I went out to find a straight eye hook for a new streamer pattern. That was almost as bad as finding "one honest man". Ringed eye (straight eye) hooks in my opinion will put your fly floating on an axis that best resembles a natural offering. The poor positioning of turned down eye can somewhat overcome problem.

My Question why do almost all fly hooks come with turned down eyes. Yes, I know there are hooks available with straight eyes, but they are few and far between

Does anyone know when and why everyone started to manfacture less ringed eye and more down eye hooks??

Tom