Salmon flies

Flies for Atlantic and Pacific salmon

Salmon flies - articles

Article A Pheasant Under Glass Aug 11. 2008 Tubed Two seemingly unrelated events led tube fly tyer par excellence Bob Kenly to this method of tying and to discover a coloring system that I have never tried before: dyed Lady Amherst tail feathers and a note requesting something different to be thrown in the water for salmon in New Foundland. Here the result of the two events.	Article Bon A(d)venture - Day 1 Jul 22. 2008 Bon Aventure's Canadian Salmon Two days of fishing in one of the world's clearest salmon rivers, Bon Aventure, Gaspé, French Canada. Follow Kasper Mühlbach for two days on this renowned river, famous for it's fantastic dry fly fishing for salmon but also known for plenty of grilse and larger atlantic salmon. See if Kasper's rod was bent (ok, it was!)	Article Niels' flies Jun 11. 2008 Classical If you thought that silk lines, split cane rods and full dressed salmon flies was something people used a century ago, you may want to read this article about Niels Have who fishes his classical flies on a Phoenix silk line wound on a Hardy Perfect reel mounted on a Highlander two-hand split cane rod. Read on here
Article The Ugliest Flies Nov 15. 2007 Commercial Martin has just received the ugliest flies he has ever seen in his life. And no, don't worry they weren't from a potential GFF contributor or a well meaning friend, but commercially tied. They just confirmed what he has always said: home tied flies are best. See the pictures and read the story here	Article Sunray Shadow May 9. 2007 Patented The Sunray Shadow is a true killer fly for salmon fishing. Tied on a tube with a wing and no body, simple as few flies, but still - or maybe rather because of that - extremely efficient. The fly uses few materials and is very easy to tie. We look at a version, which is fairly loyal to the original.	Article Speyshal Jan 16. 2006 Skunked Like most ideas... they mature slowly. It was not until late March that, during a private flytying tuition session to a talented, young colleague, I saw clearly in my mind what my Skunks would look like. Read more about the Dutch master and his fly series.
Article New Streamers Apr 22. 2005 Streamers Converting a classic salmon fly to hairwing form has been done for many years among salmon anglers. Recently, the gang on the streamers@ mailing list tried their hand at converting classic salmon patterns to trout flies. Click here to see the results	Article Branchu Jan 23. 2005 L'orange Branchu is the Québecois word for wood duck, and a very suitable name for this fly with its characteristic wood duck wing. It's originated by Jean Guy Côte of Uni-Products, but has been slightly modified by GFF partner Martin Joergensen for his fishing. See the pattern description here	Article Jungle Cock Repair Oct 18. 2002 Mending Prime Jungle Cock necks are rare to come by. Learn how 'upgrade' fishing quality JC necks in this article. Read the article by Steve Schweitzer.
Article Waddington shanks Sep 14. 2002 Shanked up Classics in a classic way. These flies may look like something of today, but the concept of Wadington shanks is old as Methusalem. Danish fly tyer Niels Have has converted four classics to effective flies for early salmon and sea trout fishing. See the pictures and patterns.	Article Cluster Egg Fly May 1. 2002 Which came first As you probably know the egg was way earlier than the chicken. This article show you how to make The Cluster Egg Fly (pom-pom eggs) - a very popular type of fly for steelhead and salmon. See how to tie it in Steve Schweitzer's article	Article The Orange Silver Jan 1. 2002 Fantasy A fly which is just a piece of imagination created one evenning in march. I have been fooling around with a plain type of steelhead or salmon flies this last year. These are all signified by simple feather wings and the use of classic materials like floss, tinsel and plain feathers See the pattern description here