I’ve noticed that many earrings use hackle feathers we fly tyers would gladly use. If that’s the jewellery style that’s in right now, why not get right to the point and just tie a proper fly pattern as an earring? Many people do, and there are some really creative and beautiful fly fishing jewelry out there.
These make an excellent gift idea for the lady fly angler on your gift list. Even better if you tie the piece of jewelry yourself. You may even have a special woman that doesn’t fish, but likes the idea of fly fishing earrings.
Here are some really unique, pretty, and interesting fly fishing earring ideas.
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Pike Fly Earrings
These are my favourite fly fishing earrings I’ve discovered. They’re and actual, effective streamer pattern commonly used for pike. Most earrings choose to go for a more slender profile, I quite enjoy the bulk of this pattern.
Classic Salmon Fly Pattern, Blue Charm
Classic salmon patterns are often very colourful, and are a natural choice to modify into jewelry. I like stylistic choice to bend the hooks in towards the shank rather than applying a bead to the hook point or snipping the hook off.
DIY Fly Tying Earrings as Christmas Present.
These earrings represent the point of this entire post. The fly fishing earrings shown above were tied by the fellow over at ExpediTom as a Christmas present for his girlfriend. Selecting feathers with a style and colour that compliments his girlfriends hair colour makes this a very personal and thoughtful present.
He has instructions and a material list over at his site.
Bomber Multi-Coloured Earrings
These would be completely fish-able if they weren’t tied as a pair of earrings. Brook trout would love these. I’m sure they’d tickle the poor girls face that were’s them. I’d imagine it’d be worth it though, they’re a very unique pair of earrings.
Classic Streamer Style Jewellery
These earrings are tied in a classic trout/salmon streamer fly style. I love fishing these kinds of flies, and I would immediately notice these on someone. I tie many flies very similar to this for fly fishing.
Clouser Minnow Earrings
A departure from the typical feather based earrings listed here. The clouser minnow is one of the most widely used fly patterns in the world (second only to the woolly bugger). It makes sense then that someone would make an earring set of these. Bucktail hair is readily available in a wide variety of colours, so you could tie these earrings in any colour you like.
Looking at the photo above, it looks like someone could detach the earrings and fish the fly as is if they were so inclined. Great way to make sure you never run out of flies if nothing else!
Fly Fishing Inspired Earrings
If you tied this exact pattern on a hook, it would definitely catch fish. It’s quite similar to a few flies I’ve tied up myself for large trout. I love the way the different coloured feathers mix together.
Polar Chenille Leech Style Earrings
These are a pair of earrings styled after a egg sucking leech, they even have the bead at the top! The usual marabou tail has been swapped for a more stylistic flashy tail.
Hackle Loop Earrings
Another set of earrings from Saffron and Peach. These earrings are not a specific pattern, but are definitely inspired by fly tying. The loop of the hackle is really unique, I haven’t seen it before.
Rabbit Zonker Style Jewellry
Another design by dragonfly designs. It’s obvious whoever is making these earrings has experience tying actual flies used for fishing. This rabbi zonker streamer would look right at home in my fly box, and in the mouth of a hungry trout or bass.
Prince Nymph Earrings
Nymph patterns are not typically as “showy” as streamer and some dry fly patterns, but the prince nymph works as a piece of jewellery. The white biots on the back give it a regal look, and they’re more petite than some of the other pieces of jewellery listed here.
Dry Fly Style Earrings
This is another piece of jewellery that is not an exact fly, but is obviously inspired by a dry fly pattern. The feather off the back is a stylistic choice, but the rest of the fly would work, perhaps as a double midge imitation.
DIY fly fishing jewellery without tying your own flies.
There’s an alternate solution if you don’t feel like tying your own fly earrings, but are still in a Jewellery DIY mood. You can go to a fly shop (Bass Pro, Cabela’s, or a local fly shop, or buy online), buy any flies you like the look of, and modify them.
Cut the hook off or curl it inwards to avoid a hook in the side of the face. You can also attach a bead to the point to acheive the same effect. You can then attach the fly directly to earrings and you have a pair of do it yourself earrings very quickly.
If there’s anything here credited incorrectly, please let me know.