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  • Yellow Anthony

    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.…

  • Britannia

    Britannia

    The Britannia Rare pattern because the wing is made of feathers from the Northern Shoveler duck. The fly itself must have been pretty popular since there are vintage versions of it left today and the pattern was in three major books of the Victorian era. This is a mix of the patterns from Francis Francis,…

  • No. 1 for the Suir

    No. 1 for the Suir

    Francis Francis’s No 1 for The Suir This one’s an interesting little fellow from Francis Francis’s A Book on Angling. Pretty sure this was not the way it was tied back then but I liked the look of it this way. I was amazed how nicely the Red Claret floss I used and Lt. Orange…

  • Fly Tying Camp

    The MacGyvers fly tying camp On the last weekend of January we kept the shop closed for the Saturday and headed to Porvoo with the gang that included myself, Mikko Stenberg, Anton Pousar, Teemu Juutinen and Ari-Heikki Rintaniemi. This was our second annual get-togehter where we had rented a cabin and would go there for…