Green Peacock Salmon Fly

Posted on 15 February, 2015 by Håvard Eide 2052 daiichi french gp hen keough lagartun peacock saddle swords tinsel uni utc wapsi

Hook: Daiichi 2052 #1.5
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tag: UTC French Tinsel Medium, Lagartun Silk Floss
Tail: GP
Body: underbody of white UNI-Floss, UNI-Floss Doctor Blue
Rib: UNI-French Medium Oval
Hackle: Keough Hen Saddle
Wing: Wapsi Peacock Swords Bright Green

I found this pattern after T.E. Pryce-Tannatt on traditionalflies.com. I just got some peacock swords for tying up Rusty Rat and was looking for something else to use them for, in addition I got my first package of the Daiichi 2052 silvers and the combination of these came out quite nice.

Recently I have been looking for (and testing out) new varnish for finishing up the heads for salmon flies, and on friday I got some Hard Head from Loon that I’m really happy with so far – they are not too runny, sets really nice on the head and is easy to work with. More about that later though, have a good sunday!

Salmon Bomber #2

Posted on 29 January, 2015 by Håvard Eide bomber calf deer partridge salmon trout uni wapsi whiting

Hook: Partridge Bomber #2
Thread: UNI 6/0
Tail: Calf Body
Body: Wapsi Premo Deer Hair Bleached
Hackle: Whiting Bronze
Wing: Calf Body

Got a shipment of different size (#2-#8) Partridge Bomber hooks the other day and starting with the largest hook I’ll start tying up a box of these in different colors. The smaller ones will work well for trout as well, not only salmon, so this will be something to test out just as the sun is setting and the trout goes hunting after mice.

Blue Charm

Posted on 19 December, 2014 by Håvard Eide 7999 blue floss fremch gp hen keough lagartun saddle silk squirrel tinsel tmc uni utc wapsi

Hook: TMC 7999 #2
Thread: UNI 6/0
Tag: UTC French Tinsel Medium, Lagartun Silk Floss
Tail: GP
Body: Lagartun French Silk Floss
Rib: UTC French Tinsel Medium
Throat: Keough Hen Saddle Blue
Wing: Wapsi Squirrel Tail Blue/Tan

The blue charm with squirrel tail is one that shows up a lot of places when you start looking at salmon patterns, I have done some of them earlier, but then with a rather stiff cock hackle. This week I got some hen saddle and two different colors of squirrel tail, so I tied up these to go in my salmon box.

The blue charm is a great pattern that can work for both salmon and seatrout, it is not a very hard pattern to tackle, but make sure that the squirrel is tied in well: it has quite the slick surface on the hairs – use a waxed thread or ensure that it is well locked in before tying off!

Tan Comparadun #16

Posted on 5 September, 2014 by Håvard Eide 100bl deer fly-rite mayfly sheer tan tmc wapsi

Hook: TMC100BL #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Tan
Tail: Mayfly Tails Tan
Body: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly Cahill Tan
Wing: Wapsi Premo Deer Bleached

A followup on the green baetis comparadun I did yesterday, but this time in tan.

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Green Baetis Comparadun #16

Posted on 4 September, 2014 by Håvard Eide 100bl comparadun mayfly sheer taimen tmc wapsi

Hook: TMC 100BL #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Green
Tail: Mayfly Tails White
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing Green
Wing: Wapsi Premo Deer Natural

The Baetis Comparadun is a great pattern for mayflies that sits deep in the film with a upright wing that leaves a good footprint in the film. With only 3 materials this is a easy fly to tie once you get the upright deer wing to stand correctly (this can take a couple of tries). Vary this with more or less (and different angles on the fan-out of the wing) to make it sit in different positions)

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Green Peacock Salmon Fly

Salmon Bomber #2

Blue Charm

Tan Comparadun #16

Green Baetis Comparadun #16

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