Patterns

All the great fly patterns, fly tying recipes. Streamers, nymphs, dry flies, salmon flies, saltwater flies.

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Autumn Fly Sep 7. 2020 Colors A great looking and very catchy Danish sea trout fly, useful all year round in spite of the name. See how to tie it here	Betters' Flies Sep 1. 2020 Dries Fran Betters was a creative tyer and originated several patterns that have become quite famous. Mike Hogue covers four of them in this article. See the original flies here
Einars’ Floating Foam Caddis Pupa May 5. 2020 Burnt A great and high floating caddis fly made with foam as a base material and a very simple and cool technique. See the pattern here	Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions.

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Article Kavik Feb 23. 2020 Furry The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice See how to tie it here.	Article 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.	Article 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
Article My oldest piece of material Oct 26. 2019 Ancient I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin. Read the story here.	Article An Italian take on Ora Smith Oct 18. 2019 Streamers Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest. See his take on them here	Article The Magnus and Fred Clan Sep 6. 2019 Kinship The classical Danish coastal flies Magnus and Grey Fred have been an inspiration for many derivative patterns as well as hybrids. This is their story. See all the patterns here
Article Meeting Magnus Sep 6. 2019 History I had known Magnus for many years, the fly being a stable fly in my flybox. But it was only later that I met the man Magnus "live". Read the story here.	Article Omoe Brush in living color Aug 27. 2019 Hues I purchased a purple dyed golden pheasant skin and thought I'd tie a Purple Omoe Brush… and then things happened. See the results here.	Article Today’s Fly Aug 20. 2019 Stored Over the years I have collected a ton of flies, tied by all kinds of tyers. I have started publishing pictures of of these flies. Read the intro here
Article Sea Trout CDC&Elk Jun 27. 2019 Caddis The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly See how to tie it here	Article Zkinny Jun 20. 2019 Zonker A really simple and easy little baitfish fly, which will work for a lot of different fish and can be varied endlessly See how to tie it here	Article Sea trout and foam flies Jun 14. 2019 In the surface Fishing Baltic sea trout in the surface with waking foam flies can be a lot of fun. Here’s how to do it – and a pattern that works. Learn the tricks here
Article Green Caddis Larvae May 24. 2019 Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day. Learn more here	Article Pacific Northwest Streamer Conversions Mar 8. 2019 Upgraded A small series of flies from Roy Patrick's pattern book converted into streamers See how to tie them here	Article The Brown Owl Feb 23. 2019 Pattern This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout See the fly here

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