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flyhooks.org – 15 new pictures

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A update for tonight: added all Knapek hooks and in total 15 new pictures from Knapek, Allen, Gamakatsu and Varivas to flyhooks.org.  The above is one of my current favorites when it comes to shrimp: the Gamakatsu f314 that I have in #4, #6 and #8.

The Gamakatsu C12-BM in size #30 have one of the largest eyes when it comes to that size hook – compared with TMC518 in #30 it is gigantic! A interesting hook to tie small emergers and dries on, but even though it has a big eye you still need a 7x tippet to thread it.

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I have also received 80-90 hooks, and have 40 more on its way from people that donate hooks to flyhooks.org! Without them I could not get so many hooks on there so quick. I’ll spend some time this weekend photographing and registering dimensions. There is now a total of 427 hooks with 80 pictures available.

flyhooks.org – new search feature

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I’ll keep this blog updated with information about new things happening on flyhooks.org to make sure you know what is happening.

From a couple of days ago you can now check the “Pictures” box on the search page and you will only search on the hooks that have a closeup image  like the one above. If you get a search result you will get a thumbnail of each hook in the list: this image is clickable and you will go into gallery-mode in the search result where you can use the arrow keys to navigate between the hooks.

I’ll remove the transition effect soon to make it easier to flip between hooks to see the difference, but that is for the next release.

flyhooks.org

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Today I’m introducing a new site that I wished was available when I started tying flies a while back: flyhooks.org

When I first started out I didn’t know much about hooks, or material for that matter, so I went to the local shops, bought some hooks, got online and saw the multitude of different hooks was available. But the hooks was always displayed in a box, or without a proper close-up, I couldn’t figure out their exact property, so I ended up buying lots of different hooks to test them out and get a feel of how they were.

With flyhooks.org I have taken the hooks I have, measured them, taken photos and created a site for them where you can get a closer look at different hooks and their properties. Not all hooks have pictures, but I’ll keep adding as I get my hands on more (contact me if you have spare – in any size). The plan is to build up a good database of hooks that are available now, and that have been available earlier. The information about a lot of the hooks is as good as I can get them, so I’ll keep updating and refining the data.

flyhooks.org is connected to flytyer.org: when you add patterns there you can choose company, hook and size from the ones registered on flyhooks.org. Once registered the pattern will show up on flyhooks.org with a link back to the pattern: see TMC 100BL for a example. This makes it possible to not only see how the hook looks like, but also how a pattern with that hook will be.

I’m not done developing flyhooks.org yet, but I’m getting this out there now so that I can get input from you on features you would like to see: use the contact form on the site or send me a comment here on what could be interesting to have on the site.