my guess for the upeye on salmon flies is something to do with a riffle hitch (knot)... just my guess.
Bill > ---------- > From: Pat Bolton[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The eyes have it ;-) > > > 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 > > > >
