Hareline Rainbow Brass Cones

Description:

What it is

Hareline Rainbow Brass Cones are bullet-shaped brass cone heads with a rainbow finish. They add weight up front to help a fly sink and they throw off a reflective, flashy look when theyre moving in the water.

What to tie with it

Use them as a streamer head to build a tapered front end and to push the balance of the fly forward for a more head-first swim. Theyre common on leech patterns, baitfish-style streamers, and larger deep-diving patterns where you slide the cone on the hook before tying and then build a thread dam behind it to lock it in place.

Flies and the fish they're for

Woolly Bugger variants are a natural fit for a rainbow cone head when you want the same profile but with more sink and more flash; those get fished for trout in rivers and stillwaters, and they also cross over well to warmwater species like smallmouth in moving water. In the anadromous world, cone-headed leech-style flies show up a lot for steelhead and salmon, where the extra weight helps keep the fly down and the reflective finish gives it a little more presence in current.

How it compares

Compared with standard Hareline Brass Cones, youre getting the same brass weight and cone shape but with a rainbow finish for added flash. Versus Hareline Multihued Rainbow Beads, the finish is similar, but the bead is rounder while the cone gives you a more bullet-shaped head profile.