Bronze Finish Round Bend Down-Eye Standard Wire “Mini-Barb” Uses: Traditional Dry Flies. Bronze Finish, Round Bend, Down-Eye, Standard Wire, Standard Length, “Mini-Barb.” Shaped like the Daiichi 1170, the 1180 is a round wire hook (non-forged). It also features the Daiichi mini-barb, an impressively small barb that is nearly invisible to the naked eye. Minute barbs hold fish but allow easy hook-ups, plus they are easily removed. Many who "pinch down" their barbs prefer these hooks because they easily pinch down the barbs.