Fine Wire Flies
Fine Wire Wild Brown Trout Flies
The flies on this page are tied on top quality fine wire hooks. If you are fishing for wild fish that in the main weigh less than 1lb these flies are the ones to buy. They are much stronger than you would think and can be used for larger fish as long as you are careful! (light lines and soft rods are the key to playing large fish on light tackle)
Two patterns to try when the fish are not rising.
Goldbead Damsel
This is a mini lure as well as a Damsel Nymph imitation. Watch for takes on the drop.
3 x GB Damsel Nymph FW#10 - £1.50
3 x GB Damsel Nymph FW#12 - £1.50
If you want something not as flashy try this fly - The Old Gold Damsel
3 x Old Gold Damsel FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Old Gold Damsel FW#12 - £1.50
Goldbead Hares Ear
One of the best to try on any water. Tied with a hackle for extra life.
3 x GB Hares Ear FW#10 - £1.40
3 x GB Hares Ear FW#12 - £1.40
Again a duller version, the Old Gold Hares Ear
3 x Old Gold Hares Ear FW#10 - £1.40
3 x Old Gold Hares Ear FW#12 - £1.40
'The Hebridean Cast'
Fishing two flies - a point and a bob - is deadly on its day and a pleasure to use. Use a 10 to 11ft rod and AFTM4/5 floating lines.
Bob Flies
Bushy Black Spider
Tied with two hackles this age old tying is first choice for any water.
3 x Bushy Black Spider FW#10 - £1.40
3 x Bushy Black Spider FW#12 - £1.40
3 x Bushy Black Spider FW#14 - £1.40
Deer Hopper
Deer hair and legs, will bring fish on most days.
3 x Deer Hopper FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Deer Hopper FW#12 - £1.50
Black Maclaren
A dark tying of the original
3 x Black Maclaren FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Black Maclaren FW#12 - £1.50
Blue Zulu
One of the best bobflies to use on any water
3 x Blue Zulu FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Blue Zulu FW#12 - £1.50
Flubrush
I spotted this one in a Geoff Bucknall book, trips the waves and brings the fish up.
3 x Flubrush FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Flubrush FW#12 - £1.50
Point Flies
Some of these can be fished on the Bob, see what the fish think.
Teal, Blue & Silver Spider
Sea Trout special, great for Finnock.
3 x Teal, Blue & Silver Spider FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Teal, Blue & Silver Spider FW#12 - £1.50
Wee Peter
Combines different materials and colours to make a super fly.
3 x Wee Peter FW#10 - £1.40
3 x Wee Peter FW#12 - £1.40
Black Spider
A simple tying that is essential on any loch or river.
3 x Black Spider FW#10 - £1.20
3 x Black Spider FW#12 - £1.20
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear
Get this fly wet to see the colours develop.
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Spider FW#10 - £1.20
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Spider FW#12 - £1.20
Donegal Blue
A magic pattern for all Gamefish.
3 x Donegal Blue FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Donegal Blue FW#12 - £1.50
Silver March Brown (winged)
Extra flash to show up in coloured water. Looks like a small fish or beetle.
3 x Silver March Brown FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Silver March Brown FW#12 - £1.50
And now some flies to try when fish are rising, feeding on emerging insects or dry adults.
CDC Caddis
First choice in a ripple. Fish dead drift or work with the rod top. Will bring fish up on the most dour loch.
Also usful as a bob fly. Tied in natural dun colours.
3 x CDC Caddis FW#10 - £1.40
3 x CDC Caddis FW#12 - £1.40
'F' Fly
When it goes calm and the Midges start hatching this is the fly to try.
3 x 'F' Fly FW#14 - £1.50
3 x 'F' Fly FW#16 - £1.50
3 x 'F' Fly FW#18 - £1.50
3 x 'F' Fly FW#20 - £1.50
CDC Daddy
Key insect in the Highlands and Islands, try this one in a light ripple or calm water.
