Videos by The feather bender

Although a quick and easy tie, this is one of the most popular and effective mini lures of recent years.

A bright heavy duty caddis larva with a transparent abdomen and body veiling. Perfect for late season trout and grayling that are holding deep.

A size 18 suspender midge that has probably accounted for its fare share of fish over the years. Tie it in any colour from small to large.

Probably the most important water beetle when it comes to still waters. The water boatman is a quick and simple tie although semi realistic.

A super quick and easy variant of the still water classic, that never grows old.

A reversed parachute mayfly tied on a swimming nymph hook, that will give a very natural presentation. It can be fished as a dun or cripple and includes a few interesting techniques.

This easy but neat mayfly dun pattern has a couple of nice techniques and a wonderful finished footprint and profile, perfect for fooling even the most selective trout.

A pheasant tail shuttlecock that works well, both as an emerger and a cripple mayfly. A little nymph that floats vertically in the surface film.

One of the best little caddis patterns around. With an additional Glo Brite hot spot, when pulled through the surface film, this will bring fish up, just about all year round.

An extremely popular pattern in the UK that is used from both boat and bank.

An extremely effective caddis emerger/stillborn, that has a couple of simple but interesting techniques for the body and loop wing. Tie it in different sizes and shade to match the hatch.

A great attractor, but a little more challenging pattern than usual, with several interesting techniques that can be learned and put to good use in other patterns.

This easy fan wing mayfly can be tied spent or as a dun, just by changing the position of the wings when mounting. Straight up for a dun, or as here out to the sides for a spent spinner.

After receiving many requests to do some salmon fly videos I have decided to do a collection of some of the most famous and fishable patterns.

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.

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

This is a pattern I designed for sea trout fishing in the early 90s.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.