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Mirage Beadhead
Mirage Beadhead. After posting the Hydropsyche Larva varation last week it got me thinking what is the fly I mostly use with it since I rarely fish it alone. Instead I usually have a Czech style nymph rig with 2-3 flies. There are of course many go to -patterns but this simple little fly has…
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Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Caddis Larvae Variation
Hydropsyche Larva When I first laid my eyes on Oliver Edwards’ book Flytyers Masterclass my life changed. It was a real eyeopener to me on what could be achieved with fly tying and immediately changed my approach to tying trout flies. Oliver’s hydropsyche caddis larva especially draw my attention and it’s still one of my…
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Hi-Vis Bomber
Hi-Vis Bomber Salmon dry flies were the last thing on my tying list at the moment but I visited the guys at Helsinki Spey Clave and they had dyed some premium Calf tails that I’ve wanted for a long time. And those beauties shine! It was difficult to even take a photograph of the fly…
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Jock Scott from G.M. Kelson
Jock Scott Needs no introduction and we’ve even featured this pattern here before but a different Pryce-Tannatt version of it. Because the notes included with the pattern in Kelson’s book The Salmon Fly are so long on this one I will not bother you with my ramblings too much, just like to add that I…
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Lion
The Lion Here’s the finished fly from our last post that dealt with the underwing construction. For the main wing I tied the bigger portion of it as a mixed wing but with sides and roof not mixed in. The pattern and notes per Land & Water as follows. The Lion (James Wright.) Tag: Silver…
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Butcher Wet Fly
Butcher This famous wet fly was originally called Moon’s Fly after a butcher called Moon whose favorite pattern it was. Developed by John Jewhurst the fly was newly named by William Blacker around 1838 as per Moon’s profession arguably as a marketing gimmick. Well the name change worked well as it became one of the…