Small wet fly hook

[Little Fork]

I’ve been tying small (16-10) wet flies on two models of Tiemco hook. I most often use the TMC9300 which is a 1x heavy, wide gape hook but use the TMC3761 (2x heavy and 1x long) if I’d like a longer body on the fly.

I’m curious to know if anybody has particular models that they love for wets.

 

[Zak]

I like the Firehole Sticks 633 hook for wets.

 

[FinLuver]

Teeny Hooks

 

[Tom Butler]

1550's for me. Got a pack in the sizes you stated years ago and just refill with the same.

 

[John Svahn]

I like the Daiichi 1530

 

[Buzzy]

"wet fly"? What kind of wet fly? A soft hackle? Chironomid? Damselfly nymph? Streamer? Woollybugger? Yarn egg? Blob? Sorry, I'm not intending to sound like a sarcastic curmudgeon (but I guess my response sort of does). I use a large variety of hooks depending on what wet fly I'm tying. I have a couple favorites for chironomids - Daiichi "Alec Jackson covert nymph hooks" being (for the time being) my favorite. Then again, sometimes I want a different profile and have tied hundreds of midges on TMC2457's. For more generic wet flies, and since I got a screaming deal on 100 packs, Daiichi 1560's for many wets (especially something like a snail pattern or waterboatman). But then my friend Rex started tying boatmen-ish patterns on something like a Firehole 315 (big).

I LOVE jig hooks for jigs (aren't they a wet fly?) and my hook manufacturer selection is all over the board.

Fly tying hooks are sort of like boats; one style (or one boat) is never enough. Good luck!//Patrick

 

[Little Fork]

"wet fly"? What kind of wet fly? A soft hackle? Chironomid? Damselfly nymph? Streamer? Woollybugger? Yarn egg? Blob? Sorry, I'm not intending to sound like a sarcastic curmudgeon (but I guess my response sort of does). I use a large variety of hooks depending on what wet fly I'm tying. I have a couple favorites for chironomids - Daiichi "Alec Jackson covert nymph hooks" being (for the time being) my favorite. Then again, sometimes I want a different profile and have tied hundreds of midges on TMC2457's. For more generic wet flies, and since I got a screaming deal on 100 packs, Daiichi 1560's for many wets (especially something like a snail pattern or waterboatman). But then my friend Rex started tying boatmen-ish patterns on something like a Firehole 315 (big).

I LOVE jig hooks for jigs (aren't they a wet fly?) and my hook manufacturer selection is all over the board.

Fly tying hooks are sort of like boats; one style (or one boat) is never enough. Good luck!//Patrick

Some valid questions and information buried in there.
I was thinking of wet flies as something along the lines of the flies addressed in Dave Hughes’ book Wet Flies. So, soft-hackles, winged and wingless wets and fuzzy nymphs.

 

[Tom Butler]

Some valid questions and information buried in there.
I was thinking of wet flies as something along the lines of the flies addressed in Dave Hughes’ book Wet Flies. So, soft-hackles, winged and wingless wets and fuzzy nymphs.

Wet Flies, pg. 49

 

[Norm Frechette]

mustad 3906 and 3906B

 

[iveofione]

mustad 3906 and 3906B

I have used these hooks for decades, they hook and hold so there has been no need to change to designer hooks. I still have some of the original 3906 models but have mostly used 3906b for the past several years. The newest-and to me the best iteration-is the S82-3906b. This hook is 3x heavy and 2x long, a robust hook that gets wet flies down fast. Over the years they have gotten much sharper and are sticky sharp right out of the package now. The perfect Halfback hook!