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Nalle Puh (Winnie the Pooh) by Simo Lumme
 Hook: 12-6, DE,
wide gape, Partridge Capt. Hamilton L2A/L3A or similar
Thread: Orange
Wings: Coarse, curly medium-brown bear hair butts, divided and angled 45° forward
Rib: Fine gold wire
Body: Orange and yellow seal (or substitute) and light brown hare mixed
Hackle: Red game cock
Collar: Red game cock, 1-3 feathers
This is the dry fly to use in Finland. It imitates an egg-laying, fluttering
adult caddis and is an excellent fly for any broken water situation. It's also useful as a
general searching fly in larger sizes, some people use it for seatrout. Also Dark Puh (all
black) and Honey Puh (light brown wings, light green body and light ginger hackles) are
good ones.
Wonderwing Caddis by Jari Laakkonen
Hook: 12-10, 2X long
Rib: Brown silk
Body: Yellow polypropylene
Wing: 2 cream cock hackle feathers in wonderwing-style
Legs: Olive deer hair
Thorax: Yellow polypropylene
Hackle: Cree cock, parachute-style around deer hair butts lifted vertical
Excellent low-floating pattern for any difficult situations. Several size and
color variations.
Green Caddis Pupa
Hook: 14-10, curved, Partridge GRS12ST or similar
Thread: Green
Weight: Lead wire, 5-20 turns
Tag: Round gold, 2 turns
Rib: Round gold (for abdomen only)
Abdomen: Light green Antron-dubbing, picked well out at sides
Thorax: Dark hare's fur, dubbed rough
Antennas: 2 golden pheasant tail fibers
Simple but effective general pattern. Often even better when fished with a similar fly
on the dropper.
Yellow Grouse Sculpin
Hook: 6-2, DE, long shank streamer
Thread: Yellow
Weight: Lead wire (optional)
Rib: Oval gold & 0,20 mm nylon
Body: Yellow angora goat (or substitute) ribbed with gold; rusty orange and brown
are also good colors
Throat: Fluorescent red wool
Wing: 2 well-marked grouse feathers, tied down in matuka-style with nylon only
Pectorals: 2 smaller grouse feathers, curving out and down
Head: Deer hair, spun and clipped wide and quite flat, some tips left as a collar
Miller's thumb or sculpin is a very common but secretive fish and big trout love it.
Can also be fished unweighted with a floating line close to surface, a very good way to
locate fish.
Kalkkisten Vaalea
(The Light One from Kalkkinen)
Hook: 8-2/0 Single/Double Salmon
Thread: Yellow
Tag: Oval gold
Tail: Tips of two dark ginger cock hackle feathers
Rib: Flat or oval gold
Hackle: Dark ginger cock
Body: 2/3 yellow silk, 1/3 green silk or wool
Collar: Dark ginger cock
Wing: Oak turkey slips
Head: Black lacquer
Very old pattern, smaller sizes popular for trout, also in hairwing style.
Uppo-Bomber (Sunk Bomber)
by Ilkka Harma & Kari Pylvänäinen
Hook: 12-2 Single/Double Salmon
Thread: Black or red
Tip: Oval silver
Tag: Fluorescent red silk
Tail: 2-4 stripped black hackle stems placed symmetrically on both sides, curving
up and down. Black or dark brown nutria guard hair in the middle, fairly long
Hackles: Black cock, three turns of long-fibered feather at the base of the tail.
Black, short-fibered half-stripped feather for the body, reversed
Rib: Wide oval silver, three turns
Body: Black wool, cigar-shaped
Head: Black or red silk
This unusual salmon fly is based on the Icelandic pattern called Francis and it is one
of the most successful modern dressings. Liberal use of Super-Glue is recommended to
strengthen the fly (tag, hackles and head) as heavy wear can be expected. Best fished
slowly close to the bottom.
For more information, read "World's Best Trout Flies" edited by John
Roberts
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Hook: 12-6, DE,
wide gape, Partridge Capt. Hamilton L2A/L3A or similar 
