Fly patterns

An ordered but outdated fly pattern list

By Martin Joergensen

This is an almost complete list of all flies ever featured on Global Fly Fisher. On the main page of the fly section you'll find the most recent entries and in the old B/W Fly Catalog you'll find some of the oldest. There are also some general considerations and a lot of tips on tying. Also try the new section with my experimental flies - The lab. This list contains seleveral categories of flies (even though the salt water patterns still dominate): Salt water patterns Lake patterns Stream patterns Salmon patterns Other patterns Salt water patterns Small and low water flies Extremely suitable for fall sea trout fishing Moyerfokker A big, ugly and efficient fly The Mia Fly Tying salt water flies with dog hair The Dalby Dribbler A grub like sea trout pattern The Kluting Another sculpin imitaion Glitter Shrimp A fly for the cold season Salt Water Caddis An oxymoron that catches fish in the ocean FMJNM, again The best sculpin imitaion Small Polar Muddler, again A very good fly for night fishing Tube Muddler, again Yes, you can tie a muddler on a tube Monster Muddler, again A pike fly - or even a tarpon fly Morrisfoam Diver The perfect night fly...? Chilli Pepper Aaron Adam's salt water fly in a trio of Chilli's Sheep Hair Flies Long, light, moveable sheep hair Opossum Shrimp A translucent spring pattern Red Tag Palmer A classic that works in salt too The Red Fly The cod fly over them all The New Flee A new simple shrimp/gammarus pattern The Femmer Crab A smaller variation of the glue gun crab The Black Frede A black variation of the Grey Frede The Crazy Dane Do you know the Crazy Charlie? Here's the Danish version. The Omoe Brush A clamworm imitation - and much more The Fair Fly A good sculpin imitation Grey Frede Peter Loevendahl's fabulous fly Crab A very special fly for a special kind of fishing Mysid The Mysid is an imitation of a small, active, marine crustacean. Mymph 'My nymph' became 'The Mymph' - a pattern that has proved succesfull as an autumn sea trout fly. Magnus One of the all time favourites in Denmark. Father of many of my flies. Magnus muddler As the Magnus, but tied with muddler head in stead of bead chain eyes Muddler spec. Muddlers are for the summer nights. They can catch fish on other times too... This is the basic muddler Small muddler Great fly for night fishing. Not a big fly, but efficient. Full Metal Jacket Nutria Muddler A muddler that's tied with special conical beads. Hard to throw on a fly rod, but a nice looking fly that really dives Nutria Muddler A combination of a muddler and a zonker. An imitative and suggestive fly. Bjarke My own pattern and my best catching fly. The little brother of Magnus Bottle Brush Simple year-round fly. Works well in the winter in spite of it's lack of color Bunny Leech The infamous bunny leech, used for steelhead in other parts of the world. A good spring fly. The Flee A small imitative pattern. The isopodes are very common in the Danish sea and high on the sea trout menu. Christmas Tree A winter fly par excellance. Flashy and very easy to tie. One material only. Opossum A small universal pattern. Late summer and autumn.htm is its best seasons. Squirrel streamer A typical autumn streamer. Inspired by the 'classical' hair wing type. Umbrella A pattern of my own. Beautiful fly, if you ask me. David A pattern using rabbit hair and a technique inspired by some of Davy Wottons salmon flies. Chillimps This is actually a stream sea trout pattern, but I use it in small sizes for garfish Lake patterns Poppers Bob Petti's great monsters for bass Stream patterns The Real Deerhair Sven Ostermann's sedge pattern utilizing only deer hair Tube Muddler A large muddler tied as a tube fly Frøken Ring Danish Mrs. Simpson EZ Peter Ross Classic wet fly with a shortcut EZ Blue Charm Another classic wet fly with a shortcut EZ Bloody Butcher One more classic wet fly with a shortcut EZ Medicine Yet another classic wet fly with a shortcut EZ March Brown Silver The last classic wet fly with a shortcut The Moor Fly Classic Danish sea trout fly The Idiot Classic Danish sea trout fly Hexagenia limbata flies Doing the Limbata The Flex-Hex A Hexagenia imitation by John Nebel Coney Flies Cone head flies - by Bas Verschoor Chile Pepper Marcos Vergeras' South American trout fly in the trio of Chilli's Chilli Pepper Bob Root's trout and bass fly in the trio of Chilli's Matuka's Several matuka flies - by Bob Petti Fatal Attraction Dan Blanton's fly - tied by Bob Petti Charlie's Bead Head Scud Charles Garwood's convincing bead head pattern Charlie's Pheasant Tail Nymph Charles Garwood's variation of the classic of all classics Charlie's Prince Nymph Modified by Charles Garwood for an easier tie and more visibility. CDC&Elk Hans Weilenmann's amazingly simple, but yet efficient dry fly. With background and description by Hans himself Mouche Saumon de l'ellé A fly from the hand of the French fisher/tier François Le Ny described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Sedge Pupa Finnish Simo Lumme's sedge pupa pattern described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Nalle Puh (Winnie the Pooh) Simo Lumme's dry sedge pattern described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Jassid Vincent Mariano's famous minutae pattern described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Grey Duster A Caënis imitation with a parachute hackle described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Simulium sp. imitation Two flies in the act of sex described by Preben Torp Jacobsen Salmon patterns IQ Shrimps Ismo Saastamoinen's shrimp flies for sea trout and salmon IQ Zeb Macahan Ismo Saastamoinen's logotype fly for a Swedish shop Here's looking through you, kid I have been fooling around with flies that are all signified by simple feather wings and the use of classic materials. The aim of these flies has been to make something simple and fishable which is yet pleasing to the eye. The Silver Orange is a continuation of this line of development. Black Dose Carnegie Jock Scott Kate Popham Sir Richard Sutton Marvin Nolte's stunning classic salmon flies IQ Dawn IQ Thunder Dawn IQ Yellow Dawn IQ Red Dawn IQ Green Dawn IQ Black Dawn IQ Blue Dawn Ismo Saastamoinen's beautiful hair winged salmon flies The Flasher Bob Kenly plays with something maybe not quite a fly The Gladiator Bob Kenly's fascinating mix of sequins and epoxy. Sir Conrad Poul Jorgensen beautiful classic. Tied by himself. Temple Dogs The Temple Dogs are large tube flies used a lot in Scandinavia Orange & Heron I never fished for salmon, but some of the flies shure are beautiful. This is one of my humble tries Other patterns Bass Bugs Bob Petti's fancy flies for Bass Pike Streamer A flashy fly for pike Monster Muddler A large fly for pike fishing

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