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Machair Claret

The Machair Claret is anothe of John Kennedy's excellent wet fly patterns. It's a good choice for brown trout, seatrout and salmon in the lochs of Scotland's Western Isles and further afield.

Hot Spot Cruncher

Here's a simple, effective cruncher pattern that is well worth tying, as it works well either fished as a nymph or as a wet fly.

Blushing Buzzer

Stan Headley's Blushing Buzzer is a fantastic chironomid imitation for loch style fishing. It can be used like a wet fly or nymph and is deadly in a black buzzer hatch.

Brown Ostrich Nymph

The Ostrich Nymph is a classic suggestive pattern that has falen from popularity somewhat-it shouldn't have! It can be tied in a range of sizes and colours to suit a variety of situations.

Orange Bomber

The Bomber is another great dry fly for Atlantic salmon and works both skated or dead drift depending on the location and mood of the fish.

Bead Butt AKA Jennifer Lopez

The Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez is a great little bug for panfish like bluegill/crappie & red ear, that also works for carp, bass and more. It should be in every warm water fly box.

Cascade

The Cascade is a fantastic fly from Ally Gowans that has probably overtaken the Ally's Shrimp in popularity across Scotland and beyond. It's a real confidence fly.

Green Machine

The green machine is a popular Canadian dry fly for salmon that has travels well and has taken good fish in Russia, Scotland and Scandanavia too.

Oystercatcher

The Oystercatcher taking inspiration from the bird,is a nice modern hair wing colour combination that has proven effective in Scotland and Scandinavia.

Squid Head Billfish Fly

This is a different take on the standard billfish tube fly. The Squid heads are from Ron Blair in Canada who has had some good results in testing them in South America.

Comet

The Comet with its classic colour scheme is a fantastic salmon tube, both for spring fish and the big fish in the back end of the season.

Lee Trembler

Developed by Tweed ghillie Peter Lee, this tube fly is reportedly a good taker of fish when fished fast in coloured water. Materials list Tube: 1 inch copper

Brenda

Step by step instructions for a killer coastal seatrout pattern. Materials list Hook: Partridge saltwater shrimp 4-8 Weight:4-5mm gold bead Thread: tan 8/0

WD40

The WD40 is a fantastic small baetis pattern. It's a quick, relatively easy tie even though it's best tied in size 16 and smaller.

BWO Last Chance Cripple

Rene Harrop's Last chance cripple is an excellent option when fish are selectively picking off crippled or emerging mayfly.

Clan Chief

The Clan Chief is a great top dropper fly and works well for brown trout, seatrout, salmon and rainbows. A great bumble style fly that should be in every wet fly box.

Grace Kelly

The Grace Kelly is an excellent Irish mayfly pattern. It tends to work best on the point or middle dropper.

Golden Olive & Dark Barred Ginger Bumble

Here is a nice bumble variation that has worked well for me on the Irish loughs and lochs across Scotland. I'm sure it'll be worth a try more widely.

Mini Stick

The mini stick is a great little variation on the stick fly caddis pattern. It works great fished in a team of wets, nymphs or in the washing line.

Murdoch's Humpy

Geordie Murdoch's Humpy is a simple but very effective caddis pattern that's very similar to an oversized Tom Thumb.

Aberdeen Angus

The Aberdeen Angus is a nice palmer fly that generally performs well on the bob probably best fished as a sedge imitation or attractor pattern.Step by step instructions for a very effective wet spi

Qualifier

Somewhere between a wet fly and a mini-lure Davie Chalmers' Qualifier is a great point fly option late in the season, especially effective for fry feeders.

Bracken Clock

A real old fly pattern, the Bracken Clock is a highly effective beetle imitation dating back to at least the 1840s.

Yellow Dun Spider

The yellow dun is a fairly common mayfly that, contrary to popular mythology, trout love to feed on.

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