Fly Tying Archive

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  • Chenille Pupa

    Chenille Pupa

    Chenille Caddis Pupa This type of crocheted chenille pupa body used to be popular in Finland but has now been overrun by simpler patterns. I have to admit that I too usually go for the simpler ones but when I want to make a bit more chunky pupa this is a good pattern. I’m not…

  • 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.  

  • Helsinki Spey Clave Demo 2013

    Helsinki Spey Clave’s traditional spring demoday. Wasn’t working yesterday but managed to sneak couple hours to my day to go and take some photos at Helsinki Spey Clave. They had Håkan Norling, Tuomas Rytkönen and Heikki Turunen tying flies at the shop during the day and in the evening moved to the close by river…

  • Spring Is Here

    Spring Is Here

    Spring is here! Was fishing yesterday and the stoneflies are starting to hatch finally with the temperature rising above zero for the first time since last fall. Not too many active fish eating them yet but that’s just about being in the right spot at the right time. Now all I need is more time…

  • Stunner

    Stunner

    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 has some of the most beautiful fly plates by the Adlard brothers. You can expect to pay 5000-7000$ for a good copy when…

  • GoExpo 2013

    GoExpo Fishing Fair 2013 in Helsinki I was again working at the Helsinki Spey Clave stand during the fair. This year we had invited Mikael Frödin to tie his beautiful tubeflies at our stand and also Tommy Aarkvisla from C.F. Burkheimer pro team to do casting demos on the pool. As usual the fair had…

  • No. 4 for salmon from The Driffield Angler

    No. 4 for salmon from The Driffield Angler

    No. 4 for salmon from The Driffield Angler This was a practice fly I did on how to make a reversed wing on an salmon fly in hand. Not a common winging method today on feather winged flies but makes for a very durable wing. This was the second time I tried to tie the…

  • Fraser Sandeman’s No. 3

    Fraser Sandeman’s No. 3

    Sandeman’s No. 3 Fraser Sandeman is one of the old legends who is not so well known today. His two books “By Hook and By Crook” and “Angling travels in Norway” are however very interesting to read and should be considered as some of the standard books of the period in my opinion. As many…