Tying a fly called Frances Black Fly Tying tutorial | Ívar's Fly Workshop

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Here we'll be tying the popular salmon fly, Red Frances. Red and black Frances is widely used around the globe for salmon fishing and has been one of the most popular flies in Iceland for catching the Atlantic salmon. The Frances is based on a fly pattern called Black Eyed Prawn that was designed in the UK in the mid 1960's by a man named Peter Deane. It almost became an instant classic and was named after Miss Frances Hydon, but she was Peter Deans fly tying assistant. This copycat of Peters idea came up in Iceland in the late 70's and has been around here ever since, as one if not the most popular flies to catch Atlantic salmon. The Frances can be tied in black, red, orange, yellow, blue or just kind of any colour you can think of. The red and black are though the way most popular colours in the fly. At the time when the fly first came out here in Iceland, some anglers refused to use it, they called it a shrimp or a prawn, comparing it with real prawn as a bait for the fish. Certainly the Frances looks like a prawn, it's based on a prawn imitating fly so no wonder! However these voices of unhappy anglers who refused to use the Frances fly is something you don't hear today. The Frances both in red and black and even more colours like yellow and orange, are used widely all over Iceland and in other countries that have north Atlantic salmon rivers. It's the most used and popular salmon pattern in Iceland still today among with flies like Haugur, Sunray Shadow, Munro Killer and etc. Frances is many anglers favourite fly. The Frances is a great fly in any way and the rest is history. I'd highly recommend to have the Frances with you in red and black colours, either as a fly or as a tube fly.
Pattern
Author: Peter Deane (This fly a simplified version of Peters original one).
Hook: Ahrex HR428G #14
Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 30D black.
Antennas: 4 brown rooster feather stems (originally 2 white 2 brown).
Tail: Pheasant body feather or pheasant tail.
Rear body segment: Black DMC yarn 2 strands.
Hackle: Brown rooster feather.
Rib: Semperfli oval golden tinsel small.
Front body segment: Black DMC yarn one strand.
Head: UV Solarez Bone Cure.
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[@bobjohnson7207]

Very interesting fly.

It's the most used salmon pattern in Iceland for decades. It is supposed to imitate a prawn and tied as a version of the Black Eyed Prawn by Peter Dean.

[@flyfishingchannel]

Nice work!

Thanks for the comment!
Yes, I think this video might be one of the best online tutorial for the Frances fly!

[@kevinjtoner]

Beautiful fly, Ivar!!!…….Thank you!!! 👍🎣

Thanks for the comment Kevin!
I think this is a very good method of tying a Frances fly to get it smooth and clean looking body shape of it. You're welcome to share the video if you like :)
All the best from Iceland,
Ívar

[@FlyTyer1948]

Nice impressionistic pattern that is nicely tied.
When I saw your description of the pattern & that it was a simplified version of the original by Peter Dean, I got curious & tried to find an image of the original to see how it had been changed. I couldn’t find one, even after trying several different search terms. The Francis versions seem to have completely replaced the original. This would be a good pattern to post on GFF.
Btw, antenna is the correct word in English.

Thanks for the comment Bob!
I will post this one on GFF for sure! I think to be honest this is one of the very best video tutorials on how to tie the Frances, and specially in this small size. There's no big deal to tie it on hooks 8-12, but 14-16 and even 18 in micro versions. Then stuff gets challenging.
About the original pattern by Peter Deane, I think I have a picture of a picture of it. I'll drop you an email once I find the book it's in.
All the very best to you Bob!