Wet flies

Flies fished subsurface, often tied with wings

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Clan Chief

Dec 4. 2019
The Clan Chief is a great top dropper fly and works well for brown trout, seatrout, salmon and rainbows. A great bumble style fly that should be in every wet fly box.
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Grace Kelly

Nov 30. 2019
The Grace Kelly is an excellent Irish mayfly pattern. It tends to work best on the point or middle dropper.
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Golden Olive & Dark Barred Ginger Bumble

Nov 26. 2019
Here is a nice bumble variation that has worked well for me on the Irish loughs and lochs across Scotland. I'm sure it'll be worth a try more widely.
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Mini Stick

Nov 26. 2019
The mini stick is a great little variation on the stick fly caddis pattern. It works great fished in a team of wets, nymphs or in the washing line.
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Aberdeen Angus

Nov 23. 2019
The Aberdeen Angus is a nice palmer fly that generally performs well on the bob probably best fished as a sedge imitation or attractor pattern.Step by step instructions for a very effective wet spi
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Peacock and Orange Octopus

Nov 23. 2019
Tying a Peacock and Orange Octopus
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Qualifier

Nov 21. 2019
Somewhere between a wet fly and a mini-lure Davie Chalmers' Qualifier is a great point fly option late in the season, especially effective for fry feeders.
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Bracken Clock

Nov 20. 2019
A real old fly pattern, the Bracken Clock is a highly effective beetle imitation dating back to at least the 1840s.
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Yellow Dun Spider

Nov 18. 2019
The yellow dun is a fairly common mayfly that, contrary to popular mythology, trout love to feed on.
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Telemarkskongen

Nov 18. 2019
Telemarkskongen "The King of Telemark" - a Norwegian fly, A favourite of many anglers as a classic wet fly for Grayling, Trout and Char.
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The March Brown Legacy

Nov 17. 2019
Historic The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries.
Its history is told here.
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The March Brown Odyssey

Nov 17. 2019
Variations My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme
Se all the patterns here

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