By A Mystery Man Writer
The 1640 has has found many uses as a dry fly hook. However it’s standard wire, 2X-short shank & the straight-eye makes this hook ideal for all sorts of trout tube flies. 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 hooks use a 12-degree constant taper ground needle point. #desdes# The 1650 Tube Fly Hook has the same shape as the 1640. This hook features 2X-heavy wire which makes it great for large trout, steelhead and salmon tube flies.Bronze finish. Round bend, straight-eye, 2X-short shank, reversed, forged. 1650 has 2X-heavy wire.
In 1990 Jim Lepage and the Orvis Co. designed and patented the original Big Eye hook. The original big eye was a straight eyed dry fly hook with an oversize eye (Daiichi 1110) to ease the threading of tippets.
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