Wide gape egg hooks for articulated streamers

[salvelinusfontinalis]

Lately I have been tying a lot of big streamers, buying materials for big streamers and experimenting with pattern configurations.

I'm really liking the configuration of articulated streamers using an articulated shank trailed by a single wide gape egg hook.
Anyone else tie flies like this and what is your experience with hook up ratio and keeping fished hooked using this style?
Thoughts appreciated.

 

[Fishidiot]

I've not tried this, although I suppose it would work. Many of the big tube style steelhead flies use a system like this.

I prefer to use spin gear hooks designed for soft plastics for my large, articulated streamers. In my experience, you definitely want a hook near the rear for large trout streamers. Personally, I like to use the trail fly to hold materials as well and a bit more shank length works better.

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

I'll try doing that also Dave.

These hooks I have are a size 6 and large enough to hold some material also.
I dig the articulated shanks.