Yep. Good point. Flouro is more dense than standard mono so sinks better.
Also, over the last few years I have begun to tie most of the flies I use for this technique on Wapsi fly jig heads in 1/120, 1/80, and 1/64 oz size. These hooks sink quickly and get hung up less because the point rides up.
The standard version of the fly jig head uses a gold aberdeen style hook. This style hook will often pull free from snags and can be bent back into shape. After a number of snags and the resultant bending of the hook the metal eventually weakens and the hook breaks. However this results in fewer lost flies. On occasion the hook does bend out on a large bass, catfish, or carp if it does not penetrate deeply. There is a super jighead version that uses a much heavier guage mustad hook. These hold better but don't come free from snags as easily.
Some examples (all standard fly jig head with aberdeen style hook):
Originally Posted by tailingloop
Yep. Good point. Flouro is more dense than standard mono so sinks better.
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