Dry flies

Flies fished in the surface

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Photographing Floating Flies May 22. 2024 Surface Getting a decent macro image of a dry fly sitting on water is one of the hardest shots to pull off Learn more here	The Klink May 10. 2024 Klinked Dutch Hans van Klinken is best known as the originator of the Klinkhåmer Special. This large and beautiful book tells its full story ... and much, much more
Sillikix Nov 11. 2023 Silli I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong. Ring the bell here	Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here

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Video Hi-Vis Parachute Mayfly Jul 10. 2024 This parachute pattern is a variation of the famous Klinkhåmer, originally invented by dutch flytyer and flyfisher Hans Van Klinken and the pattern has proven its worth during the last 40 years all	Video Bourrue du Rhone Jul 3. 2024 Clipped Hackle Body (Jean Paul Pequegnot) This is a clipped body wet fly from around 1936/37. The original pattern has a reddish brown hackle for the tail, body and collar.	Video Adult Yellow Sally Stonefly Jul 3. 2024 The massive stonefly hatches from the US, especially Montana, are well known. And seeing the shucks from them it’s no wonder that they can bring even the biggest trout to the surface.
Video Yellow Mayfly Jul 3. 2024 If you need to fill up your flybox with an effective dry-fly patterns of mayflies, have a look at this fine pattern - tied only with a few hackle-fibres and two grizzlyhackles.	Video Pro Sedge Jul 3. 2024 A few materials and a wing that can give the characteristic triangular profile and make the fly super buoyant is the keywords behind this fine caddis imitation, which we have had our Swedish friend	Video Tricolore de Ragot Jun 26. 2024 Tricolore
Video Mouches Exquises - Gauloise Bleue Jun 17. 2024 Mouches Exquises are double hackled flies that were first mentioned in a book by Doctor Juge named "Pecheur de Truites" from 1959. Doctor Juge was from Chamberet in the Corrèze.	Video Light Cahill Parachute with a twist Jun 12. 2024 Detailed instructions for tying a parachute style Light Cahill dry fly. Recipe: Hook: Dry fly hook (here a Lightning Strike DF1), size 14.	Video Assassine Jun 10. 2024 This is Jean Paul Pequegnot’s pattern created around 1964. He wanted to combine the high float of a palmer fly with partridge. It worked and caught so many fish he named it the Assassine.
Video Passe-Partout Jun 3. 2024 Devaux A4 Dry Fly - Gris à Corps Jaune which means "Grey with Yellow Body" and this is a general dry fly pattern with many variations.	Video Large Cinnamon Caddis May 25. 2024 Materials Used,	Video Long Hackle Dry Fly March Brown May 25. 2024 Materials Used;
Video Detached Bodied CDC Mayfly May 23. 2024 Pat Nolan of Premier Angling CDC..https://premierangling.ie/product/ultra-select-cdc-2-grams-bags/	Article Photographing Floating Flies May 22. 2024 Surface Getting a decent macro image of a dry fly sitting on water is one of the hardest shots to pull off Learn more here	Video La Loue - Rose Champagne Fly May 13. 2024 This is Gerard de Chamberet’s La Loue or what was first called Le Rose. It was in a series of grayling flies called La Loue which later just became the name of this pattern.

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