Hvitvinge

Hook: TMC 100BL #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Yellow
Body: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly #9 Golden Yellow
Wing: André Brun Closed Cell Foam
Head: Deer

A while back I was north in Norway and had one of these in my box (this was before I had started tying), and had very good luck with it. This “Hvitvinge” from André Brun is a great moth imitation that makes a lot of noice and movement on the surface and will keep on floating forever. I bought a couple of bags with the foam from André Brun and got it in the mail yesterday, I had to tie up a round of these on a TMC 100BL to see how it is to work with. Once you get the layering and tying in of the foam (at around the second fly), this is a quick and effective fly to tie up. Will experiment with some different body/head color and also tie it up on a non-bl hook.

Blue Double for seatrout and salmon

Posted on 11 April, 201415 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide flash french tinsel golden pheasant horns jc jungle cock kamasan sheer templedog utc

Hook: Kamasan B280 #6
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Dyed Golden Pheasant Tippets Orange
Tag: UTC French Tinsel
Body: Horns Soft Salmon Dub Kingfisher Blue
Rib: UTC French Tinsel
Wing: Brown & Blue templedog, silver flash
Sides: JC

This one started with the dubbing: I got some good kingfisher blue from Horns the other day and I built this fly around that color. The dubbing is great and I found some templedog that matched in color. I really tried to keep it down in number of materials and not have it super-big when it came to the wing. This one I will tie up in different variations before I even have fished it: one that I just “know” will work when it hit the water

Pale Yellow Balloon Caddis

Posted on 7 April, 201415 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide balloon caddis cdc dry

Following up from the other day I tied up a batch of pale yellow (Hare-Tron Pale Yellow dubbing for body) balloon caddis. I also tried with black/red foam on a couple of them to see how that came out.

I added a bit of white CDC on top of the wing to add a bit of extra life to the fly:

The pale yellow without CDC:

Green Spent

Posted on 29 March, 20149 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide 100bl foam hareline mylar para pots sheer tmc uni

Hook: TMC 100BL #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Green
Body: Hareline Krystal Dub Caddis Green,
Rib: UNI-Mylar #16
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing Dark Gray
Wing casing: Foam 2mm

Spinner fall can be be the most fun you have, or the most frustrating you can come by…. I’m not quite sure where I picked up this pattern, but it is a good one where you can swap out the colors quite easy and keep in different sizes for that one day where it really matters.

The para post from Hareline is great for these patterns, I’ve used it for a caddis pattern with great success; it floats forever

Bottom view: the imprint this have from underneath is the most important. The colors are important, yes, but look at that imprint

With different wing colors:

52 weeks: 10 – Sky is the limit

Posted on 16 March, 201416 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide 899 angora goat dai-riki dee fly co kingfisher blue schlappen sheer spirit river tinsel utc veniard wapsi

Hook: Dai-Riki 899 #1/0
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tag: UTC French Tinsel
Body: Wapsi Angora Goat Kingfisher Blue
Rib: UTC French Tinsel
Body Hackle: Schlappen White & Grey
Throat: Spirit River Spey Hackle Bright Blue
Side: The Fly Co Ringneck Kingfisher Blue, JC
Wing: Veniard Mallard Duck Bronze Shoulders Medium

With the theme “sky is the limit” I started with the blue as a center piece and decided to got for a spey-style fly composed around blue/white/grey. This is the first spey-style fly I have done and I think the colors and flow of it came out ok. The Wing could be a bit flatter, but I did have some issues tying them in.

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Hvitvinge

Blue Double for seatrout and salmon

Pale Yellow Balloon Caddis

Green Spent

52 weeks: 10 – Sky is the limit

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