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Kate
Kate One of the easier featherwing flies perfect for practice when you’re starting out and just as good when you’ve gained more experience in these classic salmon flies. I put the grey Mallard on sides even though it’s listed in the pattern before the main wing. Next time I’ll probably put it under the wing…
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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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February Red Stonefly Dry Fly
The February Red stonefly When the temperature rises for the first times above zero and the sun starts shining it means that the spring is finally here in Finland. It also means that we are going to get the first stonefly hatch of the season on our rivers. The February Red Taeniopteryx Nebulosa hatches are…
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Lord Iris
Step by step Lord Iris Preston Jennings is one of the most underrated fly designers in streamer world. His Iris series is very interesting in its use of colour and approach to designing flies. Jennings looked minnows in varying light conditions through a prism and was convinced flies should be made to imitate these findings.…
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Pink Beauty
Pink Beauty from Carrie Stevens Next up on our streamer authorities is Carrie G. Stevens from Maine whose streamers are one of the best recognised today. Carrie begun tying flies 1924 and became well known next year when she came second in the Field & Stream magazines annual contest after catching a record trout with…