Hook bends for chironimids...

[navigator37 0]

Tying a few of these up to try out this year.

Instead of a standard curved hook, I'm using a

Daiichi 1230 mayfly style hook.

I don't know if this will give the imitation an unnatural

look in the water to the trout, but the hooking power of this hook style

should be better than a lot of others in small sizes.

I'm using size 16's.

What do you think about this style of hook bend for a chironimid

imitation? Does it look natural?

[Rp3flyfisher 0]

Tying a few of these up to try out this year.

Instead of a standard curved hook, I'm using a

Daiichi 1230 mayfly style hook.

I don't know if this will give the imitation an unnatural

look in the water to the trout, but the hooking power of this hook style

should be better than a lot of others in small sizes.

I'm using size 16's.

What do you think about this style of hook bend for a chironimid

imitation? Does it look natural?

 

I have been using the swimming nymph hooks for 90% of all my chironomids for 4-5 years and LOVE them. I find that it gives the fly a bit of the natural movement and have done VERY well with them.

 

Rick

[navigator37 0]

Good to hear. Maybe I'll find myself sticking with them.

Thanks for the info Rp3.

Another similar hook make is the Daiichi 1220's.

Got some of those coming in soon.

[David Legg 0]

That is an interesting idea. I like the look of that pattern. It seems to me that you see chironimids flexed like that in nature, and it sure will stand out from the crowd. I guess you would have to tie the same pattern on a straight or standard curve and them fish them together to find out. You could use one as the primary and one as a dropper, then switch their positions, and see if one has a superior attraction. I would love to hear what you find out. I may pick up some of those hooks and give this a try with some of my patterns too. Thanks for posting that.

[cicvara 0]

 

-Great ideas and great looks.

[David Legg 0]

Tying a few of these up to try out this year.

Instead of a standard curved hook, I'm using a

Daiichi 1230 mayfly style hook.

I don't know if this will give the imitation an unnatural

look in the water to the trout, but the hooking power of this hook style

should be better than a lot of others in small sizes.

I'm using size 16's.

What do you think about this style of hook bend for a chironimid

imitation? Does it look natural?

 

I have been using the swimming nymph hooks for 90% of all my chironomids for 4-5 years and LOVE them. I find that it gives the fly a bit of the natural movement and have done VERY well with them.

 

Rick

 

Glad to hear they do well for you. I really have to try this out. Thanks!

[Firetiger 0]

Interesting idea. I once went scuba diving into a pool where a buzzer/midge hatch was happening with a guy who teaches hydrobiology at the university. The little critters are phototactic - they follow light - and mistook my torch for the sun It was an interesting experience, the pupae squirmed like crazy. I understand that they swim from bottom up by twisting their abdomen, so probably any shape will do (they never stay quite still). Only once they reach the surface film and prepare to shed their skin and molt into adult midge they stop still for a while and assume the familiar C shape associated with buzzer patterns.

So to summarize - in my humble opinion - if you are imitating the midge hatching in the film the C shaped hook is probably better, if you are imitating the pupa on its journey up the moving nymph hook shape is a very good alternative.

 

Jindra

[Jeremy Parker 0]

Nice looking fly.

 

How is the hooking ability with the angle on it?

 

Jeremy

[navigator37 0]

The hooking ability of this style hook is supposed to be pretty good.

For chironimids, i just stay away from standard curved down eye hooks

most of the time. Especially in smaller sizes.

It's either straight eye or this mayfly style hook I guess.