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Mohican Mayfly
Size of the adults does change from river to river. Males are also smaller than females. So we are now offering 3 sizes, the two larger ones for the females and the smallest size 14 for males. Don’t discount these small males, they are often preferred to the huge females. This happened when filming the Mayfly DVD on the river Avon.
Many fly fishers consider this to be the very best Mayfly or Greendrake pattern currently available. It offers a totally convincing silhouette, sits correctly every cast and is as tough as old boots. A must during the Mayfly (Ephemera danica) emergence in the UK and Europe. Also a ‘go-to’ pattern for the rivers of the Eastern States of America during the emergence of the American Greendrake (Ephemera guttulata) |
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CDC Bubble Wing Caddis
This pattern incorporates a unique CDC wing style devised in mainland Europe several years ago. It has been suggested that the bulging nature of the CDC wing copies the caddisfly as its wings erupt from the pupal shuck. i.e., as emergence is almost completed. That may well be true, but it fishes well throughout a hatch.
We offer three popular patterns.
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CDC Bubble Wing Caddis
The Grannom
Possibly the best known caddisfly in the UK. It emerges during the day, often in the hundreds of thousands causing a feeding frenzy. These emergences start in early April, so it is often the first real feast of the season for the resident fish. |
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CDC Bubble Wing Caddis
Grey Flag
These copy our common and very abundant Hydropsyche species. They emerge in large numbers at dusk during the summer months, where they transpose rapidly at the surface and are often taken noisily as fish surge up to take them.
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CDC Bubble Wing Caddis
Sandfly
Covers our most widespread Rhyacophila species - Rhyacophila dorsalis. It emerges during the day and on into dusk. This pattern has proved to be a good search pattern – a ‘fish puller’ during those dead hot summer afternoons. |
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Tri-Vis Black Gnat
Arguably our most important terrestrial insect from a fly fishing point of view. This pattern has an excellent track record including a 3lb-5oz Brownie from the Wharfe in May 2010. The pattern features a segmented foam body, clipped hackle (for better leg definition) and a wing post of three high-vis colours for easy tracking in broken or foam flecked water. |
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Queen Black Ant
Commonly called the ‘Flying Ant’. This pattern copies the new Queens which leave their colonies in their thousands on hot still July days and disperse to start new colonies. These juicy fat bodied black insects are greedily eaten when they haplessly land on water. However, this pattern is an excellent mimic of many black bodied terrestrials and is an excellent search pattern for those hot summer days. |
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Footprint Dun
This pattern was developed for ‘educated’ fish, those that often ignore the more traditional patterns thrown at them all season long. We cover most of the more important European up-wing hatches, as well as several of the important hatches in the US. On the Footprint Duns there is no mess of hackle, instead the clean lines, slight surface imprints and convincing single wing profile of a real dun. Remember these are a sparsely dressed flies and need to be treated correctly with floatants, then they sit bolt upright on the water for many casts. Treat whole fly well with a dessicant powder and blow off excess, then treat the body, legs and tails with floatant, but not the poly-wing.
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Footprint Dun
Large Dark Olive |
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Footprint Dun
Blue Winged Olive - Small Dark Phase
(Also covers the Iron Blue) |
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Footprint Dun
Blue Winged Olive - Olive Phase
(Also covers the Medium Olive) |
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Footprint Dun
Olive Upright |
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Footprint Dun
Pale Watery |
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Emerging Dun
Here we offer the ever popular Large Dark Olive, the justly famous Spring Olive, and the less well fished but important Pale Watery, which is often seen in good numbers in late summer – early autumn. Wet the abdomen so it sits correctly, keep the CDC wing dry and revive when wetted with a desiccant powder. Only fish them dead drift. |
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Emerging Dun
Large Dark Olive
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Yellow May Emerger
This pattern is the only commercially tied copy of this important stage of this insect’s life cycle, and it is little changed from the original in my book Flytyer’s Masterclass. These distinctive all yellow emergers are eagerly intercepted by both trout and grayling, and it’s not unusual to find some fish stuffed with them. I often fish this as the point fly of a ‘duo’ set-up with a Yellowhamer as the indicator fly. It also works well as the point fly in a team of spider wets. |
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Semi-Circle Spinner
This range covers all the most frequently fished spinner falls in the UK and Europe. Remember, several species of up-wings crawl to the stream bed to egg-lay and do not die spent on the surface. The semi-circle design is easier to follow even into deep dusk. The span of hackle above the surface is a real sighting bonus when the light has virtually gone, and you’re covering a fish that bit further out. Each pattern is very well proven and they have a permanent place in my fly box. |
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| Semi-Circle Spinner Blue Winged Olive |
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| Semi-Circle Spinner Olive Upright |
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| Semi-Circle Spinner Yellow May Dun |
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| Semi-Circle Spinner Pale Watery |
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Klinkhamer (Original LT)
The various ‘Klinks’ are now used wherever trout streams flow, and are without doubt the most successful surface pattern to be devised in the past fifty years. This was the first colour-way tied by the originator, Dutchman Hans van Klinken. It was first called the LT Caddis (LT = Light Tan). It is still a ‘must have’ pattern. For all Klinkhamers; wet the abdomen, treat the hackle and poly post wing with floatant. Fish dead drift, target or search fish. |
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Hi-Vis Black Klinkhamer
This copies a whole host of small black terrestrial insects that fall onto the surface, struggle and drown, particularly during the summer months. Its highly visible pink wing ensures good sighting in broken water. And a fly I would not be without during the summer months, especially as a search pattern along tree lined banks.
Trout and Grayling often key on to this steady trickle of goodies. This is when the black bodied Klinkhamer proves its deadly magic. |
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Yellow Hammer
This is deadly during the many weeks of the Yellow May emergence. In view of my early successes with the ‘Klink’, this all-yellow version was the logical next step for copying the stage where this very distinctive dun pops through the surface film. It was an instant success, and is very deadly during the trickle emergence of these beautiful duns…I wouldn’t be without it. Treat and fish it as the Klinkhamer. |
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Large Drowning Bibio
A must have in late April and early May when the Hawthorn-Flies are on the wing. This pattern is from my book, Flytyer’s Masterclass, but here we have replaced the feather fibre legs for the more durable rubber legs. Treat the body and legs with floatant, but not the poly-wing, treat this with desiccant powder when it becomes wetted. Fish dead drift to targeted fish; it also works well as a search pattern at Hawthorn time. |
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Spent Willow Fly / Needle Fly
These small stoneflies are mostly seen in autumn, even as late as the end of October. The female deposits her eggs on the surface and when fully spent dies there. In a big egg laying event a great many will float away, unseen by the angler, but the resident grayling know them well. When these small stone flies are on the wing in soft autumn afternoon sunshine, watch for rising fish close to the bank, or in quiet bays and eddies, they’re likely sipping in these spent stones. Treat the entire fly with floatant. |
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