A Primer on Fly Tying Hooks

Written by Cameron Larsen


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One other word about wire gauge is dry fly hooks are made of lighter gauge wire, to aid in floatation. Nymph hooks are made of heavier gauge, as they tumble into rocks, sticks etc. and ability to float is not a factor. A couple of other notes about hooks. Scud hooks are curved and short, for tying of course, scuds, but also caddis pupa, midges, sow bugs, and even egg style patterns. Streamer hooks are extra long, at least 4x and up to 6x, for buggers, muddlers, andrepparttar whole rich library of streamer patterns, used for all types of game fish. Saltwater hooks are coated in stainless, so they don't rust inrepparttar 140980 ocean. And there are a bunch of other specialty hooks for very specific uses. The controversy of using chemically sharpened hooks or not has been brewing for quite sometime now. If you not familiar with this, you will soon be. Mustad hooks have caught more fish than all other hook manufacturers combined, and they are not chemically sharpened. If you do not know how to hand hone a hook, you should learn. For even if you buy chemically sharpened hooks, they become dull, just as Mustad hooks do, from snags, fish, tree limbs, etc. If you do buy Mustad hooks, before use, run a file a couple of times on them to give them a refined point. The chemically sharpened bunch has now even raisedrepparttar 140981 bar, with an extra fine point, that costs an exorbitant amount to buy. I just wonder whenrepparttar 140982 madness will end, and how all those fish got caught inrepparttar 140983 previous two hundred years of fly fishing. Butrepparttar 140984 chemically sharpened crowd has many respected fly designers and fisherman that won't use anything else, and some don't even have a financial stake in their success. So there you have it a hopefully simplified explanation ofrepparttar 140985 fly tying hook world and it nuances. There are many fine hook charts online, that can aid in selectingrepparttar 140986 right hooks. But it is also nice to know what want one is reading when looking atrepparttar 140987 hook labels. And to this extent I hope this article has helped.

Cameron Larsen is a retired commericial fly tier and fly fishing guide. He now operates The Big Y Fly Company. http://www.bigyflyco.com/flyfishinghome.html He can be reached at info@bigyflyco.com. This article will appear in the Big Y Fly Fishing E-Zine at Http://www.bigyflyco.com/Bigyflyfishingezine.html


Finding Lake Trout

Written by Cameron Larsen


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Drop offs and Cliffs

Although these two geographic occurrences are somewhat different, their meaning to fish isrepparttar same. They provide shade, protection, and easy access to food. Cliffs will trap poor flying terrestrials time and again, sending these errant flyers down intorepparttar 140938 lake, where schools of fish are apt to be waiting. Windy days aid here in two ways, one providing more difficult flying conditions, and two, givingrepparttar 140939 water a rippled surface to aid inrepparttar 140940 angler avoiding detection.

Drop-offs allow fish a sense of security and can be effective mid-day, when fish are hiding out from activity of both humans and predatory birds. If you can locate a drop off close to a food source, you are likely to have a very productive fishing day, and at times insanely productive.

Shorelines, shallows and shoals

One ofrepparttar 140941 most misunderstood facts about lake fishing, is that shallow water more often than not is whererepparttar 140942 fish are going to be caught. There simply is not food down deep for fish to survive. If one can learn to read shorelines, one can catch big fish in lakes. Here is what to look for; Irregular shorelines offerrepparttar 140943 monist protection for fish and aquatic plants. Aquatic plants are important because they offer protection for fish and food for aquatic insects. Also look for shoals, which are just submerged islands, ones that are just off shore offer fish protection and food atrepparttar 140944 same time, (remember those arerepparttar 140945 two things fish need). Fish in shallows are very skittish, and will not show themselves in direct sunlight. Dusk is oftenrepparttar 140946 best time to pursue these areas.

Reading lakes properly takes practice and patience. If one can, one should learn one lake very well, before attempting another one. Many ofrepparttar 140947 things you learn to read will carry over from lake to lake. And once mastered reading new lakes will become easier, as willrepparttar 140948 catching ofrepparttar 140949 fish

Cameron Larsen is a retired commericial fly tier and fly fishing guide. He now operates The Big Y Fly Company. http://www.bigyflyco.com/flyfishinghome.html He can be reached at info@bigyflyco.com. This article will appear in the Big Y Fly Fishing E-Zine at Http://www.bigyflyco.com/Bigyflyfishingezine.html


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