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Stuffed Olive

Add eyes to your nymphs with this easy method. Compound multi-faceted insect eyes act as prisms and shimmer in different colours in daylight.

Headband PTN

Tying and Fishing this great early season fly (and a big trout). Jig Off tungsten beads can used to add weight to nymphs tied on standard hooks.

Beyond the Bridge

A celebration of a year of urban fly fishing.. With the Spring and the beginning of the trout season just around the corner this is a retrospective of a year of fishing on my home stretch of the River...

Purple Perdigon

Very simple, very quick and very effective. A fast sinking pattern for use on the point or on a dropper above a heavier nymph.

Oddjob

Gets down deep and gets the job done. A great point fly for euro-nymphing for grayling and early season trout.

Vicuna & Silicone Pupa

Maximising translucency using just two complementary materials. Silicone earring stopper beads coloured with a permanent marker pen are matched with hollow fibre vicuna dubbing to produce a bursting p...

Wire Butt Bugs

Easy to tie and effective nymphs for fast water.
Coloured copper wire over a lightly dubbed body creates a slim fast sinking profile for fishing fast and deep water. Mix and match the colours of the ...

Ear Bugs

Building easy segmented fly bodies with cheap silicone earring stoppers.
Earring stoppers are soft silicone beads which slide onto the pins of earrings to keep them in place. They are very cheap (£2/...

Red bead Bug

How to make quick and easy segmented bodies using just glass beads and thread. Glass embroidery beads are available in a wide range of sizes and colours from craft shops and online.

Tulle Pupa

A great year-round pattern for trout and grayling. A tulle mesh back over a segmented nymph skin body makes a juicy bug for trout and grayling.

Tulle Shrimp

A new material for building shellbacks for shrimps and nymphs. Tulle is the polyester mesh material used to add layers to wedding dresses and ballgowns.

Blue Quill Nymph

A great little fly for trout and grayling. A quick easy tie that has caught me a lot of fish this summer. Thanks for watching.

Pink & Purple Perdigon

How to Fish & How to Tie. A simple to tie and very effective fly for euro-nymphing. Great for grayling in autumn and winter.

Loop Wing Pupa

A great way to add wing buds or unfolding wings to nymph patterns. Loops of stripped organza ribbon give a great impression of unfolding wings when tied into the thorax of pupa and nymphs.

Hot Lava Bug

East to tie and deadly in fast water. A simple pattern that can be tied in a range of natural or bright shades using different colours of organza ribbon.

Cut Loop Nymphs

A great way to easily add multiple gills and/or legs to nymph or shrimp patterns. A spiral of fibres is wound up the body over a plastic tube held in place under the body with temporary thread wraps. ...

Ponty Perdi

A small perdigon pattern which is a great point fly for fishing fast water for trout and grayling. A transparent body wrapped over holographic tinsel, a contrasting dark rib and a hotspot collar all c...

Splott Shrimp

I've used UV-resin in the past for fly tying, but never really come up with a pattern where it gave any benefit over using varnish and some patience.

One Summer Morning

A typical British summer day; some sun, some cloud and some drizzle, but still a good day to be out and walking the banks of the Taff.

V&O (Vicuña and Organza) Shrimp

Translucent dubbing, shaded organza and a three colour flexibody back make a great imitation of a freshwater shrimp which looks very lifelike when wet. Thanks for watching.

Hatching Sedge Pupa

Tied with a mix of bright and muted shades of vicuna dubbing over a reflective underbody, this nymph is a great imitation of the chaos that is a bursting hatching sedge pupa.

Alien Stonefly

A new method of building segmented bodies on nymphs. The Alien Stonefly uses black and clear plastic shrink tubing over dubbing for the tail and body of the fly.

One May Morning

A relaxed morning on the river with the spring flowers and blossom at their best. Hope you enjoy it.

One Spring Sunday

Exploring the Taff one morning in April. Thanks for watching.

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