Fly Tying - Hooks

Orvis fly tying hooks are available in a wide variety of sizes and styles to suite every fly tier's needs. Included are specialty hooks only available from Orvis such as the "Big Eye" fly hooks, the "Bead-Head Hooks", and the super sharp "X Hooks".

Use the Orvis Fly Tying Hooks chart below to help find the hook perfectly suited to your tying needs.

Orvis Fly Tying Hooks

Use # Hook Type Hook Bend Hook Eye Hook Size Hook Description

 

 

Dry Fly
Hooks

1523 1XFine Perfect Down-Eye 8-22 Extra-fine wire with a classy, perfect bend for classic dry flies that look better and float better.
1877 1XFine
Barbless
Perfect Down-Eye 8-24 Release fish quickly, without damage to their mouths. A must on catch-and-release water, sensible anywhere. Semi-dropped point, bronze.
1638 2XLong
1XFine
Perfect Down-Eye 6-16 For hoppers, crickets, and long-bodied mayflies. Smaller gape to shank length is less harmful to small fish.
4641 1XWide
1XFine
Big Eye
Perfect Straight-Eye
Big Eye
12-26 Size 22 Big Eye hooks have the same size eye as a conventional size 16 hook! All of this comes with only a minuscule 4.5% increase in weight.
4864 1XWide
1XFine
Big Eye
Perfect Down-Eye
Big Eye
12-26 Size 22 Big Eye hooks have the same size eye as a conventional size 16 hook! All of this comes with only a minuscule 4.5% increase in weight.

 

 

Wet Fly & Nymph
Hooks

1524 1XHeavy
2XLong
Perfect Down-Eye 4-18 A model-perfect bend and a 2X long shank make this the standard hook for traditional mayfly nymphs.
1639 1XShort
1XFine
Special Curved Bend Down-Eye (sizes
10-16)
Up-Eye (sizes
18-22)
10-22 A short shank and a special curved bend make this hook perfect for shrimp imitations, caddis pupae, and caddis larvae. 1X fine.
1510 3XLong
Curved Shank
Sproat Straight-Eye 6-22 An unusual 3X long nymph hook that features a curved shape for stonefly nymphs, a straight eye, and a unique bend for positive hooking.
1512 3XLong
1XFine
Upturned Shank
Sproat Straight-Eye 6-16 Gives you a lifelike shape when tying nymphs. A few turns of lead in the thorax area will make your fly swim and dive as you twitch the rod tip.
1641 1XShort
2XHeavy
Sproat Down-Eye 6-16 Nymphs and wet flies sink well without the addition of lead wire. A great hook where very large trout are encountered or where small flies are used for salmon and steelhead.
122J 2XLong
½XWide
Perfect Straight-Eye
Enlarged Eye
6-16 Chemically sharpened 2X long microbarb point, slightly large gape, model perfect bend, slightly curved shank and enlarged eye make this the ideal hook for use with brass and tungsten beads. Designed by us, these are the only hooks on the market made exclusively for tying bead-head nymphs easily and correctly.
Muddler/
Stonefly
Hook
1526 3XLong
1XHeavy
Perfect Down-Eye 6-18 Model perfect bend and a 3X long shank for muddlers, sculpins, zonkers, and stonefly nymphs.
Streamer Hooks 8808 4XLong
1XHeavy
Round Down-Eye 2-14 Our favorite Woolly Bugger hook. Good for short streamer patterns and long nymph patterns like stonefly nymphs. Down-eye and classic round bend.