Fly Tying Archive

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  • Finnish national fly tying championship 2016

    National championship 2016.  Many who have followed me for a long time know that I’m a big fan of competition tying especially the live competitions like the Finnish Nationals. The competition has been arranged since 1984 and in the golden years had around 200 participants. Now the numbers have declined mostly due to internet and…

  • GoExpo 2016 fly fishing fair

    GoExpo 2016.  It has become a tradition for me to open up the show season here in Finland working at the Helsinki Spey Clave stand and this year was no exception. We had a good setup again with more products than ever before and Markus Männistö tying his pike deceivers which differ in construction from…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Fly Compendium

    The Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Fly Compendium

    The Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Fly Compendium – Grewcock & Carne This massive book that features basically all published and some unpublished classic salmon flies compiled by Barry Grewcock with the help of Dave Carne was published this summer as a limited edition on a pre-order only basis. It’s mostly a pattern reference book…

  • Damnation Screening in Helsinki

    Damnation screening in Helsinki and a seminar at the parliament about the future of our rivers An exhausting but still very motivational day at the Finnish parliament listening to politicians and scientists about the future use of our rivers and hydropower as a “green” source of energy. We have many local struggles with hydropower and…

  • Deer Hair Divers for Pike

    Deer Hair Divers for Pike

    Deerhair divers for Pike Pike season is fully starting here as the waters keep getting cooler and the big pikes come to the more shallow parts of the water. From time to time I try to use poppers and divers to attract pike because while maybe not the most effective way to catch pike it…

  • H.S.C. We Share Your Passion Video

    We’ll return to our regular scheduled program after a short message from our sponsor. You might also see a familiar face there casting.