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The Quill Gordon is a standard hackled classic that has a permanent home in most UK dry fly-fishers fly boxes. Its also considered a staple fly in many Australian and New Zealand dry fly boxes. It is representative of a male dun and the hatches occur throughout the season. Even though Theodore…

AKA: Body segments on flies Most of the things we seek to imitate with flies have bodies that have some sort of segmentation. A number of techniques have been developed to imitate those body segments and often also to reinforce the fly. Listed below are just a few of those techniques and simple…

I reserve my dry fly selection for flies that are fished on the surface of the water and either represent the dun or spinner of a an insect that spends part of its life cycle in the water such as a Mayfly, Caddis fly, Midge, Dobsonfly, Cranefly etc. or they represent terrestrial insects that have…

Theory: Optional but great background. Spend (10 to 15 minutes) on [example Link="p=2750" Title="Trout fly proportions"] Data base of fly tying skills: A great fly tying resource at your finger tips. Step by step instructions on most of the major fly tying skills. It's as easy as a b c . [member…

Food source [months] Fly suggestions Adult yabbies [30] [30] [30] [20] [20] [20] [10] [10] [20] [30] [40] [30] Yabby Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Small yabbies [00] [00] [60] [60] [50] [50] [30] [20] [10] [10] [00] [00] Mini woolly bugger Woolly bugger Worms (as vegetation is…

Food source Seasonality (Jan–Dec) Fly suggestions Adult yabbies Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Booby Small yabbies Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Booby Ants & termites Foam flying ant / termite Foam flying ant / termite 2 Ant Midge Midge Beetles Red tag…

Food source [months] Fly suggestions Adult yabbies [30] [30] [30] [20] [20] [20] [10] [10] [20] [30] [40] [30] Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Small yabbies [00] [00] [60] [60] [50] [50] [30] [20] [10] [10] [00] [00] Mini woolly bugger Woolly bugger Worms (as vegetation is drowned)…

Food source [months] Fly suggestions Gudgeon and galaxia [50] [50] [50] [50] [10] [10] [10] [10] [10] [10] [10] [50] Bead head nymphs Magoo Shrek Mrs Simpson Murdoch Adult yabbies [30] [30] [30] [20] [20] [20] [10] [10] [20] [30] [40] [30] Yabby Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Small…

OF FLY TYING AND FLY FISHING TERMS   See also: A TO Z OF FLY TYING SKILLS ABDOMEN. Rear most of the three body divisions of an insect. ADIPOSE EYELID: an immovable transparent outer covering or partial covering of the eye of some groups of bony fishes, such as mullets and trevallies. AMADO. A…

The Wonder Tail  Dun or Spinner is a generic representation for members of the “Leptophlebiidae” family of Mayflies and particularly useful for the various Highland Duns & Spinners, which are members of the “Oniscigastridae” genus. Hatches generally occurs between the months of October and…

I have never seen this skill described any where else even though it is integral to tying a whole cross section of flies. What it involves is describing the skill needed to bend a hackle so that when it is tied in that tying in process does not cause the tips of the hackle to flare away from where…

AKA: Dry fly hackle Hackling a dry fly The technique for selecting and tying in a dry fly hackle for a right handed fly tier is as follows. If you are left handed please remember to switch the instructions around. The ideal feather for a dry fly hackle should: Be long so that you can tie a…

Whilst not of significance individually to fly fishers Daphnia are certainly a common and substantial food source for trout particularly rainbows. They are Crustaceans of the sub-order Cladocera (Water Fleas). Individually Daphnia are less than 0.5mm in size and colours range from pale green to…

One of my favour early season still water flies this fly is dressed with a skit around a marabou tail. It is very adaptable and is a great way of tying tails of two colours of marabou or just adding a hot spot at the base of the tail which fish find very attractive. The skirt can be made of several…

From time to time you will want to tie a small fly but all the hackles and the recipe will say something like "Select a hackle that has barbules that are around the length of the shank of the hook. " and you don't have any hackles as small as that. So you have two choices: Use a hackle that is too…

A “Dun” is that stage of the life cycle of a Mayfly when it emerges and rests on the surface of the water or nearby vegetation whilst its wings dry. During the Dun stage it is very vulnerable to passing and searching fish. The Caenis Dun is a generic representation for members of the “Caenidae”…

Only some of the things that trout eat have tails and often the tail is very small. Despite that many of the wet flies that we tie have a tail. In most cases tails are tied into dry flies as an extension of the body and are generally incorporated in the fly design to give the fly some additional…

AKA: Feather slip wings – dry fly Feather slips for use as wings for a dry fly are most often taken from duck feathers but other feathers such as hen, blackbird, pigeon etc. are also used. The best feathers tend to be the secondary flight feathers as the primary feathers have much thicker barbules…

AKA: Feather slip wings – wet fly. Feather slips for use as wings for a wet fly are most often taken from duck feathers but other feathers such as turkey and pheasant etc. are also used. The best feathers tend to be the secondary flight feathers as the primary feathers have much thicker barbules…

Hackles and hackle fibres are used in various ways in the construction of wet flies. Whilst poorer dry fly hackle capes have traditionally been used in wet flies, over recent years, specific wet fly capes and saddles have evolved by the selective breeding of various birds. Preferred characteristics…

This fly is a variant of the original prince nymph which has its origins around 1965 and in California USA. It seems that it was probably developed by western USA angler Jim Black as an extension of his fly collection that incorporated biot quills. His prince nymph was probably tied as a…

Another old fly this little beauty has its origins on the salmon and trout streams of Ireland probably around the 1820's. Its alternative name of  'hares ear and red' gives away its ancestry. Early versions of the fly presented were no more than a gold ribbed hares ear with a woodcock type wing…

Large populations of dark olive Yabbies of the Cherax Genus have developed in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene and many other places. Many anglers suggest that the Yabby has been responsible for changing the feeding habits of trout in the lakes as the populations of Yabbies have increased. In…

My first fish on fly fell to the magic of a Woolly Bugger and many have gone the same way since then. Some say that what we call a woolly bugger had its origins in America where it appears to have been tied, as a leach imitation. Others say it had its origins in English where evolving at roughly…

Large populations of dark olive Yabbies of the Cherax Genus have developed in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene and many other places. Many anglers suggest that the Yabby has been responsible for changing the feeding habits of trout in the lakes as the populations of Yabbies have increased. In…