Detached Body No-Hackle Dry Fly
Equipment Normal sewing needle. Copydex type rubberised glue. Materials Hook: Fine wire bent hook size to suit hatch. In this video, I have used a size 20 Varivas 2200 curved hook Silk: To match the hatch. I have used 70 denier UTC …
Stillborn Emerger
Hook: R200 or similarly shaped hook in a size to match the hatch (The one shown is a 16) Silk: To match the hatch. This is for a dark olive so 8/0dark olive silk was used. Extended shuck: In this pattern, I …
Fly Tying Demo Night 2008
Includes videos of Jeremy Lucas, Louis Noble, Gwilym Hughes and Alun Rees tying at the demo. For those of you that couldn’t make it you missed a great night and really good food. I have put some of the guest tiers videos …
Usk Naylor
This article was written some years ago and has been the subject of discussion from a number of sources and I have been asked to clarify some aspects of the tying of this pattern. The only published reference to the pattern that …
Elk Hair Caddis
Hook: Fine wire Kamasan B405 Size to suit hatch (12 to 18) Silk: Tan coloured 8/0 Rib: Fine gold wire Body: Hares ear or colour of dubbing to suit hatch Hackle: Palmered red game or medium-to-dark brown cock cape/saddle hackle Wing: Elk …
Pot Weave Shrimp
A video showing how to complete this fly using the ‘Pot Weave’ I was asked by one of the forum members from the UK Fly Forum to put this video together so that they could perfect the Pot Weave. I have tied …
Barrie Welham Nymph
Hook: Size 16 to 12 down eyed nymph hook (Kamasan B400) Silk: Black 8/0 Tail: Globrite floss in Yellow (no10) and Red (no4) cut short. Rib: Fine gold oval tinsel Body: Brown Wool (I have used Rusty Brown Flyrite dubbing on this …
Kyle Shrimp
Hook: Salmon double size 8 Silk: Red Tag: Silver wire or fine silver oval Tail: Strands of orange bucktail, orange twinkle or crystal hair and a Golden pheasant red breast feather over. Butt: Black floss Body in two parts: rear flat copper …
Red Frances Tube Fly
This is a request from Billie the Ghillie for a video showing this pattern. Tube: size and weight to suit conditions. This is tied on a 3/4″ copper tube Silk: Red 8/0 Tail: 3 stripped Rhode Island red quills or Red Game …
