Flyfishing, flytying and hooks

Sunturn Flare

4 years since this started, and for the 5th time: the 2018 version of the sunturn fly – Sunturn Flare

2014: Sunturn Spey
2015: Sunturn Durham
2016: Sunturn Sunrise
2017: Sunturn Dee
2018: Sunturn Flare

Beer: Sunturn Brew 2014 from Nøgne Ø Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S
Hook: #6/0 Limerick from Cosimo Raia
Inspirational music: Nunatak from Karl Seglem

The Beer have now been stored for 4 years and it has matured very well, this is one bottle I would love to have more of, but I only have 1 bottle left for the 2019 edition of Sunturn Fly.

Akroyd #8/0

A double-winged Akroyd tied on a massive #8/0 (close to #9/0) hook that I got the other day. To tie married wing patterns, or single-wing dee/spey on these massive hooks warrants the very largest of toppings and materials, so I didn’t start out with that, but I’d rather start with double-winged version of the Akroyd. The fly is tied with gut-sub, and is fully gutted, so I *could* take it for a swing next year…. I’ll just have to remember a helmet before I do so.

Akroyd on Flypattern.org:

flyhooks.org – 129 new hooks

flyhooks.org was launched in October 2015, just over 3 years ago, and back in January this year it crossed 1000 pictures of hooks, a great milestone after just over 2 1/2 years in operation!

This is a project that is best suited for autumn and winter: away from the fishing season and something to do when days grow short here in Norway. This year was no different, but I have been receiving hooks through the fishing season and now it was time to add these to the collection. Today 129 new hook pictures and 5 new companies are live on flyhooks.org, making it a total of 1137 hook pictures!

The main focus this time was the 20 new Ahrex hook types added (with close to complete size range available), but also 15 new Mustad hooks, Partridge M2, the new companies Kumho, Ashima, Eagle Claw, Turrall and The Fishing Collection.

Thanks to everyone that have contributed to this endeavor! I could not have done this without the help of countless people and companies from around the world! If you got hooks you want to share: please let me know. I’m also planning to take pictures of the hook boxes, so if you have empty ones I would much appreciate a donation!