your favorite size hook for fly tying for bream flies

[robert b reid]

just like the title says whats your favorite size hook for bream flies?

[Steve Crowder]

Size 10, on a 3X long hook is my favorite. Gives me alot of tying room on the hook to be creative.

[klrbaer]

I use the Eagle Claw #8 and #10 Aberdeen hooks for a lot of the gill flies that I tie. It is close to the 3x-4x long hook.

[robert b reid]

thanks guys i am a newbie at the tie game and was wondeing what yall used thanks a bunch for the help.

[shooter]

chinks and gills, #10 throuth#4 long and short shank,just depends on what they want and where i am fishing.

gators are ugly

[Charles Singleton]

For most of the stuff I tie, I stick with #10, 12 and 14. I've recently found a pattern that's very effective on 'gills: a Red Tag (check my page for a bad photo). I tie it in all three sizes, and it seems to work equally well in all three, although it's a wet fly tied on a dry fly hook. Doesn't seem to matter.

As for setting a small hook on a large(largish) fish, I've caught 15" LMB on a #18 Griffith's Gnat, so I don't rule out the small flies when looking for larger fish.

[Tobias Jackson Jr.]

Size 12 to 18 hooks with the open bend in them or the scud hooks are great when you want the full buggie look. I only use the scud hooks and the small clouser minnow hooks they work well.

[shooter]

i know most of you do not tie on #4s,i like them beacuse they allow me to tie a thicker body ,and leave enough hook gap for good hookups.
if you are useing a 4wt it is hard to roll a #4 fly,but you will be suprised how many small fish you can hook on them.
it seems the larger profile catches bigger fish for me,but thean i roll cast most of the time and use 7 through 10 wt line.


gators bite

[Josh Barnes]

Usually size 10 or 12, if going for monsters probably size 8.

[kim burnett]

Size 8 and 10s