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The Copper Nymph is a Scottish fly that could be seen as something of a precursor to the Copper John, but it's a fantastic river pattern for trout and grayling in its own right.

Detailed instructions for tying a Lightning Bug nymph. See The New Fly Fisher nymphing for trout on the North Platte River:

Detached body with deer hair and CDC, hackle and some dry fly dubbing. Almost fish guaranteed on this fly in the Vulgata hatch,

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Magni or Partridge Double size 8
Thread, Uni-8/0 Black
Tag, Small Oval Silver Tinsel
Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest

John Henry Goddard and Cliff came to this design after spending hours watching the silhouette of a "sedges" name that is also known to fly Caddis in England.

Hook: Hanak H360 BL #12
Thread: UTC 140D Olive
Rib: Fish On Silver Wire 0.14
Thorax: Snowshoe (dyed olive)
Wing: Troutline Campbell Tan CDC

During the winter here in Texas, fly fishing can be tough. However that doesn't mean you can't catch a few nice fish.

A generic nymph imitation tied with just 10cm/4in of organza ribbon.

Fly Tying tutorial of a zonker baitfish, tied by German Flytier Oliver Oeltze.

Don ties up the next fly in the SFOTF Chironomid Series and it come right from his 'Private' fly box. 'Mr.

Quick, easy, and effective Mop Fly tie. A very easy and effective way to tie a mop fly step by step instruction for a very simple cheap fly!

Ant patterns can be one of the most effective patterns during the right times of year. When you start seeing flying ants floating in the water, you should really throw these.

A New Zealand streamer fly for hunting large rainbows and brown trout in the dark hours.

Fly Fishing World class trout river and camping in the back of my truck, i have been meaning to fish this river for 7 years so glad i finally did it + the truck camping has been on my to do list fo

The Buckhorn Bully is a simple fly pattern and can be tied in any number of color combinations. Use your favorite jig hook for the fly pattern and play around with the color of the bead you use.

One of the lesser known but still effective old grayling and trout patterns, with couple of nice body techniques with peacock herl.
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This variant of the semi realistic Solomon caddis pupa is a relative easy tie and has a few nice techniques to take further on other patterns.
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For me this is one of the very best emerger patterns that can be used for both midges and mayflies.

A wonderful little pattern that, as the name suggests, is a composition of several better known patterns. This is a simple tie that will cover most dry fly situations when grayling fishing.

One of my favourite patterns for when the fish won't have anything bright and prefer something more buggy and natural looking.
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A little effective variant of the classic that you can fish in both still and running water all year round. A couple of nice techniques here to take further on other patterns.

Detailed instructions for tying a Frozen Fox streamer. Check out streamer tactics for trout from The New Fly Fisher:
Also, streamers on a gravel shelf from the Jensens: