What Hook Do You Use for Dry Flies?

[Crotalus 0]

usually a Mustad 94840, but i have no prejudice against using a Tiemco, or a Cabelas, or Bass Pro, or Dai-riki or Daiichi.

[J. R. Caddick 0]

For my standard dries it would be a Mustad 94840, they have worked well for years and i always have a good supply of them in the shop.

 

I am switching some of my parachite dries over to the Partridge 15BN Klink hook for my own use just as an experiment. I really like the way the Klink hooks fish and they look nice too.

[mrcaddis 0]

I tye mostly on mustad hooks, because mustad is/was the standard in the tying industry. I don't know if they still are, popularity of the other hook companies.

[flyline64 0]

I use

 

Tiemco 101 (100, with straight eye, for 20 and smaller)

Tiemco 5212 for longer dries (stonefly, hopper, etc.)

Tiemco 2457 for emergers

 

To save money, I use these hooks for nymphs as well (I add weight and/or a bead if I want it to sink faster)

[switch10 0]

I use the TMC 100's, 101's, and for emergers I recently became a pretty big fan of the TMC 206bl's. I use various different hooks for hopper/terrestrial patterns. I also have a stack of Mustad 94840, and others that I use on occasion.

[flytire 0]

daiichi 1190

 

barbless

 

they come out of my skin much easier than a barbed hook

[oldtrout58 0]

I've used and still use all of the hooks on your list.

Recently, I've been tying a lot of dries on Dohiku hooks.

[oarfish 0]

Yep the daiichi 1190.

[BrookTroutAngler 0]

Tiemco 100, but with this talk of the daiichis I will have to try them as I usually forget to crimp barbs at the fly tying bench.

[flytire 0]

tiemco 100's come barbless if you want to stay with that brand

 

http://www.fishusa.com/Tiemco-100BL-Barbless-Dry-Fly-Hook_p.html

[SBPatt 0]

Dai Riki 305 and 320 for most mayfly, caddis, small stonefly/terrestrial/attractor patterns. For anything smaller than a #18 I use a 125, their emerger hook, for the extra hook gap.

 

Regards,

Scott

[Lightline 0]

Orvis 4641 Big Eye. Great hook, easy to thread on the leader, sharp out of the box, stronger than any 94840 ever thought about being, perfect bend, small barb easily bent down if necc. on-stream. Very easy to tie on!! Can fish heavier tippets on smaller flies too, and the hooks are strong enough to take it.

[dontheo 0]

Tiemco becase I usually tie small and the gape of their hooks is one size up compared to most others. For example, a size 18 hook will have a size 16 gape compared to most other manufacturers. It has nothing to do regarding performance. Just makes it easier for me when I start going 18 and smaller.