Generally concur. For dry flies, think of that picture you've seen many times before of a full-hackled fly sitting on a water surface. The hackle is supposed to elevate the front of the fly from the water surface; therefore, the down eye will now be close to paralleling the water surface.
For me, when using an unweighted (or weighted, actually, for that matter) fly with a sinking line, I like to use straight-eye hooks. I like to think the fly will align itself and track with the travel route of the fly line. Probably just a bunch of hooey . . . In smaller nymphs and dry flies, I like up-eye for the former and straight eye for the latter. (Gene Gudger was the person who educated me on the straight-eye for the wee dry flies). In both cases it's to increase the hook gape. It's a minimal increase, but when using size 18-24 bugs, it could make a difference. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:28 AM 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 > > > > >
