Ok, so we have had a lot of big news with new product releases this year relating to new fly tying hooks from various manufacturers. And now, well, we have another announcement about a new range of hooks. This is one that we have been sitting on for a while and have been itching to tell you all for some time, and after today’s press release, we can finally announce the new range from the Scandinavian kings of swing, Ahrex Hooks. The new Ahrex Hooks Freshwater series is something we have all been waiting for and now it has become a reality, with our first order already sent off and hooks due to arrive later this year.

That’s right folks, for all you freshwater trout fishermen here in Australia, we at Troutlore are proud to announce that we will have the new Ahrex Hooks Freshwater Series of dry fly and nymph hooks. For those of you who know the strength and versatility of Ahrex hooks, it is very exciting to know that this is coming to freshwater hooks with a selection of dry, nymph, emerger and streamer hooks for just about any trout fly pattern you can come up with. Here’s a few words from our friends at Ahrex regarding the release :

Ever since we started Ahrex Hooks, we’ve had the question: “When are you guys going to make dry fly hooks.”

Our answer was: “Well… we will get there someday.”

And we knew we would – but we didn’t want to rush it… and release a single dry fly hook first – and maybe a nymph or a classic wet fly hook months later. We decided to go all in and make a line of the most important freshwater hooks, and release a complete Ahrex Hooks Freshwater Series. And we wanted you guys to have the opportunity to choose a barbed or barbless version on each and every one of our Freshwater Series hooks.

That is not a thing you do over night. And for more than a year we’ve been working to make that happen. Now we are nearly there. Production is running and we expect the hooks to be ready for shipping to our dealers in December 2017.

So for you guys tying dries, wets, nymphs, emergers, pupas, buzzers and just about any freshwater fly, very soon there’s an Ahrex hook for you as well. We can’t wait to see what you guys will do to them.

So. we are very excited about these hooks, which will be getting to Australia as soon as possible and into the Troutlore store as we are the main Ahrex Hooks dealer here in the land downunder. Keep your eye open on our social media, or in the blog comments for more updates on when the hooks are arriving. Best of all, sign up to the newsletter and you will be the first to know when the hooks are available and get exclusive offers for the initial release.

Thanks for reading and happy tying!