advice plse on hooks for blobs

[dog nobbler]

hi what hooks are best to tie up some blobs ive heard there is a blob hook especially designed for them? Any advice would be appreciated.

thks

Michaela

[Charliea1234]

Kamasan B980 or 982 (even heavier wire) size 6

............and it fits in the international gauge.

Charlie

[morayflyfisher]

size 8, B175,s good hook gape for hooking a fish due to thickness of blob material.

[BenB]

Hi Michaela

I asked the very same question on a different forum a while back and got some good advice back. The bulk of people suggested Hayabusa FLY 751 in a Size 6. If you bend the eye down in the vice before tying it will comply with international rules too. I bought mine from Rutlandfishing.com and can't fault them - and they were very good value. I used to use Kamasan B175s but found them to be a bit narrow in the gape and the fritz used to obscure the hook point.

Hope this helps

[Ben]

Steve Parton does blob hooks, nice wide gapes

[fatfish]

I've just got some brilliant looking blob hooks of Steve Parton on ebay, really wide gape, and heavy weight. haven't fished them yet though. made by spite I think so UK made as well

Fatfish

Kamasan B160 size 6,8and 10s,Partridge Big Mouth Nymph 8,10,12s or Kamasan B980 6 or 8s is what i use for various blobs.Depends on the material i`m tying with.Andy

[theyoungone]

I generally use the partridge BMN hooks on sizes 10s and 12s but was given a blob last year by Iain Barr (the man himself , not his fly range) and it was tied on a standard size 12 with the dressing completely shrouding the hook . Don't know who it was tied by but just thought it might be an interesting point to note.

[dog nobbler]

i would like to say thankyou to all of you who have given me such excellent advice and very quickly too. This forum rocks