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The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques

The feather bender’s new book is out, and it’s fair to say I’m pretty excited about it!

Double Bubble Hopper

One of my "secret" patterns that has worked really well for me over the years, it almost makes fishing easy!

Sulphur Dun

This is a low riding pattern that works well when the sulphur mayfly (Heptagenia sulphuria) duns are on the water. The close clipped underside of the hackle makes for a very natural footprint.

Free Swimming Blood Worm

These small hemoglobin filled midge larvae are high on the list of the most important trout foods globally.

Troth Super Skater

This skater pattern from Al Troth is a simple pattern but demands a little practice. Only two small clumps of elk rump hair tied back to back make this almost unsinkable.

Quill Cul Midge

This is a quick and simple midge emerger that works well all year round. Use 3 or 4 CDC hackles for the wing, this in combination with the oversized hook makes the pattern hang vertically in the surfa...

Burn After Fishing Muddler

If you are out after attracting bigger trout the BAF is a good 'go-to' pattern for searching water. Not a challenging pattern to tie, and if you have done Zonkers & Muddlers before, you'll find it eas...

Ultra Quick Mayfly Nymph

Something for the weekend! A quick semi realistic generic mayfly nymph, that can be tied in various colours and sizes to match the hatch.

Slim Jim Stone

A quick and easy sparsely dressed adult stone fly that works well for both the early and late season hatches of needle fly.

Copper John Pheasant Tail

This slender little pheasant tail with a copper wire abdomen is a combination of two classics. A great pattern for a generic nymph, that is easy to tie, in even the smallest sizes.

Wally Wing Hatch Matcher

A very simple, but semi realistic pattern that has only two materials, natural mallard flank feathers and a single blue dun CDC hackle.

Antron Caddis Larva

An Antron yarn segmented abdomen makes this easy caddis larva a nice alternative to dubbed bodies.

Green Drake Emerger

This green drake emerger is an effective pattern when there are prolific hatches and the fish are playing hard to get.

SBT

The SBT or 'small black thing' is a pattern that I would not go trout fishing without. This nondescript pattern works well all year round when there are small black flies on the water or when the fish...

BWO

This little blue winged olive nymph normally tied in sizes 16-20 is a quick and easy tie that works well as a generic pattern for most small mayfly nymphs.

Lightning Bug

One of the best selling nymphs in North America and rated by many as one of the top ten must have trout flies!

Large Mayfly Nymph

A mixed media nymph that is a real easy tie but still ticks all the boxes for a good large burrowing mayfly nymph imitation.

Jassid

The little Jassid is from Vince Marinaro's book A Modern Dry Fly Code and was an extremely popular pattern until Jungle cock became more difficult to obtain.

Female Caddis

This egg depositing caddis is a great pattern when the egg laying females are on the water. A simple tie that can be a game changer.

Double Decker

This is a simple technique for a double wing comparadun, that can be tied in various sizes and shades to imitate a whole load of low riding mayfly duns.

Great Grey Caddis

A large adult caddis fly for the mid summer hatch. With a wonder wing and a mixed hackle / over wing, of partridge and medium grey dun Herbert Miner rooster.

MP 2404 variant

This heavy up side down CDC mayfly nymph is a variant of Marc Petitjean's MP 2404, that incorporates an off bead used as a keel to keep the nymph fishing the correct way.

Trico Spent Spinner

A small Trico spent spinner with a neat mayfly tailing technique and a segmented moose mane hair body for a semi realistic effect.

Baetis sparkle wing

A little comparadun Baetis, that not only works very well early, but just about the whole season. With a mixed wing and a quill body. Perfect in sizes 16-18.

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