Fly Tying Archive

Category: Salmon/Steelhead

  • Jock Scott Step By Step

    Jock Scott Step by Step Probably the best known and most popular Salmon Fly of its time. Famous anglers such as Major J.P. Traherne have said that if they could have only one fly to fish with it would be a Jock Scott. Bold statement from a man who himself is regarded as the finest…

  • Jock Scott Sketch

    Jock Scott Sketch

    Planning your flies I’m not much of an artist when it comes to drawing or painting but I like to sketch flies to get a better feel for proportions. Especially if I have taken a break from a certain style of tying it helps me to get the look that I want to achieve. In…

  • Silver Grey from G.M. Kelson

    Silver Grey from G.M. Kelson

    Silver Grey One of my favorite patterns ever designed for salmon. This time tied with really sparse wing and closer to “classic Finnish style”. Haven’t caught any salmon with it yet but this very fly has given me few brown trouts so I added a photo of one for your amusement. The pattern is pretty…

  • Black Prince

    Black Prince

    The “Black Prince” Major John Popkin Traherne’s flies are recognized by many as the most beautiful salmon flies ever created. Many of them have fullfeather wings which has never been too common in salmon flies. They were first introduced by Traherne’s good friend George Kelson in his articles in Fishing Gazette. When tying a topping…

  • Akroyd

    Akroyd

    Akroyd A famous Dee fly that was invented by Charles Akroyd according to his book “A Veteran Sportsman’s Diary” (1926) in the year 1875. It soon became one of the most used patterns on the river Dee and has been a favorite of fishermen ever since. There is apparently something about the black and yellow…

  • Mikael Frödin workshop

    Mikael Frödin Now that we got started on the guest fly tyers and tube flies I’d suppose it’s only fair to give the stage to one of the innovative tyers behind the style. Here’s some photos from Sunday at Helsinki Spey Clave where Mikael Frödin was doing a fly tying class. The class seemed very…

  • Lemon & Grey

    Lemon & Grey

    Lemon and Grey Classic featherwing fly that I taught at the latest workshop. Had to make few adjustments to the pattern from Pryce-Tannatt since some of the materials are very hard to get at the moment (like quality Teal flanks) Hope the tyers at the class learned something new about these old flies and the…

  • Banana Fly

    Banana tube fly Step-by-step with Anton Pousar Scandinavian style tube flies are extremely popular at the moment for salmon all over the world. We have guys like Mikael Frödin and Håkan Norling to thank for developing these killers that are fairly easy to tie and fish like nothing else in the water. This pattern is…