Dahlberg Uses alot of Mustad 34007's (#2/0 to # in tying his divers, I have an older In-Fisherman Video where he does a Mega Diver and suggests either 34007(Stainless),3407...which is a tinned hook for salt fishing..Not as good as stainless but will do in a pinch....I like useing Mustad 3366 hooks for freshwater Deer Hair bugs...as they are cheap and are the same sproat bend as the others...3399 hooks are also good...I don't tie much deer hair on dry fly hooks unless I'm targeting Pannies..

He doesn't actually spin his deer hair for his Divers.
He centers the clump on the hook and holds it in place with his left forefinger and thumb and tightens the thread down tight to flare it...packs and flexaments and repeats till the hook shank is full...The technique is alot faster than spinning and just as durable.

The In-Fisherman Video was "Flyfishing for Pike"
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"I've often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before" A.K.Best

Everyone wants to excel in this sport but at the same time we let traditionalists place restrictions on our tactics, methods, and ideas. I always assumed that fly fishing was a sport that allowed imagination, creation, adaptation, investigation, dedication, education, revelation? : Fox Statler, On Spinners (Not the dainty Dry Fly kind) "Spinner'd Minner Fly"

"Wish ya great fishing"

Bill




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