Wednesday, 16 March 2011


Mustad #14 4XL
Porcupine
orange quill
barred grizzly dyed golden olive
black Metz
black and green Hares'Ear+
Blue dun hackle tips

Knotted Midge
It is a mating pair of midges which will lay flat on the surface,
 the hook point only hanging through the meniscus at 20degrees.
The top pic is what the fish sees,
 the lower is from above from one side
The hackle on the bend is larger than the front hackle
 as the fly has more mass at the bend.

UpsideDown Danica Spinners

Ephemera Danica Spinner

Size 10 Hyabusa 270
Tails - pheasant tail fibres
Body - porcupine guard hair
Wing - Puglisi fibres (grey) mixed with TMC AeroDryWing (black)
Hackle - black
Thorax cover - pheasant tail fibres
Thorax - DaziHaresEar


Sunday, 27 February 2011

Mating Mayflies

Avon Special meets EasyPeasyUSD
on a hopper hook

Alan, it's a pair of mating mayflies constructed from a quill bodied Avon Special at the rear combined with an EasyPeasyUSD to create a fly which floats like a cork, always lands upside down, hooks up efficiently with sparse wings... and is more effort to tie than it's probably worth.
It is a piece of art and a fine challenge on a 2x size #16.

Friday, 25 February 2011

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Fly Tying Clips

I have sent some flies to my friend Herman de Gala 
 who has just added some of my designs to his excellent website
 http://www.flytyingclips.com/
Check it out and have a 360 degree peek
I am in esteemed company.
Thanks, Herman