I did not see a reply to this so here IMHO. I was taught by Steve Bailey (Fort Myers, Florida) he was asked by Lefty Kreh to tie 'his' deceivers for Lefty's Saltwater Patten Book.
The Mustad 34007,stainless steel, is the standard hook length used. The 3407 is nickel plated and when scratched will rust. Steve tied a 2.5" to 3" tail on a 1/0 hook. The tail/wing (8 saddle hackle) is tied far back on the hook shank to eliminate fouling. Steve strips off about one half inch of feather barb leaving a good section of bare feathers to tie in on top of hook shank. The wing/tail section is tied in as one unit. Krystal flash or flashabou down the sides of the feather. Then the body, yes there is a BODY. From the hook bend to one quarter inch before hook eye the hook shank is wrapped with flashabou (traditional) or braided mylar (Gudebord HT braid, etc.). The shoulders (usually white) are then added, flash on top, deer hair topping and peacock herl. Weed guard can be attached, red flash beard, before thread head is built up. We have also been tying the deceiver on 1/0 and 2/0 circle streamer hooks. At 01:42 PM 6/9/02 -0700, you wrote: >Getting the obvious out of the way, I would say Jimmy is the biggest >deceiver, >as he really is a twelve year old little girl named Amanda in New Orleans. > >With that out of the way, I am wondering about how you saltwater guys >proportion deceivers. I see them tied on Mustad 34007 but that seems to be a >long hook for a pattern that is just a collar and a tail, without any body. > >I have been kicking this around for awhile, and I am wondering if there >was an >accepted solution for it. > >Rob >-- >Rob Blomquist >Kirkland, WA > >On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it >said >'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever >after. Ginger M. Allen Sr. Biological Scientist Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator Department of Wildlife & Ecology Conservation University of Florida/SWFREC 2686 SR 29 N Immokalee, FL 34142-9515 PH (941)658-3409(suncom974-3409) Fax (941)658-3469(suncomfax974-3469)
