When the egg layers are active your waders can be a popular place to deposit the eggs! Its that time of year when an egg laying caddis is an essential addition to your fly box! Heres an easy pattern that … Continue reading Fly Tying the Egg laying caddis
A quick little deer hair midge that pushes all the buttons. Not only a great fishing pattern but also a couple of nice techniques with deer hair and a very simple CDC parachute hackle wing. Deer Hair Midge materials: Hook: … Continue reading Deer Hair Midge
A real quick and effective mayfly emerger that is a great pattern to have when the hatch is on. Just adjust the hook size and colour to match your hatch. Continue reading Tying a mayfly loop wing emerger
A great river fly with a little different hackle technique, that results in a nice wing effect and realistic footprint. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3355572 Continue reading Paraloop & CDC March Brown
A pheasant tail shuttlecock that works well, both as an emerger and a cripple mayfly. A little nymph that floats vertically in the surface film. Can be fished static or tweaked ever so slightly. Continue reading Pheasant tail shuttlecock
An extremely effective loop wing caddis emerger/stillborn, that has a couple of simple but interesting techniques for the body and loop wing. Tie it in different sizes and shade to match the hatch. Continue reading Loop wing caddis emerger
One of my “secret” patterns that has worked really well for me over the years, it almost makes fishing easy! Not representing anything in particular but just one of those flies that bring fish up. Continue reading Tying the double bubble
This heavy up side down CDC mayfly nymph is a variant of Marc Petitjean’s MP 2404, that incorporates an off bead used as a keel to keep the nymph fishing the correct way. Continue reading MP 2404 mayfly nymph
An easy but effective little CDC bubble caddis pattern that can be quickly tied in various colours and sizes. Continue reading Bubble Caddis
Marjan Fratniks F-fly, an absolute must for any trout fisherman. This is the super simple and original pattern of this modern classic. Hook: Mustad R30 # 12-18 Thread: Grey or beige Body: Tying thread cigar shaped taper Wings: Two CDC … Continue reading The F-fly
For all you CDC fans, the Petitjean book is now available for order from: http://www.petitjean-cdc.com/en/home/182-petitjean-cdc.html This monumental book gathers on more than 40 years of fly-tying, innovation and a passion for fly-fishing. In this his legacy, Marc reveals some of his secrets about CDC’s unique properties, his concepts in designing flies and, last but not least, a series of brand new, appealing and easy-to-tie patterns. Marc Petitjean Photography Barry Ord Clarke 500 pages 3000 photographs Continue reading The Book – Petitjean CDC
The long awaited book ‘Petitjean CDC’ that Marc and I have been working on for seven years, had its launch at the weekend at BFFI. As with everything else that Marc gets involved with, the book is beautifully designed and a joy to use. Each step by step page is a wealth of information, with required materials and tools for each pattern, step by step instruction, tying difficulty level. Each pattern is photographed from four different angles, side, above, under and forward, giving you detailed information on each fly. Each chapter is colour coded so you can finger your way … Continue reading Petitjean CDC – The book
This little CDC and deer hair emerger uses a turkey biot for the abdomen and partridge for the tail. A real quick tie for a great fish catching pattern. Continue reading CDC and deer hair emerger
A nice technique for making a CDC body, without coming in conflict with the under body of the fly. This makes the body fish deep under the surface but keep the wing high and dry. Continue reading Double D caddis
Extremely quick and easy to tie with only one CdC hackle, the IOBO ( It Ought to Be Outlawed ) emerger is a must have pattern and should be found in every trout and grayling fishermans fly box. Hook: Mustad … Continue reading It Ought to Be Outlawed!
This is a relatively easy semi realistic adult midge with a few nifty techniques for body, wing and legs. Hook: Mustad R50 # 12 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Black Body: Large black cock hackle Legs: Black horse hair Wing: White … Continue reading Long legged adult midge
This is a simple little CdC loop wing emerger that can be adapted to imitate not only midges but also smaller mayflies. Hook: Mustad C49S # 18 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Olive Tail: Speckled partridge hackle fibres Body: Stripped peacock … Continue reading CdC loop wing emerger