This heavy wire version of style 1130 was introduced in 1999 as a response to feedback received from flyfishers who need tougher hooks for heavy powerful fish, like steelhead, and those who want heavier wire to aid the sinking speed of their subsurface flies.
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This hook was designed by Jim Lepage and the Orvis Co. and patented as the "Big Eye" hook in 1990. This hook features an oversized eye to facilitate easy threading of tippet material, and has the dimensions of a modern dry fly hook, including a slightly...
Tiemco introduced continuous bend hooks into the American fly tying market in the 1980's. This particular style is similar to the TMC 2487, which quickly became popularly known as a "oeScud Hook" because of its shape, which is similar to the curve of...
Daiichi introduced this up-eye version of the scud hook in 1990. By incorporating an up-eye, this design gives the hook a larger "oebite". In other words, a down-eye would significantly restrict the hooking ability of this hook by closing off the gape.