Post by juststartedagain on Sept 5, 2007 20:02:43 GMT
These are a few pics (not very good sorry) of some old flees that my grandad tied - must be 40-50 (or more) years ago now...
Interesting apart from a couple to see how sparse they are and also the use of wire on the bodies..
There is nothing smaller in the box (other than trout flies - and its interesting to see how these seem to be very small and sparse compared to some of the flies around these days) - all the salmon flies seen to be this sort of large size hook - 2?? - some were on two fly casts.
He fished mainly on the Tweed and I dont ever remember him coming back empty handed- in fact I remember at certain times of the year the sink in the kitchen would be full of sea trout and salmon (the days before anyone worried about conservation)
I might tie up some like these on doubles when I get going on tying just to see...
Interesting apart from a couple to see how sparse they are and also the use of wire on the bodies..
There is nothing smaller in the box (other than trout flies - and its interesting to see how these seem to be very small and sparse compared to some of the flies around these days) - all the salmon flies seen to be this sort of large size hook - 2?? - some were on two fly casts.
He fished mainly on the Tweed and I dont ever remember him coming back empty handed- in fact I remember at certain times of the year the sink in the kitchen would be full of sea trout and salmon (the days before anyone worried about conservation)
I might tie up some like these on doubles when I get going on tying just to see...