Tying Nymphs - curved or straight hooks?

afishinado;97102 Wrote:
Actually the curved hooks I use (TMC 2487 & 2457) are 2X short and 2X
wide. They have a wider gape than standard hooks. Because of that,
they work well for me when tying small flies and midges in sizes
#20-30. The wider gape hooks more solidly in the small sized hooks,
and the curved shank looks sexier to me, and hopefully to the fish.

One thing to remeber when tying curved hooks is when weighted or with a
bead head, they flip hook point up. I generally use them more or "in
the round" type patterns. The fish seem to like them just fine.

I concur.

I have found some big-time fish holding advantages of using 2x wide
scud hooks when tying most midge/larva patterns below an 18.

Can't tell you how many fish I see rolled with a size 18 or 20 3906
which are then caught with a size 18 or 20 scud hook.

IMHO the shape (curved or straight)does not have a ton of relevance to
the fish at those sizes.

~James


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