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Deer Mask Emerger

A short tutorial on making dubbing from a deer mask. If you haven't used a deer mask before please try and get your hands on one, they are a gold mine of material, especially for the caddis fly tyers...

No See Um

Probably the quickest fly that you will ever tie!
This little comparadun midge is the 'bees knees' when it comes to simplicity and presentation. It sits low in the surface and can be tied in whatever...

Hard Head Nymph

Here is a heavy autumn nymph that is easy to tie and pushes all the buttons for cold water trout and grayling.

Best of Both Emerger

This is a very interesting pattern from Gordon van der Spuy’s first book, 'The feather mechanic’. The best of both, has two parachute hackles, one of traditional hackle and one of CDC.

Emaciated Mayfly

A relatively new pattern that I have only fished with this season, that has proven extremely effective, especially in the smaller sizes.

Ubiquitous Nymph

A generic nymph for all round use, anytime, anywhere. Over the years this little nymph has worked wonders for me.

Midge Emerger

A deadly little pattern that should be in all fly boxes! This midge emerger can be tied in any colour and various sizes to match any midge hatch.

Caddis Emerger

This easy tie is a must for both caddis and midge hatches. Fish it static or with a short pull every few seconds, just to create a little disturbance in the surface.

Missing Link

This wonderful little pattern from fly tyer Mike Mercer is a great all-rounder that was originally designed as a crippled caddis fly, but it can be fished successfully under most hatches and condit

Nyblom Caddis

This popular Finnish pattern, is a Goddard variant with a parachute hackle. I'v been tying these up for a fishing trip in August to the Finnmarksvidda, in the very North of Norway, where caddis flies...

Foam Bibio Pomonae

It's that time of year again when old red legs hatches in great numbers! This is a very easy but extremely effective bibio dry fly pattern that has worked for me for decades.

Hatching Midge

An absolute must for midge fishing! This super quick and easy pattern should have a place in every midge Fishermans box.

Foam Cylinder Cranefly

A great little pattern for when the craneflies are about that is easy to tie and will float all day long. You can also tie these in attractor colours, orange, yellow and red all work well.

Parachute Hares Ear

One of the most reliable dry flies that you can have in your box throughout the season. Tie a few up in # 12, 14 and 16 and you can't go wrong.

Clarke's Caddis

A very quick and easy must have caddis fly. With only a tiny bunch of elk hair and a little CDC, you can tie this skating caddis that I guarantee is a game changer during caddis hatches.

Harvester Caddis

A quick skating caddis pattern that won't let you down. Tie it with a natural or bleached wing for better vision.

Bedraggled Emerger

A cracking fishing fly with a interesting hackling technique, both parachute and collar hackle in one. This presents a very nice footprint for an emerging mayfly and also looks extra buggy!

Hot Glue Para Ant

A must have pattern that is ultra quick to tie and very realistic on the water. The hot glue rods can be purchased for next to nothing at hobby shops and one rod will make enough ants for you and all...

Gummi Grub Maggot

A simple tie that only requires a little practice. Once mastered this little grub will do well fishing pocket water and Euro nymphing for both trout and grayling.

Kinermony Killer

Another popular hair wing salmon fly, this time tied flame thrower style. The KK as it is also known is typical of the modern European hair wing patterns.

Sunray Shadow

Without doubt, one of the most famous Atlantic salmon tube flies. Sun ray shadow fly pattern really shows you that less is more.

Surefire Midge

One of those simple patterns that never seems to fail. This little black midge with a trailing UV shuck is, as the name suggests, a foolproof choice when the fish are on anything small and black.

Hard Head Pheasant Tail Jig

A must have jig for Euro nymphing that is quick and easy to tie, durable and above all, incredibly effective!

Riff-Raff Midge

A game changing midge that is ultra quick to tie and has saved many a day for me on both river and still waters. Here I tie a red body but green, grey and black also work very well.

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