CDC Loop-Wing (Claret) Hopper
Hook: Size 12 or 10 B400 Silk: Claret or Red 8/0 Rib: Fine red holographic tinsel. Body: Claret seal’s fur. Wing Buds: Natural CDC feathers (at least 5) Legs: Knotted pheasant tail fibres Hackle: Red game cock hackle. Head: As silk. …
Post-Wing Salmon Fly
This is the tying technique for tying post wing flies. This technique can be used to tie any number of patterns from bass flies through to salmon flies. The idea is for the wing to be given movement and for the profile …
Carew’s Olive Buzzer
Hook: Kamasan B100 (or B110 for heavier flies), size to match hatch (the example is tied on a Kamasan B100, size 10) Silk: 8/0 olive Breathers: Antron fibres (optional) Body: Clear Flexi-Floss or Spanflex. Rib: Stripped Peacock eye fibre Wing Buds: Orange …
Polish Woven Nymph
This is a very good heavy nymph pattern which is a generic pattern imitating all manner of aquatic nymphs and caddis larva. It may be fished in the Czech nymph style or by more traditional upstream nymph or downstream nymph techniques. A …
The Shuttle or Parallel Weave
This article is not about a specific pattern but it is all about a versatile body weave which can be used to form two-tone bodies very quickly(once you have mastered the technique and practised it lots) which still have a segmented appearance. I …
Willie Gunn Double
This is a great all-rounder of a pattern and works well on the River’s Usk and Wye. Hook: Double size to suit water conditions. This has been tied on a Ken Sawada size 8. Tag: Gold oval tinsel small or fine depending …
Ammonite Nymph, Variant
Here is a pattern which has its beginnings in the Ammonite nymph but is a simpler fly to tie and is less heavy for those occasions when the fish are up in the water. Hook: Grub hooks such as Kamasan B100 or …
Ammonite Nymph
This is a generic pattern which is attributed to Steve Thornton of Virtual Nymph. A fantastic and really talented tier. The materials required are as follows: Hook: Grub hook such as a B100 or if you want to change the profile I …
