Presentation angle. Seems to me it depends on the combination of line type, weighted or non-weighted fly, and current. When I tie nymphs or other sub-surface flies, I think about how I intend to present the fly: on an intermediate to fast sink line with an unweighted fly in a lake, I'd tend to use a down eye...same in current with a fast sink tip & a weighted fly. However, on an unweighted nymph under an indicator I think it would present better in a current with an up eye.
PB Kent Lufkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/12/2001 09:53:59 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: The eyes have it ;-) I notice that some manufacturers of nymph or wet fly hooks design them with 'up' eyes (Orvis, Tiemco, etc), instead of the 'down' eye typical of dry fly hooks. Atlantic salmon flies are traditionally tied on up eye hooks (from Partridge, Alec Jackson and others). What is the advantage, if any, to an up eye hook for a subsurface fly? Thanks, Kent Lufkin
