Has anyone who uses articulated flies and cuts off the hook bend to create the front shank had trouble with the sharp end created cutting the loop material for the back hook?
Anyone used cotter pins? [I know about Waddington shanks]
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Has anyone who uses articulated flies and cuts off the hook bend to create the front shank had trouble with the sharp end created cutting the loop material for the back hook?
Anyone used cotter pins? [I know about Waddington shanks]
I have only done this with saltwater stainless steel hooks and cut them with heavy duty sidecutters. I did not have any problem with a sharp end, but the steel in the hooks I used was not very hard. I used 30 pound backing, looped through the eye of the front hook shank, then both ends snelled to the trailing hook.
If the ends of your front shanks are sharp, you could round them off pretty quickly with a stone or sandpaper.
Ted
I use articulated flies in saltwater also, but I use nylon coated braided steel leader material to form the loop. No cut offs with that.
The articulated pattern I've tied most often has the bend cut off on the REAR hook, not the front hook. So not problems with cut lines for me....yet.
I have been using spinner bait shafts for the front end of articulated flies that I am going to hang a stinger from. chuck directly in a tube fly converter head, cheap, stainless steel, available in multiple lengths, and no big sharp end to deal with. PM me if you'd like more info.
garthman
Heres a idea...
try some shanks..
http://flymenfishingcompany.org/prod...culated-shank/