I would agree with you on those ideas for the most part. I'm fairly new to fly tying and if I'm trying to tie up a dry fly, I pretty much stick with what the tying instructions call for mainly because I haven't had a great chance to experiment with changing these things up. The difference between a 1x fine and a standard dry fly hook can't be much of anything. I should bring a couple of em to the lab with me one night and weigh em up just to see what the real story is. I do however recognize this particular fly in the article as a good fly for using whatever hook is handy. Since the body is extended, no measurements are based off of the hook shank length. As long as I pay attention to the general proportions, things should be fine.
That reminds me of another question I've been meaning to ask the group. Can anybody clarify for me what the real differences are in the function of a hook with a turned up, turned down or straight eye? In the example I mentioned in the original email of this thread, its pretty obvious that a straight eye is the best choice because this particular fly has a bullet head. I know in my bass fishing experience that a lure's eye position can greatly vary the action of a lure, but there really isn't a whole lot of action designed into the flies themselves as far as I've seen. Are there any general guidelines in fly design which dictate the use of one eye position over another? [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/29/2002 12:14:54 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Roth-CPD/USA/MCCRK) Subject: Re: [VFB] Daiichi 1260 hook / Fly Tyer magazine Looks to me you can use any straight eye dry fly hopper hook. Here is the start of another one of those strings on why you should use what hook the pattern calls for, me I use whatever I have that is closest to what the pattern calls for. What does it matter that the PTN's I tie are on a 2x heavy or the Adams is tie on a 1x fine or standard dry fly hook? Bart
