Since Frank Sawyer gave the Pheasant Tail the shape of a nymph, the simple design with feathers from the tail of a pheasant and fine copper wire has not stopped catching trout around the world.
The variants for the eter...
Frank Sawyer must have never imagined that this simple nymph, perfected in the River Avon, would become a classic that is included in every angler’s fly box. Sawyer wanted a nymph that made an attractive sound when rea...
This famous fly was designed to imitate large dark stonefly nymphs of North America. It was first tied by Lew Oatman of New York. The stonefly nymph essentially lives in fast flowing freestone rivers. This style of nymph...
The Strangford eel was designed by me a couple of years ago for hunting sea trout on Stengford Lough which is situated on the East coast of Northern Ireland.Tied on a no 6 deep water nymph hook it is also a great pattern...
If you take a look around t’interweb you will see more versions of the Klinkhamer than you can shake a stick at. Some of them are useful, many are just someone’s interpretation of Hans’ original, and some are a jok...
Still Going Strong, The BiColour Nymph 10 Years On.
Not much good has come from the decline of British industry.
One of the great benefits is that many of the rivers which were once treated as
sewers have recovered. Yo...
