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Cosimo Raia contacted us from Italy recently looking for sources of vintage salmon flies and salmon hooks of the Victorian era and early 20th century.

He makes hooks by hand as a hobby and is hoping to reproduce more of the classic patterns of salmon hooks if he can find good examples.

This sounded so interesting that we asked Cosimo if he would share some photographs of his hooks with us and his process so we could share them with you. Please enjoy this selection of images below and if you can help him with his search for vintage salmon flies and hooks please email him here.

All my hooks are hand made – no electronic or other devices are used – only the oven.

Each hook takes hours to complete and I can make just 2 or 3 hooks a day.

(please click on any image below to view them in a larger size)