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🔥 Copper Killer 🔥
A bold and flashy Atlantic salmon fly with a copper body that cuts through the water like fire. Known for grabbing attention in clear and bright conditions, this pattern has become a go-to for many anglers chasing salmon on the East Coast.
🎣 Best used on sunny days and lighter flows
🌊 A favorite in rivers like the Margaree
💥 Built to tempt even the most stubborn salmon
HackleandHerls
Works well as a general purpose attractor type nymph. Sinks well and is my favourite to use as a dropper nymph in southern Alberta. Tricky when you go smaller.
chbrown
It’s not black and white but pretty much the same 🤷♂️
chbrown
Almost as simple as possible, with added gills! One of my go to patterns if I don’t see anything hatching. Easy to fill a box with multiple colors.
chbrown
A hackle tip variant of the Green Butt Purple.
Tag - Holographic Green Tinsel (or green silk)
Tail - Golden Pheasant Tippet over Topping, both red
Body - Bright Purple Silk Floss
Rib - Medium Oval Silver (wound counter to the body hackle, locking it in)
Body Hackle - Natural Heron and Bright Purple Silver Pheasant, wound together from 2nd turn of rib. (Can sub Blue Eared Pheasant for Heron.
Collar - Teal
Wing - Four white hackle tips, tented slightly.
Cheeks - Jungle Cock
Head - Black.
SteelSucksTellYourFriends
No terrestrial box is complete without some ants. I’ve had great success fishing west coast spring flying ant hatches with this, and decent success fishing for cutties in the interior in the summer.
chbrown
It’s like the original but with ziplock/plastic bag instead of proper material 😂
I’ve had great success with this pattern in southern Alberta in the fall.
chbrown
I added a feature for saving areas to make locations easier to add to future patterns. It was a bit tedious needing to draw polygon(s) each time, especially if detailed or there is more than one. When you open the "Where I've fished it" section in the pattern editor, you'll now see a section under the map for your saved areas. Click on "Save current" to save any areas on the map. Give your area a name and click the checkmark. You'll then see your new area appear at the bottom. These will always be available for future use on other patterns. You can view them, load them and delete them from the 3 dots menu on the right. Let me know if you have trouble :) Chris
Heya, just added this forum category to organize any tech support type issues! If you find a bug or something not working right, a new feature or improvement, or just any question related to the website post them here! Ill get back ASAP.
I’ve clicked around a bit and the site looks good. Let me know how I can help. I’ll start uploading some patterns as the weeks go on.
Fly boxes are live! Fun way to organize your and other's patterns. Going to add more features like map, species, etc. soon. Let me know any ideas or issues!
Woohoo it’s live! This spring I’ve been working on Hackle and Threads. It’s a web application for uploading and searching for fly patterns. After a tying hiatus for a couple years, I really wished I had taken some notes on my old patterns. Being a software developer, I decided to make it! You can add photos and videos, basic info like a description. You can also attach: -location polygons which can cover as generic or specific an area you want, -species caught, -fly segments and their materials -step by step recipes It would be really cool to have a place that is more geared towards flies and fly fishing than google or YouTube. For example, if you are planning a trip to a new area, you can research ahead of time what patterns people fish there and tie some of your own. Or browse for ideas from other regions or species to apply to your home waters. It’s still early days but I’d love to hear any feedback - bugs, cool features, anything! So far it’s mostly just my own posts here for western Canada. Would love to see some flies from other areas too. Cheers, Chris
