How small is to small?

Rich McVey · Post by **Rich McVey** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:52 am

I was in the store, roaming down the hook isle and came across some hooks, size 26... really 26?? I thought it had to be a joke or something. These things are smaller than most of the splinters I've gotten in life. What would you use these for... fishing guppies out of your kids fish tank? They have to be to small to catch any thing that legal size..... right?

big fish lite line · Post by **big fish lite line** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:42 pm

I've seen those at sportsman warehouse I think there made for finicky stream trout when there is a hatch of gnats or something. lol thats my guess

skimpy · Post by **skimpy** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:44 pm

too small

VHMLLC · Post by **VHMLLC** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:14 pm

maybe if you tied a mess if them together you could get the guppie. lmao.
stan.:viking:

shawn · Post by **shawn** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:33 pm

Some folks use them to tie flys with.Not me too small.

dilbert · Post by **dilbert** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:51 pm

It's not the size of the hook, it's how you work your bait.

:safe:

TheOne · Post by **TheOne** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:22 pm

RaMcVey wrote:I was in the store, roaming down the hook isle and came across some hooks, size 26... really 26?? I thought it had to be a joke or something. These things are smaller than most of the splinters I've gotten in life. What would you use these for... fishing guppies out of your kids fish tank? They have to be to small to catch any thing that legal size..... right?

mabey its for catching bait of some sort.

Marc Martyn · Post by **Marc Martyn** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:03 am

shawn wrote:Some folks use them to tie flys with.Not me too small.

That size is too small for me to tie. I think that you would use them for a chironomid pattern.

Rich McVey · Post by **Rich McVey** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:06 am

Well, it does say "Dry Fly" on the package. I dont even have any line small enough to thread them. I'd like to fish with someone who uses them and check out the method.

Chin_nook · Post by **Chin_nook** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:15 am

The FF guys that tie them and fish those sizes use 0wt-2wt rods. Similar to 1lb-2lb mono stick.

Marc Martyn · Post by **Marc Martyn** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:10 pm

I've often thought that a fly that small would only imitate a midge. When there is a midge hatch coming off in the millions, the chanced of your fly being taken is very slim. It would be like you going through a buffet line in a restaurant that is two miles long.

AaronE · Post by **AaronE** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:53 am

There's nothing wrong with a size 26 hook if that's what conditions call for.

Tying it onto my 40# mono is another story....

BassinBomber · Post by **BassinBomber** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:04 am

Maybe one can use them for Fishing Hat deco,..LOL.:geek:

BB

Rich McVey · Post by **Rich McVey** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:37 am

Heres a pic of them, and there are size 26 available too which are smaller

Post by **racfish** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:16 am

Great for jigging herring or smelt.Make a gang line with 20 or so hooks cast out off the boat in a herring ball and reel hard...Fresh Bait.

Rich McVey · Post by **Rich McVey** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:53 am

Now I have to goto the other end of the spectrum. I saw one of these last night. Blew me away to see up close. Tried to convince its owner to part with it.

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:27 am

It is good for a single eggs in streams I used them that small caught a 6 lb steel head on one in a creek down in Oregon. The ones I used were more circle hooks though. I can also see one used for a small fly pattern like chron. and mosquito patterns.

Post by **Big D** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:47 am

I used a size 26 hook on a 6 oz test human hair leader to bring this baby to the shore.
It took me three weeks to get him in...Can you say ultra light?

Post by **G-Man** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:54 am

I'm probably dating myself, but I recall watching a TV show like Outdoor Life or The American Sportsman where they were catching 20+" trout on tiny midges. The fly was about the same size as some of the teeth on the fish they caught! I think they were filming on the Yellowstone River, big browns and bows.

Anglinarcher · Post by **Anglinarcher** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:42 am

RaMcVey wrote:I was in the store, roaming down the hook isle and came across some hooks, size 26... really 26?? I thought it had to be a joke or something. These things are smaller than most of the splinters I've gotten in life. What would you use these for... fishing guppies out of your kids fish tank? They have to be to small to catch any thing that legal size..... right?

Size 26 is about as small as I have ever seen, but they do work and are necessary at times - if you have the skill to use them.

They are used to tie midge adult patterns on, and are mostly if not entirely a dry fly hook. I cannot tie smaller then a 24, but I have taken 18 to 20" brown trout and up to 24" rainbows on it at a few tail water and spring creek fisheries during my time.

Just out of curiosity, did these hooks have eyes on them? The ones I have have what is called a spade eye. You don't tie the leader to it, you tie the leader to the hook as part of tying the fly and you just connect leader to leader.

You might want to repost this in the fly fishing section - you might be surprised in how many of us have used this hook.

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