Fly Tying Archive

Category: Fly patterns

  • Floodtide

    Floodtide

    The Floodtide (Kelson) A bit more unusual fly from George Kelson’s The Salmon Fly. Unusual because of the Eagle hackle which is not so commonly used on salmon flies today and because of the unusually complex wing for an Eagle fly. Eagles are heavily protected here in Finland but luckily the feathers are easily substituted…

  • Dry Fly Fishing for Sea Trout

    Dry Fly fishing for Sea Trout One of my favorite moments of 2009 was to be able to fish Sea run Trout with a dry fly on the river Lakselv in Norway. My friends had good success with Bombers but I got most of my action on a Chernobyl Ant I had with me. It…

  • Black Doctor from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt

    Black Doctor from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt

    Black Doctor as per T.E. Pryce-Tannatt Another well known classic salmon fly. Most salmon fishers can point out a Doctor fly when they see one but there’s so many variations today that I think it’s good to tie it once in a while following the old recipes. There are of course older versions of the…

  • Klinkhåmer

    Klinkhåmer

    Klinkhåmer One of my most used dry flies of all time is definitely the Klinkhåmer designed by Hans van Klinken from the Netherlands. Super nice guy I had the pleasure to tie with at a fair in Italy. It has worked especially well for Grayling up in the north. I usually carry quite a large…

  • Baron

    Baron

    The Baron One of the legendary patterns from T.E Pryce-Tannat’s book How to Dress Salmon Flies. I took some artistic freedom with the excecution but here’s the pattern as described in the book. Tag:Silver thread and ruby red floss Tail: A topping, Indian Crow and Blue Chatterer Butt: Black herl Body: In two equal halves…

  • Baron Step By Step

    The Baron from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt step by step

  • Golden Witch

    Golden Witch

    Golden Witch Golden Witch is a streamer by the legendary Carrie Stevens from Maine. I have some old Mustad hooks that look pretty nice on these CS flies and I’m hoping to tie more of them in the near future. I didn’t “glue” the wing feathers to sets as Carrie did because I like to…

  • Red Tag

    The Red Tag A real simple fly for beginners to pick up on fly tying. If you have any additional questions feel free to ask and I’ll be happy to help. Hook: Any Wet Fly Hook size 10-18Tail: Red WoolBody: Peacock HerlHackle: Brown Hen Hackle