Born in England, Barry Ord Clarke is an internationally acclaimed and much-published photographer, writer, and a fly tying master. His work as a fly tying master and fly fishing photographer has taken him to over 40 different countries and 4 continents. He is a regular contributor to numerous fishing magazines worldwide.
He has written, Co written and contributed to more than 30 books about fly tying. He has won medals in some of the worlds most prestigious fly tying competitions, and his own flies can be seen in the legendary ‘Fly fishers club’ collection in London and the Catskill master fly collection’ in the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum in the United States. For the past 25 years he has lived in Norway where he works as a professional photographer and a fly tying consultant for The Mustad Hook Company & Veniard Ltd.
In 2016 Barry was awarded the coveted ‘Claudio D’Angelo award for best International Fly Tyer. For the past seven years he has been working closely with Marc Petitjean on his definitive book on tying with CDC, that was published in March 2018.
Barry’s new book, ‘The Feather Benders flytying techniques‘ is published. This will be a first for fly tying, as each step by step, in the book will be supported by a video of Barry tying each pattern.
Barry is also available for demos, courses and shows if you would like more information contact him on: barrycl@online.no
Some of the books on which Berry Ord Clarke was written and contributed.
Salt water fly fishing Paul Morgan & Friends
International guide to fly tying materials Barry Ord Clarke & Robert Spaight
Ørretfluer Barry Ord Clarke
Skandinaviske fluefiskere Jon Lenæs & Barry Ord Clarke
Flies for sea trout salt water Barry Ord Clarke
Flies for pike Barry Ord Clarke
Flies for sea trout rivers Barry Ord Clarke
Petitjean CDC Marc Petitjean & Barry Ord Clarke
The feather Benders Fly Tying Techniques Barry Ord Clarke
Monter Des Mouches Comme Un Pro Barry Ord Clarke
30 years of tying tips tricks patterns Fly Rod & Reel
Sjøørretfluer Barry Ord Clarke
Fluebinderens bibel steg for steg Barry Ord Clarke
Fluemonster leksikon
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Hi Bill, If you have anything you would like me to review, pleased send it with all info
and stockists info in US and EU.
Barry Ord Clarke
Utsikten 8
3718 Skien
Norway
Great information. Very helpful. Beautiful. I am just trying to get updates by email. Thanks Barry!
Jay
No problem Jay, I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks
Barry
Hi, listen, I’m new on this blogosphere and Internet thing, so I don’t know if there’s a sort of “subscription” method that I can use in order to receive notifications of your new entries…? Thing is I enjoy reading your blog a lot and I’d like to be up to date with your posts!
Would like to see you March 20,21,22 2014 in Mountain Home, AR USA for the 2014 Sowbug.
I would love to come and tie Darryl, but a tad expensive all the way from Norway.
Yeah… Guess it would be at that.
Yeah… Guess it would be at that.
I am planning a trip the Bergen Norway and would like some advise on what type of flies would be best to use in late May.