Videos by The feather bender

A functional emerger midge pattern with a few nice techniques. Tie it in any size from large buzzers to the smallest hatching or cripple midges in any colour you like. A must have pattern.

A lovely little pattern, that is tied with only one CDC puff and a few turns of hackle.

A very simple detached body technique for a good daddy long legs that will float all day long. It can also be applied to all manner of extended bodies.
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One of the lesser known but still effective old grayling and trout patterns, with couple of nice body techniques with peacock herl.
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This variant of the semi realistic Solomon caddis pupa is a relative easy tie and has a few nice techniques to take further on other patterns.
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For me this is one of the very best emerger patterns that can be used for both midges and mayflies.

A wonderful little pattern that, as the name suggests, is a composition of several better known patterns. This is a simple tie that will cover most dry fly situations when grayling fishing.

One of my favourite patterns for when the fish won't have anything bright and prefer something more buggy and natural looking.
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A little effective variant of the classic that you can fish in both still and running water all year round. A couple of nice techniques here to take further on other patterns.

Probably Jack Gartside's best known pattern from the early seventies.

Black deer hair flies have been used for decades here in Scandinavia for night fishing in salt water for sea run browns, here's one of my favorites, the Marabou Muddler.

A quick but effective pattern for one of the last large bugs of the year. An easy tie with a couple of good techniques that can be used in other patterns.
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One of the beautiful bucktail's.

A very beautiful little pattern that is my take on the strawman cased caddis larva pattern.

Being the most prolific terrestrial on just about every river and still water, this extremely simple but effective parachute ant will not only float high and dry, but tick all the boxes for ant fee

An extremely quick and effective winter pattern for searching pocket water. Try it in smaller sizes with a green or yellow body.
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A little jig with a couple of nice techniques for breathing gills and a shell back.
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One of John Goddard's lesser known but extremely effective patterns.

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.
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A quick and easy Hares ear soft hackle / wet fly that will work just about anywhere.

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.

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.

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.

Heres an older pattern for a wet mayfly that can still hold its own today.