Red Hooks...

[Silver Creek]

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Back in the day we discussed these hooks, and we used bare red hooks on the San Juan as a red chironomid larva imitations to catch trout.

[planettrout]

I have used the hooks that ya' got in CO with just a turn or two of Peacock Herl behind the eye, on the right, below, is the other red hook from Daiichi I use...




PT/TB

[Gigmaster]

I've never tried them, but I gotta say, they look pretty good. maybe I'll give them a shot here directly. It'll be Buzzer time before too long.

[redietz]

Back in the day we discussed these hooks, and we used bare red hooks on the San Juan as a red chironomid larva imitations to catch trout.

Yep. The simplest fly I "tie" is to tie a bare red hook onto my tippet.

Once in while, I'll decide that's cheating and take a turn of peacock herl just behind the eye. I can't say that it's noticeably more effective, though, then just the bare hook, which works fine.

[Buddy Sanders]

I know a few guides on the San Juan in northern New Mexico that used to use a bare red hook with great success.

They have since stopped the practice for economic reasons. It's hard to charge a client for a bare hook.

But they work. Quite a few conventional tackle bass anglers use them and feel they give an advantage.

I've tried tying bass patterns on red hooks, but haven't found them to be more effective than the non colored hooks I've always used.

Good Luck!

Buddy