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My Fly Collection

    During my fly tying and fishing adventures I have had the pleasure of meeting, corresponding, and fishing with some very good and relatively famous Eastern Canadian fisherman. I have also had similar luck with fly tiers from all over the world.

A large portion of my fly collection was obtained through a few fly swaps. If you are not familiar with fly swaps, a description is as follows.

 A bunch of fly tiers agree to get together and tie flies to swap with the other tiers. One of the folks is designated as the receiver and distributor of all the flies when they are done. So if say 20 people got involved you have to tie 19 flies. That is one fly for every one of the participants except yourself. Sometimes to make it easier on the person who distributes the flies, you do all 20 and receive one of your own flies back.

You pick your own pattern. Tie up the number you need to send off. You package up the flies and a self addressed, stamped envelope and send that off to the designated distributor. Sometimes it is impossible to send a return stamp. Instead you send the equivalent of enough cash to pay for your flies to be shipped back to you.

This is a great way to get and see other people's work and learn of patterns and flies that you won't always find in the mainstream of fly tying.

It has also been my pleasure to have traded flies with their inventors. Some famous and some not. Below is a small sampling of the flies I own. Much more to come as I take the pictures.

This and the next fly were given to me by Bob Boudreau. They were given to me to unveil for the 1998 Atlantic Salmon Conclave, I hosted, on the Margaree River. This fly was designed by Bob as a fly that would be effective in both the summer and fall. It is a very successful fly in Nova Scotia Salmon rivers. The pattern for this fly, and tying instructions, can be found in Paul Marriner's Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies or on my patterns pages under Fly Box.

This fly is called the sneaky. It was also given to me to unveil. Although this was tied and given to me by Bob, it was actually designed by his brother Mike. Mike is another fine person and fisherman I met on the Middle River in Cape Breton some years back. This fly was tied to be fished in some pretty specific conditions and when fished in them has proved to be very successful. The pattern for this can be also be found in Paul Marriner's Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies or on my patterns pages.

This fly was tied for me by Jerome Molloy. It is a Traditional Featherwing Atlantic Salmon fly. If you don't know Jerome you should go to my links page and visit his site. He is a very accomplished fly tyer and has won many awards. He is also one stand up guy if you ask me. I also have a four fly set of hairwings tied by Jerome. The pictures of those follow below.

This and the next three flies I won in a raffle at a fishing conclave a few years back. Jerome Molloy tied and donated these flies. They are now in my fly collection. This fly is the Copper Killer.

This is the Undertaker.

This is the Rusty Rat.

And this is the Silver Rat.

This fly is called the Malinda. It was tied for me by Chris McKnight, aka Rainmaker. Any of you folks on the FF@ mailing list will know Chris. I hosted a fishing conclave back in 1998 and we had a fly swap to go along with the conclave. Chris tells me this is a steelhead fly created by a fellow known only as Basket Bob. I will have a pattern up for this on my Steelhead fly patterns page soon. Chris is also responsible for the next two pictured flies as well.

I believe this is a size 20 or 22 Adam's with an olive body.

Not sure of the size but it sure looks like a 24 or 26. To quote Chris on this pattern "I consider it to be a nondescript olive emerger-sort of thing, nothing terribly special about it unless you're fishing over picky trout in a smooth pool."

This fly is named Ally's Shrimp.
Unfortunately I have lost the information on the tiers identity.

This fly is called the LT Special.
It was originated by a man named Larry Tracey for fishing the Miramichi River system in New Brunswick, Canada. This particular fly was tied, for me, by it's originator, Larry Tracey. Larry tied this during a salmon fishing conclave I hosted on the Margaree River in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in October 1998.

Ok here is a fly for you. I have no idea what the pattern is called.
I found this fly on the bank of the Middle River in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
If you have any idea what this is contact me at the e-mail address at the bottom of this page.

This fly is called the BLT. It is a Bryant Freeman variation on the LT Special.
This fly was also tied during an October 1998 salmon fishing conclave on the Margaree River.
It was tied for me by Brant Freeman, the originator.

This fly is called the Halloween. It was tied for me by a gent named Greg Estey.
Greg is the son-in-law of Bryant Freeman. It was also tied at the salmon fishing conclave on the Margaree River in October 1998.

Here you see the FTC. This fly was originated by Rod MacLeod of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Rod tied this fly for me, where else, at the conclave on the Margaree River in October 1998.

The Big Intervale Blue, pictured above, was originated by Len Rich of Newfoundland in 1987 for fall fishing on the Margaree River. Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting Len personally, I did get to know him through a little detective work and numerous e-mail's. Len was also the author of a book I was trying to track down called "Newfoundland Salmon Flies ...and how to tie them". The book had been out of print for a few years and I was having a hard time finding any used copies. Being a master of computers I used the internet, and a little knowledge of where Len lived, to track him down in his home town in Newfoundland. Fortunately for me Len was like just about every other Newfoundlander I have ever met, very very friendly. As it turned out Len still had a few mint copies of the book lying around and offered to sell me my copy. Len was also kind enough to tie and send me the fly pictured above.

This is called the General Practitioner. It is meant to imitate a small shrimp.
The tier of this particular fly is unknown to me.

Here is the infamous Mickey Finn. This was tied for me by Rod MacLeod while sitting around his house tying flies one sunny summer day in 1998.

This is the Egg-Sucking Spey. This fly was tied by Andrew Somerset of London, Ontario. I obtained this fly through a Spey fly swap sometime in late 1998 or early 1999.

This Tan and Orange Bug was tied by a gent named Rick Smart. Rick lives somewhere in the US. I obtained this through a fly swap.

Here we go again. I have lost the information on both the pattern and tier. I am pretty certain it came from overseas. If you recognize it please contact me at the e-mail address on the bottom of this page.

Before you leave check out a few of the flies I have sent overseas to fly swaps. These ones are still online in Norway.

Silver Downeaster

Chamon

Red Neck

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