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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Greenwell from T.E. Pryce-Tannatt
Greenwell Another classic salmon fly that is found in many variations in the old books. This one is tied according to the pattern in T.E. Pryce-Tannatt’s How to dress Salmon Flies (1914) that is usually concidered to be one of the last classic books on salmon fly tying. The pattern again differs a bit from…
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Yellow Anthony
The Yellow Anthony Here’s a neat little pattern from Francis Francis’s A Book on Angling where it’s recommended for the river Lee in Cork, Ireland. Unfortunately the river today isn’t in all of its former glory because it has been dammed for a hydro-electric scheme although you can still catch salmon in the lower parts.…