New fly tying season: what to work on?

"Larry L" wrote in message
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I don't seem to be able to find barbless wet fly hooks small enough for
the pattern you suggest ( I have them down to #18, but bet #20 to #24 will
be needed on Silver Creek ) I'll use some dry fly hooks .... that
will probably work OK?

they should. However, there is a point(no pun) to using the hooks I chose:
Small wet fly hooks, with standard shank length, are very strong, and wet
fly hookups can be powerful, especially with larger fish. I use Dai
Riki(090?) hooks and the barbs are very small, easily flattened with small
pliers. Do you have to tie onto a barbless hook, or can you adjust afield??
Tom

p.s. Note also that a #20 wet fly hook is the same length
as a #22 dry, in most hook lines. So, if you do use
standard dry hooks, use #18-22, as opposed to
the #16-20 I stated.