Quest

Over the years we have heard stories of Salmon being caught in the Clyde long before the regeneration to what is seen today,Various locals have told us stories of fish in the 1940's50's do you know any we would like to here about them,
This brings me on to another subject if they did were there any particular flies for Salmon, that were of clyde origin . Just like the famous Clyde style trout flies,for which the upper river is famous the world over for and has been well documented in books written by local anglers,passing the patterns down and leaving rercords of this for future generations
 If people were fishing for Salmon and by fly what did they use. Was it Tweed or Ayrshire patterns or from rivers further afield , as i said if you know please let us know
 I have started to learn to tie classic salmon flies the ones the Victorians used to tie and fish,and would love to find if there were any local patterns, and hopefully one day tie the flies.
Here are some pictures of my first attempts at a fly called the Red Rover , documented as far as i can tell in George M Kelsons 1894 book "Salmon Flies"
 About George Kelson
http://www.bestclassicsalmonflies.com/georgemkelson.html

1,Original red rover

 2, Variation on the Red Rover

 A big serious learning curve for me and a lot to learn
If you would like to see more classics and learn about them
http://www.classicflytying.com/index.php?act=idx

http://www.midclydeanglingassociation.org/







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