Step-by-step guide to tying the Klinkhamer Special

Designed to imitate emerging flies on rivers and stillwaters, the Klinkhamer is also used in duo rigs.

How to tie the Lite Collar Bug

A subtle fly for deep water when grayling have seen too many pink or garish patterns

No-name Spider

Follow our step-by-step tying of this classic soft-hackled fly, best fished in water with a peaty stain

Bullet Proof Bomb

A deadly back-end salmon fly to stir the most reluctant fish. Follow our step-by-step tying

How to tie the Foam Beetle

Great all-rounder for river trout, especially effective under bankside trees in summer.

How to tie the Olive Snake

Sinuous lure that rarely fails to attract fry-feeding stillwater trout.

How to tie the Scuttle Bug

Sea-trout lure that pops irresistibly in the surface.

How to tie the Yellow Owl Shuttlecock variant

A popular stillwater trout fly that works from spring to autumn.

Ascending Pupa

Ness C variant

Cruncher

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Iron Blue Paradun

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Pink Quill Nymph

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