I have been telling myself I was going to try an Atlantic Salmon Fly for some time now. After looking around for Christmas flies because of another thread, I saw some pretty Christmas Salmon Flies and decided that it was now or never. I dug through my materials and came up with this for my first attempt at a full dress salmon fly.



After fighting the topping for 3 hours, I found the tutorials on the FAOL website and proceeded to cuss myself soundly for not looking to begin with. I see things that need work, like positioning of the topping and tail, the hackle is a tad rough and the head is too big, but I am satisfied with it as a first attempt and my wife thinks it's pretty.

It was frustrating as all get out, but a lot of fun.