Circel hooks and yellows

[chris williams]

Ja, I should have specified, the bulk of my fishing is Vaal SM's and as such I also don't use an indicator for reasons mentioned on other threads so I react (not 'strike'...) to any visually or physically felt movement or even just on instinct or at the end of the drift. My control flies I weight so they ride upside down and they don't snag up too much in that respect any more than if I used circles. As you say, I also don't think the SM's mouth size/configuration is so circle-hook friendly as those of other fish species

[etsteph]

I tie my control flies on circles, and except for the theory of less snagging, I like the shape of the hook. Especially when tying HEAVY flies, there is more space for lead and dressing, still leaving enough of the hook point open. I have not experienced a problem with hook ups.

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Ettiene you are wrong ito more lead + materials on a circle. A scud takes more of both. The snag topic is easy,weigh your flies correctly so that your fly swims right.A correctly weighted Caddis controller swims hook point up because you changed the centre of gravity.

[etsteph]

Ettiene you are wrong ito more lead + materials on a circle. A scud takes more of both. The snag topic is easy,weigh your flies correctly so that your fly swims right.A correctly weighted Caddis controller swims hook point up because you changed the centre of gravity.

Hi Gerrit - you are right - just compared a knapek scud no 10 with circle no 6, and got about the same amount of space for lead an material - probably just got stuck in a rut because I still have a shit laod of circles

I still like the shape of the circle though, and because I can weight them with a few wraps of lead(not to concerned about canging the centre of gravity), and the fact that I have not experienced any form of hook up problems, I will probably stick to it.

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Hi Gerrit - you are right - just compared a knapek scud no 10 with circle no 6, and got about the same amount of space for lead an material - probably just got stuck in a rut because I still have a shit laod of circles

I still like the shape of the circle though, and because I can weight them with a few wraps of lead(not to concerned about canging the centre of gravity), and the fact that I have not experienced any form of hook up problems, I will probably stick to it.

I enjoyed fishing them at one stage,honestly.But,there was a bit of a supplying issue in SA (still is) and hence I had to revert to another hook but eventually ended up using a different brand all together.Like you say, it's what you prefer and enjoy. I def think there are room for circles + yellows albeit limited in application in my opinion.

[Ricko]

Morning Guys,
There still is a supply problem in SA, the ONLY advantage the Circle hook has is the " SNAG FREE" thing. One of my mates tie a Bling Bling ( Gold Gaddis ?) on a size 2 Mustad Circle , and he actually hook and land fish on this. The moment we fish circles smaller than 12 you tend to " Pull" the hook straight out the yellows mouth. As Gerrit mentioned , the Caddis hook is perfect in many ways.