Wet flies

Flies fished subsurface, often tied with wings

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Olive Bloa Spider

Jun 29. 2020
Traditional flytying. Learn to dress the Olive Bloa, a traditional north country wet fly pattern from the 1800s. This pattern was originally dressed to represent the male Blue Winged Olive.
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Orl Fly

Jun 29. 2020
A soft hackle north country spider pattern called the Orl Fly or Alder Fly.
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Deadly red wet fly

Jun 21. 2020
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Machair Claret

Apr 19. 2020
The Machair Claret is anothe of John Kennedy's excellent wet fly patterns. It's a good choice for brown trout, seatrout and salmon in the lochs of Scotland's Western Isles and further afield.
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Sunburst & Hare's Fur Cruncher

Apr 19. 2020
Wet/Nymph Pattern..
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Hot Spot Cruncher

Apr 11. 2020
Here's a simple, effective cruncher pattern that is well worth tying, as it works well either fished as a nymph or as a wet fly.
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Grey Boy Duck Fly

Apr 10. 2020
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Fiery Brown Bumble

Apr 10. 2020
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10 Tag, Glo-Brite No.4 Flu-Red Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail, Golden Pheasant Tippet
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McLeod's Olive

Apr 1. 2020
Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive Tail, Olive Hen or Cock Fibres Rib, Small Gold Tinsel
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Wickhams Fancy Variation

Mar 23. 2020
Hook size 12 Thread Black Body Gold Tinsel Hackle Ginger Grizzly Hen Wings Mallard Primary Wings Tail Red Cock Hackle
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Black Gnat

Mar 10. 2020
This # 16 wet fly is loosely based upon Halford's original dry that is still used by a great deal of anglers today.
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Grouse & Yellow and a Grouse & Orange

Jan 10. 2020
Tying two wet/soft hackle flies using just the one Grouse feather..
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How to tie a Freestyle Wet Fly

Jan 9. 2020
I have done it myself! Don't have the right materials for a certain fly so why bother? Well, you can still create a fly for catching fish by just using what you have to hand.
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Cock Robin Dabbler Variant

Jan 8. 2020
The tying of the Irish Lough Fly "The Cock Robin". This tying is a Dabbler style variant using Vicuna Dubbing and Irish Golden Olive dyed Bronze Mallard and Grey Partridge
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Hares Ear Wet Fly

Dec 19. 2019
Detailed instructions for tying a Hare's Ear Wet Fly.

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