New Fly Tying Tutorials: Nymphs, Streamers and Dries
Published: 6th March 2024 | Author: Fulling MillAs the winter tying season has pushed forward, we’ve been showcasing new fly tying tutorials each week. Some of them feature our very own Technical Manager Steve Carew, whereas others are done by our Signature Tyers themselves. Whether you like to tie dries, nymphs or streamers there are new ones for everyone in here.
Roza’ Pink PT
The Pheasant Tail Nymph is a tried and true classic fish catcher. In this fly tying tying tutorial Luboš walks us through how he ties it, and why he finds it to be so effective. This pink beaded version is one of Luboš Roza’s confidence variations of the pheasant tail nymph, and is one he has in his box at all times. A good bit flashier than the original pheasant tail nymph, it has some serious attracting power. We’ve had some absolutely incredible days fishing for both trout and grayling with it, and won’t be caught without it on the river.
Joe’s Mini Cray
Joe’s Mini Cray is the best crayfish imitation we’ve ever seen. It was designed by Joe many years ago to target large, tricky wild trout that weren’t eating other food sources in the river systems he was fishing. After a lot of time on the water he realized that there was an abundance of juvenile crayfish in many of these rivers. So, he deduced that they must be eating them. Boy, was he right. After development and refinement this fly proceeded to fool countless large brown trout for many seasons to follow. It has done so for anglers around the country as well. One of the major keys to this fly is in the way it thumps on the bottom creating the same noise and action as a real crayfish.
The Balloonhammer Caddis
Originally designed by Roman Moser, its been tweaked a few times since first being tied. This is an excellent caddis dry pattern, most especially when trout and grayling are feeding on adult bugs. Due to its Ultra Dry Yarn underwing and Bug Foam “balloon” at the top, it floats both high and long without getting submerged. This is also a great pattern to use if you’re fishing a dry dropper. It can suspend nymphs well even in the smaller sizes.
The Dirty Pink Shrimp
The dirty pink shrimp is one of the most effective grayling patterns we’ve ever fished. However, it’ll also catch plenty of trout too so don’t discount it for that either! It has an excellent profile in the water and closely matches natural shrimp. One thing we particularly love about this fly is that if fish are set up in shallow water it lands very quietly and is far less likely to spook them. This is critical in technical conditions.
Modern Claret Dabbler
In this video, Jackie Mahon and Tom Sullivan go for a deep dive into tying a modern Claret Dabbler featuring our new Streamer Straggle. This is a fly that is very effective on Irish Loughs like Lough Corrib, Mask, Melvin, Arrow and Sheelin. This one is tied in a size 10. However, you can tie them in a range of sizes to suit wherever you’re fishing. Throughout the video, they discuss all the key features to a Dabbler, and why they choose the materials they do.
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