Updated 5/2/2007
Guaranteed Horizontal with the hook-point-up
Last presentation, Guaranteed Horizontal with the Hook-Point-Up. Well if you made it through "horizontal with hook-point-down", this presentation won't be to hard to understand. Lets start with the simplest hook style the TDE hook. Run the tippet through the belly side of the hook-eye going to the back (this is opposite of the "horizontal hook-point-down" presentation). Tie a slip knot at the end of the tippet. Now depending upon the size of wire the hook is made of: if it is a thin wire hook like a dry fly hook (which I tie all my nymphs on) run the tail of the fly through the loop of the slip knot; if it is a heavy wire hook run the hook-eye through the loop of the slip knot. In both cases position the loop of the slip knot between the head of the fly and the hook-eye and tighten the slip knot with the knot of the slip knot on the back side of the hook. Then pull the slack out of the tippet from the belly side of the hook. If you tied it correctly, on the thin wire hook the slip knot is between the hook-eye and the head of the nymph. The tippet is in front of the slip knot coming through the hook-eye. For the heavy wire hook the loop tightens at the same position but on top of the tippet. The Straight-Eyed hook is tied in the same manner depending upon the weight of the fly. For light flies the slip knot tightens behind the tippet, for heavy flies the slip knot tightens over the tippet.
For the TUE hook there is only one choice for tying "horizontal hook-point-up". Put the tippet through the belly side of the hook. Tie a slip knot on the end of the tippet. Run the hook-eye through the loop of the slip knot. Position the loop of the slip knot between the hook-eye and the head of the nymph. Tighten from the back side of the hook. Pull the slack of the tippet back through the belly side of the hook-eye. If tied correctly the slip knot loop is over the tippet.
