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It is not very often that I feature a fly with little or no historical information. At the very least, I always try to include the original tyers n...

 The 'Black Fancy' is a whole winged salmon fly that was designed by George M. Kelson around 1875. According to Kelson, it is a fly that is best fi...

Following on from my previous article regarding the 'Akroyd', the 'Glentana' is another from that same family of Dee Strip Wings, which were design...

 A classic Dee strip winged fly. The Akroyd originated around 1878 and was the inspiration of one Mr. Charles Akroyd, the father of the Dee strip w...

The Durham Ranger - English or Scottish?

Well, it's been a busy week here at Framed Flies. Our Christmas competition was launched 2 weeks ago, so we were busy collating all the names to en...

Watching 'The Crown' (Series 4 Episode 2) last night, I was interested to see a scene of 'Prince Charles' during one of his fly fishing trips in Ic...

History and tying recipe for the Silver Doctor salmon fly.

Garry 'the dog', visiting the place of origin of this famous fly and fishing the River Teviot.

The 'factual' history of the Garry Dog salmon fly, and the pattern tying requirements.

A brief history and tying recipe of the Stoat Salmon Fly.

A brief history of the Logie Salmon Fly.