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Sea Trout CDC&Elk Jun 27. 2019 Caddis The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly See how to tie it here	Wings with CDC Nov 7. 2015 Upright CDC wings are good looking and makes a dry fly a great floater. Here's a few tips on getting them perfect. Find them here.
X-Factor Dec 8. 2013 CDC South African summer is here and the fish are rising. And the X-factor fly makes them even keener to go for the surface fly See how to tie it here	Mart's CdL Hen Caddis Emerger Sep 10. 2013 Soft Martin Westbeek's Coq de Leon Hen Caddis Emerger has soft contours and soft materials that suggest the movements of an insect struggling to break free. See how to tie it here

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Video Pheasant Tail Shuttlecock Sep 12. 2020 The shuttlecock is one of the most popular still water dry flies with good reason.	Video CDC Emerger Mayfly Sep 11. 2020 A superb little CDC generic mayfly emerger that ticks all the boxes when the hatch is on. Tied in most sizes and colour combinations this is one of my top trout flies.	Video Autumn/October Caddis Sep 2. 2020 This is a Great Pattern for Autumn Hook size 12 Thread Black & Rusty Brown Body Yellow Foam Ribbed with Tan Dubbing
Video CDC Emerger Jul 17. 2020 A very simple but yet effective, all CDC emerger that uses a few nice CDC techniques for a super buoyant Hi-Vis emerger.	Video Small Olive CDC Jig Head Nymph Jun 23. 2020 Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Jig Force size 16 or Hanak H450 BL Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive Tail, Whiting Coq de Leon Fibres	Video Midsummer Caddis Jun 18. 2020 A great little caddis pattern that has a few nice techniques. The super buoyant combination of CDC and deer hair make this pattern almost un-sinkable.
Video Hummingbird Mayfly May 27. 2020 This fly was tyed just for a bit of fun and for my daughter..	Video Deer Hair Midge May 22. 2020 A quick little deer hair midge that pushes all the buttons. Not only a great fishing pattern but also a couple of nice techniques with deer hair and a very simple CDC parachute hackle wing.	Video Olive CDC Humpy and a Caenis CDC Humpy May 22. 2020 Materials Used; Olive Humpy, Hook, Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry size 20 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow Tail, Coq De Leon and Natural Grey CDC Fibres Body, Uni-8/0 Yellow
Video Yellow May/Sulphur Dun Emerger May 14. 2020 Materials Used;	Video Olive Shuttlecock May 6. 2020 Materials Used; Hooks, Tiemce 2487 BL size 22 and Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 14 Thread, UTC 70 Yellow Olive Body, Uni-Mylar Clear	Video Yellow May Emerger May 5. 2020 A tried and tested Yellow May emerger fly pattern, which covers the emerging / hatching stage of the Yellow May Dun. It would also cover you for the Sulphur Dun fly hatch.
Video CDC & Elk May 1. 2020 The CDC and ELK Hair Caddis / Sedge is an incredibly easy pattern to dress with just two ingredients, but is a very effective pattern.	Video MP 33 Mayfly Nymph May 1. 2020 A Marc Petitjean pattern, with many different CDC techniques. Its the proportions that you have to balance with this pattern, tail length, short abdomen, long thorax & long slender head.	Video RS 2 Apr 30. 2020 The RS 2 or Ray's Semblance 2 is, in my humble opinion, one of the best fishing flies ever designed. If you haven't fished with the RS 2, you don't know what you have been missing.

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