Fly Tying Archive

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  • Royal Coachman Wet Fly

    Royal Coachman Wet Fly

    Royal Coachman. Originally a variant of course from the Coachman wet fly was commercialized and named by the Orvis family in the last quarter of the 19th century. The red band of silk was originally added to protect the herls but the way I tie my herl bodies with a reinforcing thread I think this…

  • Raven from Brad Burden

    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…

  • Muddler Minnow

    Muddler Minnow step by step Don Gapen invented this legendary pattern for the Nipigon river in Canada. It was supposed to imitate Cockatush minnow which is a sculpin and called a “muddler” in parts of Wisconsin. The muddler wasn’t supposed to be that type of firm and clinically cut that we like today but rather…

  • Bullhead Diver

    Bullhead Diver

    Bullhead Diver I use quite a lot of Sculpin patterns that use different zonker and muddler head combinations. This one is the latest addition to the line and it differs from the previous ones with having a reversed hook and dumbbell eyes. I usually fish these with quite a short line so castability is not…

  • Helsinki Spey Clave Demo Day

    Helsinki Spey Clave Demo and Mikael Frödin’s Masterclass Traditional spring demo at Helsinki Spey Clave and this year the guys had arranged a free Masterclass presentation by Mikael Frödin for the customers. Micke also tied some salmonflies today at the shop before we headed out to test some new rods and lines. Håkan Norling was…

  • Mirage Beadhead

    Mirage Beadhead

    Mirage Beadhead. After posting the Hydropsyche Larva varation last week it got me thinking what is the fly I mostly use with it since I rarely fish it alone. Instead I usually have a Czech style nymph rig with 2-3 flies. There are of course many go to -patterns but this simple little fly has…

  • BFFI 2015

    British Fly Fair International 2015 Just went through the set of photos from UK where I attended the BFFI 2015. It was my first time at this legendary show and really enjoyed catching up with good old friends and plenty of new ones. I was seated in the “viking row” with Swedish and Norwegian tyers…

  • Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Caddis Larvae Variation

    Oliver Edwards Hydropsyche Caddis Larvae Variation

    Hydropsyche Larva When I first laid my eyes on Oliver Edwards’ book Flytyers Masterclass my life changed. It was a real eyeopener to me on what could be achieved with fly tying and immediately changed my approach to tying trout flies. Oliver’s hydropsyche caddis larva especially draw my attention and it’s still one of my…