Great looking fly. Do you notice any difference presentation with a straight eye vs. a down eye? No, although I do like the straight eye hooks. These are not trout hooks but English coarse fishing hooks but they are ideal for spiders and any lightly dressed flies. I believe they go down to size 22....

This is my version of the Snipe Bloa tied with the paler Snipe hackles. A very useful fly to have. I like tying with Snipe feathers and tie up various Snipe hackle flies with different coloured bodies. Kamasan B410 size 14 hook ( I tie in #14/16), Danville’s flymaster 6/0 primrose thread. Body of th...

In my opinion Any of the flies above can be fished wet. Adding an orange tag makes the fly very similar to a Scottish variation of a very popular and lethal Welsh pattern called the Coch-y-Bonddu’. I have used the Scottish version for years as a wet fly, usually on a dropper. I would put it on if th...

Thank you for your kind comments. Much appreciated. I have tied flies ‘on & off’ for many years. All my fly fishing life I have been a wet fly angler although I am not averse to using a nymph, usually a Pheasant Tail nymph or it’s variants. I must confess that I like to ‘meddle’ with some of the...

2CDA6594-E395-4E86-A736-142403D91EF0.jpeg The fly is tied on a Kamasan B410 hook size 12 using Uni-thread 8/0 purple for the body. with a peacock herl thorax. The hackle is taken from a Mallard duck wing. I tie the fly in sizes 12/14/16. Note - This fly was created in the 1950s by Harold Howarth a ...