Adam’s Irresistible
Hook: Size 16 to 12 Down eyed dry fly hook (Kamasan B405) Silk: Black 8/0 Tail: Deer hair fibres Body: Spun and trimmed deer hair Wings: Grizzle or Plymouth Rock cock hackle tips Hackle: Red game cock hackle wound through the wings. …
Dark Olive Wet Fly
Hook: Any wet fly hook size 14 or 16 (Kamasan B400 or B175) Silk: Olive 70 denier UTC Tails: Dark Olive Cock Hackle Body: Stripped peacock quill fibre Hackle: As tail but tied in as the beard Wing: Paired Mallard slips. …
Hair Winged Butcher
Hook: Kamasan B200 size 8 Silk: Black 8/0 Tail: Fibres from a webby cock hackle feather coloured red Rib: Silver Oval Body: Silver mylar tinsel Wing: Black squirrel hair Beard: As tail Head: Black …
Gold Head Pheasant Tail Nymph
Hook: Kamasan B175 or B400 in size to suit (18 to 12’s) Head: Gold Bead 2mm to 5mm to suit hook Silk: Colour to suit 8/0 Tail: Pheasant tail fibres Rib: Copper wire Body: Wrapped pheasant tail fibres Thorax: Dubbed hares ear …
Gold Head Gold Ribbed Hares Ear
Hook: Kamasan B175 or B400 in sizes from 18 to 12 Silk: Olive or colour of choice 8/0 Head: Gold bead either 2mm to 5 mm depending on the size of hook Tail: Guard hairs from a Hares Mask Rib: Gold wire …
Black and Peacock Spider
Hook: Any down eyed wet fly hook size 16 to 12 (Kamasan B175) Silk: Black 8/0 Body: Peacock herl Hackle: Black hen or cock hackle wound as a collar. Head: Black …
Black Spider
Hook: Any down eyed wet fly hook size 16 to 12 (Kamasan B175) Silk: Black 8/0 Body: as silk Hackle: Black hen or cock hackle wound as a collar. Head: Black …
Spinner Patterns for the River Usk
Red Spinner Hook: To suit the hatch. This one is a dry/emerger size 16 Tying Silk: Red 8/0 Tails: Microfibbets white or cream Wings: Siliconised polypropylene or similar. Oliver Edwards Spinner (variant) Hook: Any dry/emerger to suit hatch this is a size …
Cul de Canon
This is another great fly from Gwilym Hughes and, in fact, is the pattern that won him honours at the 1998 River International on the River Tweed, and also ensured that Wales were overall champions. The fly was inspired by the Greenwell’s …
