Fly Tying Skill Builder #28 | Scissor Control, UNIVERSAL Hook Sizing, & Using Snowshoe HARE'S FOOT!

These SKILL BUILDER videos will help you along your fly tying journey! We choose three tips per week.
In this video we show you how to control you scissors so you don't cut off too much material when you just need to trim. We'll talk about universal hook sizing, and why it doesn't (and likely will never) exist. We cap it off by talking about Snowshoe Hare's foot and how you can tie it on nymphs or dry flies!
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This video will show the following:
Chapter 1 - Scissor control (Difficulty 1/5)
Chapter 2 - Universal Hook Sizing? (Difficulty 1/5)
Chapter 3 - Snowshoe Hare's Foot (Difficulty 3/5)
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Scissor Control (Difficulty 1/5)
01:16 Universal Hook Sizing (Difficulty 1/5)
11:16 Snowshoe Hare's Foot (Difficulty 3/5)

[@graysenpack]

Absolutely yes to using MM for hook sizing! If it’s good enough for my pants, it’s good enough for my flies!

[@edwardmlotkiewicz2343]

Like the tip on using the scissors to hack excess materials away. As for hook sizing, your observations and recommendations regarding shank length and hook gape are on point. And.....why the hell would you even tie,or use, a size 30 fly?????? Great tying lesson for the hares foot fly. Thanks, Cheech.

[@stickel62]

Worked with a guy once who used to always say "the best part about standards is how many of them there are" he was talking about electrical but I think it applies here. lol

[@69adrummer]

As a NEW(ER) tier, I love this series!! SO MUCH stellar information!!

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

Replacing the tooling to make all hooks the same size would cost millions, and likely, these companies couldn't survive off that deficit.

[@Noacutedistress]

But what is the area under the hook gap?

[@gregbelcamino7239]

Larger hook gapes are not necessarily better, as you seem to imply, Cheech. What matters is the angle of penetration and how efficient it is. Datus Proper (What the Trout Said) has the goods on this issue.

[@FlyFishFood]

They are certainly better if you have a bunch of material that closes the gap. Angle of penetration is important... Sure, but if there is too small a gap you won't poke them well at all. Don't go EWG, but a sixe 18 3x long is the dumbest hook ever made ;}

[@salmo3t900]

So hackle gauges are worthless

[@FlyFishFood]

For the most part

[@k9er233]

Wait. Now I have to worry about mayfly farts adding to global warming?