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Sep 2019 - Flies - Flies from the storage

Scruffy black midge

Simple but very well tied little midge style buzzer with a thread body and a dubbed thorax. Most likely tied by Paul Slaney and given to me when I visited Wales in 2004.

Bibio style wet fly

This is a hopper/bibio style fly, most likely tied by Paul Slaney, and given to me during a stay with him in 2004.

Delicate Emerger

This very small and delicate emerger most likely stems from a visit with Welsh Paul Slaney back in 2004. It's been laying around together with a bunch of other flies, including a handful of different Diawl Bach's tied by Paul.

Mallard Omoe Brush

An Omoe Brush variation that I tied for an article for the site.

Purple Omoe Brush

The fly was tied by me for an article on this site.

Dragonfly Nymph

A beautifully tied dragonfly nymph, which I have fished (I cut off the tippet tag before photographing it). It was located in a box with a bunch of Diawl Bach's tied by Paul Slaney, but I'm not sure this is his fly.

Rusty Rat

This immaculate Rusty Rat was given to me by US tyer Glenn Peckel at the Dutch Fly Fair in 1996 when I met him the first time.

Dull Bream Nymph

A dull bead head nymph, almost a caddis, given to me by Dutch Bart van der Schrieck to use for bream fishing in the river Ijssel in the Netherlands.

Small Bream Nymph

A small, bright and beaded nymph given to me by Dutch Bart van der Schrieck to use for bream fishing in the river Ijssel in the Netherlands. I never fished this one.

Bream Nymph

A bright and heavy nymph given to me by Dutch Bart van der Schrieck to use for bream fishing in the river Ijssel in the Netherlands. It worked like a charm!

Olive Scud

This neat scud I found together with a handful of other dries and nymphs in a small, opaque 8-compartment flybox in my storage. I don't remember where it came from.

No hackle emerger

Another fly stored together with a handful of other dries and nymphs in a small, opaque 8-compartment flybox. I don't remember where it came from.

Bushy Dry

This Lee Wulff style pattern has been laying in my storage box together with a handful of other dries and nymphs in a small, opaque 8-compartment flybox. I don't remember where it came from.

Float Fry

This fly was given to me by Welsh Paul Slaney during one of the fly shows we participated in together. As far as I know it's meant to be fished floating in lakes, probably imitating a dead fry floating in the surface. The material is painted foam.

Red Frances

This is a commercially tied fly, done by tyers in Thailand at Icelandic Jon Ingi Agustsson's factory. Their flies are all really well tied from premium materials. PS: I had wrongfully labeled the fly a Snelda (Snælda) at first, but it is actually a Frances.

Royal Wulff

This is a commercially tied fly, done by tyers in Thailand at Icelandic Jon Ingi Agustsson's factory. Their flies are all really well tied from premium materials.

Red and Pink Buzzer

An beautifully tied buzzer that's been sitting with some emerges in a small piece of Styrofoam in my storage for many years.

Black and Orange Marabou

This is a commercially tied fly, done by tyers in Thailand at Icelandic Jon Ingi Agustsson's factory. Their flies are all really well tied from premium materials.

Apetizer

This is a commercially tied fly, done by tyers in Thailand at Icelandic Jon Ingi Agustsson's factory. Their flies are all really well tied from premium materials.

Adams

An Adams tied with deer hair wings. I bought this fly together with a bunch of others in the Ridge Pool tackle Shop in Ballina, Ireland to fish for trout in Lough Conn where we needed some high floating dries for the wind swept lake.

Yellow Humpy

I bought this fly together with a bunch of others in the Ridge Pool tackle Shop in Ballina, Ireland to fish for trout in Lough Conn. The Humpies did exceptionally well on the dark lake in both red, green and yellow.

Skjern's Fancy Woolly Sock

An Ullsock-variation of the Danish salmon fly Skjern's Fancy or Johannes' Fly (Johannesfluen)