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Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Tie flies onto tippet faster and easier than you can with traditional-eye hooks. Great for fishing in poor light. Big Eye® hooks have eyes between 225% and 306% (depending on hook size) larger in the internal hook-eye area than conventional dry-fly hooks. Our size 22 Big Eye hooks have the same-size eye as a conventional size 16 hook! And a size 16 Big Eye has the eye of a normal size 10! These are some of the finest, most carefully made hooks ever offered.Ring eye, Model Perfect bend, and wide gape for best possible hooking angle; whisker barb for easy release and better hooking; chemically sharpened—every hook extremely sharp; deep bronzing for exceptional rust resistance. Even sizes: 12-26.
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15 of 16(94%)reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Review 1 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Excellent Dry Fly Hooks,
May 7, 2013
By: Bishthefish1
from North Yorkshire
"I bought a packet of 50 of these in size 18 as the larger packs offer better value. I tied up a batch peacock quill parachutes for the river Leven this weekend and they worked a treat - 15 fish raised & 10 hooked and landed. The tippet was easy to thread, the fly floated all day and the point stayed needle sharp.
Highly recommended"
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Review 2 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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favorite,
April 6, 2013
By: 250savage
"Big Eye Straight-eye are my favorite hooks for dry fly tying. It sure helps my aging eyes when switching flies on the stream."
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Review 3 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Good idea,
December 28, 2012
By: JohnInColorado
from Lakewood, CO
"I haven't had much of an opportunity to tie these hooks onto a 6x or 7x tippet yet but I'm thinking the bigger eye will help, especially on a size 22."
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Review 4 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Still the Best,
December 26, 2012
By: CreativeFishing
from Flaming Gorge, UT
"I've been using these hooks since they first hit the market, but at times I've had to use the "others" too. There's still no comparison. The Big Eyes are easy to thread, especially as my eyes age. They're strong enough to not straighten with heavy tippets, yet light enough to float all my dries, even sparse ones. And sharp right out of the box. I couldn't ask for any more from a hook. Perfect."
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Review 5 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Essential for over 50's,
October 29, 2012
By: OBJohn
"By the age of 55 more than 80 % of fishermen need to wear glasses for close vision. These big eye hooks make it possible to tie small flies and still be able to thread the line through on the river bank. before I discovered them I had given up tying flies smaller that size 14. Now I can fish size 20 nymphs and they really do catch fish when all else fails."
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Review 6 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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great hook,
September 18, 2012
By: GBWX
"The big eye and micro barb make this a great fly hook. The only thing that would make it better would be if they came barbless."
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Review 7 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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compared to what,
June 12, 2012
By: inthesaltdaily
from Maine in summer, RI,CT,and NJ in Fall
"The hooks are good enough, but I did not find the eyes any easier to thread than the Mustads I have been using."
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Review 8 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Overall Rating:
Big Eye Hooks,
February 21, 2012
By: DarylC
from Ludington, MI
"I love Big Eye hooks. My only suggestion would be to include some longer shanked nymph hooks. My eyes have just as much trouble with small nymphys as they do small dry flies. I would LOVE to see some longer shanked versions.
I was actually thinking about hook with bigger eyes just before you came out with this product. I think you were reading my mind, and thanks, Big Eye hooks are a must."
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Review 9 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Big Eyed Hooks,
January 13, 2012
By: WobblyFace
from Manchester, UK.
"Excellent small hooks that I can actually thread my line through. Nice strong and sharp. The ideal midge and very small fly hook."
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Review 10 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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really nice midge hooks,
October 24, 2011
By: culhanetyl
from Lewisberry .Pa
"The reason that I purchased these big eye hooks is that I tie not only for my own personal usage but also for my dad. The large eyes give him a fighting chance when he is trying to tie a size 24 or 26 on . in addition the hooks are very sharp and for there size very strong. Great hooks for fishing big limestoners . the only thing i wish is that these hooks were availabe in up eye configuration so that the hook eye was not visable from below"
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Review 11 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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No problems threading your leader,
August 19, 2011
By: zelon
from Twyford, Berkshire, UK
"Very nice hook. I have been using these for a number of years and I really like the big eye so that it makes threading your leader easily especially when you get to the stage where you just need reading glasses or in poor light conditions.
The hook is also well proportioned with good sharp point and small barb. The flies I tie mainly on this hook are cdc comparaduns, sparkle duns, x-caddis and the cdc and elk (deer hair really). The straight or inline hook eye is also of major benefit when having to whip finish."
The hook is also well proportioned with good sharp point and small barb. The flies I tie mainly on this hook are cdc comparaduns, sparkle duns, x-caddis and the cdc and elk (deer hair really). The straight or inline hook eye is also of major benefit when having to whip finish."
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Review 12 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Overall Rating:
Big Eye Hooks,
August 15, 2011
By: biggpapag
"Big Eye Hooks are the best if you use size 20 to 26.No more problems threading 8x tippet."
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Review 13 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Overall Rating:
Excellent hooks!,
March 4, 2010
By: gonfishin
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"Super sharp with a small, easy to smash barb, and most importantly easy to see eye makes tying onto your tippet less of an eyestrain. Highly recommend these hooks!"
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Review 14 for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
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Great product!!,
November 4, 2008
By: filt007
from Ithaca, NY
"I must admit that I was a little skeptical about about trying these. Could the larger eye really make that much of a difference? It sure does. If you have ever been caught trying to tie on a standard size 18 or 20 fly as the last rays of the sun are quickly waning and there are trout rising right in front of you, then you can definitely appreciate the value of these big eye hooks. Since these hooks are easy to thread, super sharp and very strong I find that I no longer avoid fishing my smaller flies. Midges. anyone??"
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Ratings-Only Reviews for Big Eye Hook in Straight-Eye Style
Based on the average of (2) ratings-only reviews
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Would recommend? Yes 2 out of 2