Hareline Double Pupil Lead Eyes are painted dumbbell eyes with a second, contrasting ring around the pupil instead of a single dot. The extra ring is the whole idea — it makes the eye read as an eye from further away and from more angles, which is what you want on a Clouser or a jig streamer that a fish is tracking from the side. Ten pairs per pack.
Why It Works:
Lead eyes do two jobs at once: they turn the fly over so it rides hook-point-up, and they set how fast it drops. Working across the size range is how you tune that without changing patterns — the same Clouser in X-Small fishes a shallow flat, in X-Large it gets down in heavy current. Running one color through several sizes keeps your box consistent while the sink rate changes.
Product Features:
- Double-ring painted pupil for a more visible eye
- Five sizes from X-Small to X-Large
- 10 pairs per pack
- Flips the fly hook-point-up on Clousers, jig streamers and Crazy Charlies
- Baked enamel finish over cast lead
Best For / Not For:
These are lead. Some waters and some states restrict lead tackle — check your local regulations before fishing them, and if you need a lead-free option, ask us about the brass version of the same eye.
Ed's Take:
Black with Fl. Orange is the one that moves here, on everything from Gunnison sculpin patterns to carp flies on the flats below Delta. Yellow Chartreuse is the stained-water answer. Buy the size, not the color — most tyers own one color and four sizes rather than the other way round, and the Medium and Large are what empty first.
