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2012
Date Title Body Image

#72 - Cleveland TCC

Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 8xl Thread: Black Body: Copper embossed tinsel Belly:...

February Streamers Now On Auction

It's that time again when the streamers here go up for auction to raise some money for thier worthy causes. Here are a couple of the auction items I...

#71 - BP Rainbow Fry

Tied by: Barry Phillips Originated by: Barry Phillips Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook Thread: White 70 denier Tag: Flat...

Tom's Hopper

Before you know it, the summer is upon us, and a hopper pattern can suddenly be what makes a day. Tom Biesot's hopper is a good bet. Using a foam body and a couple of neat tecniques 

#70 - Broad Street Bully

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: Black Tag: Gold embossed tinsel Body: Black wool Rib: Gold...

#69 - Martha Elliot

Tied by: David Mac Originated by: David Mac Hook: Martinek Carrie Stevens hook #1 10X Long Thread: Black Body: Pink floss Rib: Silver Mylar tinsel,...

Lake Vintter

Glaciers still growing, barren granite peaks, scenic valleys, snow capped mountains

#68 - Purple Smelt

Tied by: Glenn Peckel Originated by: Popularized by Ora Smith Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman 1982 pg.81...

Robert Galante

I'm a 55 year old fly tier who has been behind the vise since I was 12. I enjoy tying flies of all styles and most recently have been experimenting...

#67 - Kennebago Streamer

Tied by: Robert Galante Originated by: Herb Welch Source: Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing by Joseph D. Bates, Jr, - Pg 293-294 Hook: Allcock 2811 8xl...

#66 - Black Eyed Susan (Var.)

Tied by: Mike Boyer Originated by: Mike Martinek Source: Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer...

Favorite Flies for Baltic Seatrout

This book has been underway for more than 6 months, and I have worked on and off on it for a long time.

#65 - Lady Coq De Leon

Tied by: Joel Stansbury Originated by: Joel Stansbury Hook: Partridge CS15 Thread: Black Body: Gold flat tinsel Belly: White bucktail Throat: Coq De...

#64 - Cains River Highlander

Tied by: Bryant Freeman Originated by: Fred N. Peet Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, Bates - Pg. 243 - 247 Bryant's Variation Hook: #2...

Pinky Pain

Bright, colorful and visible. A perfect fly for slow fish in cold or murky water. It earned its name because the creator hooked his own nose with it on its maiden voyage! Seatrout like it, but other trout will too.

Rolled Muddler

I met the Rolled Muddler in BC while fishing for Pacific salmon, but like it so much that I'll tie up a bunch for my local seatrout, and I'm sure they will work.

Djihad

The Djihad is a bright fly with a shiny body, silver combined with black and red. Just my kind of fly. I like the Irish Shrimp tradition flies, and this is such a fly on steroids. It even uses one of my favorite materials: Golden Pheasant.

Seatrout flies for 2012

The seatrout season will soon be upon us here in northern Europe, and Martin thought he'd expand his horizon a bit and add some new seatrout patterns to his flybox before the 2012 season.

#63 - Blond Laker

Tied by: Alan Grombacher Originated by: Alan Grombacher Hook: #2 Partridge Carrie Stevens CS15 Thread: White Pearsalls Gossamar silk thread Tag: Gold...

Brenda

The Brenda is a beautiful, harmonic and productive seatrout pattern from Danish fly tyer Ove Monrad. It features a brass bead to add some weight and a sexy, jigging motion.

PK Mysis Variant

An extremely lightly dressed and delicate fly that imitates a mysid originated by Danish fly tyer Per Karlsen. Per has made the Variant himself, and it's really simple!

#62 - Dusty Streamer

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Bert Quimby Sources: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing - Bates Pg. 265 Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek hook...

Fishing Sense

A slightly more practical and less anecdotal book from Australian Philip Weigall

#61 - Sebago Sunrise

Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek hook Thread: Black Body: Orange tinsel Belly: Peacock herl,...

