Everybody in Mörrum knows the classic Ullsocken fly (“the wool sock” in Swedish). The fly was invented sometime in the 1960s by Alf Jansson, and since then it has proven to be one of the absolute top flies for the big sea trout and salmon that enter the river and has made Mörrum world famous. The fly was inspired by classic Irish shrimp patterns, but simplified with a red tail, a black woollen body and three brown hackles. Since then, countless tweaks of this pattern have been fished in Mörrum, and every year the fly has its new descendants. A tip from for tying the fly is to make sure the hackles spread as much as possible to produce volume. A nice go-to selection of Ullsocken flies consists of double- or treble hooks in size 6-10, and some 3-8 cm long tube flies. In this video we have had the skilled flyfisher and flytyer Erik Hellquist from Fiskeshopen in Mörrum to demonstrate this iconic pattern.
Hook: Ahrex ED Tying Treble - HR490B
Thread: Black
Butt: Chinese Red UNI Yarn
Rear-hackle: Red cock hackle
Body: Black Antron Yarn
Flash: Red Crystal Flash
Hackle: Brown cock hackle
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