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Peacock Spey

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Published on Dec 7. 2016 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Spey Flies

Salmon flies

Steelhead flies

Steelhead/Salmon Fly

Materials Used;
Hook, Size 5 Salar
Thread, Uni-8/0 Red
Rib, Lagartun X-Strong Oval Silver Tinsel
Body. First Half Yellow Seals Fur Second Half Red Seals Fur or Sub
Body Hackles, Hot Orange Chinese Cock and White Eared Pheasant dyed Sunburst this feather can be substituted with the tip of a good Marabou feather dye the same colour..
Front Hackle, Widgeon or Teal Body Feather.
Wing, Large Peacock Neck Feather
Eyes, Jungle Cock

Originator

Davie McPhail

Originator's web site

http://www.fullingmill.co.uk/

Claret Shoveler

Few flies are more elegant than salmon flies, and especially classic spey- and steelhead-flies can be stunning - despite their more simple style compared to the traditional classic fully dressed sa

Mar 28. 2020

Skykomish Sunrise

Materials Used;
Hook, Daiichi 2051 size 3/0 Black
Threads, Uni-8/0 White and then finish the head with Black 8/0
Tag, Small Oval Silver Tinsel

Nov 17. 2017

Paint Brush Spey

The Paint Brush Spey....a great tube fly for both salmon and steelhead!

Syd Glasso

Jul 13. 2021

Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer

Jan 19. 2019

The Mörrum Fly

The Mörrum fly has been named after the south Swedish river Mörrum, but is also sometimes referred to as The Grünewalder after its originator, Danish Jan Grünwald

Classic Salmon Fly Patterns

Jan 18. 2013

To borrow from Jerry Maguire, you had me at 1700 patterns.

One thousand seven hundred patterns. Chew on that for awhile.

This book could have been printed with smeared blue ink on newsprint using a vintage 1970's mimeograph machine and it would be worth the cover price.

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