This is one of my first attempts at Atlantic salmon flies, I hope to post more as I get comfortable with the techniques. Fly came out nice but it took many tries to set the wings so they would match up to the tail the way I wanted them to.
The Logie
Hook: Salmon, size 6
Thread: White for the body, black for the head
Tag: Flat silver tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest
Body: yellow floss in the back half, red floss in the front half
Rib: Silver oval tinsel
Throat: Light blue hackle
Wing: Yellow goose shoulder
Topping: Bronze Mallard (I did not have any in hand so I omitted it)
Alberto, a couple quick questions about the hook you used.
Is that a TMC 7999?
You said size 6. How big is the gap? Here in MI, we can’t used single-point hooks with a gap greater than 1/2" for most of the year.
If this is not a TMC 7999, what is it, and how much did you pay for them?
Obviously, I want to get some of these hooks, but the cost is up there a bit. With the size restrictions we have, I don’t want to drop some money into something I won’t be able to use but for 3 months out of a year.
I got the pattern from the book “Twenty Salmon Flies” by Michael Radencich. The only reference I can find to the origin of the fly is that the pattern comes from the book “How to Dress Salmon Flies” by Pryce-Tannat, published in 1914. There is another recipe for the Logie, this one is from the book “The Salmon Fly” by George Kelson, published in 1895. Differences from the one I tied is that the body is dark claret silk and the sides of the wing are jungle fowl.
Allen, the hook is a Daiichi 2441, the gap on the size 6 is 3/8" wide. I got most of my salmon hooks from an estate sale, but online, the 10-pack of these hooks is about $5. The hooks I use for these flies are either Daiichi’s or if not vintage Partridge hooks. Again, it all came from this estate sale.
