This week 5 years ago

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10
Thread, Uni-8/0 Black
Rib, Fine Copper Wire
Body and Legs, Natural Brown Pheasant Tail Fibres

Materials Used;
Hooks, Tiemce 2487 BL size 22 and Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 14
Thread, UTC 70 Yellow Olive
Body, Uni-Mylar Clear

How to dress the Galdralöpp fly, which is an Icelandic bibio hopper pattern for big, wild brown trout in their rivers.

Dave Sweet has spent over a decade helping to bring back the Yellowstone Cutthroat from the brink of extinction.

This is a fantastic nymph pattern that anyone heading to fish for sea trout in Argentina should not be without.

A tried and tested Yellow May emerger fly pattern, which covers the emerging / hatching stage of the Yellow May Dun. It would also cover you for the Sulphur Dun fly hatch.

A well know dry fly pattern from Iceland for targeting brown trout. A simple fly to dress with minimal materials. The main feature if the foam back, which looks like a flip flop - hence the name.

How to dress the Yellow Peril fly. This is a fantastic sea trout fly, especially on the River Towy in Wales. Dressed on a stinger / tandem / secret weapon mount.

Really good weekend. Great action, great fishing and great people.

Tapâm is a multi award-winning fly fishing film classic. See the fill 30 minute video here.

I hooked and landed 12 sea trout. Lots of action in this video.

The Cahill Frenchie is a more representational jig nymph, walking that line between emerger and Euro nymph. Will Light Cahill mayflies be emerging on the stream bottom, where this is fished?

The CDC and ELK Hair Caddis / Sedge is an incredibly easy pattern to dress with just two ingredients, but is a very effective pattern.

A Marc Petitjean pattern, with many different CDC techniques. Its the proportions that you have to balance with this pattern, tail length, short abdomen, long thorax & long slender head.

Preparation of the shell for a shrimp, scud or crayfish

Can be used anywhere for sea trout

Imitate anything from a midge to a mayfly using just organza ribbon.

The RS 2 or Ray's Semblance 2 is, in my humble opinion, one of the best fishing flies ever designed. If you haven't fished with the RS 2, you don't know what you have been missing.

F.T. Ant - Dry Fly Tying

Hook - Partridge SLP #18
Thread - Semperfli Waxed Thread 12/0 Black
Body - 3mm Foam Tube
Spot - White CDC
Hackles - Grizzly

We hooked some good trout on this trip. Hope you enjoy it!