Voted by the UK’s Trout Fisherman magazine readers as the top fly amongst 50 flies, the Cat’s Whisker is an easy to tie and deadly fly.
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Troth`s Elk Hair Caddis
While guiding clients on rivers and streams I have picked up two fundamental mistakes many fly fishers struggle with. Given the scenario where the person can cast reasonably well, still numerous fly fishers struggle to see the dry fly and have good line control.
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Diawl Bach
The Diawl Bach is a relatively new addition to the South African fly fishing scene. This "Little Devil" from Welsh origin, should not be underestimated and has landed numerous trout on both streams and still waters.
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Disco Midge
The Disco Midge, is as the name applies more of an attractor pattern with the profile of a midge pupa.
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Soft Hackle
The Soft Hackle style of fly tying is easy and just plain deadly. The general profile of this fly can imitate a caddis pupa and the overall appearance is very “buggy”.
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Marabou Muddler Minnow
With hundreds of new and very effective fly patterns being developed and refined during the past two decades I believe us fly fishers sometimes forget just how effective older and more traditional fly patterns are and will always be.
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Deadly Damsel
There is just something special about damsel flies, they are pretty, slender and graceful. Compared to dragon flies with a stealth bomber appearance, damsels are more lady-like.
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Gamka Nymph
This fly has been very successful and has caught 6 species from the upper Gourits River namely: Smallmouth Yellows ; Smallmouth Bass ; Largemouth Bass ; Carp ; Blue-gill Sunfish ; Blue Kurper.
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Hot Spot Rot
This is one of my most successful flies for yellows and it will certainly be a killer trout nymph. I like to tie flies for specific circumstances.
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Quick Spun Dun
I have been enamoured with the comparadun style of flies for years, the no hackle design, the simplicity of the materials and the low cost all add up but the real benefit is that the trout love them.
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The Water Dog
Developed by well known fly fisher Horst Filter, the Water Dog has an outstanding reputation as a top bass fly; it is also gaining popularity as a regular taker of largemouth yellowfish.
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Carp Fritz
I use this fly for catching carp 90% of the time and it works fantastically well. It enters the water with less of a splash, it sinks at the right rate and carp love it. Make sure that the hook is super sharp!
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Sail Wing Dun
Waiting in anticipation for the streams to open for a brand new season I searched a bit for new fly patterns. During this pleasant search I came across the Sail Wing Dun.
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The Parallel Weave
Weaving the bodies of your favourite fly patterns will add another dimension to your tying skills and will certainly prove to create lifelike fly patterns.
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Mossback Weave
Following the parallel weave, the end effect created by the Mossback weave is in fact identical. The only difference is that the vise is positioned in the normal way and the fly tier exchanges the strands of material between his hands. Please refer to the parallel weave for more hints and tips on weaving.
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Skin Caddis
I usually fish this pattern in slower glides and at the tail-out of runs and pools. especially when targeting the Browns at Balloch.
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Deadly Dragon
At times you see a fly and just know it will catch fish. Well, this was the case when I first saw the Papa Roach developed and tied by Herman Botes, featured in the August 2004 issue of The Complete Fly Fisherman.
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Glo Midge
I have found this pattern to be extremely effective year round, but particularly during the Autumn/Winter months.
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HiVis CDC Midge
The fish are rising all around you to midges. You open your flybox and search for your tiniest midge pattern. You finally manage to tie one onto the 7x tippet and cast it out.
