I change my patterns most years, always trying
to better last seasons flies. I have developed most of my flies from experience,
trying to add fine touches to well known patterns.
My most recent patterns are Scooby Snakes, a variant
of the Snake Fly, utilising Scoobies Strands, They come in a wide range of
colours and appear to be more hard wearing than the traditional mylar bodied
snake flies. The additonal cone head give the fly weight, allowing it to cut
through the water.
I recently purchased this signed box
of Falkus flies, as seen in Falkus & Buller's book Freshwater Fishing.
I haven't used them yet, they are too nice! but im proud to own them, and
be able to show them to you all.
I hope the flies below will give you
some ideas for the seasons ahead.
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Conehead Lumi Scoob
Dressing as above, with the inclusion
of a red tungsten cone and Firefly lumibead.
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Paul
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Pennel Stoat
Tying as above. Red tail substituted
for natural Golden Pheasant, black thread.
These variants are good options
for daytime fishing
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Scooby Tube
This is a simple fly to tie, as
it is a basic tube dressing, utilising a Scoobie Strand. Again Blue
& Black!
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Lumi Killer Snake
This pattern takes on my favourite colours,
blue & black. The dressing is as above, substituting red scooby
for blue.
Diawl Mawr - BigDevil
Red Scooby Body over Snake Mount
Arctic Fox Wing/throat - Black/Red Jungle Cock eyes.
Elver Snake
This is a variant of Ransome's
famous Elver Fly. Tied with Blue Mylar Body over aSnake Fly Mount. Vulturine
Guinea Wing, JungleCock eyes, red thread. The feathers are pricey but
make an effective wing.
Lumi Killer Snake 2
This pattern, replaces the conehead with
a Lumibead. The beads can be charged with a standard torch or preferably
a UV Torch. The faint light emission does have a postive effect!
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Halsam Variant
A striped down version of the
famous Haslam, a good Dyfi Fly. This patterns has a Red butt and a blue
tinged body. It still hads the Macaw in the wing, which in this case
is brown fox.
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These
patterns are variations of Shrimp Flies. Tied with modern colouration
and materials. Predomanently for Salmon, these flies have served me
well.
The
Blue Version, courtesy of Gerry Nealy is a cracking pattern for both
Salmon & Sea Trout.
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Wilkinson Shrimp Tube
This incipid tube was developed
after a days fishing on the Tywi with fellow angler Colin Chapman.
Colin had 3 fish in successive casts with a bright tube in coloured
water, this fly was developed to fish in the daytime in colured water,
preferably behind a fast sinking line.
Ransome's Classic. |
Elver Fly
Body - Pearl Mylar, with fine
silver rib. Wing - Paired Vulturine Guinea Fowl, Hackle - Dyed Blue
Guinea Fowl. Tying Thread Red.
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Pink/Blue/PurpleAlly's
These are based on perhaps the most popular Salmon
Fly of modern times the Ally's Shrimp
Bar the colour differences, the dressings are
the same.
Tail - Fluro Fibre & Crystal hair.
Body - Pearlescent Mylar, with thin ribbing, 5 or 6 turns. Underwing - Amherst
pheasant. Hackle - Dyed Hen or Guinea Fowl.
Tied on Partridge low water salmon doubles,
with black thread.
The purple shrimp omits the Amhest pheasant,
and replaces it with Squirrel.
This fly also has additional Jungle
Cock Cheeks.
Bruiser Shrimp
Blue Fluorofibre & Crystal flash
Tail, Ribbing- Pearl Mylar, with 5/6 turns of thin ribbing.
Hackle - Dyed Blue Guinea fowl and Red
Hen Hackle.
Ally's/Cascade
Dyed Orange Squirrel Crystal flash Tail,
Ribbing- Red & Black floss, with 5/6 turns of thin silver ribbing. Red
to rear of fly. Underwing Golden Pheasant & squirrel. Hackle - Orange
Hen, Red tying thread
Red Shrimp
Red Arctic Runnerl Crystal flash Tail,
Ribbing- Red & Black floss, with 5/6 turns of thin silver ribbing. Red
to rear of fly. Underwing - sparse natural squirrel hair. Hackle - Red Hen,
Red tying thread
Shrimp
Fly Variants
Bibio Stoat
Tail - Red Golden Pheasant.. Body -
Black floss 5 turns fine rib. Wing
- Black Arctic Fox with Jungle Cock eyes. Red tying thread
Squirrel, Blue & Silver
A Standard pattern in my armoury. Tied
with the addition of Jungle Cock & Blue Galina.
Squirrel Blue & Silver
A very Sparsely tied fly. The Nickel
finish of the Partridge Salar Double means that no tinsel body is required.
Simple but very effective. A good dropper pattern.
Silver Stoat Variant.
The Stoat series are a must, my box
is full of patterns based on this classic. Here I have used a Blue Galina
throat and Jungle Cock eyes to give the fly a little twist!
Alexandra
Again a very traditional pattern, the distinctive
peacock wing giving the fly its distinctive appearance.
This variant utilises Jungle Cock and Crystal
hair. The red in the wing is dyed crow!
Magenta Bumble
From the stable of TC Kingsmill Moore.
Ths bumble pattern is really bright, and fishes well in coloured
water.
Secret Weapon
One of many Secret Weapon patterns in my box. The treble
stops the 'nipping' of fish. This is an ideal pattern for tipping with Maggots