye and semi-dropped point for lots of space on the hook shank for material and strong hook ups. The forged, heavy wire will stand up to the biggest creatures of the salt and the stainless construction will ensure a long life of durable fishability, cast after cast after cast. How does a trip to Christmas Island sound?
Details
– Straight eye
– Semi-dropped point
– Heavy wire
– Forged
– Stainless
Sizes
- #8 to #2
Uses
– Saltwater patterns of all kinds
Leland on TMC 800 S
Sometimes old stand-bys are all we need. For fly tyers looking to create fantastic looking and extremely effective saltwater fly patterns, Tiemco’s TMC 800 S is the stand-by to lean on. This sturdy stainless fly tying hook is specially designed to meet a range of saltwater fly tying needs without compromising, well, a thing. This hook sports a semi-dropped point and straight eye, making it an excellent choice for extreme connectivity and a joy to have clamped in the vise.
Leland on Tiemco
Since the company’s founding on 1 December, 1969, Tiemco Limited has been designing and manufacturing superb fishing gear. In its nearly 50 years of operation, innovation, growth, and service, Teimco has accomplished a great deal for the fishing industry as a whole. From its perch in cosmopolitan and bustling Tokyo, Japan, Tiemco has introduced countless fishing products from tackle to clothing to fly and line floatant products. In 1976, Tiemco opened the first fly fishing school and education program in Japan’s storied fishing history, helping the surge fly fishing’s popularity among Japanese sporting enthusiasts.
Today, among other creative and productive fishing enterprises, Tiemco has positioned itself as the World’s leader in premium grade fly fishing hooks. Tiemco’s consistent creativity and attention to detail shines clearly in the brilliant and functional designs of its premium fly tying hooks.
From a design perspective, Tiemco has never missed the mark. Offering a range of hooks perfectly sized, weighted, and shaped for the widest variety of fly fishing situations, Tiemco has the most comprehensive line of fly tying hooks the market has ever witnessed. In addition to solid and functional design, Tiemco has never shied from technological advancement. Most recently Tiemco has introduced the chemically sharpened Super Point on it’s best hooks. The Super Point series of hooks from Tiemco remain sharp hook up after hook up and are specially designed to pierce the mouth of even the toughest fish cleanly and quickly.
Design aside, quality control is a top priority for Tiemco. Throughout our experiences at the fly tying bench, we’ve had the opportunity to tie tons of flies on tons of hooks. With Tiemco fly tying hooks, we’ve never cracked or snapped a shank, found a misshapen or unclosed hook eye, or found a tarnished or poorly finished hook. Period.
From trout to tarpon, in freshwater or saltwater, for bass poppers or Micro Mayflies, we choose Tiemco hooks over the other competitor’s best efforts. Teimco hooks are simply the best hooks we’ve ever clamped in our fly tying vises, and we think you’ll agree.
Tiemco on Tiemco
“Tiemco’s advanced method has revolutionized the design and manufacture of fly hooks. Tiemco has become the world-wide leader by introducing new hook styles that let flies appear more life-like and by pioneering new manufacturing processes, such as chemical sharpening that improve hook performance.
Each year we add new hook designs, extending the range of our hooks to meet the expanding needs of innovative fly tyers.
Each Tiemco hook style is designed specifically to satisfy the most demanding customers in the world: the fly tyers who depend on Tiemco hooks. Tiemco fly tying hooks are made with fly fishing in mind. And since a sharp, strong hook may be the single most important component in your fly fishing gear, we believe it makes perfect sense to choose the best hooks in the world!
Think Tiemco!”