Given Some Day Fly Hooks!

[wobbly face]

An old mate gave me these from yesteryear.


These are what I tied on them.


The close up shows off my poor tying, as usual.

Tried the black one today, several takers but no hook ups, fished on a dropper. Changed to the point fly, 6 takes resulted in 2 fish. Hook came out of both fish once in the net.

Verdict still out.

[Eddie O'Neill]

Weird looking hooks, never seen anything like that before.

[wobbly face]

Poor at hooking up into fish. I think the fish nosed them as they tried to take them from behind. I also had fish boil over them and still no hook up. Probably why they didn't take off. I wonder if they ever got the patent?

[dabhoy]

Interesting hooks but they look a bit chunky for the style they are used for.

[wingman]

Think they might have been intended to help artificially replicate any of the mayfly genera but they look quite weighty, it doesn't say what size they are though.

[darwin]

Originally Posted by wobbly face

I think the fish nosed them as they tried to take them from behind.

Hi Wobbly Face,
I think you got that one right.
Does the package have a date on it? I would think You have a very interesting bit of fly history in your possession.

[ACW]

Not really that old ,they are Peter Mackenzie Philps fly body hooks .
He sold them through his excellent cataloque probably late 70s early 80s .
I had a fwew packs which I shared with some friends ,caught a few on the hook but found no advantage to them ,and they were not easy ties !

[maharg]

Remember them Andy. full of wee tips and a no nonscence approach to kit.

[andypandy]

Now that is one cool looking hook. But as said before it seems maybe to heavy for a dry fly.

Im looking forward to hearing about whether they float or not?

Andy

[arkle]

I used to tie commercially for Peter, & still have some of those hooks. They are TERRIBLE hookers though. as when the fly is taken - the body extension fouls a clean take as it's rigid. Made for him by Partridge, in the days when the late Alan Bramley was at the helm.