Videos by Lindsay Simpson

There are plenty of big fish coming out of the larger Stillwaters. I would bet a pound to a pinch of salt they are falling to patterns not dissimilar to this!

Is there still room in modern fly boxes for the old tried and trusted patterns?

Hook - Hanak H266 #10
Thread - Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Black
Body - Textreme Magic Tinsel
Rib - Textreme Magic Tinsel
Thorax - Peacock Herl (Dyed Black)

Hook - Hanak H330 BL #10
Thread - Fish On UTS Black
Tail - Coq De Leon
Rib - Stripped Peacock Herl
Body - Troutstalkers Possum Natural

Hook - Hanak H260 BL #12
Thread - Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Black
Tail - Hares Mask
Body - UTC Opel Mirage
Rib - Hares Ear caught in a dubbing loop

OK, Lockdown Fly Tying Day whats it all about? I have got together with several other YouTubers to bring you a day of fly tying videos.

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

It’s easy to get frustrated with winged wet flies it’s not the simplest of fly tying tasks. The rub is though do you really think the fish care if you have married up your slips?

I was put onto the Jingler by Steve Cullen for early season trout. It can be tied to suit your needs for Large Dark Olives or March Browns.

I have done it myself! Don't have the right materials for a certain fly so why bother? Well, you can still create a fly for catching fish by just using what you have to hand.

The Grunter is a bit of a beast of a dry fly.

A simple Ant pattern, terrestrial insects live outside the water.

I worked for some time to try and get this fly right and after several attempts and variations I have settled on this.

There are so many great patterns for this time of year I am going to try and concentrate in the next few weeks to share them with you.

This shows how I tie a Zonker fly it does not resemble the original pattern very closely but is tied in the Zonker style.

Shrimps are an important part of the trouts diet and nowhere is that truer than Grafham Water.

This fly has been in my armoury for over 20 years it is without doubt the most effective fly in my stillwater boxes.