The Stunner Frederic Tolfrey’s Jones’s Guide to Norway from 1848 is perhaps the most sought after book for salmon fly tyers collecting 1st editions of the classics. Not least because the book…
Mar Lodge Very popular classic salmon fly that can be found in many fly boxes even today. One of the nicest things about this fly is that it uses only natural materials…
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…
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…
Highland Gem (Kelson) Not surprisingly another fly from Kelson’s The Salmon Fly. Haven’t been really impressed with the pattern before but I’ve seen few takes on it that opened my mind. I…
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…
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…
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…