I hope I spelled that right.
But I was wondering if anyone out there ties their flies on something other then the standard Tiemco 7999 and its imitations and cousins i.e. Alec Jackson Spey.
I have been tying flies lately on Dai-Riki (not Dai-Icki or however its spelled) #810. They are 1x strong straight-eye bass hook. They swim small shrimp patterns and little marabous great plus they are strong hook that has yet to bust off at the end when fishing amongts the rocks or the every once in a while dropped backcast.
I am excited to tie some Spades and other compact low water flies on them as they sink like a rock and may prove to fish very nicely on a floating line when the fish just wont come up to the surface and I dont want to switch over to a tip to get down to the fish.
Plus I cant forget the Gamakatsu 90 degree bend hooks that I occasionaly tie my flies on also.
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So what unorthodox hooks do you all tie on...if you do?
I have been tying flies lately on Dai-Riki (not Dai-Icki or however its spelled) #810. They are 1x strong straight-eye bass hook. They swim small shrimp patterns and little marabous great plus they are strong hook that has yet to bust off at the end when fishing amongts the rocks or the every once in a while dropped backcast.
Plus I cant forget the Gamakatsu 90 degree bend hooks that I occasionaly tie my flies on also.
So what unorthodox hooks do you all tie on...if you do?