Showing posts with label salmon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salmon. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wanted: Trout & Salmon flies of Ireland book
This is a post that I made several months ago.
During my last international move I managed to loose the book Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland by Peter O'Reilly. I'm on the search to replace it and there is a caveat... it's out of print! This has driven the price of this title through the roof. So! I am asking everyone out there to let please let me know if you have a copy that you are willing to sell or trade for flies. Or even if you know someone that has a copy for sale or trade. I greatly appreciate any help in tracking down an affordable copy of this book.
Thanks!
Nikki
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Executioner
Here in northeast the spring steelhead run is in full swing and in the UK and Europe the salmon season is also happening. A great fly that is well worth tying is the Executioner. Tie it on hook sizes appropriate to the waters that you will be fishing. I have seen dressings of this fly where a black cock hackle is palmered over the body, a great way to create a fuller body for the fly. Typically I use red Danvilles flymaster (70 denier) thread to tie this fly and use the floss as I indicated in the dressing below. You can of course tie the entire fly with hot orange thread or floss. The Executioner is such a great and versatile pattern, it can be fished on floating or sinking line. It's also a very good low water pattern. Tie a few and let me know how you get on, or better yet send me a pics :)
The Executioner
Hook: Salmon or spey, single or double. (I tied the one pictured here on a Alec Jackson Spey #3)
Thread: Red
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel
Tail: Yellow cock hackle fibers
Rib: Oval tinsel
Rear body: Glo-bright floss #4 or hot orange floss
Front body: Flat silver tinsel
Shoulder hackle: Black cock
Wing: Black squirrel or black fox tail
Cheeks: jungle cock
Head: Glo-bright floss #4 or hot orange floss
The Executioner
Hook: Salmon or spey, single or double. (I tied the one pictured here on a Alec Jackson Spey #3)
Thread: Red
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel
Tail: Yellow cock hackle fibers
Rib: Oval tinsel
Rear body: Glo-bright floss #4 or hot orange floss
Front body: Flat silver tinsel
Shoulder hackle: Black cock
Wing: Black squirrel or black fox tail
Cheeks: jungle cock
Head: Glo-bright floss #4 or hot orange floss
Labels:
Executioner,
fishing,
Flies,
Fly fishing,
Ireland,
Irish,
rivers,
salmon,
salmon fly,
spate,
spey,
swinging,
switch
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