Salmon flies

Flies for Atlantic and Pacific salmon

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The Atlantic Salmon Fly Jan 9. 2020 Art Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.	Hardy’s Salmon Flies Dec 11. 2019 Catalog Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.
The March Brown Legacy Nov 17. 2019 Historic The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries. Its history is told here.	The March Brown Odyssey Nov 17. 2019 Variations My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme Se all the patterns here

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Review America’s Favorite Flies Aug 30. 2019 Massive Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.	Article Intruder conversions Jan 26. 2019 Transforming I got the crazy idea to convert some Danish sea trout and salmon flies to intruders. It worked out surprisingly well. See some examples in the article	Article The Mörrum Fly Jan 19. 2019 Pattern 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 Learn to tie it here
Article My Erna Jul 14. 2018 Iceland A well proven Icelandic hair winged salmon fly, responsible for catching many large salmon See the pattern here	Article Deep and slow Jan 18. 2018 Springers The secret behind catching Scottish spring salmon! Find it here.	Article More Flies by Stefano Farkas Nov 20. 2017 Classics Italian fly tyer Stefano Farkas regularly sends me pictures of his beautiful, full dressed salmon flies. Here's another batch from him. See them here
Article Frances Plug Aug 28. 2017 Salmon Behind the somewhat strange name hides a somewhat strange fly originated by Danish salmon guide Marc Skovby. An good looking salmon tube fly that's both easy to tie and very efficient. See how to tie it here.	Article Stefano Farkas' salmon flies Apr 28. 2017 Full dressed Italian Stefano Farkas ties some beautiful - and very large - full dressed salmon flies. See the images here	Review Farlows Salmon Flies Mar 24. 2017 This book is pretty exotic and definitely not for the average fly tyer. But if you are interested in classic salmon flies and their history, it's a book you must have on your shelves.
Review The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral Nov 20. 2016 If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.	Article Intruder shanks, wire and hooks Sep 11. 2016 Materials The major difference between almost any fly and an Intruder is the use of a shank and a trailing hook. This is about shanks, wires and stinger hooks. Read more here	Article The Octopus Aug 8. 2016 Sea runs Danish Allan Nørskov Johansen ties a large, gaudy and semi-crazy fly with lots of hair, flash and rubber legs for stream fishing at night for sea run brown trout. See a step-by-step here
Article Intruder introduction May 19. 2016 Style Intruders have been around for many years, but if you are new to this fly style, this could be a good place to start. Read on to learn more	Review Perrault's Standard Apr 5. 2016 This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.	Review Fusion Fly Tying Nov 13. 2015 Greg Senyo's book on modern salmon and steelhead flies is a tour de force in goudy and flashy materials composed into large flies

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