First double-hook salmon fly

Posted on 18 January, 2014 by Håvard Eide B280 double jc kamasan lagartun ostrich pheasant salmon sheer templedog uni veniard

Hook: Kamasan B280 #6
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tag: Lagartun Varnished Frensh Tinsel Oval X-Strong Medium
Tail: Golden Pheasant topping
Butt: Ostrich
Body: UNI Floss Black, Lagartun Varnished Frensh Tinsel Oval X-Strong Medium
Wing: Blue & Black Templedog
Cheek: JC
Varnish: Veniard No.1 Clear

A first for me today: a double-hook salmon fly. I have never had any double-hooks available, but I was in the local flytyer shop and I picked up a box of Kamasan B280 in #6 to do some experimenting. This blue/black wing pattern should prove very effective, the pattern itself is very simple and doesn’t include many materials. In fact: you can easily cut out the ostrich, golden pheasant tip and the JC and still stand with a very good fly!

View from below:

The Kamasan B280:

My golden pheasant head where I pick the topping from:

Micro Pheasant Tail Nymph

Posted on 17 January, 201415 January, 2014 by Håvard Eide nymph pheasant tail pt utc

Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Pheasant Tail, UTC Ultra wire gold
Thorax: Pheasant Tail

Orivs.com had a article on micro pheasant tail nymph that popped up planet.dryfly.me, and I had to test out some of these in size 18 (above) and 24. The pattern itself is very simple: besides from thread you need pheasant tail and wire as rib, nothing more. The sizes from #18 down to #24 will be a great match for my #1 rod hunting trout in the smaller rivers here in Oslo.

Together for size: the #24 is very small once you set it together with a #18:

Tube: More color variations

Posted on 16 January, 201414 January, 2014 by Håvard Eide colors tube

Going to stop this pattern for a while now, but wanted to tie up the green highlander and the white version on the left side of the picture first. If you were standing on the river with these in the box, which one would you choose first?

Bead Midge Variations: 6 colors

Posted on 15 January, 201414 January, 2014 by Håvard Eide flysite midge

After the “Black and White” midge I created the other day I had to tie up a batch with the different floss colors I had to see how they came out. Quite happy with the color selection, and the next thing will be to test these in water to see how they turn out color wise before I tie up a larger batch for the summer

White Body:

Red Body:

Yellow Body:

Olive Body

Green Body:

Orange Body

3 tube flies with different hackle color

Posted on 14 January, 201414 January, 2014 by Håvard Eide arctic fox lagartun salmon templedog tube uni wapsi

Tail: Arctic Fox
Body: UNI Floss Green, Lagartun French Tinsel rib
Wing: Arctic Fox Red, Templedog Black
Hackle: Wapsi Strung Schlappen in different colors

Spent some time with different hackle colors on the same base pattern to see how they turn out on the fly. The long hackle on the Wapsi packages is good for these sized tubes, but I really should get some skins with different length to be able to adjust to the pattern instead of letting the hackle dictate the size of the fly.

The red hackle came out the best together with the rest of the body:

Red from the front:

Olive hackle, this made for a more trigger color:

Olive front:

Orange hackle, here I didn’t lay the hackle the correct way, so it points up and out instead of following the curve of the fly:

Orange front:

Year: 2014

First double-hook salmon fly

Micro Pheasant Tail Nymph

Tube: More color variations

Bead Midge Variations: 6 colors

3 tube flies with different hackle color

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