Know your fish food Part 5- Yellow May Dun
Yellow May Dun( Heptagenia Sulphurea) There was a time where I wouldn't have thought of using a pattern to imitate this fly. However how times have changed. This fly has become very important to the [...]
Know Your fish Food Part 4-The Olive Upright
The Olive Upright (Rhithrogena Semiclorata) A very important food source for both trout and grayling on the Rivers Usk and Wye This insect is a very important food source for the River Usk and Wye [...]
Know Your Fish Food Part 3-The Iron Blue
Know your Fish Food 3 The Iron Blue (Baetis Pumilis) This is the one fly that likes the cold and will hatch in the colder days of spring from lunch time to early evening during [...]
Know your Fish Food Part 2 The Large Dark Olive
The Large Dark Olive One of the first flies to show on the river in any numbers and an important food source for both trout and grayling. All the photographs sen below show both male [...]
Orange Beaded Hare’s Ear Shrimp
Orange Beaded Hare’s Ear Shrimp  […]
The Quill Bodied Nymph
The Quill Bodied Nymph Below is a tutorial video showing you how to tie a quill bodied nymph for both trout and grayling fishing. Materials Hook: Partridge Ideal Nymph size of your choice [...]
Pink Shrimp
The Pink Shrimp […]
The Gingler
The Gingler (or Jingler) This season I have had a great deal of success with this version of the Gingler or Jingler and so have others. The version here has been tied with the partridge [...]
Operation, Alpine Cutthroat trout
An Article By alan Parfitt […]
Duck Dun patterns: A generic tying style well worth exploring
Dave Collins gives his reasons for using this pattern. […]