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Tag: dry fly

  • February Red Stonefly Dry Fly

    February Red Stonefly Dry Fly

    The February Red stonefly When the temperature rises for the first times above zero and the sun starts shining it means that the spring is finally here in Finland. It also means that we are going to get the first stonefly hatch of the season on our rivers. The February Red Taeniopteryx Nebulosa hatches are…

  • Realistic Caddis Dry Fly Video

    Semi-Realistic Caddis Dry Fly New video step-by-step of a fairly simple but realistic Caddis Fly. This is one of my own patterns but it’s basically a variation of the many realistic Stoneflies around from Paul Whillock for example. For the waters I fish and the insects I imitate the short shank #14-16 hook (here Kamasan…

  • CDC & Elk

    CDC & Elk

    CDC & Elk This is a super fast to tie fly that uses only two materials. Created by Hans Weilenmann in the early 90’s it has become really famous around the globe as a universal pattern that works well in most situations. It’s of course a variation of Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis which we’ve…

  • Elk Hair Caddis

    Elk Hair Caddis

    Elk Hair Caddis Another one of the most popular dry flies for trout is Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis. It has all the elements you would want from a fly when a high floating Caddis pattern is needed. The light wing gives the fly good visibility in the water and the palmered hackle make it…

  • 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…

  • 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…