It depends how it is tied, but if you weigh the shank half nearest the bend, it undulates under current with the hook 'down'. If you weigh the shank nearest the eye, it will do one of two things: (1)act like a popper or (2) act like an up-hook-keeled bullet head. If you want the up-hook keel, it helps to use an offset weight. By this, I mean the dumbell eyes, where the weight is on one side of the hook and not another.
By the way, Mustad did away with smaller ( <16 ) sizes of this hook. They now only make them in 8-16, or so I've been told. Besides, Byard's prices are dirt cheap and Daiichi isn't a bad make of hook. I use that style of hook for my go- to caddis larvae, which is a cross between two patterns recently on FAOL 'Fly of the Week': http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/ccreefly.jpg ("cased caddis") and http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/coppercaddisfly.jpg ("copper clad caddis") You can get tying instructions for both at www.flytyersonline.com then clicking the 'fly of the week' icon in the upper left of the homepage, then clicking on 'previous flies' once that page loads. The Cased caddis is from the 1st quarter 2005 and the copper clad caddis is from the 3rd quarter of 2004. Hope that this helps you out. If you need the recipe for my go-to, just ask. Tight wraps, Pete >http://www.linesend.com/desc/d1770.html >Would the hook in question act as a keel hook (point riding upward)? ___________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!
