Just a few pics of some old flies I unearthed from a fishing cupboard recently. Apart from one, they were not used in the days when my old pal and I started fishing stocked still waters, about thirty years ago, as a change from rivers. Some of the newcomers may not have seen the likes. They are not pretty, but they may have curiosity value. TC

Alexandra Tandem


Worm Fly variant


The Lowper -- Stan Headley and some of his compatriots will probably know this uncommon Scottish pattern. It's a really acrobatic swimmer.
Side



Bird's Eye



Head & Plough





Head and 'Plough'

The last pattern was designed by a lady physicist and tied by her hubby a good while back. Lowper -- Leaper.

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Link repaired inside shortened 'quote'.

Thanks for those, Terry. What's linking the front fly to the back one? Heavy mono? It looks pretty rigid, but I can't quite work out how something that thick could be attached to the back one without creating a big bump somewhere?

heres a triple that was in my grandfathers box the tail hook is a small double !! shrimp fly ? never uses it ! they are all joined together with a weaved wire ....Is it a salmon fly?

It's called a 'terror' - there were various dressings on that theme.

Used for sea trout in certain estuaries such as the Ythan.
Perhaps you haven't reached that part in Falkus' book yet?



PiB

cheers pib , this fly must be ancient . not got to that part in the book yet !!

Hi' it's the computer-illiterate here. Thanks for the help, LP.
Yorkio, the link was made from a length of material used for lashing wiring harnesses. It had a braided core and plastic coat. I stripped the coating away and whipped the braid to the hook shanks. Nowadays, electricians, wiremen etc would use cable ties of some sort or another.
Marky, the 'tridem', for want of a better name, is possibly a variant of the once famous Ythan Lure, used as mentioned on the estuary of that great sea trout river, like PIB said. Cheers, Terry C

BTW, If you ever come across a ''Terry's Terror'' it is a different beast, and not invented by me!!