Swedish Dry Fly Hook

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Quite a while ago I bought a series of Partridge K3A Swedish Dry Fly Hooks at a bargain sale in a local fishing tackle shop.
I just recently found them in my materials collection. I have never used them and the only fly I have found to use them was a USD Paradun. Has anyone experience of these rather obscure hooks and knowledge of any other patterns. Here is a picture:-

Donald/Scotland

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Donald
I beleive they were one of Partridges ‘promo’ hooks… very soft in the wire, meant for ‘parachutes’, but just didn’t work!!!
If you REALLY need to use these hooks, then… GOD BLESS!!!
Andy

As featured in Trout Fisherman, UK, Jan 2005! I’d still rather be fishin’!!

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Thanks Andy, I couldn’t resist a bargain(?).
I’ll play around with them and see what comes out.

Donald/Scotland

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Gary LaFontaine tied his Dancing Caddis on that hook (or one that looks like it). He wrote an article on it in the Spring 1979 issue of Fly Tyer . This was reprinted in the Spring 2003 issue of Fly Tyer.

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The Swedish dry fly hook appears frequently in the book “Caddisflies” by Fontaine – in case you have problems getting your hands on those magazine articles. I think Caddisflies is, in part, a reprint of magazine articles and probably covers the same stuff.

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Hi Donald,

If you can get your hands on a copy of Fly Tyer summer of 2002 issue, they had several patterns that were tied on these hooks. They used one pattern for their cover shot. [url=http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/ft_feature_022.shtml:73cbe]http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/ft_feature_022.shtml[/url:73cbe]

I’ve tied a few patterns on the size 14 hooks that I have and found that it’s really easy to dress them too heavily where that bend is near the eye. The end result is that they don’t land right at all, or the hook bend keeps coming out of the water with any type of drag from your tippet. I have that issue and can post some recipes later on if you don’t have it. Just got to work though and going fishing after, so it will be a while :^)

Regards,

         Mark
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Donald,
I’m happy to see I’m not the only one to purchase hooks for no other reason than they look neat, and might tie a cool fly sometime!
Betty

Trouts don’t live in ugly places

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