Welcome to my fly tying blog. I’ve been tying flies since 2012 and I’m mainly sticking to trout flies. I love going around the lakes in Iceland to fish for trout, if I don’t catch any fish at least I get to enjoy the Icelandic nature. I hope you enjoy my blog and if you […]
Mickey Finn
The Mickey Finn was first tied in the 19th century by a Canadian. The fly is really simple and takes just 2-3 minutes to tie. I tie this one on a 2 -12 streamer hook. Recipe Hook: 2-12 streamer Thread: Black Body: Flat Silver Tinsel and oval silver tinsel Wing: Yellow and Red bucktail How […]
Foam Beatle
After standing knee deep in lakes for the last years I’ve always wanted to try to tie a fly that I didn’t have a recipe for. I’ve been checking out what is floating or swiming next to me while waiting for the fish to take my fly. About a week ago I bought some black […]
Strike indicator, with a twist
One of the most anoying thing when using a strike indicator is when the fish attacks the indicator but not the fly on the end of the leader. I decided to do something about it. Recipe: Hook: 14 – 20 dryfly hook Thread: Black 8/0 thread Body: Foam, red, yellow, orange or what ever color […]
Great videos and articles
Here are some videos and articles I used to learn the basics in fly tying. David Cammiss’s videos show extremely well how to start fly tying. I used this site a lot when I was starting out. Here are the Beginner lessons. He also has some intermediate lessons I really like the Green beast and The Wolley Bugger. The […]
Brassie
This one I tried last night. It is really simple. Recipe Hook: 12-16 wetfly or grubber Thread: Black Body: Thin or medium copper wire Collar: Peacock herl or any type of dubbing How I tie the fly First you tie your thread at the eye of the hook, stop at ca. 1/4 of the hook […]
Midge
My wife does a bit of embroidery and I get the leftover thread when she is finished. I decided to take on the midge fly and I was amazed how easy it was. Recipe Hook: #10-16 wetfly Thread: 6/0 Matching the embroidery color Body/Head: Embroidery thread Ribs: Flat silver tinsel / Silver wire How I […]
Buzzer
The buzzer imitates the pupa stage of the gnat. The Buzzer is a really simple fly to tie and a really good fly to practise flytying on. Usually it is black with cheeks but my version has no cheeks only red/orange/black thread, thin wire and lots of head cement. Recipe Hook: 8-20 Grubber/Wetfly Thread: 6/0 […]
Ant
My next experiment is tying an ant pattern. This pattern is really simple and it only takes a few minutes to tie. Recipe Hook: 12-18 wetfly/16-20 dryfly Thread: 6/0 black Black hackle feather for feet Lead to make it heavier (optional) How I tie the fly Start by creating the back hump of the […]