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Cover shots Pohjolan Perhokalastaja 4/2019 Juho-Matti Paavola defying the elements on our trip to Gotland. Pohjolan Perhokalastaja 1/2019 One of the float tube shots from the featured article on Kilpisjärvi was assigned as the cover. Pohjolan Perhokalastaja 4/2018 Nice nightime brownie caught by the talented filmmaker Risto Ruokola. OPM fly tying catalogue 2017 I was…
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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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Aglaia
Aglaia. Known in the Greek mythology as one of the three graces, daughters of Zeus, Aglaia was the goddess of beauty, splendor and glory. This pattern comes from Edward Fitzgibbon’s “The book of the Salmon” from 1850 which was published under pseudonym Ephemera. The book features many fly patterns and as the last patterns the three…
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Pitcroy Fancy
Pitcroy Fancy (variant). An old photo I found when digging through the collection and thought it would be a good pattern to share. The Pitcroy Fancy is pretty simple yet elegant fly and a good alternative for a Silver Doctor when you are looking for something a bit more subtle. Looking back on this fly…
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Raven from Brad Burden
Raven with hackle wings Here’s a slight variation of Brad Burdens steelhead spey pattern developed for the Oregon rivers. Bob Veverkas book on spey flies has been a huge source of inspiration for me and many others and the plate featuring Burden patterns is one that I like to visit often. To me they are…
