Updated 5/2/2007
Guaranteed Horizontal with the hook-point-down
The next two presentations are a little more difficult depending on the hook the nymph is tied on. So lets try Guaranteed Horizontal with the Hook-Point-Down. We are tying on a Straight-Eyed hook or a TUE hook. Using either style hook the tying method is the same. Put the tippet through the hook-eye on the hook's back side going down to the hook's belly side. Again this is important, the tippet through the back side of the hook. Tie a slip knot on the end of the tippet. Run the nymph through the loop of the slip knot tail first. Position the loop of the slip knot between the head of the nymph and the hook-eye (on the fly's head threads). Tighten the slip knot at this position on the hook with the knot of the slip knot on the hook's belly side. Pull the slack out of the tippet up through the hook-eye.
That makes these two styles of hooks, Straight-Eyed and TUE Guaranteed Horizontal with the Hook-Point-Down. Now, what about the TDE hook?
Again run the tippet through the back side of the hook-eye going down to the belly side. Again tie a slip knot on the end of the tippet. This time, run the nymph through the loop of the slip knot head first, I repeat head first. Position the loop between the hook-eye and the head of the nymph (on the fly's head thread). If you have this correctly positioned the tippet should be under the loop. Tighten the slip knot with the knot of the slip knot on the hook's belly. Pull the slack out of the tippet back through the hook-eye. This is Guaranteed Horizontal with the Hook-Point-Down for the TDE hook style.
Again run the tippet through the back side of the hook-eye going down to the belly side. Again tie a slip knot on the end of the tippet. This time, run the nymph through the loop of the slip knot head first, I repeat head first. Position the loop between the hook-eye and the head of the nymph (on the fly's head thread). If you have this correctly positioned the tippet should be under the loop. Tighten the slip knot with the knot of the slip knot on the hook's belly. Pull the slack out of the tippet back through the hook-eye. This is Guaranteed Horizontal with the Hook-Point-Down for the TDE hook style.
