I picked up some Eagle Claw #10 Wide Bend hooks, couldn't find Mustad cirlce hooks locally.

The gills I have been catching on a home made creation (22-250) is a small fly and so were the BG's I have been catching.

I made up a beetle with ginger Hackle for legs and yellow closed cell foam cut to a point and tied on the hook and then added Hackle, trimmed the top of it offand rolled the foam over and tied down.

The Gills were huge that nailed it and it was the best late afternoon so far this year (45). With the wide gap hook all were hooked in the upper or lower lip.



I would like to think the hackle legs were a big factor Will check that out tonight. I'll make some up with rubber legs.

Have a good one

Philip