This week 5 years ago

For Daddy's / Crane Fly / Hoppers.
All you need is a Needle, Thread, and Foam Sheet from any Craft Shop.
Length, Thickness & Colour is your own choice.

This one feather flat-wing is a cracking pattern not only for the salt, but when tied in black or olive is a great fresh water big fish pattern.

One of the early British still water patterns created by Ken Sinfoil for catching 'fry bashing' trout. Fry bashing is the equivalent of a hatch but with newly hatched coarse fish fry.

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The Swedish big streamer dude Andreas Andersson, have been behind the vice tying one of the "all-time-trophy-trout-finders", the articulated pattern – The Sex Dungeon, originally made by Kelly Gall

A very quick and easy, effective dry fly pattern for plant eating carp. The Mustad C67S super strong, egg, caddis hook, is kept afloat beautifully with this combination of CDC and marabou.

For all of you who thought, Germany isn't big fish country: check this out!
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Orange Partridge variation by Jim Wynn. Includes herl head and “eyes” of orange.

This film is about fishing in a small stream up in the north of Sweden. The water is limited to a small number of fishermen per year and you need a special authorization to fish.

A versatile pattern for lakes and rivers. Fish the MIDJ with a buzzer underneath on small stillwaters or with a small weighted nymph on the river.

A very simple but yet effective, all CDC emerger that uses a few nice CDC techniques for a super buoyant Hi-Vis emerger.
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A nice little nymph made from one wood duck flank feather. The speckled wood duck feather gives a very realistic nymph appearance to this quick and easy generic pattern.
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One of the true classic trout flies and without doubt the best known from the Wulff series, first tied by Lee Wulff in the early 1930's.

Size 12-8, weighted with lead. Nymph to penetrate deep parts. Effective in spring and early summer.

EP (Enrico Puglisi) style flies are quite popular. They have been staples in many saltwater and warm water fly Fishermans boxes for years.

Tying and fishing a dry fly that imitates both an emerger and a spinner. An easy to tie dry fly that's great for prospecting the water when no fish are rising.

Detailed instructions for tying an Extended Body Isonychia Parachute fly.
Tying table by TieCraft:

One of the first nymphs I ever tied and fished with. Although this has the appearance of a modern nymph it was first tied back in the early 1930's by Don Martinez from California.

An extremely quick and easy tie for an extremely effective midge pattern. A great fishing pattern that only requires the most basic of tying skills.

It's that time of year when an egg laying caddis is an essential addition to your fly box! Here's an easy pattern that is relatively quick to tie and works well.

The scruffy squirrel nymph is a great all rounder and a good alternative to a hares ear.

Presenting the fourth Pattern of the Month: The Classic Grey & Green!

This is a Great Pattern for Still Water
Hook size 14 Curved Nymph
Thread Black
Tail Yellow Cock Hackle
Body Yellow Hare's Ear
Ribs Gold Tinsel

This is a Deadly Pattern in Summer on size 14-16-18
Thread Black 8/0
Thorax Peacock Herl
Breather White Glo-Brite Thread