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Teno 2
Let’s continue with the Teno series by Erkki Vaalama. Teno 2 features interesting short veilings from golden pheasant tippet that sets it apart from the rest of the series.
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Dette Coffin Fly
Catskill region in America has a unique history when it comes to dry flies. Many famous patterns and tyers originate from the river banks of the Catskill rivers and some of the best known belong to the Dette family.
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Teno 1 from the Teno Series
Teno Series created by Erkki Vaalama(1918-2016) is one of the best known in the realm of Finnish salmon flies. Here we will take a look at the series and start from the beginning with Teno 1.
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Evolution Heptagenia Nymph
Getting the slim and wide profile of a Heptagenia mayfly nymph with enough weight has been always an issue and the Clinger & Crawler beads solve this issue better than anything I’ve used in the past.
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Glimmerrejen variation
Keeping on with the pink shrimp theme there is no doubt that Torben Gosch’s Glimmerrejen and its variations have produced numerous amount of sea trout in the past years.
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Perfect Leo Shrimp variation
The Perfect Leo Shrimp by Kern Leo Lund from Denmark had a big impact on the way we tie our sea trout shrimps today. There has been of course many realistic shrimp patterns but in my mind this was the pattern that started to make them appear in most fishermen’s flyboxes.
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Thistle
Thistle. As my friends know I’m not a big fan of the modern popular color combo yellow, orange, red, fiery brown and black on salmon flies. There are a few exceptions though where the combination isn’t as obvious and when used with muted colors can look quite pleasing. Thistle is one of those simple gorgeous…
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Green Highlander from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt
Green Highlander. One of those patterns you either love or hate. It has an unusual color scheme which is probably the reason why it has become so popular. It’s one the classic flies that I’ve tied the most and it’s a pattern that I like to tie every once in a while to sort of…