Gunnar, Thanks for the demonstration. I am really interested in making my own hook shanks, and your explanation does the trick. Keep the videos coming.
I’ve been flyfishing and fly tying for 35 years and this is so foreign to me; like learning a new language. Why do you need so massively large flies? I’ve fished for 120lbs Tarpon and use 4” or smaller flies. Have you tried using smaller flies? How big are the fish you target? Do you have a drawing of the skeleton of these flies? Just the hook and shank, without any dressing. Very interesting and niche skills.
Have you tried the " one step looper " tool?? A lot of guy's cut it at the hole on 1 side and the ot will not vut the wire (you can also just rotate it) and it comes in 1,5mm to about 3 or 3,5mm ( size of the loop). I saw some guy's using that and it seems really easy/quick to use.
Just curious. Have you got large fish on this set up. Doesn’t the wire bend out of shape effecting how to swims for the next fish. Great idea thanks so much. I always wanted the hook further back.
That depends on the wire you select. 0.051" Stainless Steel is the wire most commonly used in mass Produced Musky Bucktail Spinners. It takes quite a bit of force to bend it, even with a Jig and a tool for proper leverage. Your leader, bite tippet, fly line core, and rod would all snap before the wire so much as showed a subtle kink.
Haha. My degree is in Wildlife Management and Ecology....but, I spent the two years prior to that studying Mechanical Engineering...not sure if that counts or not.
