Flures for Finland

This creation by Harmen-Jan fits the description 'flure' like nothing else. Inspired by the wobble fly (found in this article) by Martie van der Brand, HJ took this concept to another level.


Take a (really) long shank hook, bend it like in the photo and attach a wobble blade.


Tie the wobble blade on the hook with the eye of the hook situated on top of the wobble blade.

And there you have a solid basis to build yourself any lure you like, with the comforting thought that (somehow) it will still be considered a fly. Take these things for instance:



They cast like shit, but no doubt these will catch us some mean pike. And for those of you that are more or less offended by this non-purist approach of pike fly fishing, maybe these type of flures are more appealing:



Just another light and easy castable, yet very durable EP streamer.

These two types of flures illustrate the line between castability (is that a word anyway?) and the amount of disturbance a flure can make in the water. Sure, the visual action is important too (and in that perspective EP and similar fibers really do a great job), but when it comes to lateral line-triggering action the 'wobble flies' are almost unbeatable.