Umbrella Hooks

[weathermanmike]

I found these interesting hooks called umbrella hooks

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Has anyone ever used these before?!? It looks like cheating

They are pretty expensive too, Its possible to find them cheaper though...

[yashuone]

interesting, never tried em'. i would wonder how they would appear to a feeding fish though, seems like it could be an incredibly effective emerger hook.

[JoeOverlock]

Neat concept but I think that the trout would be seeing to much hook and not enough fly. It looks like that hook would screw up the footprint of the fly on the surface film. I'd still like to tie a few emergers or dries on those though, real cool design.