Soft hackles and spiders

US based Tim Flagler has been fly fishing and tying for more than 30 years.

This is a variant of a Shetland fly that was inspired by the Hamill's Killer streamer from New Zealand.

The Endrick Spider was devised by John Harwood in the 1970s and was primarily used as a weighted pattern for targetting salmon and seatrout on the river Endrick.

A simple technique for tying a spider hackle. Using a grey speckled partridge hackle, that you will find located on the neck or back of a Hungarian or English partridge skin.

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A popular fly in the North and West of Scotland, the Goat's Toe, is fairly easy to tie, and its variants, like this one aren't much different on that front.

Great wet fly...has segmentation and a variegated hackle and a bit of shiny thorax.
All of which attract fish. Hope you tie this simple fly and have fun fishing.

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The famous spider patterns tied in stiff hackle versions.

This pattern is one of many from Austin Ridsdale’s Journal 1931 (North Country Spider). A photo of a few pages of this journal were shared online by Robert Smith.

Simple black wet spider with pink head.

This is #10 of Leisenring’s 12 Favorite Patterns from “The Art of Tying The Wet Fly”

This is my tying of the Iron Blue Nymph per Leisenring’s “The Art of Tying the Wet Fly”.

This pattern is #12 in his list of his 12 favorite flies.

This is #11 of Leisenring’s favorite 12 patterns and the first of two nymphs.

This is #9 of Leisenring's 12 favorite patterns as listed in his book.

CDC Soft Hackle Wet Fly..

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This is #8 of Leisenring’s Favorite Flies

Here is the recipe from his book.

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Partridge and Orange..

Leisenring’s 4th Favorite pattern and the 2nd of two dun patterns.

Here we will be tying the fly XXX. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char.

This is # 3 on Leisenring’s favorite fly patterns list.

#2 of Leisenring’s 12 favorite patterns

#1 out of 12 of Leisenring’s favorite patterns.

This is Jim Leisenring’s Black Gnat. It is one of his top 12 patterns.

Recipe as listed in his book “The Art of the Wetfly” 1941 with Pete Hidy.