In 1994 it was published in the Italian Fly fishing magazine "Fly Line", a my articles where I proposed to bend upwards the stretch near eye of a hook shank right, to give the fly more balanced and stable in water.
Wrapping a rooster hackle around the hook shank section bent upward, the fibers of h View more...In 1994 it was published in the Italian Fly fishing magazine "Fly Line", a my articles where I proposed to bend upwards the stretch near eye of a hook shank right, to give the fly more balanced and stable in water.
Wrapping a rooster hackle around the hook shank section bent upward, the fibers of hackle were arranged on the water at the same angle of bending.
Since I bent the hook with an angle of about 45 °, the fibers of the rooster hackle over the water rested not only facing forward, but also arranged on the sides of imitation preventing possible lateral rotations thereof.
The idea to bend the hook like that I had been suggested by an article by the Japanese fly tyer Tatsuhiro Saido, published in February 1992 in the the magazine Fly Fishermen, who bent upwards the stretch of hook next to eye to imitate the dun that float on the water with raised head.
I thought I had an intuition that would also allow fly tiers less able to obtain valid may fly imitations, but soon I became aware of a negative consequence due to the bend of the hook: its effectiveness of penetration diminished why use a hook bent in this way was equivalent to use a hook with a bent partially open.
I realized that the eye of the hook bend, to ensure effective hooking of the fish, would have to be in line with the axis of the shank; It is therefore a question of finding the right way to bend the hook to get that result.
It took me years, but eventually I realized how I can operate: I took a hook shank long and gradually bent the stem down, starting from two-thirds of its length.
Carried out the bending downwards then I bent upwards, with an angle of about 45 °, the shank portion next eye.
In practice I bent down the stem so I've bent it at the up, with the result that the eye came to be in line with the axis that had the stem before being folded.
Having tried hooks for fishing and verified their effectiveness, I recommend you try to bend the hooks as shown in the photos.
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List of materials
Thread 8/0
Hook grub bent size 12/14/16
Tails: Coq de Leon fibers
Ribbing: copper wire
Body: Poliester thread
Hackle: rooster
Wings: Two rooster hackle tips.
Steps
Step 3
Second and final bending
Step 4
Tie in the vise a hook bent as described above, wrap the thread on it and choose a rooster hackle (Coq de Leon) from which to get the fibers to imitate the fly tails.
Step 5
Tie on the bend tails and a copper wire.
Step 6
Tie on the stem the yarn to form the abdomen.
Step 7
I do the abdomen of the fly, tie the yarn on the stem and cut the excess.
Step 8
Wrapped in wide turns the copper wire on the abdomen, tie it on the stem, and cut the excess.
Step 9
I moves the fly so that the bent hook is level and choose two tips of rooster hackles to form the wings.
Step 10
Tie the hackles on the hook
Step 11
Tie a rooster's hackle beside the wings and cut the stem surplus.
Step 12
I wrap the hackle around the hook shank.
Step 13
Tie the hackle next eye of hook and cut excess.
Step 14
Tie the head of fly.
