Quote Originally Posted by lastchance View Post
What is the advantage of the extended body on the short shenk hook? Is it the larger hook gap?
Bruce,

Yep, it's the gap. Plus, a standard dry fly hook would be a bit more iron than I want in the smaller sizes. Depending on how it lands on the water, I may switch to a DR 135; that's what I use on the Carnage Drake now and it seems to keep it upright.

Regards,
Scott