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The Wet Winged Woodcock & Yellow is probably one of the best known and widely recognised of the Woodcock styles, of which there are many. The ...

The history of the Jock Scott can be a little confusing at best and mind boggling at worst. Many accounts record the invention as being made by the...

This fly has a reputation as a killer fly on both still waters and rivers for all trout including sea. It is particularly effective during the earl...

Following a rather dire season for trout fishing, I tried to analyse what had gone wrong. Had I lost my magic touch, was age becoming a factor in m...

The 'Grisly' History of the Bloody Butcher - (Moon’s Butcher) This well-known and attractive fly was originally called Moon’s Butcher and was first...

The Elk Hair Caddis or Deer Hair Caddis (Latin ‘Trichoptera’) The Elk Hair Caddis was first tied by Al Troth of the USA sometime during 1957, it i...

The history of the Black Gnat is at best vague with no known original fly tier, which is a great shame, although its country of origin can be hones...

We are extremely lucky within the UK, over 85% of the worlds known 200 chalk streams, are within our own little island. Some of the more well-known...

The classic 'Mar Lodge' salmon fly was named after a large fishing lodge on the banks of the River Dee, 5 miles west of Braemar in Scotland. The lo...

The Green Highlander has been highly praised over the years and has proven itself to be one of the ‘classic’ salmon flies, but this was not the cas...

THE SOLDIER PALMER This most famous of flies is an old favourite of mine. Being my fly of last resort, I would always end up using this fly when al...

Following my previous 'blank' visit to Dartmoors famous River Dart two weeks earlier, I hoped that my second trip would be a little more productive...