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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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Epoxy Buzzer 3D Bloodworm

The Epoxy Buzzer 3D Bloodworm is extremely effective when fished drifting on the wind currents from a floating line. It contains a large amount of red colour, designed to imitate the mature blood worm, or early stage of a chironomids pupa which are part of the staple food source for trout. Tiny buzzers, midges and chironomid flies inhabit lakes and slow flowing rivers and often appear in vast swarms on most still waters.

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Simmons Attractor

Alan developed this fly in 1986 when he had a group of anglers from Switzerland with him and were helicopter fishing the mountain rivers of the West Coast of the South Island, NZ. At that time these rivers were quite unspoiled and were rarely fished, so fish were not angler shy. 2nd. January 1986, the weather was very warm, and on the breakfast table he tied up a fly on a number 8 long shank using a lot of materials from the Christmas tree. His friend John Boyles who guided some of my party scoffed at the fly, saying it looked like a "Christmas Tree". He sneakily picked one up from the table and stuck it into his fishing jacket anyway! The fish were rising steadily to most well-presented flies but failed to take anything offered. John put on the "Christmas Tree" for a joke. Naturally the fish rose and took the fly nicely, the whole moment was captured on video, including the expressions of surprise and humour at "such a dumb fish". The great strength of this fly is that it floats high and was very visible in fast rivers but to his surprise it works equally well on still water and these days has become the fly of choice for many anglers on lakes and reservoirs.

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Silver and Red Bead Buzzer

The Silver and Red Bead Buzzer is semi-transparent and red to replicate the gaseous body just before hatching. It is best used for fishing near to the surface film. Retrieve very slowly with occasional quicker movement to give a rising and falling action.

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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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Tatiana

The Tatiana has a killer black and yellow colour combination. It is a devastating early season pattern and the jungle cock gives it a real presence when fishing in icy waters. This is a fly that often produces swift, savage takes, which is why this fly is tied to an extra strong Ken Sawada hook.

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The Simmons Snail

The Simmons Snail is very attractive to Big brown trout. Unlike our other snails which are made with resin, the Simmons Snail is tied using traditional materials. Both types are equally successful, but there is definitely a different feel to fishing this snail.

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Holy Grail Hare's Ear

The Holy Grail Hare's Ear is one of the highly succussful Holy Grail series of flies. It is one of the most versatile nymphs for trout ever tied, an absolute killer in any water. It is a devastatingly effective fly that brings fish to the net in a wide variety of waters and conditions. A 'buggy' nymph that seems to imitates almost any natural nymph that trout find tasty. Let it tumble in runs and riffles or a deep water feeding channel in an English chalk stream or an Alaskan creek. Stripping it in still waters brings remarkable results.

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Griffith's Gnat

The Griffith's Gnat is an extremely versatile fishing fly. This fly pattern gives a good working impression of an emerging midge fighting for its freedom. The key to this patterns success lies in how it stands high on the surface film of the water. The tips of the hackle barbs leave tiny footprints on the surface of the water which mimic those created by the legs of a real insect. It is best between March and October and also makes an excellent grayling pattern.

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