Ahrex’s new Beast Fleye hook, developed with the help of Bob Popovics, is ideal for tying large fleye-style patterns. The hook’s long shank allows for more tie in points, and/or for bigger spaces between tie in points, resulting in a sparser, better swimming pattern. In this step by step extended hollow fleye tutorial, Andre van Wyk (bucktailflies.com) shows how Ahrex’s beast hook can be used to tie a large extended hollow fleye without the need for a mono-extension. To check out Dre’s step-by-step Beast tutorial, click here.

Materials used in Andre’s extended hollow fleye tutorial:

• Hook: Ahrex SA292 Beast Fleye long # 6/0
• Thread: Nano silk
• Bucktaill: White and colourful dyed bucktail.
• Hackle: Ewing flatwing hackle and short dyed hackle.
• Squimpish: Purple

Read Dre’s review of the Ahrex hook in The Mission Issue 44. It’s free!