Fly fiesta !

I have been scanning some of my flies. As you see, these are old salmon flies. I've printed them out in hi-resolution and now they are framed and posted around the house. These are low resolution images... if anyone is interested in the big files, drop me a line.

Firstly, a Shrimp of sorts, hook 28mm long:

Some old Dee salmon flies, hooks 30mm and 40mm long:

 

Old Dee or Spey salmon fly, hook 40mm long:

Below, a Toppy, a very early pattern described by William Scrope in Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing on the Tweed (1843), together with a Toppy variant. Hooks 45mm and 50mm long:

 

The rest of this little collection that belonged to the previous owner of a JJS Walker Bampton rod that I now have in my possession. Some of the doubles and trebles look quite ferocious:

 

Here is a box of flies. I haven't touched it since it came earlier in the Spring as it looks interesting as is in a random sort of way. One or two salmon flies, but mostly trout flies. All in a Richard Wheatley box that was made for Hardy Brothers: