Welcome to your ultimate resource for mastering the art of creating irresistible flies for game fish. Dive into our comprehensive guides covering everything from classic salmon patterns to innovative trout flies.
Whether you’re a beginner learning the basics or an experienced tier looking to refine your skills, our expert contributors share invaluable tips, techniques and step-by-step instructions.
Discover the secrets of tying effective patterns like the Ally’s Shrimp, Wickham’s Fancy and the Cascade salmon fly. Stay updated with the latest materials, tools, and trends in fly-tying to enhance your angling success on rivers, lochs, and stillwaters across the UK and beyond.
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Fly tyingHow to tie a Sedgehog
The Sedgehog is a versatile wet-dry trout pattern creating a dense, buoyant profile that is suggestive of many prey items found in and around the surface
By Time Well Spent
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Fly tyingHow to tie the Evening Dress
This micro-tube, devised by Sturla Birgisson, manager of Iceland's Laxa a Asum river, was used by musician Eric Clapton to land a 25lb salmon
By Time Well Spent
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Fly tyingTie the American Express
A pattern with all the proven elements of a successful sea-trout fly
By Time Well Spent
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Fly tyingHow to tie the Hot-Butt Willie Gunn
A classic salmon double with a hotspot Glo-Brite butt for good measure
By Time Well Spent
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Fly tying
Tie the Fussy Dun
Trout will always take the easy option when targeting a hatch of insects. That’s why you must try the Fussy Dun
By Time Well Spent
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