About the Temple Dog Red and Black Salmon Atlantic Fly

The Templedog Red and Black is a classic member of the series of tube flies developed by the swedish fly tyer Hakan Norling. They all are tied with the same style and with the use of "templedog" hair for the wing. This can be substituted with good quality arctic fox.

Expert Tip:

You've seen these sexy looking Temple Dogs and other Nordic salmon flies; this type of tube fly is catching on for steelhead in the Pacific Northwest

Country of origin for this salmon atlantic fly: Scandinavia

This salmon atlantic fly is designed to be fished on Rivers & Streams

Dressings

• Aluminum Tube sizes 1" : 1.5" : 2"
• Tag : Flat red holographic tinsel
• Tail : No.3 crimson Glo Brite multi yarn
• Body : Flat gold tinsel
• Hackle : Hot orange badger hackle palmered down body
• Wing : Hot orange bucktail, then hot orange Icelandic sheep or arctic fox, with fiery brown Icelandic sheep or arctic fox on top of that. On top of the brown fur are strands of blue and gold flashabou and bronze peacock herl.
• Collar : Black cock hackle
• Overwing : Black Icelandic sheep or arctic fox laid over peacock herls and collar hackle. Laid over top of black fur are strands of pearl & red & silver flashabou.
• Cheeks : Jungle cock
• Head : Black

Tube flies are accepted world wide and each geographic area and culture exerts its influence on how tubes are made and how they are employed. All sizes of flies are tied on tubes. Currently, tube fly sizes range from tiny trout flies to huge billfish flies. Salmon and steelhead tube flies have been going through a period of constant evolution for the last 10-years. This fueled by a cross pollenation of Scandinavian, UK and Pacific Northwest tying and fishing styles. The most obvious advantage of using tube flies is being able to size the fly and the hook independently. This approach has proven to be most beneficial when larger than average flies are employed. In the case of steelhead flies, the tube fly approach has allowed them to become much larger and lighter in weight. MF