New vs Standard and Extended body vs Classic

[JustFish]

dryflyguy wrote:
I never had any problems with them breaking.
Just lots of missed strikes. I used large ones for green drakes.
And I think that as the fish came up to take the fly, they were actually bumping that long stiff body upward, and not getting hooked well

I think I had 16 and 18. I didn't encounter that problem, but yours were what...size 12 or 10? I could def. see that being a problem with the bigger sizes.

 

[dryflyguy]

Yeah mine were #10.
And they looked really nice - just weren't very practical

 

[MKern]

I like the partridge hooks that have the flat abdomen and the ones with the lead body. I think both are discontinued though.