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Hatching Midge

A quick and easy little semi realistic hatching / cripple midge that fishes well. It also has a few nice techniques that can be employed in other patterns.

Wally Wing Fluttering Caddis

A good looking pattern that has a nice technique for a dubbed segmented body and double Wally caddis wing.

Matuka Tobis

This is a pattern I designed for sea trout fishing in the early 90s. Initially as a sand eel imitation but over the years its proven itself as a general streamer that has worked well for most trout fi...

Quick Quill Dun

This, as the name suggests, is a quick quill dun that is easy to tie and a very effective pattern for river fishing. Just change the colour and hook size to match your hatch.

Foam Daddy

The mother of all daddy's. This larger than life foam bodied daddy long legs, is a great attractor that moves a whole load of water when pulled through the surface, and will float all day long.

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.

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