Hooks For Blue Wings

[monger]

What hooks are you using for #18-22 BWO?

Has any one ever used little curved hooks like a Daiichi 1120?

[Flytyer]

I've used TMC 2457 in #16 and smaller as well as Daiichi 1110 in #18 to 24

[monger]

I was thinking something like this would work. Maybe an 1130 rather than 1120 would float better. Tiemco 2487 (vs 2457)

[hybridfive]

I was thinking something like this would work. Maybe an 1130 rather than 1120 would float better. Tiemco 2487 (vs 2457)

Thats a sick tie! Am I mistaken that the tail appears to be a CDC feather trimmed?

[monger]

Not mine, but a cool fly.

Some interesting reading here as well:

http://www.tomsutcliffe.co.za/component/k2/itemlist/user/63-tomsutcliffe.html?start=200

[DonAndersen]

Monger,

 

For years I have used Partridge Capt. Hamilton L3A for the tiny stuff.

 

Regards,

 

 

Don

[snuffy]

I was thinking something like this would work. Maybe an 1130 rather than 1120 would float better. Tiemco 2487 (vs 2457)

Nice tie, but do yourself a favour and don't waste it on a 2487 unless you fish exclusively with 6X or finer.

[monger]

What hook would you recommend snuffy?

[hybridfive]

Nice tie, but do yourself a favour and don't waste it on a 2487 unless you fish exclusively with 6X or finer.

mind explaining how come?

[snuffy]

mind explaining how come?

They bend out ridiculously easily. Even on 5x, you have to baby the hook, not the tippet. It's a real bummer when you realize that all your pretty flies are pretty much useless.

[monger]

Are #18 2457s too heavy for a dry fly?

[Flytyer]

Are #18 2457s too heavy for a dry fly?

Not at all and tied as parachutes they never seem to sink regardless of how many fish take them.

[monger]

OK, I better get to work on some tiny bugs. Thanks for the replies

[Flytyer]

If you want a parachute pattern give me a shout via PM

[Harps]

Tiemco 2487's are my go to hook for most of my patterns from size 12 to 22, although I prefer the 2487BL if I find them.

 

I only use down to 5x on the really small hooks because of the eye size- there is rarely a need to go under 3-4x, and I have broken a few but never bent them out on fish.

 

They are the best hook for Wyatt's Deer Hair emerger and the Agent 99 caddis which are 2 of my favourites.