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Tiny BWO step-by-step - on Mustad 277 #32

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Tiny BWO step-by-step - on Mustad 277 #32

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It was at BFFI 2011 that Hans Weilenmann issued me with a Mustad 277 #32 hook. I'm not sure how long they've been out of production but the last I heard, folk were buying single hooks for $10 a piece and that was some years ago. The 277 is a perversely small hook (pretty much fits in the gap of a 518 #32), and it's taken the last eighteen months to work out how best to approach tying a fly on one. The oversized looking vise is actually the HMH micro-jaw...

Here's the recipe:

Hook: Mustad 277 #32
Thread: Single strand of Sinton mono
Tails: Three barbs of light dun hackle
Hackle: Whiting micro-Midge from Marvin Nolte at BFFI 2010
Thorax: Natural mole

There's more good stuff about this hook from Niclas Runarsson at Swedneck Flyfishing who ties a sweet small fly....



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Post by Hans Weilenmann »

"pretty much fits in the gap of a 518 #32"

Yep. Sideways :cool:

To put the hook in context:

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Andy, We'd try to cure you of this illness but you seem to be enjoying yourself! :p :D nice tie
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no hook eye, Andy ? :p (but it's still quite an achievement :cool: )

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Biology wrote:There's more good stuff about this hook from Niclas Runarsson at Swedneck Flyfishing who ties a sweet small fly....
Nik puts a loupe over them at shows so people understand there's something beneath... :D :cool: :D
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This thread reminds of this tie from my buddy Plumbob the tying whiz plumber.
It just boggles the mind how you people can tie such tiny bugs!

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Post by Biology »

Andy, We'd try to cure you of this illness but you seem to be enjoying yourself!


Sure am Eric, and the drugs don't work :)

Nice Royal Wulff Peddler, fully dressed!

You know, getting the hook in the vise is about the most difficult part.... ;/
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Post by Viking Lars »

Very nice, Andy! And not very big :-).

How many turns of thread would you estimate went into this fly? 40?

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Cheers Lars - there was 47, the first 24 were touching turns to the bend.
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Marc LaMouche wrote:no hook eye, Andy ? :p
so, how do you plan to tie this fly on ? :???:
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hm .... i think I got a pack of those hooks somewhere .. got them from Mustads hook designer Geir Sivertsen. Wonder where they are ... just left GF and I hope I haven´t left them there :oh:
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There's no eye? It looks like the wire has been stamped down flat with a hole punched in. Was thinking it was pretty clever manufacturing.
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Post by Marc LaMouche »

nope, it's a spade hook Eric. they're usually tied on with a Snell knot on the shank but it looks like there isn't enough room... :D
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