maceo
Well-known member
I wonder if I might bother you for some advice?
My wife is going home to Cuba for 6 weeks very soon along with a selection of our kids. As ever, the pesos are in short supply and she’ll look at taking a few things with her in order to sell.
With the US embargo, everything’s short and everything’s needed but there are limits on the weight you can take and you don’t want to attract the attention of the glamourous but acquisitive mini-skirted Cuban customs ladies through carrying too much bulk.
One of the things that’s been suggested as being ideal to take to sell is fishing hooks. These can sell for a $1 a time and are small and weigh almost nothing. The thing is, I know nothing about what type of hooks would be most suitable. Certainly I don’t think my size 18 barbless hooks to nylon are going to do the job. I don’t really know what type of fish they have there apart from the occasional sharks, marlin and a barracuda I saw swimming past underneath me as bold as brass one time. If they’re anything like the Cuban women, then they’ll be ones that are very noisy, conflictive and have prominent backsides….
The potential purchaser of these will be people who fish off the beach or sea front rather than boat fishing.
Any suggestions or links to ebay etc where I can find cheap but good quality hooks of a suitable size for that job would be great appreciated.
It’ll need to be a UK supplier as she’s leaving on the 29th.
If anyone has any ideas for other non-bulky or weighty fishing equipment that might be good to sell in Cuba, that would also be welcome…
Muchisimas gracias.
My wife is going home to Cuba for 6 weeks very soon along with a selection of our kids. As ever, the pesos are in short supply and she’ll look at taking a few things with her in order to sell.
With the US embargo, everything’s short and everything’s needed but there are limits on the weight you can take and you don’t want to attract the attention of the glamourous but acquisitive mini-skirted Cuban customs ladies through carrying too much bulk.
One of the things that’s been suggested as being ideal to take to sell is fishing hooks. These can sell for a $1 a time and are small and weigh almost nothing. The thing is, I know nothing about what type of hooks would be most suitable. Certainly I don’t think my size 18 barbless hooks to nylon are going to do the job. I don’t really know what type of fish they have there apart from the occasional sharks, marlin and a barracuda I saw swimming past underneath me as bold as brass one time. If they’re anything like the Cuban women, then they’ll be ones that are very noisy, conflictive and have prominent backsides….
The potential purchaser of these will be people who fish off the beach or sea front rather than boat fishing.
Any suggestions or links to ebay etc where I can find cheap but good quality hooks of a suitable size for that job would be great appreciated.
It’ll need to be a UK supplier as she’s leaving on the 29th.
If anyone has any ideas for other non-bulky or weighty fishing equipment that might be good to sell in Cuba, that would also be welcome…
Muchisimas gracias.
