Hareline Loon Ergo Hair Scissors

What it is

Hareline Loon Ergo Hair Scissors are fly-tying scissors built around stainless steel blades with sharp cutting edges. They’re rust resistant and corrosion resistant, with an ergonomic grip and adjustable blade tension so you can set the feel where you like it at the bench. The short, fine, arrow-point blades make them comfortable for close-up trimming without having to switch to a separate detail tool.

What to tie with it

Use them for cutting and trimming fly-tying hair when you’re shaping wings, stacking and leveling tips, or cleaning up underwings and butts. They also handle synthetic materials when you’re cutting streamer wing fibers or trimming down bulky synthetics for a cleaner taper. The fine points are handy for tight work around eyes, heads, and small thread dams, especially on tiny flies.

Flies and the fish they're for

These scissors are the kind you’ll reach for when you’re trimming and finishing small dry flies, where tight control around the wing and head matters for trout on rivers and spring creeks. They’re also at home on hair-wing and hair-bodied patterns and baitfish streamers where you’re cutting and shaping hair and synthetics for everything from trout to smallmouth and stripers. Even when a pattern doesn’t “use” scissors as a listed material, clean hair and synthetic cuts are a big part of how those flies swim and sit in the water.