Ahrex has its roots in the Scandinavian fly-fishing tradition. Anglers and the waters they fish in inspire us to create the best hooks possible. Ahrex Hooks are made without compromise – designed by Scandinavian fly-fishermen for fishing all over the world. Ahrex uses innovative technology and the best materials available for each specific hook.
AHREX Hooks Series
Predator Series
A series of hooks designed to meet the challenge of targeting large predators like northern pike, musky and bass on the fly rod. All hooks are strong and razor sharp – and you find models for surface bugs as well as regular stingers and even Texas style hooks for weedless fly designs. Some of the smaller sizes from this series are great for large trout streamers as well.
Trout Predator Series
The Streamer scene has changed quite dramatically over the last two decades. Creative fly fishermen and fly tiers like Kelly Galloup, Russ Maddin, Tommy Lynch and several others have pushed streamer fly tying in new and innovative directions. The way we fish for large predatory trout is now much more aggressive and we target them with much bigger flies.
Therefore we felt an urge at Ahrex Hooks to design hooks specifically for predatory trout – hence the name for this group of hooks – Trout Predator. Swedish fly tier Andreas Andersson has played a huge role in the design phase and a lot of his thoughts and ideas are clearly visible in the hooks.
Nordic Salt Series
This series was initially aimed at the Scandinavian saltwater scene, with the sea trout (sea run brown) as the main target. As soon as the NS hooks hit the market they were welcomed by fly tiers and fly fishermen all around the globe, though – and are used for bass, panfish, freshwater trout and lots of other species.
Home Run Series
Steelhead, Atlantic- and Pacific salmon and sea run brown trout are some of the species that following their instinct make an annual migration. In the process they might battle hundreds of miles upstream against strong currents and rapids – making gravity defying jumps to reach the gravel bars of the spawning grounds.
Our Home Run Series is designed for challenging these awe-inspiring and powerful fish, whether the scene is a Great Lakes tributary, a mighty Norwegian salmon river or the windswept rivers of Tierra del Fuego. Like the silvery travellers these hooks are strong, tough and sharp.
Fresh Water Series
Fishing in freshwater with dry flies, nymphs and wet flies for trout, grayling and a wide range of other species is by far the largest fly-fishing scene in the world. So far, we have spent our time on developing hooks for Nordic Salt, Predator, Home Run and Trout Predator – important hooks for sure and close to our hearts, but now it is time to release The Freshwater Series.
Fishing dries is the holy grail of fly-fishing so it is not without some nervousness we bring the FW series to the market. We have had a close look at what is out there, talked and listened to many experienced fly fishermen around the world. Nine models, all of them available both barbed and barbless. This is only the beginning – you can expect many more models in the FW series in the years to come. So here, we are – take a look, we hope you like them.