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Atlantic salmon and steelhead
fishing - fly types.
The Atlantic salmon and steelhead flies on this page were
tied by Harry Lemire, Stan Headly, Warren Duncan and Ally Gowans. Cascapedia
is a lovely fly with an unusual bucktail and hackle wing. Fast Eddy was
named after the River Thurso manager Eddie MacCarthy and is an excellent
fly on that dark peaty river. Rusty Rat is probably the best known of
the rats and a fine fly. Dunt is an old Dee strip wing fly that is a favourite
of Harry Lemire. This is his spring fishing version with a hairwing. The
example of Silver Wilkinson is tied on an original Wilson LW single hook
- very light wire. Stoats Tail is a a simple and absolutely deadly fly,
the tube shown is about half an inch long and would be armed with a size
16 treble. The Chief as it is affectionately known is a good fly in high,
dirty water. This example is unusual because Warren reversed the wing
colours by mistake! Silver Doctor is one of the few classic patterns to
have successfully undergone the hair wing treatment and is still a popular
pattern. The flies shown are not to scale. Ally Gowans is a fly tying
instructor and lecturer.
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| Cascapedia |
Fast Eddy Waddington |
Rusty Rat |
Dunt |
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| Silver Wilkinson |
Stoats Tail tube |
Chief Needahbah |
HW Silver Doctor |
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