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by Eric Peper » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:43 pm
>>Revisiting this; your tying makes the most of this hook. Scruffy, deadly, stylish without being elegant. Wish I were a trout!<<
I like the dubbing rough, and the hare's ear blend I used here still allows a tight twist to give some segmentation.
If a hook can be called "inspiring," the 14723 is. The gape on this hook, especially for an 18, is phenomenal, and the sharpness is superb. It begs to be used.
EP
A mountain is a fact -- a trout is a moment of beauty known only to men who seek them.
Al McClane in his Introduction to The Practical Fly Fisherman . . . often erroneously attributed to Arnold Gingrich