Fly Selection

RodOfGod

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I\'m after getting myself some more flies, can anybody tell me what the most popular/effective flies are that I should be looking at?
I have a few flies at the moment but I don\'t know what they are, well, I know that I have a few Dawsons Olive and some Diawl Bach but that\'s it!!

Mark
 
depends where and when you are fishing.

for me, things like hoppers are always reliable dries, along with anything small and black for some of the wilder places. You can\'t go far wrong with adams dry, black pennel or greenwell\'s glory either

on the wet front, there\'s always a few traditional patterns in my box - Butchers, Kate McLaren, Silver Blue and teal and such like, as well has pheastant tail nymphs, hares ears, damsels


I tie nearly all my own now, doesn\'t take long to get the hand of, and theres a huge satisfaction at catching on something you\'ve tied yourself. There\'s a gut sells some really good kits on ebay, usually go around 25 quid and contain enough hooks and materials to tie hundreds of flies, and luckily some of the most popular patterns can be some of the easiest to knock up

http://www.danica.com/flytier/patternindex.htm

is a good site for the low down on most patterns

usually carry a few klinkhammers, CDC, and a variety of nymphs

I tend to stay well away from the \'stockie\' waters though, so most of my stuff is what might be classed as \'traditional\'

cats whickers, fritz patterns and dawsons olives can be deadly for the stockies though, as can a good selection of buzzers in various colours/patterns, but black/red being top of the buzzer list




[Edited on 21/5/2005 by mark]
 
Cheers mate!! ;)

I ordered a few from Selecta-Fly earlier on....got a selection of buzzers, hoppers and a few others which I\'ve forgotten their name. About 40 flies in total for just under £6.

I\'ll mainly be fishing places like Fontburn and Derwent! Though the otherday I went to Naworth Fishery in Brampton, Cumbria!

Mark
 
if you are ever in Penrith, have a look in John Norris. Lots of frighteningly expensive kit, but they have a massive range of materials for tying your own, but also do mixed selections of flies from about 3.75 for 25 flies
 
I bought a few lines to start me off from their website! Don\'t really fancy tying my own flies at the minute because I haven\'t a clue about the different flies. Though it\'s something I might look into as I develop my fly fishing skills :D

Mark
 
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