Welcome to Just Old Flies

Welcome to 'just old flies,' a section of methods and flies that used-to-be. These flies were tied with the only materials available. Long before the advent of 'modern' tying materials, they were created and improved upon at a far slower pace than todays modern counterparts; limited by materials available and the tiers imagination.

Once long gone, there existed a 'fraternity' of anglers who felt an obligation to use only the 'standard' patterns of the day. We hope to bring a bit of nostalgia to these pages and to you. And sometimes what you find here will not always be about fishing. Perhaps you will enjoy them. Perhaps you will fish the flies. Perhaps?

Flies from Norway, circa 1976

Flies from Norway
Compiled By Deanna Birkholm

These flies were found in a story by the late Ernest Schwiebert, The Night of the Gytefisk, republished in a commerative book, Leaper in association with the Atlantic Salmon Federation.

As we see a renewed interest in tube flies, it is interesting to note these.

Credits: Leapers edited by Charles Gaines & Monte Burke. ~ dlb

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