Daiichi 1530 Fly Hooks

The Daiichi 1530 is one of our best selling and favorite hooks around here. Being in steelhead country, this one does it all for us. This hook

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Dr. Gary Borger conceptualized and helped create the design for this hook. It is an improved version of the swimming nymph hook (1770) and it features 2X-heavy wire. The gentle york bend facilitates the use of beads for bead head nymphs. The design of this hook is truly unique because the eye of the hook is lower than the spear and point of the hook. As a fly rides upright in the water. This allows for a better jigging action as the fly is retrieved with short, jerking motions.

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Daiichi 1530 Heavy Wet Fly Hooks feature a Sproat bend, down-eye, 2X-heavy wire, and a 1X-short shank. In the early days of fly tying and fly-fishing, “wet flies” were king. Dry flies and nymphs are more popular today, but wet flies, which are fished subsurface, are still very successful for catching trout, steelhead, and salmon. Wet flies do not closely imitate natural insects or bait fish, but give the impression of emerging mayflies.

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Daiichi 1530 fly tying hooks a 1X Short, 2X Heavy hook that is a common hook style for classic wet flies. The Daiichi 1530 would also be a good hook

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This hook is a “modern” version of the traditional wet fly hook.

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