Flyfishing, flytying and hooks

William Blacker: Standard Flies 5. Soldier Palmer Fly

Tip: Gold
Body: Peacock herl
Front-hackle: Two black-red

Soldier Palmer Fly from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

With some floatant this should be situated just in the surface, or fished just underneath the surface for some good action!

William Blacker: Standard Flies 4. The Sooty Olive Fly

Tip: Gold
Body: Dark olive mohair
Throat: Dark olive hackle
Wing: Woodcock or starling.

The Sooty Olive Fly from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

I found a deep green hackle deep in my hackle box that really matched the mohair in the body. A patch that I didn’t remember, but showed up just in time for this pattern that I believe in: the color, the movement and shape should give plenty of trout this summer! A variant should be a spider-version without the wing

William Blacker: Standard Flies 2. The Grouse Hackle

Tip: gold
Body: Gold or orange silk
Legs: Grouse

The Grouse Hackle from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

A spider pattern that should give plenty of movement and fish! The grouse hackle is something I should use more of going forward with variants over this pattern!

Closing down flytyer.org

https://flytyer.org have been running for a long time, it was initiated a long time ago, and the plan was to build up a site with a community around it. The site never got much traction, and with constant updates and a lack of features I have decided to close it down.

I will get something back up on flytyer.org in the future, but with a real plan and content around it. The domain is good, and it deserves something better than it has today.

Thanks to those that used it, and It will be back in the future!