What size hook and estaz material ?

For fall I like size 6 sometimes 8's and Grande.  I think the regular does not plump out as good as the grande.   I have used Mustad 37132, 9174, CO68.   I have even used some Wal mart specials Octopus hooks I got for $2.  

pafisher is the master at having all the right flies in shapes, size and color..
as for estaz, there used to be such a thing as regular estaz.. Now it's all sorts of names so I really like to "look" at the material.. All Seasons in pulaski has every thing a tier could dream..
If I'm tying a buggy pattern such as wooly, the estaz grand in peakok works well.. Sometimes patterns such as a head of a scud the small estaz works..
Honestly it's tough ordering materials "on line"..
Hook sizes vary as well.. My smallest size 8 mustad might be a 10 in another brand..
For eggs , I try and stick to an 8 or 10 .. Tend to like egg yarn better though for eggs then estaz..
I  have used a 6 sucker spawn in fall & spring..
Welcome aboard..
Good folks here to share with..
Peace & Tuna

  Double bead headed stone is my go to fly especially early in the run. Black and then rootbeer colors

1/0 must be pushing the 1/2 inch gap regulation to its limit.
Don't have one bend out even the slightest or there is no doubt you could be budted.

chartist
1/0 looks to be just under a half inch.....Plus, mine were on red colored hooks.  I think the color contrast helped.

No comment on that!
 But you know what I'm thinking 2bob.

If you are right fichy 1/32 isn't much to bend out on a snag to be past the 1/2 inch limit.
I would be very careful if it were me.

I'm pretty much a 6 to 2 guy myself.
I had a gammy needle point octo #4 on my cut shanks the other day but am thinking a 2 might be a better bite.
Thoughts?

2b, neat vid. That's Andersen below Redding, Ca. I've never fished Kings there, but have caught some great football rainbows fattened up on the eggs.  I miss Norcal.

Twobob-  The officer insisted that the fly was too heavy.  He asked me to drop it in the calm, shallow water next to the bank and as it immediately sank to the bottom he said it had too much weight. 
The fly/streamer was tied on a #4 Tiemco 200R, no trailer involved, certainly within the guidelines regarding hook gap size.
 
He went on to say that he was watching me for a while and admitted that I was not lining, lifting or doing anything illegal.  In the course of our conversation he said that he wasn't a fisherman and wasn't sure as he looked through the syllabus while trying to contact another officer.  I showed him the same version of the fly that was entirely dry and plead my case. 
 
The whole encounter was very strange but thankfully worked in my favor.

Yes I cannot imagine that.  Was it a newbie right out of the academy from NYC or something.   I will ay though at least a) he let you plead your case and b) he admitted he did not know and was not a fisherperson.   Some of these guys have either had enough bs from the entire season and just are sick of it or compete Richardheads to begin with

I think I know the one and caught some bass on it.