2 x CDC Daddy FW#12 - £1.50
2 x CDC Daddy FW#14 - £1.50
Straggler Daddy
More feather and hair on this one, ideal to fish in a wave.
2 x Straggler Daddy FW#12 - £1.50
2 x Straggler Daddy FW#14 - £1.50
HACKLED DADDY
Try these in flat calm water or on fussy fish. Sometimes cutting some hackle off will help fool most fish.
2 x Hackled Daddy #14 - £1.50
2 x Hackled Daddy #16 - £1.50
Long Legged Black Gnat
Imitates a wide range of dark coloured insects, another fly to try in a flat calm.
3 x Long Legged Black Gnat FW#14 - £1.40
3 x Long Legged Black Gnat FW#16 - £1.40
3 x Long Legged Black Gnat FW#18 - £1.40
3 x Long Legged Black Gnat FW#20 - £1.40
Phantom Midge
When lighter coloured Midges and other insects are hatching try this tying.
3 x Phantom Midge FW#14 - £1.40
3 x Phantom Midge FW#16 - £1.40
3 x Phantom Midge FW#18 - £1.40
3 x Phantom Midge FW#20 - £1.40
Deer Spider
Use this as a dryfly or on the top dropper in a team of two flies.
3 x Deer Spider FW#10 - £1.20
3 x Deer Spider FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Deer Spider FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Deer Spider FW#16 - £1.20
3 x Deer Spider FW#18 - £1.20
3 x Deer Spider FW#20 - £1.20
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (DRY)
When the black flies fail.. try this one
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (DRY) FW#10 - £1.40
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (DRY) FW#12 - £1.40
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (DRY)FW#14 - £1.40
3 x Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (DRY) FW#16 - £1.40
The next three patterns are all land based. The wind makes sure that some end up on the water.
Hawthorn Fly
Widespread fly and can hatch through the summer months.
3 x Hawthorn Fly FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Hawthorn Fly FW#12 - £1.50
Heather Fly
Touch of red to tempt the fish.
3 x Heather Fly FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Heather Fly FW#12 - £1.50
Heather Moth
Fish this one in the margins where dead moths end up after a good blow.
3 x Heather Moth FW#10 - £1.50
3 x Heather Moth FW#12 - £1.50
Straggler
All purpose dry fly, imitates the whole range of Craneflies from large to small.
3 x Straggler FW#12 - £1.40
3 x Straggler FW#14 - £1.40
3 x Straggler FW#16 - £1.40
3 x Straggler FW#18 - £1.40
Emergers, Nymphs & Buzzers
Bump Tenkara
Gink this fly to float or leave untreated to sit lower in the water, takes fish no matter what is hatching.
3 x Bump Tenkara FW#12 - £1.35
3 x Bump Tenkara FW#14 - £1.35
3 x Bump Tenkara FW#16 - £1.35
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (unweighted)
Again you can gink this fly to fish soggy in the film or allow to sink.
3 x GRHE FW#12 - £1.20
3 x GRHE FW#14 - £1.20
3 x GRHE FW#16 - £1.20
3 x GRHE FW#18 - £1.20
3 x GRHE FW#20 - £1.20
Buzzers
More often than not it is the Black and darker colours that are needed - but other colours can have their day!
3 x Black Buzzer FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Black Buzzer FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Black Buzzer FW#16 - £1.20
3 x Black Buzzer FW#18 - £1.20
3 x Orange & Silver FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Orange & Silver FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Orange & Silver FW#16 - £1.20
3 x Green Buzzer FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Green Buzzer FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Green Buzzer FW#16 - £1.20
Killer Bugs
Weighted with copper wire, useful to cast into the rings of a rise
3 x Killer Bug (grey) FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (grey) FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (grey) FW#16 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (white) FW#12 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (white) FW#14 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (white) FW#16 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (Black Hebridean) #12 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (Black Hebridean) #14 - £1.20
3 x Killer Bug (Black Hebridean) #16 - £1.20