Tips and tricks to produce neater, better looking marabou flies
Gavin Jehu – The Marabou Magician – offers tricks and tips (plus his own magic tool) to produce neater, better-looking and more effective marabou ...
The 10 best river patterns
Once in position to cast to a fish, it’s important that the fly is the correct one. Here, Dave Southall gives us the 10 best river patterns to exploit most situations
Three summer patterns tied with Mylar
Ronald Orr lists three modern summer patterns, which all include the reflective, metallicised plastic as a key component of the dressing
Review: Barbless Grub Hooks
Magnus Angus investigates barbless grub hooks
Deer Hair Emerger Variations
Allan Liddle offers five great variations to the classic Deer Hair Emerger (DHE), with tying tips and key materials identified.
Johan Put’s Savoury Shrimp Fly
Johan Put ties a realistic Shrimp fly for saltwater sea trout, bass and mackerel, using an easy technique for the legs
The scissor test
I test my scissors prior to almost every fly-tying session. Just dangle a length of standard tying thread and cut off short lengths (Note: ...
Catch the winter dry fly window
Preparing a simple Midge dry fly for the brief, dimpling, mid-winter grayling rise triggered by a midge-hatch
Last-minute Buzzers for autumn trout and grayling
It may be autumn, says Dave Wiltshire, but there’s still some mighty fine Buzzer fishing to be had
