Grey Duster

The Grey Duster is a real old school classic. In fact it is credited as the first ever emerger fly. For it to be a Grey Duster and indeed fished as an emerger it must not have a tail. It has a rabbit underfur dubbed body which along with having no tail allows the body to sink below the surface and is suspended by the good quality stiff grizzle cock hackle. It can be difficult to see this fly on…

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Greenwells Glory

This fly was created by Canon Greenwell in 1860. It is still as popular today as it ever was. This fly has stood the test of time for a very good reason; it works and it works well! This is a fly no river trout angler should be without.

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Iron Blue Dun

This is my own creation to imitate the Iron Blue Dun. I’ve experimented a lot with different colours, different materials etc and this is the combination that I found works the best for imitating the I.B.D.

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Black Pennell

Originally created as a lake fly in 1860 as a midge imitation. It is also just as effective on the rivers. A must have pattern for any wet fly angler on the rivers or lakes.

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My last fly of 2020 on the left (red and gold) and my first fly of 2021 on the right (silver and blue) . Happy New Year to everyone who bought flies off me in 2020. #pikeflies #flytyingireland #irishpikers #pikeflytying #pikeflyfishing https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjg8l9h5_r/?igshid=1evxkocro3le4

The first of a dozen of these to tie for a friend. I really enjoy tying Irish shrimp salmon flies #salmonshrimp #irishshrimpfly #salmofly https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeKTeFhj_P/?igshid=tkc96ytpyne2

Happy New Year to all my followers on instagram and Facebook. Let's hope 2021 sees an end to this pandemic and the endless lockdowns and travel restrictions so we can get back to doing what we love, bothering fish 😁🎣🐟🐡👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdr493BtEQ/?igshid=pvvfbop084al

Pike Fly SBS Tutorial

This is a step by step tutorial for how to tie a very simple but very effective pike fly. Before I start there’s some things to consider when it comes to tying any pike fly. It must be light so it’s easy to cast but it must also have enough bulk to give the right shape and silhouette of a bait fish. There are a couple of things we can do to help achieve this. We can use materials that repel…

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Olive wet fly #wetfly #rivertroutfly #troutfly #wetflyfishing https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZh4m8hY-X/?igshid=1riv760k4cqt7

Bloody Butcher #bloodybutcher #butcherfly #wetfly #seatroutfly https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZWG01BlOJ/?igshid=cv77bstte9zr

Jack pike imitation #pikefly #pikeflyfishing #pikeonthefly #pikeandpredators #itonlycountsonthefly https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGHU7MjPBM/?igshid=kmixys9akcjk

Size 14 Gammarus weighted "nymphs" ,#gammarus #gammarusfly #euronymph #nymphamaniac #troutflies https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGD3LMjX_t/?igshid=18jmlfayfqakr

Roll on spring time! #springsalmon #springsalmonfly #salmonfly #flyfishingireland #irishsalmonfly #highlandergreen https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEoRopjZfj/?igshid=3h20wxqpaw99

Orange And Gold Shrimp Fly A classic Irish Shrimp Fly

Willie Gunn Probably one of the most popular tube flies of all and for good reason!

Willie Gunn 1" tube fly #tubefly #williegunn #williegunntubefly #salmontubefly #salmonfly https://www.instagram.com/p/CH34hz1DMZF/?igshid=2llk0xbfhi7m