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Water Bug Corixa

A little pheasant tail water boatman/Corixa that is super quick to tie and can be fished effectively both wet or dry. Tied only with pheasant tail and moose mane hair.

Hare's Ear Soft Hackle

A quick and easy Hares ear soft hackle / wet fly that will work just about anywhere. Fish it up-stream as an emerger / semi dry, let it drift down stream and as it passes you give it a pull and swing ...

Ceanis/Trico Spinner

The smallest of the up-winged may flies. Although ideally matched on a # 20-26 hook it is possible to get away with a # 18. A couple of interesting techniques here for the tails and wing.

Green Machine

One of the great Canadian surface flies for salmon and steelhead. As you are probably aware I'm a sucker for deer hair patterns and this is one of my favorites for salmon and sea run browns.

Large Mayfly Nymph

A nice pattern for most of the larger mayfly nymphs. Not only an easy but semi realistic tie but an extremely effective pattern with some good techniques that can be used for other nymphs.

Mayfly Wet

Heres an older pattern for a wet mayfly that can still hold its own today. Although not fished so much any longer this elegant style of mayfly is a pure pleasure to tie with its simple materials on a ...

CDC Emerger Mayfly

A superb little CDC generic mayfly emerger that ticks all the boxes when the hatch is on. Tied in most sizes and colour combinations this is one of my top trout flies.

Simple Caddis Larva

A very simple yet functional caddis larva that can be tied in various colours and sizes. If you would like a lighter weight larva that can be fished closer to the surface just omit the tungsten bead a...

Purple Haze

This extremely popular attractor started life as a parachute Adams with a purple body. There are many interpretations of the purple haze, this is just one of them.

AP Pontoon Emerger

One of the legacy patterns from the late Andre Puyans. An ultra simple may fly emerger that only requires basic skill and materials.

Atherton Medium Nymph

Although this nymph is approaching 70 years old, it's originator, Artist & illustrator John Atherton used European kingfisher for the original wing case.

Soft Hackle Emerger

One of my favorite Autumn patterns to fish. A soft hackle emerger that incorporates some classic materials and a couple of useful techniques.

Lady Mc Connell Midge

The Lady Mc Connell Midge is an interesting, but yet straightforward tie that applies only basic materials. An effective still water pattern that represents an newly hatched adult midge.

Copper Nymph

A cracking little nymph with lots of bling. Three great materials, copper wire, Pheasant tail and peacock herl make this a great pocket water pattern that gets down deep quick.

Bibio & Jungle Bibio

One of the most highly regarded Irish wet flies tied here for both trout and sea trout. Not only a killer pattern but a great fly for the new beginner to tie and have success with.

Generic Cripple Mayfly

One fly to match them all. A simple but extremely effective cripple mayfly pattern that with a little adjustment to size and colour will produce fish in most hatches.

Caddis Pupa

Another good simple pattern that is quick & easy to tie. This generic caddis pupa has a couple of nice techniques and can be tied in a number of sizes, colours and weight to match your hatch or favou...

Adams Irresistible

The most popular dry fly in the world with a spun deer hair body! Could it get any better? The full tutorial on tying the Adams irresistible.

Deer Hair Daddy Long Legs

During late summer & autumn large numbers of crane flies begin to hatch and loose the battle against the elements and end their life on the water as trout food.

Orange Ruthless

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.

Sinfoil's Fry

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.

Grass Carp Salad

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.

CDC Emerger

A very simple but yet effective, all CDC emerger that uses a few nice CDC techniques for a super buoyant Hi-Vis emerger.

Wood Duck Nymph

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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