FLY
Salmon Fly
Blue charm
Tied by Blake Glover
Blue charm recipe
| Hook | Daiichi salmon fly hook |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 30d (black) |
| Tag | Orange floss |
| Tag | Veevus French oval tinsel (small) |
| Tail | Golden crest |
| Body | Uni-twist tinsel |
| Body | Veevus 30d (black) |
| Tag | Black ostrich herl (hareline) |
| Throat | Dyed Blue doctor feather |
| Wing | Natural turkey |
What the Blue charm imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Where the Blue charm came from
- Described by T. E. Pryce-Tannatt, 1914. Standard dressing with black floss body, blue throat and mallard/teal wing - the form now usually tied.Source: Pryce-Tannatt, How to Dress Salmon Flies (1914), p.200
- Originated by W. Brown, River Dee, Aberdeenshire. Kelson's heading credits W. Brown; a summer Dee fly on small doubles. Kelson's body is claret silk, unlike later black-bodied versions.Source: Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), p.119
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