Trevor Morgan

Irish born Trevor Morgan designs flies, rods and fly lines, teaches and much more.

Damian Welsh

Damian Lee Welsh has been tying flies and fly fishing since the age of twelve, introduced to both by his late Grandfather Lee Bushell. Over the past...

#60 - Red Dawn

Tied by: Damian Lee Welsh Originated by: Damian Lee Welsh Hook: Partridge CS15 #4 Thread: White Tip: Fine silver oval tinsel Tag: Yellow silk floss...

Favorite flies

I just finished a new self-published book "Favorite flies for Baltic Seatrout" and ordered my own first two copies.

#59 - Kokanee Sunrise

Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 8xl Thread: Black Tag: Gold flat tinsel Body: Red floss...

Atlantic Salmon Flies of Nova Scotia

You have to love this kind of book! Published by a local enthusiast and full of patterns that are used locally.

Jim Warner

My fly-tying has been listed in several books: Dick Stewart's Trolling Flies for Trout & Salmon; Dick Surette's Trout and Salmon Fly Index; Don...

#58 - Guide's Special

Guide's Special - Jim Warner Tied by: Jim Warner Originated by: Unknown Hook: Mustad 94720 #4 Thread: Black 6/0 Body: Silver flat tinsel Belly: Blue...

Dave Lomasney

I was born and raised a New Englander, were I love to fly fish, hunt, hike and most of all tie classic streamer and wet flies. I started flyfishing...

#57 - Brookie Fin

Tied by: Dave Lomasney Originated by: Helen Shaw Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek 8xl #2 Thread: Black 6/0 Body: Silver flat tinsel Throat: White...

The African fly connection

Here at the Global FlyFisher we get offers to buy flies all the time. 95% come from Nairobi in Kenya.

Jason Tison

Everything Jason Tison draws is done at the kitchen table

The Orvis Guide to the Essential American Flies

A beautiful large format book with a detailed background story and tying instructions for a number of truly classical flies

Flywater

An impressing photo book in the true coffee table sense

Jeff Smith

I have been tying flies since 1974. At that time I was living in Argentia Newfoundland. Due to the number of Scheduled Atlantic Salmon Rivers in the...

#56 - Prairie Thunder

Tied by: Jeff Smith Originated by: Jeff Smith Hook: Mustad 94720 #4 Thread: Black 70 denier Tag: Gold oval tinsel Tail: Golden pheasant crest Body:...

Gary Fraser

Born in Rural Cape Breton I had the luxury of growing up with some of the finest trout and salmon fishing in the world on my doorstep. I am a father...

#55 - Molloy Smelt

Tied by: Gary Fraser Originated by: Jerome Molloy Hook: Partridge CS15 #4 Thread: White 70 denier Tag: Silver embossed tinsel Body: White wool...

8 minutes ago

How a hunt for a salmon DVD led me around the world and then some in 8 minutes...

#54 - Baby Brown Trout

Tied by: Jon Harrang Originated by: Jon Harrang Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek/Carrie Stevens streamer hook size 6, 8XL Body: Copper mylar...

Jon Harrang

Jon lives on a mini-ranch/fixer-upper in central Oregon's high desert with his wife and three daughters. He has been tying flies since he was in grade...

#53 - Grizzly Prince

Tied by: Ted Patlen Originated by: Austin S. Hogan Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (page 285-286) Hook: 4xl streamer hook Thread: Black 70...

#52 - Buffalo TCC

Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 8xl Thread: Black Tag: Silver tinsel Body: Red tinsel...

Fishy photos: Corey Kruitbosch

Photography is not Corey's full time profession so he tends to stay pretty focused on something that he has a passion for ... fly fishing!

#51 - Miss Ena Martell

Tied by: David Mac Originated by: David Mac Hook: Martinek Carrie Stevens hook #1 10X Long Thread: Black Body: Tan floss Rib: Silver Mylar tinsel,...

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