Hareline Gamakatsu T10 6H Salmon Tapered Loop Eye Black

What it is

A tapered loop-eye hook built on a curved shank with an up-eye. The tapered loop eye is shaped for classic salmon-style rigging and keeps things lining up cleanly when you’re dressing traditional patterns.

What to tie with it

This is a go-to platform for swung flies, Spey-style patterns, and traditional steelhead and salmon flies. It also fits sparse streamers and fully dressed Atlantic salmon flies where you want the hook shape and up-eye to carry the dressing the way those patterns were designed.

Flies and the fish they're for

Coho Kryptonite is a salmon and steelhead pattern, fished swung or on a tight line in rivers for coho and steelhead. The General Practitioner is a classic Atlantic salmon fly for swung presentations in Atlantic salmon rivers, and it also sees use as a big traditional salmon-style pattern elsewhere. Black Hair Green Butt is another traditional salmon pattern, typically swung for Atlantic salmon and also commonly tied for sea-trout work in suitable sizes and runs.