Liudvikas Buklys
Black Bombers and Poachers (2017)
deer hair, calf hair, rooster feathers, metals hooks, plastic tubes, thread, found branches, plastic box, plastic bag, VIZIJAff instagram
The Bomber fly pattern developed from at least three things:
1. From a physical and mental departure from conservative fly tying culture.
2. From the joke or saying : "Conditions were so good that you could throw your hat into the river and salmon would take it."
3. From seeing salmon rising for cigar butts thrown into the river.
Here are nine dry files in the bomber pattern, alongside a pile of poachers. Both bombers and poachers by their nature show a clear silhouette and disappear into the pitch-black darkness of late autumn night.