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Grant, the original Erling

Grant, the original Erling Olsen pattern called for black hackle. I used Whiting Brahma Hen - I like the speckled look.

Chris

Thanks all for the kind words

Thanks all for the kind words.

Bob, there are 4 saddle hackles.

Hail John of Wales! You get around my friend... :-) Your site is coming along nicely, even though I don't quite get ALL the terminology.... Straddle Bugs, eh? ;-)

I think I'm going to have to

I think I'm going to have to try the bottom variation for Bull Trout here in BC. Are you using squirrel for the throat as well?

Beautiful fly. Just perfect.

Beautiful fly. Just perfect. How many saddle hackles are in the wing?

Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia

That is one very nice looking

That is one very nice looking streamer. I really like the way you tapered the body and the head is perfect in my opinion... whatever that is worth.

Hi Martin,

Hi Martin,

That is one nice looking fly, anything with seals fur in it is pretty well a sure thing. It looks like it would be a good fly for brookies over here on my side of the pond.

hi chris,another great

hi chris,another great looking fly
best regards john

Nandu Frede

Here we are......Nandu frede!

Re: A high held thumbs up!

[color=green:fa49ada707][size=18:fa49ada707]long life to GFF[/size:fa49ada707][/color:fa49ada707]

Thanks. It is actually one

Thanks. It is actually one of Norewgian Erling Olsen's patterns.

Chris

Fly Box

Thank you for the information Martin. I\'m a big fan of C&F Design fly boxes and looking forward to see Scierra\'s models as well.

Re: no photo!

[quote:5d98464a01="kasper the dane"]Sorry - I was not able to post my photo!
Maybe later...[/quote:5d98464a01]

Was the problem on your side or our's?

Martin

no photo!

Sorry - I was not able to post my photo!
Maybe later...
Regards Kasper

For sea trout

The fly was designed for sea trout and actually caught its first two trout this weekend. It is in essence a Juletræ (Christmas Tree) with a wing made from a zonker strip from seal. Looks great in the water.

And yes, the box is a Scierra box, which indeed is very similar to the C&F Design ones. Nice boxes, actually.

Martin

Neat pattern, what fish did

[quote:d521884dbb="Grant Banes"]Neat pattern, what fish did you design it for?[/quote:d521884dbb]
Sea trout, I guess! 8) In general you'll catch every predator on this fly. It reminds me of the "juletræ" - which I even use to catch pike.

Welcome

Welcome to the forum. Welcome to GFF!

Martin

Nice fish, nice tatoos!

Paul,

Nice fish and great artwork! ;-)

Martin

THANKS!

Thomas,

Thanks for the kind words!

Martin

I've enjoyed the information

I've enjoyed the information on this site for a few years now and have had many of the wallpapers up on my desktop. I particularly like the international flavor of this site and with the new forum, the sharing of info from all around the world should be great.

THANKS!

Everybody.

Thanks from me, the partners and all the contributors for those heartwarming words!
We too hope that the new forum will make GFF even better.

Again: thanks!

Martin

i catch sunfish like

i catch sunfish like it aint nothin down here in florida!!!

exelent picture

exelent picture

new forum

Excellent and most usefull site and now I hope the Forum will be also

Good lookin streamer, might

Good lookin streamer, might have to try it for Bull Trout