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Green Snail

Snails can make a great fly fishing pattern, either in the mid-summer heat or at the heart of winter, as they are a staple food source for fish; ever noticed any snails in the stomach of a fish that you have caught? Why only fish flies and ignore a fish's staple diet? In the summer months, if you notice snails floating on the surface use a floating line and a long leader and watch the line for the take, usually a gentle draw. During the colder months when fish are retreating in the depths of the water, snails are also clinging onto the water's bed. If nothing is working, try attaching a snail to a weighted sinking line to force the foam snail to sink down to the depths where the fish are also sitting. Snails can varying from lentil up to large pea in size.

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Sparkle Pheasant Tail

The Sparkle Pheasant Tail is a real killing pattern that represents an interesting bug that trout are fond of munching in England and America. The added tinsel and flashback are genuine trigger points and the gold head allows you to get it down in still waters and hold a depth in rivers. Those big trout and grayling sitting quietly hugging the bottom are often tempted by this tasty looking morsel.

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Grey Snail

This grey snail, although plain in appearance, matches the typical colour found in many rivers and lakes. Any dirt which may arise while fishing adds to the effect, so you may only want to dab dry once done. Snails can make a great fishing pattern, either in the mid-summer heat or at the heart of winter, as they are a staple food source for fish; ever noticed any snails in the stomach of a fish? In the summer months, if you notice snails floating on the surface use a Floating Line and a long leader and watch the line for the take, usually a gentle draw. During the colder months when fish are retreating in the depths of the water, snails are also clinging onto the water's bed. If nothing is working, try attaching a snail to a weighted Sinking Line to force the foam snail to sink down to the depths where the fish are also sitting. Snails can varying from lentil up to large pea in size.

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Blue Flash Beadie Damsel

The Blue Flash Beadie Damsel is a very successful and popular pattern that represents the natural. In summer months when the mass migration of damselfly nymphs occurs, retrieve at a moderate pace with a short jerky action to activate the tail, especially in the vicinity of weed which is just under the surface and adjacent to bank side reeds.

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Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear

The Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear is arguably the most effective fly of all time. It is not an imitation of any particular insect but instead a general representation pattern that is hugely successful in taking fish. Whether tumbling down a feeding channel or gently retrieved in a still water this is a real killer. The scruffy, shaggy appearance of the Hare's Ear certainly appeals to both fly fishers and fish alike, so much so that if ever limited to one fly for the rest of their lives many anglers would choose the GRHE. It is an excellent grayling pattern that is without doubt a must have pattern in any fly box.

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Black Midge Klinkhammer

The Black Midge Klinkhammer is one of the very successful and popular Klinkhammer series of flies that represent many emerging insect forms. The body penetrating the surface film is an exceptional trigger point as it gets seen by trout long before they see the surface footprint. This fly is ideal whenever midges or gnats are on the water.

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Walker's Killer

Walker's Killer was first tied for the big trout of South Africa but has since been found to be very effective in catching trout in stillwaters around the world, especially in the UK.

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Bibio

This fly is great as a top dropper or a bob fly. Bobbing on the surface film, creating enough of a wake to attract the fish. It can also be twitched or pulled temptingly just under the surface with great success.

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Weighted Daddy Longlegs Pheasant Tail

The Weighted Daddy Longlegs Pheasant Tail is very successful, perhaps simply because fish do not see many submerged daddy longlegs.

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