Arkman 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 I am getting ready to go steelhead fishing in a couple weeks. Long story short the only hooks I have available to me are some Gamakatsu Octopus hooks. I have a friend that fishing for steelhead much more than I do and he told me that those would work but I'd want to snell the hooks instead of tying a egg pattern like normal. I asked him why and he just said with the upturned eye it works better. Can someone explain this to me? Will there be any issue with tying a standard egg pattern yarn fly on that kind of hook? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 There was a discussion earlier this year on the position of hook eyes and hooking ability. The consensus was it doesn't matter at all. Some flies look right to our eyes on up or down eyes but the function doesn't alter. So I would say tie on what you got and then let him beg for some when you start catching them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arkman 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2013 Thanks for the feedback! Thats kind of what I figured. I really dont like the idea of spending the time to snell hooks before hand! I'll try and report back with the results. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
