Daiichi 1330 Dry Fly Hook 18

Some fly fishers prefer up-eye hooks for some of their patterns and claim higher success rates for hook ups. Depending on which knot you use to tie on your flies, this may or may not be true. Theories and suggestions abound and though most tiers prefer down eye hooks, they cannot tell you why. Read info on 1310, this hook is the same except it is an up-eye instead of a down eye model.

Hook selection, Global FlyFisher

Dry Fly Hooks – Nomad Anglers

Daiichi 1310 Short Shank Dry Fly Hook

Round Bend, Down-Eye, 1X Short, Bronze.

Daiichi #1330 Short Shank Dry Fly Hook

Uses: Standard Dry Flies with Wide Gape. Round bend, up-eye, 1X-short shank.

Daiichi 1330 1X-Short Up-Eye Dry Fly Hook

1530 Heavy Wet Fly Hook 100pc. Daiichi Heavy Wet Fly Hook 100pc

Hooks & Shanks – Page 10 – Rocky Mountain Fly Shop

Daiichi 2462 Multi-Use Aberdeen Hook - Nickel, Fly Tying

Dry Fly Hooks, Fly Fishing Hooks

Daiichi Fly Tying Hooks - Fly Tying Hooks

Daiichi 1170 Standard Dry Fly Hooks

In the mid 1980’s, Daiichi introduced this “swimming nymph” hook to form the foundation for swimming mayfly nymph artificials, and for flies imitating leeches or worms. The gentle “s” curve helps give a life like appearance to these creations. Daiichi Fly hooks are the finest in the world. Here's why: They are made of the finest high carbon steel, which is hardened and tempered to an exacting formula that makes for a long point life and a very strong hook.

Daiichi 1770 - Swimming Nymph Hook - 25 Pack 16