Hotspot pheasant tail nymph
A quick and easy pheasant tail nymph with a UV hot spot attractor wing case. For those cold days grayling fishing. Continue reading Hotspot pheasant tail nymph
Tag: Mustad
How to tie Melt Glue Zonker streamer
An excellent technique for tying uniform and transparent bodies on Zonkers. Please remember to subscribe to the feather benders You Tube channel: Continue reading How to tie Melt Glue Zonker streamer
Tying Mutant Melt Glue Ant
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Royal wulff fly
As the name says, the man behind the famous series of patterns was Lee Wulff and the most famous of all is the Wulff that is Royal! The fattest pattern of the Wulff family is just as good fished as … Continue reading Royal wulff fly
Grayling patterns my absolute favourites
Keeping on a grayling theme heres one of my absolute favourites, Not only to fish with but also to tie. All these patterns from bygone days are remarkably simple, but still require a degree of technique to master them precisely. One of the peculiar characteristics of the grayling is that they have a preference for flies dressed with a hot spot of red in their make-up, probably the most famous is the red tag, but here are a few more, older patterns that still get the job done. How to tie Bradshaw’s Fancy Bradshaw’s Fancy pattern recipe Hook: MustadThread: Veevus … Continue reading Grayling patterns my absolute favourites
Black Pennell wet fly
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, … Continue reading Black Pennell wet fly
Large dark olive trio Baetis rhodani – LDO
Large dark olive nymph The large dark olive (Baetis rhodani) are probably the most widespread of all the European may flies, being Multivoltine, where water temperature allows, having two or more generation cycles per year, makes it even more important … Continue reading Large dark olive trio Baetis rhodani – LDO
Blue Devil streamer – Carrie G Stevens pattern
Blue Devil is one of the many patterns from the legendary Rangeley fly tyer Carrie G Stevens. Most of her patterns where tied on 6 X long – 10 X long shank hooks although she did use some that … Continue reading Blue Devil streamer – Carrie G Stevens pattern
Wooly Bugger fly
Most fly fishermen have at one time or another fished with or a variant of the wooly bugger. This is without doubt one of the modern classics, that has only grown in popularity, and not without reason! The Wooly bugger … Continue reading Wooly Bugger fly
Edson Tiger fly
One of the great classic American streamers, developed by the well know fly tier Bill Edson in 1929. The Edson Tiger dark & light where influenced by a streamer called “Dick´s Killer” that Edson received from fellow fly tier Dick … Continue reading Edson Tiger fly
Flying Mutantz ants
After much response regarding my Mutantz pattern I published last year, here is the new and improved Flying Mutant that has fished extremely well for me this year, with a few new techniques that can be applied to other patterns. … Continue reading Flying Mutantz ants
Deer hair daddy
Many daddy patterns are somewhat delicate and easily damaged, be it by fish, or even prolonged casting, and general ware and tare. Here’s a pattern that show you how to make your daddy’s not only more resillient, but also with added float ability. Tipulidae or Daddy long legs as they are more commonly known, are a familiar sight both on and off the water more or less the whole summer. There are in fact several hundred species of daddy’s from just a couple of mm to over 40mm long. Although most species of daddy are terrestrial there are a … Continue reading Deer hair daddy
Essential sea trout patterns for the autumn
Sea trout patterns Hip, Hip and Hurrah ! The autumn sea trout season is just around the corner, and as I can see from the search engine terms on the blog, I am not the only one itching to get … Continue reading Essential sea trout patterns for the autumn
Melt Glue Zonker or Virtual Minnow streamer
The original zonker pattern was tied by the American fly tyer Dan Byford in the 1970s and was quickly recognised the world over, as a big fish fly and extremely easy to tie, yet realistic imitation for most smaller bait … Continue reading Melt Glue Zonker or Virtual Minnow streamer
Sea trout Flat wing streamer
The original flat wing pattern was developed by the late Bill Peabody a well known fly tyer and fisherman from Rhode Island in the US. The original pattern was developed for stripped bass but was also found to be … Continue reading Sea trout Flat wing streamer
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