Trailer Hitch

[JG63]

THIS same idea as the mono loop i posted - only these are for subsurface - loop is made by twisting some wire on a bodkin, cutting it to length, and attaching it firmly to the (jig style) hook body with GSP thread and coating it with your favorite UV resin - tie a simple nymph over top and you have a strong tie in point for that Yong Special or #18 Sawyer style PT

 

[SBecker]

Benefit of this over just tying a double surgeons or triple? Swear I am not being snarky, just genuinely curious.

 

[wildtrout2]

Swear I am not being snarky, just genuinely curious.

That'd be a change. 😉

 

[SBecker]

That'd be a change. 😉

Why I had to actually write it out. I am self aware. 🤣

 

[JG63]

Benefit of this over just tying a double surgeons or triple? Swear I am not being snarky, just genuinely curious.

I’m allergic to tying a dropper on to the bend of the hook - often times my knot is tied poorly (thanks to fading eyesight) and will slip off the barbless hooks before tightening them properly - then have to remove some of the curled dropper and start over - with a solid ring to attach, a good clinch knot works well for me and two inches of twisted tying wire is cheaper than a tippet ring - I use the jig hook because the extra weight of the added wire to the “top” of the hook shank helps the fly ride point up - I’ve even done some floating nymphs with a tiny styrofoam ball to “suspend” in the drift above the level of these flies - I used to be able to track my drifts pretty well in clear water with that type of rig - I still fish a single fly rig about 98% of the time as it’s easier to present a single nymph, dry, wet, streamer - and I’m not breaking off entire rigs in the trees or stream bottom. I sometimes load these trailer hitch flies with extra weight and use them in lieu of split shot - so there’s that

 

[nfrechet]

tippet ring

 

[SBecker]

I’m allergic to tying a dropper on to the bend of the hook - often times my knot is tied poorly (thanks to fading eyesight) and will slip off the barbless hooks before tightening them properly - then have to remove some of the curled dropper and start over - with a solid ring to attach, a good clinch knot works well for me and two inches of twisted tying wire is cheaper than a tippet ring - I use the jig hook because the extra weight of the added wire to the “top” of the hook shank helps the fly ride point up - I’ve even done some floating nymphs with a tiny styrofoam ball to “suspend” in the drift above the level of these flies - I used to be able to track my drifts pretty well in clear water with that type of rig - I still fish a single fly rig about 98% of the time as it’s easier to present a single nymph, dry, wet, streamer - and I’m not breaking off entire rigs in the trees or stream bottom. I sometimes load these trailer hitch flies with extra weight and use them in lieu of split shot - so there’s that

Again… not being snarky, just conversing, but why not a surgeons knot with the tag as a dropper. I never tie off the bend of a hook.

 

[[WR]]

And I misread the intention behind the ring. I thought it was to add sections to articulate a fly, not realizing you're using it as the anchor for the bottom half of a 2 or 3 fly rig. ( gotta get used to that part, some of the waters I've fished out west don't allow "more than one hook per line, dropper rigs included")

 

[JG63]

Again… not being snarky, just conversing, but why not a surgeons knot with the tag as a dropper. I never tie off the bend of a hook.

I’m not taking it as snarky - if I want a right angle in the rig, I can use a tag as a dropper - this fly keeps the leader in a straight line with the dropper off the back - I’m not tight lining with a long rod when fishing these - I use this rig when “shotgunning”upstream holding current seams and shorter pocket water casts with no indicator - my leaders are usually shorter (8 feet or so) in faster water - I use this type of fly in specific circumstances

 

[SBecker]

I’m not taking it as snarky - if I want a right angle in the rig, I can use a tag as a dropper - this fly keeps the leader in a straight line with the dropper off the back - I’m not tight lining with a long rod when fishing these - I use this rig when “shotgunning”upstream holding current seams and shorter pocket water casts with no indicator - my leaders are usually shorter (8 feet or so) in faster water - I use this type of fly in specific circumstances

Thanks for the explanation!

 

[JG63]

Thanks for the explanation!