Fly Tying Hooks Explained 

Well thank you Edward! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)

Hey Darren! Thanks for watching. I know not much for you to learn here but I do appreciate the support! Cheers. -Matt

Thanks Jim! I do hope to make a more detailed on in the future, but I've been meaning to do this basic one for a couple of months now and just got around to it. Lots of ideas in the hopper but I'll eventually get to them all! Cheers. -Matt

Thanks Mike; always appreciate it my friend!

Thanks Jim! Pretty simple stuff but as you know, can get tricky quick!

Ha! And I'll be flying drones and making awesome cinematic masterpieces like you. (In my dreams.) 😁

@@SavageFlies lol I think you are close to making it real!!!

Appreciate it Pablo! Thanks for watching my friend.

Thanks Dave! I'm glad it is helpful. Now if you go download the hook charts, you'll see it can get crazy. Just ignore all the craziness and learn a few basic sizes and you'll be good to go!

Thanks Larry! I appreciate your support my friend. (Watching the videos and commenting certainly helps the channel grow and allows me to eventually do more for our community.) Cheers!

Ha! Thanks James. Hooks can get complicated quickly, but the basics aren't too bad.

Thanks Butch! Tell Judith I appreciate it and I'm happy it helped. :-)

Appreciate it Denny; thanks for the note!

You bet Lee; appreciate you watching my friend!

Thank you my friend! I appreciate all the support. 👍

Thanks Debora! I probably should do more of these basic videos. Sometimes I forget just how much I didn't know when i first started. 😁

Thanks Samuel, appreciate the note!

You bet man. I've been meaning to make this video for a couple months! Now back to Monday's pattern... a carrot nymph. :-)

Well thank you Ken! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)

Appreciate it Jack! And as always, appreciate you watching. :-)

Thank you brother! (I shouldn't admit it, but it took me a couple years to figure out this basic stuff. I would tie on any hook if it was close enough to the right size.) Thanks for the support my friend. :-)

@@SavageFlies Me too Matt .Whatever was available.Been known to tie my own flies on bait hooks or whatever.And you know what ?They catch fish.

Thanks Laura! I appreciate the kind words my friend. :-)

Great to hear Jeff! I think you'll be happy with your choice there. :-)

You're welcome my friend! I appreciate you watching. :-)

Thanks Mike! Let me know if you have any other ideas or requests. I'm always looking for topics that might help new tiers. :-)

Thanks Edward! I've been wanting to make this one for a while, hoping it could help new tiers. You won't need these before long; you're going to be an expert!

@@SavageFlies thank you sir. I sent a email with a video a buoyancy test on Bounty Hunter I hope you got it, I hope it's supposed to sink. You know that would be a good video the way different flies act in the water that's moving streamers nymph and wet flies

You got it my friend! Appreciate you watching. 👍

Thanks Hughie! Probably nothing you didn't already know but hopefully it will help some new tiers out there. 😁

@@SavageFlies yes for sure!.👍

Appreciate it Clyde!

Thank you my friend; appreciate you watching!

You got that right! It can certainly be overwhelming. I'm looking at my pegboard with a few hundred packs of hooks hanging on it, and I find that I use the same 6-7 different models for most of my tying!

I have never even SEEN an odd numbered size hook. I guess I haven't been tying long enough. :-)

You bet John; appreciate you watching!

Ha! Thanks Bob. I've tied as small as a 22 and I thought that was crazy! I really can't imagine even tying a 28 onto a tippet. 😖

@@SavageFlies Agreed. I can’t even see anything smaller than that. 👀

I'll see what I can dig up. I have never heard of either of them though. Do you have any pictures??

Don't be like me Joe and go too crazy with them. I have so many, but end up using the same half dozen styles and sizes over and over again. :-)

@@SavageFlies ok cool I will keep that in mind..thanks matt

Holy cow Daniel, I can't even imagine being able to see a #32. My range so far is from a 1/0 (the big saltwater fly I did earlier this week) to a #22 Elk Hair Caddis. I could probably manage a zebra midge type fly smaller than that but I can't imagine tying a dry fly smaller than a 22. Maybe someday. :-)

Thomas- good question. I'm finding it hard to find barbless hooks in all the sizes I want to use. Firehole has some, but I'm having to use a lot of Saber hooks. Some folks think they're not real high quality but they're pretty economical and I've never had one break on me-- except maybe when I'm hung up on a rock. They're a lot cheaper than Tiemco or Mustad and I do okay with them. Speaking of the gap, some of the Firehole competition hooks seem to have a wider gap, which is confusing since a wider gap should make it a bigger hook size. But for the Saber brand, a size 12 with a barb and without a barb in the same style look exactly the same (except for the barb of course). I'd recommend taking a look at them and see if they'll work for you. (You can get them at the Fly Shack.)

I appreciate the note! There should be a link in the description. Try this one: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ATnXTdfgblkwu8V3PFqcTBKjC540IY2-

Ahhh... sorry! I changed website hosting. If you want, send me an email and I'll email the PDFs to you. matt@savageflies.com

Why is my 210 d breaking so easily. Bad bobbin?

Yes, possibly a nick in your bobbin. Is it a ceramic tip? Have you tried the same bobbin holder with different thread? I'd try it with a different 210 and if that thread is also breaking, it's likely the bobbin.

Well thank you Calvin! I don't tie much saltwater and have never used the Gamakatsu Octopus hooks but I have tied a few bass flies on regular circle hooks which I would think are about the same.

Thanks, I believe some experimentation is in order

I'm still thinking about putting together a small fishing rig for a bug-out-kit. Could be a good video for your channel. Do you know if there are any videos on the subject already? I imagine there are lots of how-to videos on what to put in a bug-out kit, but not really what to put in a kit if you had to hole up in the mountains with rivers as a potential food source.

Well they can come in handy. Of course if you're online while you're tying, you can find anything instantly. But I find it nice to have these in my drawer right under my vise. Kind of old school I guess. :-)

Appreciate it Craig!