Fly Tying Archive

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  • 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…

  • Griffith’s Gnat

    Griffith’s Gnat

    Griffith’s Gnat A good all-round fly when imitating small insects like midges. It works best in my opinion on hooks from #18-22 but many say it works on smaller sizes as well down to #32. I tied this one on a #16 TMC 100 for photographic purposes and I’ve caught fish with it even on…

  • Workshop in Denmark

    Fly Tying Event in Denmark I was very happy when I was invited to be one of the 9 teachers in 2012 Fly Tying Event in Denmark. The organizer, Fly Fishing Federation Denmark, is a very big group of fishermen and they have plenty of experience in organizing events like these. They host the Danish…

  • Elk Hair Caddis

    Elk Hair Caddis

    Elk Hair Caddis Another one of the most popular dry flies for trout is Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis. It has all the elements you would want from a fly when a high floating Caddis pattern is needed. The light wing gives the fly good visibility in the water and the palmered hackle make it…

  • 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,…