Daiichi
Daiichi 1280, 25 pk
Longer dry flies need longer hooks! This hook is great for hoppers, crickets, and other terrestrials as well as damselflies, stoneflies, or large mayflies.
Round bend, down-eye, 1X-fine wire, 2X-long shank,
Daiichi 1510, 25 pk
3X-short hooks have been very popular with fishers that used salmon eggs as bait and by flyfishers who use “artificial eggs” as patterns for steelhead trout or salmon. Fly tiers prefer this type of hook for spider and ant patterns which are successful for
Daiichi 1560, 25 pk
Great hook for traditional wets and nymphs
Daiichi 1710, 25 pk
Heavy wire, 2X-long hooks are today the most popular models used for tying flies imitating nymphs (The larvae of mayflies, caddis flies, and stoneflies). They also are popular for grasshopper patterns.
Round bend, down-eye, 1X-heavy wire, 2X-long shank, f
Daiichi 1720, 25 pk
Heavy wire, 3X-long hooks are the hooks of choice for America’s most popular fly pattern – the wooly bugger. They are also very useful for bead head nymphs and stonefly nymphs, because these patterns require the extra length.
Round bend, down-eye, 1X-hea
Daiichi 1730, 25 pk
This hook was specifically designed to enhance the “natural appearance” of stonefly nymph fly patterns. In older fly tying recipes, tiers were often instructed to bend the hook shank of a typical 3X or 4X-long hook down, that way the final product exhibit
Daiichi 1760, 25 pk
Round bend, down-eye, 2x-heavy wire, 2x-long, curved shank, forged. Uses: Flies for steelhead, salmon and large trout
Daiichi 2110
Wide-gape, Limerick bend, medium wire, down-eye, forged Uses: Bombers and other flies for salmon, steelhead, bass or large trout
Daiichi 2141
This heavy wire salmon hook was designed for catching steelhead and salmon.
Daiichi 2151 10 pk
Bob Johns, a noted fly tier and hook designer created this “Bartlett” style hook in the 1970’s. He preferred this straight eye version to the more popular “up-eye” (see 2161) for his personal flies. This hook can be used to create beautiful curved nymphs
Daiichi 2220, 25pk
4X-long hooks are great for minnow imitations. The shank of the hook is the right length to create properly proportioned fish profiles. Some fishers complain that hook shanks longer than 4X allow the fish to use leverage on the shank to “throw” the hook s
Daiichi Alec Jackson 2051
Alec Jackson is a fly tier and hook designer who lives in the Seattle, WA area. This hook was specifically designed by Alec to produce spey flies that appeal aesthetically to both men and fish. Also preferred by many tiers, who tie collectable “full dress