Whats longer than a B175

[trevlett]

Hey guys,
Im having trouble squeezing my bead head nymph patterns onto the Kamasan B175 (Trout Heavy Traditional) hooks and wanted a slightly longer shank.

I dont mind slightly light gauge wire either, not too light im going after big angry NZ trout!

any ideas?

Thanks
Trev

[guest15]

Kamasan B200 will do the job here

---------- Post added at 10:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

Or from O'Reillys, more sizes better price here

[morayflyfisher]

Thats what I would say aswell B200,s or B830,s,depending on length and gape you need on the hook.

[arkle]

B200's are a heavy wire hook, with a tight bend so not all metal beads fit on them. B830's etc are much better as the bend is less acute & the wire gauge is a bit lighter so will take most metal beads with ease.

[fishyfranky]

Put a #12 B175 and a #10 B175 side by side. Notice that the #10 has a longer shank.

For normal "J" shaped hooks, I don't go longer than 1x long because the longer shanked hooks will lose you fish. I tie woolly buggers on #4 dry fly hooks because they have roughly the same shank length as #8 3x long streamer hooks and a much bigger, fish hooking gape.

[Guddler]

As someone who's new to tying, is there a handy reference anywhere on the internet for Kamasan hooks that gives a description of the hooks and maybe a picture as well?
I've tried a bit of Googling without much success.

[morayflyfisher]

try sportfish