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My physics is nowhere near up to snuff. I'd have to ask my daughter!

But maybe I didn't make myself clear. Gierach found, and Daiichi confirmed, that eyes tied on top of the shank on a certain...

Re-reading...what I should have said if the dumbbell eyes are below the hook eye....even if the dumbbell eyes are tied on top of the shank.

I love carp. I went to a lodge on the Bighorn years ago. When I told the guide I wanted to spend some time on Yellowtail Reservoir targetting carp on the surface with hoppers, he gave a big smile...

Generally speaking, the whole hook up/hook down thing is why I don't weight my nymphs except for specific patterns that call for a beadhead such as a copper john or those that are tied in the round...

Have you tied this without the lead wraps on the shank?

I was under the impression that a hook would actually ride "shank up" even with dumbbell eyes, if the eyes were set below the hook shank. ...

If the bend is the heaviest part of the hook, putting anything, anywhere, on the shank would work as a counter effect, no?