eyed or not

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as i tie my own flys for fly fishing once i take the plunge and get some tenkara gear i will be tying tenkara flys. what is the benefit of none eyed hooks over eyed.?

[custheyder]

I did a bit of a write up.... Why use eyeless hooks?

Hope that helps a bit. I've got my beady eye on some more eyeless hooks. Just got to get them into the UK.

Cust.

[Deleted]

Thanks cust that helps alot, I can see your point about hooking position of a shaped hook. I use b110's for my buzzers and klinkhammers and find that the hooking position when in the water is spot on just having that bit of a bend in the shank.

[custheyder]

Glad to be of service. Another thought about the bend in the shank is this: When the line is pulled tight in line with the attachment to the shank then the hook is automatically rotated even further round the bend making losing the fish even harder.

Does that make sense?

[Deleted]

that makes perfect sense mate in carp fishing we use shrink tubing to form a bend towards the point witch helps the hook set. its like a pivot point.

[cm_stewart]

Aw, cust, you've left out the biggest benefit. When you tie your flies on eyeless hooks, you can make the looped "eye" big enough that even us old farts can get the tippet through the eye at dusk, or in the shade, or in a breeze. And if you make your loop eyes with Hi-Vis mono, ... well, you can tell everyone they're "hot spots" if you wish.

[custheyder]

lol ... Good one! I'll add it in later.