Classic & Traditional

Lascelles by Farlows

A lovely pattern from Francis Francis. I have yet to swing this one for the Atlantic salmon, but a mixed wing fly is usually somewhat...

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The Aglaia is in my eyes a very versatile and still a very useful salmonfly pattern despite being over 170 years old. It's not very...

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Silver Doctor has for over a century been a well known salmon fly. Not only is it one of the more popular flies in Great Britain and...

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It was the grandfather of the nymph himself, G.E.M. Skues that made the Tup's Indispensable so famous. He's not credited for inventing...

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Here is a tutorial on how to make a gut loop eye for a fishing fly. I have used a substitute made of nylon for this article, but the same...

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No, it's not a click-bait. Flyfishing and flytying is an ancient tradition, reaching far back in time, with the earliest literal...

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There are many patterns from the mid 19th century that are just as brilliant today as they were back then. In 1850 was The book of the...

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In this step-by-step tutorial on how to tie the classic salmon fly The Childers I have tried to capture every step of the process that I...

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A fly that seem to be pretty unknown among the fly tying community today is the Lady Florence, and to be quite honest this pattern was...

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In the early august of 2018 while my good friends Tore, Roy, and I were traveling up north to Finnmark to fish for salmon. I quickly...

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