Lake flies

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Reflections on the Loch

Dec 7. 2019

Lake fishing A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone

Lough Conn trout fishing

Jun 14. 2014

Large lake Irish Lough Conn is a huge lake full of wild trout and a very decent number of salmon. Fishing in it is free, and can be fantastic. And the Kelly Kettle was born on its banks.

Find here a story from this beautiful lake and some facts on fishing it.

Discovering the Marbury Lake Flies

Nov 25. 2012

Marbury If today's tyer wants to tie the Mary Orvis Marbury Lake flies, they would be wise to think 'old school', and transport themselves back to a time when the hooks had blind eyes, the materials were natural, and the flies were colorful and uniquely adapted to the American fly fishing experience by Mary Orvis Marbury and her crew of women tyers.

Click here to learn how to tie them

Lake Vintter

Mar 8. 2012

Patagonia Lake Vintter may be the mother of all Patagonian lakes. Huge, rough, windswept high in the mountains and full of huge brook trout and rainbows.

Read Heiko Schneider's story here.

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Video Whalsay Hamill's Spider Jan 2. 2025 This is a variant of a Shetland fly that was inspired by the Hamill's Killer streamer from New Zealand.	Video Worm Fly Dec 18. 2024 A slightly odd looking fly, the worm fly is essentially 2 red tags tied together, and in fact the original pattern was a tandem hook fly.	Video Claret Hedgehog Dec 18. 2024 Hedgehogs really are fantastic flies, they're easy to tie incredibly versatile and very, very effective.
Video V G B Dec 18. 2024 The V.G.B., short for Vince Gwyllim's Bastard is supposed to be a cross between a Viva and the classic Alexandra, the result is a slightly unconventional, but by all accounts effective attractor	Video Partridge & Orange Snatcher Jul 3. 2024 Materials Used	Video Walleye Special Leech Dec 10. 2023 Here we will be tying the Walleye Special Leech. As a matter of fact, this fly is not relation the no people personally.
Video Cormorant Oct 25. 2023 Materials Used;	Video Pearly Peter Ross Dabbler Oct 17. 2023 Materials Used;	Video Green Peter Octopus Oct 17. 2023 Green Peter Octopus..
Video Carson Oct 17. 2023 Irish Style Wet Fly: The Carson (Corrib) mayfly dun Materials Used;	Video Mr Blobby Oct 16. 2023 The Mr Blobby Fly was originally tyed by Jimmy McBride of Kraftye in the 1990s for fishing in the International competitions and was behind the naming of the Blobs that are tyed today...The Blob is	Video Light Ginger Quilled Diawl Bach Aug 11. 2023 Materials Used;
Video Left's Diawl Bach Jul 6. 2023 Materials Used;	Video Blue Ping Blob/Boobie Mar 31. 2023 Materials Used;	Video Rutland Snail Muddler Mar 31. 2023 Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special Black Nickel size 8 Body, FNF-Daphania Fritz (Rutland Snail)

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