Hareline Alec Jackson's Crystal North Country Trout Hooks 25 Pack

What it is

Alec Jackson’s Crystal North Country Trout Hook is a high-carbon steel fly hook with a crystal finish that all but disappears underwater while still giving a subtle, reflective look in the water. It’s built on a 2X short shank with a straight eye, and it comes chemically sharpened to a needlepoint with a small barb.

What to tie with it

This is a go-to platform for North Country spiders and other soft-hackle patterns where you want a compact body and a clean, traditional profile. The short shank keeps midges and chironomid-style flies tight and proportional, and the straight eye makes it easy to seat thread and whip finish neatly right behind the eye.

Flies and the fish they're for

This hook is made with North Country spiders in mind, the classic soft-hackle wet flies fished for trout in rivers and streams on the swing or with a light wet-fly drift. It also fits midge and chironomid imitations that trout eat in stillwaters and tailwaters, especially when they’re keyed on small, slender bugs just under the surface or in the film.