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For your amusement, I'll share this story...
I just started fooling around tying a few Intruder-ish things. Made a few shanks out of piano wire (with the rear loop rotated 90 degrees like the Senyo 'articulated' shanks). Found some old lead-core line in a drawer that looked like it might make good hook wire. Tied one up and it went OK, looks great with an old hook I had laying around. So did a few more, different sizes etc. Thinking I can use some for smallies in my river here, with smaller hooks like size 6-8.
Finally got to the store and bought some Gamakatsu Octopus size 2,4,6 hooks tonight and when I tried to put them on the flies.. OOPS!. The lead core wire loop won't go through the hook eyes. Not even a size 2, which is I thought was what I used on the test fly.
I can probably salvage the flies by attaching hooks to the rear loop on the shank.. but generally speaking and for future reference, are those particular hooks good for this sort of fly? And should I get some 'Intruder wire' or can I use some 30 lb braid I have laying around, it fits all the hooks.
Guess there is more to this than I thought...
I just started fooling around tying a few Intruder-ish things. Made a few shanks out of piano wire (with the rear loop rotated 90 degrees like the Senyo 'articulated' shanks). Found some old lead-core line in a drawer that looked like it might make good hook wire. Tied one up and it went OK, looks great with an old hook I had laying around. So did a few more, different sizes etc. Thinking I can use some for smallies in my river here, with smaller hooks like size 6-8.
Finally got to the store and bought some Gamakatsu Octopus size 2,4,6 hooks tonight and when I tried to put them on the flies.. OOPS!. The lead core wire loop won't go through the hook eyes. Not even a size 2, which is I thought was what I used on the test fly.
I can probably salvage the flies by attaching hooks to the rear loop on the shank.. but generally speaking and for future reference, are those particular hooks good for this sort of fly? And should I get some 'Intruder wire' or can I use some 30 lb braid I have laying around, it fits all the hooks.
Guess there is more to this than I thought...