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Perhomessut 2014

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Bergman Wet Flies Tied by Rane Olsen

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Chenille Pupa

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Olive Peacock Intruder

Olive Intruder Pretty far away from the original intruder but I just couldn’t come up with a proper name and this will have to do for the time being. Tied again on a Waddington shank, this time the wing consists mostly of Peacock herls. People have been asking for closeups of the body construction on…
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Rogan’s Fiery Brown

Michael Rogan’s The Fiery Brown Another small salmon fly tyed in hand, this time from the book Fishing by Cholmondeley-Pennell that’s part of the Badminton Library -collection. I added a butt to the pattern because to me it clearly shows one in the illustration. This is also the Rogan’s variation with the blue hackle along…
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Beadhead Stonefly Nymph

Beadhead Stonefly Nymph Been tying some stonefly nymphs for a coming trip abroad and thought I’d share this pattern that is inspired by Kaufmann’s Stone nymph. Materials and some techniques are different by I think the basic appearance is pretty close. I use tungsten beads and some wire to make these really heavy and sink…
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Perch Featherwing Streamer

Perch Streamer proto One effective featherwinged streamer from last summer that needs some tweaks but will gain a place in my fly box once it’s perfected. I’ve never been highly successful with perch imitations on my trout fishing but they have their place on the rotation. Last year I wanted to try out a bit…
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GoExpo 2014
GoExpo 2014 Some photos from the fishing fair in Helsinki last weekend. Spent Saturday and Sunday working at the Helsinki Spey Clave stand where we had Markus Männistö tying Deceivers for pike and Miki Äikäs tying his salmonflies. The busiest day was Saturday with almost 24000 visitors at GoExpo. Hard work but it was nice…