HARELINE BRASS EYES

Inject instant, erratic swimming action and reliable sub-surface weight into your custom patterns with Hareline Brass Eyes, the ultimate multi-size barbell solution for innovative fly tiers. Precision-machined from high-grade solid brass, these premium dumbbell eyes are explicitly engineered to serve as the quickest way to add both lifelike tracking stability and sinking power to any pattern. Because brass delivers a lighter, more intermediate density profile compared to traditional heavy lead, these eyes provide a highly castable footprint that lets you deliver massive flies smoothly without collapsing your casting loops. When cross-wrapped securely to the top of a hook shank, these barbell weights inherently invert the fly, forcing it to ride hook-point up to drastically minimize snagging on the river bottom. Available in a comprehensive range of sizes to suit everything from small micro-nymphs to giant predator streamers, they are a mandatory benchmark component for any active fly tying bench.

 

When you are tying up standard streamer rigs to fish the high-volume bank runs along the Grey Reef and Miracle Mile stretches of the North Platte River right here in Casper, you need your fly to drop into the feeding zone fast without getting immediately wedged in the heavy gravel cobble. These Hareline Brass Eyes are a massive local favorite because they give your baitfish, leeches, and custom Zirdle Bugs a deadly, undulating jigging motion on the strip without adding the exhausting, rod-snapping casting weight of heavy lead. Tie these onto a size #4 long-shank hook to create an inverted, weedless sculpin imitation that bounces cleanly over our local river stones all day long.