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Favorite dee hook?

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#1 ·
So for someone who might want to try his hand at Dees on blind eye hooks, i'd like to know what people's favorite is. This would be mainly for fishing flies, but not necessarily a good all-purpose hook. Just for Dees.

Thanks,
kevin
 
#3 ·
2271

The Daiichi 2271 Dee/Streamer hook although only available in size 1 and 2 is a sweet iron



I love the bend and it has the long straight shank typical of a Dee style iron

I sell a lot of them
 
#5 ·
I also prefer the Partridge Code HE2 but as mentioned it is out of production. Of the currently available hooks I prefer the Partridge Code CS10/3.
 
#6 ·
Lucas Droughtwater Dee :smokin: when I win the lottery :razz: For fishing , 2091- Alec Jackson Blind-Eye Fly Hook, Gaelic Supreme - Harrison Bartleet Dee Irons for blind eye and for "eye hooks" "Mike Martinek's - Carrie Stevens" Rangeley Streamer Hooks, also by Gaelic Supreme. The HE2 gets my vote too
 
#7 ·
I like the Daiichi 2091 and would really like to see the HE2 put back into production it is such a lovely hook. The Gaelic Supreme Harrison Bartleet Dee is a very nice hook too. Ron Lucas's dee irons are the empitome of dee hooks, but they are pricey and you probably don't want to fish a fly tied on one (they are priced in the tens of dollars for one hook).

Thinking a bit outside the box the following streamer hooks make lovely dee hooks and they have the requisite characteristics of a dee hook, extra long shank, somewhat heavy or heavy wire, and limerick or Bartleet bend: The Martinek Rangely Streamer Hook is also lovely and it is easy to cut the eye off it to make it a blind eye. Daiichi makes the 2370 Dick Talleur Classic Streamer Hook that is also a lovely dee hook in its large sizes (#1,2,4). The Daichi 2271 Jack mentioned is a nice hook, but I think the shank is a bit short for a dee; however, if you straighten the eye by heating it with a butane lighter, bend it straight with needle nose pliers, and lightly tap it with a hammer to make it straight, the end result is a most lovely heavy weight dee hook. The Partridge Carrie Stevens Hook (10xl heavy wire) makes a lovely heavy weight dee hook in sizes 2 and 4 (you can cut the eye off to make it a blind eye hook, but keep in mind that the shank isn't tapered, it can be tapered with a file or Dremel tool). Mustad has a chemically sharpened streamer hook, the R79 that also makes a nice dee hook in its 2 largest sizes. The eye can be cut off to make it a blind eye. And any of the Alec Jackson Spey Hooks, McNeeses Blue Heron Spey Hook, Veverka Classic Salmon Hook (Daiichi 2131) or a Patridge Bartleet CS10/01 can have the return eye heated with a butane lighter, straigtened with needle nosed pliers, and turned into very nice lighter weight dee hooks.
 
#9 ·
Nanook, best to re-temper the hook & refinish it if you do that. Radencich's original book on classic salmon flies explains the process.

For fishing hooks, I use the Alec Jackson BE hooks, a few HE-2's kicking around, as well as these honey's:


Gr8lakes will be receiving some of these soon as well as a few others here for a project I'm doing. I had a quick slash at a Wintergreen Spey I tied last Spring, but no hook ups on one. They're 1/0 & a sweet hook to tie on. More porn in a little over a month I hope....Likely to meet PEI Salar on the river as well as Dickie that day.
 
#13 ·
Gr8lakes will be receiving some of these soon as well as a few others here for a project I'm doing..
Hmmmm ..... is it "Fill McMutt's fly box Project" :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:


Blue Heron hooks are just plane sexy !!!! Probably my favorite "eyed" hook :smokin::smokin:

I must ask brood dude , why no blind eye hooks ??











Mike
 
#12 ·
Heating the hook with butane lighters having created any problems for me. I learned about doing this from Steve Gobin years ago. The butane lighter doesn't appear to put out enough heat to effect the temper; but it does get the hook hot enough to allow it to have the eye straightened without damaging the hook. But if you're worried about it, Radencich's book as mentioned already has instructions for retempering.
 
#14 ·
Well, to say that I obsess about fishing is a major understatement. Like most of the guys on here, the amount of materials that are in the man cave are starting to boarder on just plain silly.

I have always told myself that all my flys are meant to take a bath and not put in a Shadow box. So I am looking for is a good strong eye, I really don't want to bother with the extra steps and fuss of blind eyes.

Maybe I'm just lazy?:confused:
 
#15 ·
I find that the eye loops I make out of #30 dacron stand up extremely well . I have tested them on a bench by placing the loop over top a carbide dowel that is secured to the table . Pull as hard as I can until either it breaks or I get tired of pulling . I rarely go heavier than #15 tippet , so I figure the loops will hold well enough .

For the record , you can never have enough stuff in the Man Cave !!! I don't consider it an obsession , it's just the way I am :hihi:









Mike
 
#16 ·
Mike, if it was a flybox filler for me, I'd have a scant flybox... It's for the CCREA dinner next Fall. May have to bite the bullet on some of Mc Neese's hooks as well...
 
#17 ·
I've had hook bend and open up the gape, but I've never had a blind eye loop break or pull out. I make my blind eye loops out of either 20# (I use this most often) or 3-# braided mono. I rarely if ever use anything more than head cement on the thread wraps I secure the blind eye loop to the hook with.
 
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