A popular fly in the North and West of Scotland, the Goat's Toe, is fairly easy to tie, and its variants, like this one aren't much different on that front. It's as effective as they come for wild browns, seatrout and salmon on the lochs and rivers, particularly o the islands.
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Materials list
Hook: @FullingMillTV competition heavyweight size 6-12 https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/
Thread: Uni black 8/0
Tail: Fluo. red wool
Rib: Red Wire
Body: Silver Holographic
Hackle 1: Fluo red cock
Hackle 2: Blue Peacock neck feather
Some popular wet fly books
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" here https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" here https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan hHeadly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" is available from my amazon link https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" is available here https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
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