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What is the "Index Point" on a hook in fly tying?
I am a novice fly tyer, but learning. Several recent fly recipes had instructions for tying such as, "Tie in the dubbing slightly behind the index point" What exactly is the "Index Point" on a hook? It doesn't seem to be the point of initial tie-in (I understand that), but rather is it the far front of the hook, just behind the eye? Wouldn't this be the 0% point of the hook if the total shank length of the hook - just back of eye to start of bend - is 100%? So, is the "Index Point" a reference to that? Many thanks for any replies.
The index point is an actual place on the hook. It is one half the eye's width to the rear of the eye itself. So, basically, yes, the base of the hook eye. You should never tie anything forward of the index point -- doing so is considered crowding the head. These recipes you're looking at are probably telling you to start some thread at the index point and work back toward the bend, or wrap some thread forward, toward the eye, but stop at the index point.
In fly tying, when specifying distance or material length, various measurements along the hook are used -- the gap, shank, etc. When specifying a location on a hook, a few different reference points are used -- above the gap, in front of the bend, behind the index point, etc. This way, there is no actual measurement needed (like millimeters) in fly recipes. You use the hook itself to measure.
You may already know a lot of this, but this might also help you understand hooks and how to measure them:
http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/hooks/
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