Ok experts…the rookie tyer screwed up again! Bought the following hooks on Ebay…Mustad 2320C in sizes 12, 14 & 16, thinking I’d use 'em for various bluegill flies. When I got 'em, the sizes looked screwy (too large), until “wonderboy” here looked at the boxes (yep, plural…10 boxes of 100 in fact). They are Kirby Sea Ringed Bronze. What the heck can I use these on?..and DON"T spare my feelings…I have none! Thanks.
Mike
Mike, it’s time to let your imagination run wild. Gather up ALL the stuff in your tying collection that you seldom use, and a few favorites. Put everything out on top of your desk, and just start trying things on your new hooks till you come up with something that looks fishy. If they are heavy wire hooks, you might want to think about little streamers.
Jim
Mike,
How big are they?
I can’t find that hook/number on Mustad’s site, so I have no idea what they actually are. I know they used to make, maybe still do, a bent shank 'central draught’hook that had numbers like 24-32 and each hook was like 1 1/2 to 3 inches long.
Without a picture/diagram, and just going by what the gneral ‘kirby’ style hook looks like:
Clousers? Streamers? Poppers maybe?
In any event, if you can’t use them, post a picture. Someone may need just that particular hook.
Good Luck!
Buddy
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When did bream get picky?
Tye on 'em. Just figure out what patterns they are good for.
Heavy…great don’t need lead.
Short shanks…mean wide gaps.
bubba_orvis
Sounds like the perfect hook for the salt water blue gill fly to me…