tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post5890190124917990146..comments2023-06-19T09:51:51.043+01:00Comments on Dry Fly 'Expert': Poly Prop Sherry...Regular Rodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-10891376823210732922012-07-03T23:02:45.955+01:002012-07-03T23:02:45.955+01:0016 or 18 mostly but it can be used to represent so...16 or 18 mostly but it can be used to represent so many spinners you could go down to 20 or even 22 and up to a 14. The most useful size is 16.Regular Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-66409542556715589342012-07-03T21:18:09.416+01:002012-07-03T21:18:09.416+01:00Very nice fly. Which hook size do you use most oft...Very nice fly. Which hook size do you use most often?Dmilushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925807556670793207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-24978818066627838062010-08-30T20:26:49.230+01:002010-08-30T20:26:49.230+01:00It just gets better!It just gets better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-31211579971956515112010-08-29T22:01:13.892+01:002010-08-29T22:01:13.892+01:00And what a fly, this classy pps has given me some ...And what a fly, this classy pps has given me some pure joy this season, a special fly indeed!!<br />Keep up the great work RR<br /><br />Thanks<br />GlenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-7606530863550541472010-08-28T22:59:19.216+01:002010-08-28T22:59:19.216+01:00Cracking advice once again.
I have to confess that...Cracking advice once again.<br />I have to confess that hook patterns leave me very confused.<br />I always used the Drennan super specialist when barbel fishing. Interestingly it is apparently made in the same factory as Kamasan.<br />Check out some other coarse hooks.<br />One I can definitly recommend is the Daiwa/Gamakatsu GP107. A medium wire barbless hook designed for sweetcorn and lucheon meat but short shanked so ideal for F flies etc...The Lion Tamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05316844051225219561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-5289573069096152052010-08-28T19:25:03.207+01:002010-08-28T19:25:03.207+01:00Another cracking article.
As an ex coarse angler...Another cracking article.<br /><br /> As an ex coarse angler, I have tried many types of hook. I too always favoured the Drennan (made by Kamasan, ironically) in the larger sizes when Barbel fishing.<br />Hook designs go over my head I'm afraid, and since tying my own flies I now just look for a pattern that suits the size, strength and profile I like. I am like a kid in a sweet shop when confronted with the range of hooks on sale especially in the coarse fishing section of a big shop. We are poorly served when compared to our coarse fishing comrades.<br />For instance: Check out Daiwa/Gamakatsu G-Point GP107. It is a medium wire barbless hook designed for carp 'ponds'. Because of the short shank, it makes great F flies, detached bodies and the like.<br />PS: To anyone reading this, if you can't afford £16 fishing pliers, The Tool Box in Leek sells some beauts that work just as well at £1.99The Lion Tamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05316844051225219561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-46961946945159199972010-08-28T14:43:57.900+01:002010-08-28T14:43:57.900+01:00I do indeed like and use the Drennan Super Special...I do indeed like and use the Drennan Super Specialist hooks in sizes 12 down to 20. BUT the hook is heavy and sometimes it is difficult to keep it afloat. I also use the lighter weight Kamasan B980 and for the PPS I like sizes 14 and 16. The other hook I like, but find harder to get now, is the Viellard-Migeon & Cie 9285. It is such a hook in the step-by-step above. The very best hooks ever made were from Mustad there were two types exactly the same but one was not bronzed it was gilt. These were respectively the Mustad 39846 and the Mustad 39847. I have never understood why more folk didn't buy them, which is I assume why Mustad dropped them from their range. The hook I used for the Aphid is a Mustad 39847.<br /><br />There are other very good hooks of course but my preference is for a Kendal style Round Bend, Forged, Reversed or Offset (I don't mind which), with a Straight Tapered Ring Eye.<br /><br />Barbless would be great but over the years I've become used to just crimping the barbs with pliers just before I tie the flies. <br /><br />Regular RodRegular Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725820531987570568.post-4447784156183454672010-08-28T14:09:17.109+01:002010-08-28T14:09:17.109+01:00RR, that is a nice looking fly on a strong hook. W...RR, that is a nice looking fly on a strong hook. Was it in one of your posts that I read you like the Drennan Super Specialist? You may have cottoned onto this one already but they also do a barbless version of the same hook which saves the crimping. It is a shame that the majority of hooks designed for fly tying seem to be barbed, whereas the majority of anglers that I have spoke to prefer to fish barbless. The Kamasan range are a particularly good (bad) example of this.<br />Regards, Dave.Dave Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604106784409374447noreply@blogger.com