Custom Shanks for Musky Flies - Hook Placement for Musky Fly Design

[@dustyhiebert5748]

I just recently got into tying pike & bull trout meat.. the information you shared here is solid gold. Thanks Gunnar and keep ‘em coming homie!!

[@daveroman4291]

Gunnar, Thanks for the demonstration. I am really interested in making my own hook shanks, and your explanation does the trick. Keep the videos coming.

[@Bertoldichris]

Nice video! How come you don’t put the barrel wraps at the eye and cut off the excess wire at the eye?

[@markthill4961]

Very helpful! At minute 8:30 in the video you mention an articulated shank in the rear. How do you attach that seeing it comes after the hook?

[@flytyer9450]

If it helps, wire wrapped into the back creating a loop then putting it on

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Fantastic idea and work around. I really like it and may go ahead and use it once I can get back into tying flies again. Thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing.

[@cachi-7878]

I’ve been flyfishing and fly tying for 35 years and this is so foreign to me; like learning a new language. Why do you need so massively large flies? I’ve fished for 120lbs Tarpon and use 4” or smaller flies. Have you tried using smaller flies? How big are the fish you target? Do you have a drawing of the skeleton of these flies? Just the hook and shank, without any dressing. Very interesting and niche skills.

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

Have you tried the " one step looper " tool?? A lot of guy's cut it at the hole on 1 side and the ot will not vut the wire (you can also just rotate it) and it comes in 1,5mm to about 3 or 3,5mm ( size of the loop). I saw some guy's using that and it seems really easy/quick to use.

[@Gunnar_Brammer]

The 0.051" Dia Wire is to stiff - it sheared off one of the arms to my One Step Looper Tool.

[@waynehanshue712]

Just curious. Have you got large fish on this set up. Doesn’t the wire bend out of shape effecting how to swims for the next fish. Great idea thanks so much. I always wanted the hook further back.

[@Gunnar_Brammer]

That depends on the wire you select. 0.051" Stainless Steel is the wire most commonly used in mass Produced Musky Bucktail Spinners. It takes quite a bit of force to bend it, even with a Jig and a tool for proper leverage. Your leader, bite tippet, fly line core, and rod would all snap before the wire so much as showed a subtle kink.

[@waynehanshue712]

@@Gunnar_Brammer Thanks for getting back I’m going give it try. I really like the idea

[@turner427]

I need to go bigger. I’ve been making micro game changers with custom 8-10mm shanks out of real small SS leader wire.

[@johnnylightning1491]

Gunnar, that engineering degree is starting to show. Good idea buddy, keep 'em coming.

[@Gunnar_Brammer]

Haha. My degree is in Wildlife Management and Ecology....but, I spent the two years prior to that studying Mechanical Engineering...not sure if that counts or not.

[@johnnylightning1491]

@@Gunnar_Brammer I knew there was some engineering in there somewhere.

[@arielcoral8498]

Amigo puedes venderme una dobladora de alambre como la que usas? me serviria de mucho

[@Gunnar_Brammer]

www.lurepartsonline.com/DuBro-Bucktail-Twister-Tool

[@wildman2894]

big wire over kill use 60lbs ss leader wire our 120lbs if you need heavy and a looper works great