A few flies from Bob Erickson

Bob sent me a few of his favorite rough water dry flies last year.  I finally got around to setting up my macro camera kit, and took a few shots today.  These are basically a combination of a Royal Wulff pattern and a Royal Coachman pattern.  If you tie Wulffs, just replace the hair wing with a quill wing.  If you fish Coachmans, just replace the golden pheasant tippet feather tail with a hair tail.  Red floss for the abdomen is traditonal, but go ahead and use any color you have a hankering for.

Here are two of six new fly photos

Bob Erickson gave me six flies to photograph and to include in his article on fishing for Atlantic Salmon in Newfoundland (see previous Blog posting). Two photos are shared here; all six have been added to his story:

http://www.fishingwithflies.com/AtlanticSalmonOnTheRock.htmOnTheRock.htm

Atlantic Salmon on the Rock

I have just added Bob Erickson's story about fishing for Atlantic Salmon in Newfoundland to my "Flies With a Story" page of this site. You can see Bob's trip pictures and read his story here:

http://www.fishingwithflies.com/AtlanticSalmonOnTheRock.htm

Also, he sent me a few of the fly patterns mentioned in the story, and their recipes. I will photograph them soon and add them at the bottom of the story.

To tempt you, below are just three of Bob's pictures.