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Kamasan Fly Hooks
Anyone use or have an opinion about Kamasan fly hook's? They seem to be a favorite of Davie McPhail who's work I really admire. The B160 he use's on some pattern's that's a short shank , wide gape seem's very nice and logical in smaller size's. What do you think? Thanks
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The Kamasan is a very well known hook brand here in the UK. It has been around for many years.
The short shank wet fly hook is a popular style for many patterns. I can't say I've seen it much
on North American patterns. What fly was Davie dressing?
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I've seen him tie a dry and an emerger on the B160. He says the short shank allows a short body without giving up the gape. As in the #16 has the gape of a #14.
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Well! It sounds like Davie has answered why he uses the short shank. I have not seen this
hook pattern for sale on American suppliers sites. I'll give you a UK site that sells Kamasan.
They are usually very reasonably priced. Be back in a minute.
Here they are on Glasgow Angling,
http://www.fishingmegastore.com/kamasan-hooks_598.html
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Thanks for the tip Donald. Do you use them on any of your pattern's?
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I have used the Kamasan, but not the short shank. I'm sure I have them in my hook
collection, but I have not used them for a while, I'll have to look them out now.
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Kamasan and Daiichi are the same.
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How are they the same? I haven't seen much of the two compared on hook chart's.
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The Kamasan are marketed in Europe and the Daiichi are marketed here in the States. This has been discussed on other boards many times.
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I have a Hook section on my web-site
http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page204.html
This is a precis of some of the info:-
Drennan Super Specialist Hooks - This is the heavier hook.
Drennan Carbon Specimen Hooks - My preferred hook for Spiders.
These two hooks are marketed in the UK by Drennan under their name,
but are made for them by Daiichi.
Many US anglers use
Daiichi 1640 Multi-Use Dry Fly -
Which is the same as the Carbon Specimen.
Daiichi 1110 Wide-Gape Dry Fly Hook.
Model perfect bend, oversized straight-eye, 1X-fine wire, "mini-barb", bronze.
This hook is marketed by Orvis under their own name.
I have no direct evidence, but it seems quite likely that the
Kamasan hooks are actually made for the European market
by Daiichi. Some of the patterns are the same, but there are hooks
in the Kamasan catalogue that are obviously quite specific for the
UK market.