Photos of the flies I tie. This page will be deleted by the end of July 2022.
yellow daddy with a detached body
Dark Olive Dabbler
something I dreamed up
Silver Drake
A silver Grey Corrib.
Light olive CDC
A duckfly pattern of mine. Holo silver tinsel abdomen fibbed with silver wire, lightly barred white CDC wings, red fur thorax and one turn of a long black hen hackle on a size 12 curved hook
Soldier Palmer Muddler
Waterhen spider dressed on a size 16 hook.
A simple spider pattern
A golden Olive Bumble variant. Gold tag, Green olive badger and golden olive cock hackles and a mexican blue back head hackle.
Sooty Bumble
A wee blue devil but tied with a gold tinsel body. I think the combination of blue and gold is seriously underrated
Currys Red
Mystery
Jeannie
Octopus Shrimp
Claret Ally’s
Green Cascade
Lemon Shrimp on a wee treble. Great early season fly
Gold Bodied Willie Gunns
Wilkinson Cascade
Silver Doctor
Dunkeld
Long tail Beltra
logie
Thunder and Lightening
One for the grilse
Hair winged green peter
Raymond
Bumper
This was tied for Orkney many years ago
Grey Monkey
Green Monkey
Muddler claret bumble
Watsons Bumble Muddler
Silver Daddy
Green Stimulator
Copper daddy
Garry Dog
ElverBlue StimulatorOne for fishing the deeps on maskMcLaren Kate
Mayfly dabbler
Silver Invicta Bumble
One of my own for the hatches of dark olive buzzers on the hill loughs around hereLight olive Elk Hair CaddisOlive Elk hair CaddisLarge (size 4) Green peter tied for salmon on Lough Beltra
superdaddy
my crunchie shrimpsanctuarymuddled green highlandergreen giantclaret dabbler
black sedge
foam ant
Grey MonkeyTreacle Parkiniron blue spiderribble rouserred-midge-size-16bead pheasant tailPlover and hares ear – one of my favouritesgold holo spiderPearly spiderplover and quillOlive french partridge spiderNapper TandymagpieHot spot spider, this one is a size 18goldhead olive nymphpartridge and Copperclaret-partridge-spiderI know this fly as the Butcher SpiderBlack and Gold spiderRed Tailed Kate. I use a cock pheasant breast feather for the head hackle.Malloch’s Favouritepoly spinnerBodie Special. A fly from Scotland, I changed the body from black floss to black holo tinselTedsTeal backed gadgetTan ClouserWhite Clouserdeceiverblack deceiverpink clouserbead sedge pupaemergerGoldhead hares eargoldhead PTWhite MuddlerSulphur MuddlerOlive Damsel. Doesn’t look much but it is deadly for ‘bowsHot Head DaddyGold Head Daddyred muddlerMarabou DamselGold body Willie GunnYellow Torrish.Rebelsilver Thunder Stoatsilver GarrySilver Doctor hairwingThe Mediatorthe BurtonSilver stoat on a tiny size 16 treblea big Hairy Mary, one for the springersClaret and Gold shrimpPurple ShrimpLemon ShrimpClan Chiefmuddler willie gunnJaffamuddler green peter on a long shank hookMuddler Goats ToeJungle Goats Toeloch ordieHair wing Green peterGrey wing salmon goslingSalmon Green PeterGolden Olive Hairy MaryFoxford shrimpFiery Brown MurroughFiery Brown ChiefEany TailfireClaret Bumble muddlerClaret Bumble, glister headClaret BumbleConnemara Blackclan peterClan Chief MuddlerGoats Toe variantBlack DoctorBlack BrahanMuddled Beltra BadgerMagenta BumbleJennings DabblerOrkney Peach MuddlerThe Black DaddyClaret and Blue, a good fly for sea troutIPNpink bunnyGreen GoslingCinnamon HedgehogRusty hedgehogFP dry mayflyQuacka special for Carrowmore lakeBlue muddlerTeal, Blue and silver muddlersunburst bumble muddlergreen peter muddlermuddler daddyclaret bumble muddlermirage mayflyholo gold march brownlime tailed bibioKerry BibioJointed MayflyJungle Goats ToeCaddis emergerGuinea Fowl and SilverGrouse Loch ordieGreen-tailed Loch Ordie muddlerGreen Stimulatorgreen palmernormal dressing of the green dabblerBlue/Green DabblerGrasshopperGolden Olive Dabblermy light Golden Olive Bumble.Francolin Loch OrdieFiery Brown sedgeSilver Dabbler variantblue muddler dunkeld. Good fly for Bilberry lakeclaret daddyCharlie McLean, a wet fly from the HebridesCinnamon and GoldBloody Kate McLarenBlue Delphimuddler headed blue zuluBruiserBumper, this started out as a sea trout attractor pattern but works well for browns and rainbows on scottish lochsSoldier Palmerblack loch ordieclaret murroughBenbecula Ke-Hestandard Raymond dressing. I am always messing around trying to improve this one!rusty spinnerolive Adamsolive emergerHumpymidgedry Deerhair sedgeHi-viz Adams klinkIrresistibleMadam XMy BWO spinnerDry GRHEAdams KlinkDry AdamsSnowflakeDelphi on a salvaged size 8 double hookMary AnnBlue Elver in useable conditionBibioGeorge variant.White tail OctopusYellow Green PeterClan KateRed midge spiderBlack and Gold Shrimp, a favourite of mine for the grilseSilver Invicta, size 12Silver March BrownPeter Ross, this lad is tied on a doubleKate McLaren, muddler head and a bright yellow tailWatson’s BumbleA bushy Green Peter- as likely to rise a salmon as a troutThe DelphiWickhams FancyThe Gullred muddler raymondA rather tired looking White Hackled InvictaA White hackled Green Peter, a cracking flyGolden Olive ShrimpHairwing Bloody ButcherBloody DabblerWestern Lakes dabblerBlae and BlackThe wormflyBlae and SilverDark SedgeRed tailed KatieBlack WickhamsWatson’s FancyGold Ally’sMuddler headed Claret BumbleGreen shrimpMurrays SpiderRed Stoat’s TailJungle Silver DaddyGoats Toe, size 6A small Green PeterFoxford Shrimp
Hi Fergus, Really glad you like the flies I tie. Yes, I sell them. Just let me know what you want and I can tie them up for you. I charge €2 each plus post and packing. Thanks for following the blog. Stay safe! Colin
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I really love your flies, do you sell them at all?
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Hi Fergus, Really glad you like the flies I tie. Yes, I sell them. Just let me know what you want and I can tie them up for you. I charge €2 each plus post and packing. Thanks for following the blog. Stay safe! Colin
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