Materials: Hook: Varivas 2410 wide gape or any wet type fly hook size 10 or 12 Silk: 8/0 primrose wispa Tail: fibres from a partridge tail Rib: silk floss which has been spun Body: Hares mask from between the eyes Beard: Partridge neck feather tied as a beard Wing: Hen Pheasant tail Rolled Head: [...]
Below is a tutorial showing you how to tie an Orange Beaded Hare's Ear Shrimp Materials. Hook: Partridge Czech Nymph hook size 10 Silk: Sheer 14/0 coloured primrose yellow Bead: 3.8mm tungsten bead coloured orange Rib: Gold oval tinsel Body: Hare's Ear dubbing Thorax: UV Ice dubbing colour code 10 [...]
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 (Size 14 used here) Bead: Tungsten 2mm for a size 14 hook (Use proportionately sized bead for the hook being tied upon). Silk: 14/0 sheer [...]
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 (Size 14 used here) Bead: Tungsten 2mm for a size 14 hook (Use proportionately sized bead for the hook being [...]
Below is a video explaining how to tie a Pink Shrimp for both grayling and trout fishing on rivers. Materials required Hook: Partridge Patriot barbless Czech Nymph size 10 Head: 3.5mm Tungsten bead coloured pink. Silk: 14/0 sheer colour of choice Shell Back: Pink Mylar UV band 2mm Rib: 0.14 red copper wire Body: [...]
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 hackle flowing back. Since making the video I have learnt that the original version was tied with the hackle facing forward. Hook: Partridge [...]
Dave Collins gives his reasons for using this pattern. Dave Collins, January 2015 Whilst I first fly-fished back in the mid-sixties, I didn't really get back to fly fishing regularly until the late nineties and didn't tie my first fly until 2001. By then, I had got as far as discovering that F flies and [...]
This article and video will explain to you how to tie this pattern with a single feather for the wing. Materials Hook: Partridge Dry fly barbless size 18 but to suit your needs Silk: 14/0 Sheer coloured primrose Tails: Micro fibbetts (Clear) Wing: Teal fibres from a single feather. Body: As silk but treated [...]
A Tenkara pattern tied on a traditional blind eyed hook. Materials Hook: Traditional blind eyed Tenkara hook size 12 Silk: Uni-thread 8/0 coloured olive Hackle: Furnace hen cape Thorax: Hare's ear dubbing
An article explaining how to tie Tenkara flies on eyed hooks, in this case, an Olive Tenkara Fly. Materials Hook: Tiemco BL 209 size 12 Silk: Uni-thread 8/0 coloured olive Hackle: Furnace hen cape Thorax: Hare's ear dubbing
