Wet flies patterns, Video tutorials how to tie wet flies by Barry Ord Clarke
This # 16 wet fly is loosely based upon Halford’s original dry that is still used by a great deal of anglers today. Constructed from traditional materials, crow, wood pigeon & starling, with this on the end of your line, … Continue reading #16 Black Gnat wet fly.
This well known Welsh pattern represents a small beetle of the same name (red & black) that is found along the river and lake banks of the Welsh countryside. One of the classic peacock herl patterns that trout just love. … Continue reading Tying the Coch-y-Bonddu
Although a quick and easy tie, this is one of the most popular and effective mini lures of recent years. Continue reading The Cormorant mini lure
An extremely popular pattern in the UK that is used from both boat and bank. The cruncher has many variants, this is the standard that can be tied on different hook weights and fished all year round. Continue reading Tying a cruncher
An excellent loch style pattern that is a real attractor when pulled in or just under the surface. Also an extremely popular pattern to fish as part of a team. Hook: Mustad C49S # 8 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 black … Continue reading Claret snatcher
A quick and easy tie for an unusual but effective spider pattern for small stream and river fishing. Hook: Mustad C49S # 14 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Black Abdomen: Peacock herl Hackle: Speckled grey partridge Continue reading Peacock and partridge spider
The full tutorial for one of the true classic wet flies that works just about anywhere its fished. The famous Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjoft Nansen said ” Give me two March brown’s and a box of matches and i’ll survive … Continue reading The March Brown wet fly
Another classic wet fly that has for the most been forgotten but its well worth blowing the dust off this one especially if you are fishing sea run browns in fresh water. Hook: Mustad S60 # 8 Tying thread: Sheer … Continue reading Zulu Blue
A neat little spider pattern that has worked wonders for me when fishing a traditional across and down stream wet fly method. Your help and support in keeping the channel going is greatly appreciated. If you enjoy the videos please subscribe to my YouTube channel below. Thanks… https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYb8DCVlYijoCYgvx_v2EuQ Continue reading The Brassie and partridge spider
This well known Welsh pattern represents a small beetle of the same name (red & black) that is found along the river and lake banks of the Welsh countryside. One of the classic peacock herl patterns that trout just love. Here’s the correct way of tying it. Thank you for watching and please remember to subscribe to the feather benders You Tube channel, your help and support in keeping the channel going is greatly appreciated: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYb8DCVlYijoCYgvx_v2EuQ Continue reading Coch-y-Bonddu
An alternative technique for making substitute quill bodies in any colour that works excellent also for larger hook sizes. Thank you for watching and please remember to subscribe to the feather benders You Tube channel, your help and support in keeping the channel going is greatly appreciated: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYb8DCVlYijoCYgvx_v2EuQ Continue reading Pseudo quill spider
Inspired by my sons first hunting trip and the beautiful feathers from the female black grouse he shot. In this simple wet fly tutorial I have tried to include as many classic wet fly elements as possible. Tail, tinsel body, oval tinsel rib, palmered body hackle slip wing and throat hackle, but keeping the colours simple. Thor Edward on a very successful first days hunting, here with a female capercaillie the largest member of the grouse family. One of these birds has enough material to tie flies for fishing, for many many years… Hook: Mustad S60NP-BR # 8Thread: DyneemaTail: Speckled … Continue reading The Famous Grouse wet fly
Black Pennell & Family… One of the classic ‘Black’ flies that has survived the test of time. Classified as a fancy wet or loch style pattern the Black Pennell came from the tying bench of Mr H. Cholmondeley Pennell a wealthy Edwardian english gentleman, who loved fishing in Northern Europe. There are several styles in tying this pattern, some with a fine slim body of only one layer of tying thread, the tapered body, as shown here and one with seals fur or black wool. Although some listings say that the hackle should be of a black hen tied … Continue reading The Black Pennell