March Brown Dun Tying Video
Lee Evans ties a March Brown Dun pattern. Have a go and let us know how you get on. Tail: Moose Mane Body: Ginger Quill Wing: Spun CDC Thorax: Squirrel
Large Dark Olive Tying Video
Lee Evans ties a Large Dark Olive pattern. Have a go and let us know how you get on. Tail: Coq De Leon Body: Peacock Quill Wing: Spun CDC
The Zlon Dry Fly
The Zlon Dry Fly Materials: Hook: To suit the hatch. On this tutorial I have used an SLD barbless dry fly hook size 14: Silk: White uni thread or 14/0 white sheer Tail: Coq de leon under some of the winging material Body: Dubbing to suit the hatch (i have used flyrite Adams Grey) Wing: [...]
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Tying the Quill Bodied Emerger
Tying Materials: Silk: 70 denier uni-nylon coloured white Wing: CDC either natural or dyed (4 feathers) Hook: Partridge Emerger size 16 (or size to suit the hatch) Tail: Coch De Leon Fibres Body: Either natural stripped quill from the eye feather from a peacock or stripped peacock herl. Thorax: Fox squirrel or alternatively hare's ear [...]
March Brown Dry Fly
The March Brown Dry Fly Materials: Hook: Partridge Patriot Fine Dry (SLD) size 12 or 10 Silk: Primrose 8/0 wispa Tail: Brown micro fibbetts Rib: Brown 3lb maxima Body: A 2:1 mix of March brown superfine and Orange sulphur superfine dubbing. Wing: Lemon wood duck tied as a Wally wing Hackle: Red Game To [...]
The Gingler
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 [...]
Duck Dun patterns: A generic tying style well worth exploring
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 [...]
Split Winged Dry Fly
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 [...]
Traditional Tenkara Fly
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
Olive Tenkara Fly
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