Re: Yorkshire Trout Flies
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:58 pm
Norris was tying on larger hooks, though.
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That's true, but Norris wrote a lengthy passage on sizing the hackle relative to the hook. From his book: "In choosing your feathers, the length of the fibres should be in proportion to the size of the hook, or rather the length of its shank."redietz wrote:Norris was tying on larger hooks, though.
Exactly my point. Since he was tying on larger hooks, the feathers end up being about the same size as on North Country wets.ThirdMeadow wrote:That's true, but Norris wrote a lengthy passage on sizing the hackle relative to the hook. From his book: "In choosing your feathers, the length of the fibres should be in proportion to the size of the hook, or rather the length of its shank."redietz wrote:Norris was tying on larger hooks, though.