Quill and Hackle

Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Tail: Soft hackle
Body: Hareline Turkey Biot Quills Lt. Olive
Wing: Whiting hackle

Yesterday I was out fishing for trout in a stream here in Oslo and this pattern got me some small trout, with a sage TXL-F #1 and 6x tippet it was a good saturday to go trout hunting! The mustad hook is really strong and solid for its sice (#18) and this pattern will occupy a row when I go for autumn fishing in september.

I don’t go for perfection in every fly I tie for fishing: if you look closely this one could have done with a better quill body, but when tying up a large batch I don’t really worry too much about small imperfections like this.

Hatching Caddis

Posted on 8 August, 2013 by Håvard Eide

Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #12 Barbless
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing: Deer Hair Olive , 2mm foam brown, CDC Olive

Hatching caddis with a strip of foam to split the wing: it will sit nice and low in the film and give a clear profile of wings. The added CDC in front of the deer hair will give impression of life. A pattern I haven’t fished, but I like the idea of it.

The split wing will give a very distinct profile

Barbless Nymph

Posted on 6 August, 20136 August, 2013 by Håvard Eide barbless hareline knapek nymph sheer tungsten utc

Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #12 Barbless
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hareline Krystal Dub Caddis Green, UTC Vinyl Rib NYM Green
Head: Tungsten 3.0mm

More and more streams have some sort of restriction when it comes to fishing: max size, bag limit and of course: barbless. I’m tying up a row of barbless nymphs for the autumn trout fishing this year to get some experience with them. The color variations here with green/green and white/green really comes out good when they are wet

Simplest extended mayfly

Posted on 5 August, 20135 August, 2013 by Håvard Eide 94840 hareline hends mustad para post polychenille sheer

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hends Superfine, Black
Tail: Polychenille, Black
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing, Dark Grey

I was at a river this summer with a good mayfly hatch that left me speechless, I didn’t have much material with me, and I was fishing a stream with quite a bit of water flowing so I went for what is important: the profile. The tail and wings gives a powerful profile that the trout will hit. This fly landed me a couple of trouts and some serious takes from a couple more that trashed the water nicely! Heading back this autumn to do some more fishing in the same river and will pack a row of these.

The lighter is there for melting the tip of the polychenille (I rub it slightly between the fingers after applying some heat to give it a profile.

Picture: Underwater Rod

Posted on 31 July, 2013 by Håvard Eide reel river rod

I got this picture of my G-Loomis Whispercreek #4 rod after landing a nice trout earlier this summer. The sun and rocks beneath it made it glimmer as I turned after putting it down to handle the fish, the light and clear water of the river was insane: going back there later this fall!

Year: 2013

Quill and Hackle

Hatching Caddis

Barbless Nymph

Simplest extended mayfly

Picture: Underwater Rod

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