A good rule of thumb is to make them the size of the total hook length. From the front of the eye to the back of the curve, A sixteenth of a inch either way is close enough though with smaller flies you might want to get within a thirty second.

Great Thread

What a topic

Nice fly Carl!
Back in the day we would have called that a Dark Hendrickson. Tied dozens of them.

Dave tied it in in a way that he should have wrapped it counter clockwise. Then it wouldn't have "twisted". Certainly not the way most would have tied it and probably not the way he usually ties it in. He's a good guy and has done a lot for the sport. Probably thought he had a twisted hack...

Awesome thread.....

I do believe I see Mr Anderson on this linkhttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10 ... 31&fref=nf

Just saw this. I have to thank you Ray for putting this together. Unfortunately this technique is not the true Leisenring method. It is a technique, as best I can now recollect, that was shown to me when I first started seriously tying as a sophomore in high school 40 years ago by Roger George, the ...

Absolutely we will watch it in June. Duane will be at the gathering a couple of days.
Jim

Don't bring that to the Madison. It won't fish here. Please send a gross for the fly shop.