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Jock Scott Sketch
Planning your flies I’m not much of an artist when it comes to drawing or painting but I like to sketch flies to get a better feel for proportions. Especially if I have taken a break from a certain style of tying it helps me to get the look that I want to achieve. In…
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Fly Fishing for Trout in Finland
Looking through some old photos on my computer.. Man I need to go fishing soon….
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Get Bent
Get Bent! Yeti Coolers is hosting a photo contest with Simms that was titled Get Bent! This picture of mine came in mind instantly and decided to give it a new look in Photoshop and enter the contest. The photo is of my good friend Jari just about to net a nice Brown Trout at…
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Alive Shrimp
Alive Shrimp Jesper Petersen’s shrimp pattern for Danish Sea Trout fishing. I had the privilege to tie this fly with Jesper this spring and was really taken with the thought he had put in to it. The fly is designed to swim and sink in the correct position and as the name suggests move elegantly…
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Black Prince
The “Black Prince” Major John Popkin Traherne’s flies are recognized by many as the most beautiful salmon flies ever created. Many of them have fullfeather wings which has never been too common in salmon flies. They were first introduced by Traherne’s good friend George Kelson in his articles in Fishing Gazette. When tying a topping…
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Prince Nymph
Prince Nymph Originally called Forked-tail Nymph and originated in 1930’s by brothers Don & Dick Olson. There are many stories about the name of this fly but to my knowledge Doug Prince started using this fly and had good success with it. Buz Buszek wanted to include the pattern that Prince had tied for him…
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CDC & Elk
CDC & Elk This is a super fast to tie fly that uses only two materials. Created by Hans Weilenmann in the early 90’s it has become really famous around the globe as a universal pattern that works well in most situations. It’s of course a variation of Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis which we’ve…
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Copper John
Copper John Invented by John Barr in the mid 90’s. It’s easy to tie and very effective when you need a heavy simple nymph pattern. By changing the color of the Copper Wire you can easily make variations to cover different situations better. Mr. Barr ties his fly to a TMC 5262 2x long nymph…