Fly Tying Archive

Tag: intermediate

  • Grizzly Streamer

    Grizzly Streamer

    Grizzly Streamer One of my own patterns but it’s so simple that I’m sure there has been exactly the same kind of patterns around. If you know a name and a bit of history for it let me know. It’s tied in the spirit of Carrie Stevens but the proportions are a bit closer to…

  • Akroyd

    Akroyd

    Akroyd A famous Dee fly that was invented by Charles Akroyd according to his book “A Veteran Sportsman’s Diary” (1926) in the year 1875. It soon became one of the most used patterns on the river Dee and has been a favorite of fishermen ever since. There is apparently something about the black and yellow…

  • Mikael Frödin workshop

    Mikael Frödin Now that we got started on the guest fly tyers and tube flies I’d suppose it’s only fair to give the stage to one of the innovative tyers behind the style. Here’s some photos from Sunday at Helsinki Spey Clave where Mikael Frödin was doing a fly tying class. The class seemed very…

  • Lemon & Grey

    Lemon & Grey

    Lemon and Grey Classic featherwing fly that I taught at the latest workshop. Had to make few adjustments to the pattern from Pryce-Tannatt since some of the materials are very hard to get at the moment (like quality Teal flanks) Hope the tyers at the class learned something new about these old flies and the…

  • Banana Fly

    Banana tube fly Step-by-step with Anton Pousar Scandinavian style tube flies are extremely popular at the moment for salmon all over the world. We have guys like Mikael Frödin and Håkan Norling to thank for developing these killers that are fairly easy to tie and fish like nothing else in the water. This pattern is…

  • 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…

  • Blue Charm Variation

    Blue Charm Variation

    Blue Charm Variation A bit different take on the famous all-round salmon fly The Blue Charm.  This one is pretty small fly in modern standards since it was tied on a #2 vintage hook.  Most featherwinged flies you see today on the internet are from 2/0 upwards. It’s kind of misleading since they were tied…