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Gold Head Lures

Goldhead lures are weighted fishing flies that feature a gold-colored bead head (usually brass or tungsten) combined with various body materials and tails. The gold bead serves multiple purposes - it adds weight for sinking, creates flash to attract fish, and gives the fly a realistic head profile.
Construction:
  • Gold bead head - typically brass or tungsten for weight and flash
  • Weighted design - sinks quickly to fishing depth
  • Various body materials - Fritz, chenille, marabou, or other attractant materials
  • Tail options - marabou, fox fur, or synthetic fibers
Fly Category:
  • Classified as streamers/lures
  • Work as attractors rather than specific insect imitations
  • Designed to trigger aggressive strikes from predatory fish

Why Goldhead Lures Are So Effective:

  1. Flash Factor - The gold bead creates irresistible flash underwater that mimics small fish scales
  2. Proper Presentation - Weight gets the fly down to where fish are feeding
  3. Versatile Depth - Can fish various water columns depending on retrieve speed
  4. Year-Round Success - Particularly deadly in cooler months when fish are less active
  5. Trigger Response - The combination of flash, movement, and profile triggers predatory instincts

Best Fishing Techniques:

Retrieve Methods:
  • Slow figure-of-eight - steady, enticing movement
  • Strip and pause - erratic action mimics injured baitfish
Goldhead Deadly Damsel Variant
New -43 %
Model: 6/32
These damsels have plenty of colour, on a size 10 hook they compliment any fly box, will work great for stocked rainbows...
£0.40 £0.70
Ex Tax:£0.33
Model: 1/39
The Pink / Blue flash damsel fly, another addition to the flash damsel range of trout flies. These trout flies are hot all year round on still waters, it wont let you down...
£0.59
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Model: 4/8
Dancer trout flies are known to catch fish! The vibrant colours will tempt any trout. Fish the dancer fly all year round, tied on a goldhead the  flies are super in the cooler fishing months. ..
£0.70
Ex Tax:£0.58
Model: 6/13
We love this lethal beauty designed by our good friend Jase Price, he however calls it the Grim Reaper, however being as there is indeed already a grim reaper fly used for Bass we had a vote on what suited it best.. seems we have a lot of Harry Potter fans and it kind of suits this trout catcher!..
£0.70
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Model: 5/41
The traditional Dawsons Olive fly tied on a goldhead with a twist! The pink chenille body makes for a fantastic attractor, fish these by stripping and retrieving quite quickly. Used on still water for trout all year round, one of the most popular selling flies...
£0.70
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Model: 9/9
The Goldhead ace of spades fly dates back to the 1960's and conceived by David Collyer, a very good lure for cold weather and still water trout. The Ace of Spades Fly is killing pattern when fished slow and deep, retrieve with intermittent pauses.Three sizes available...
£0.70
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Model: 9/18
The Cats Whisker fly invented by David Train in 1985, this has continued to be a successful pattern. He actually used his cats whiskers to prevent the tail wrapping round the hook, the pattern has been so popular many variants have been born from the original pattern. ..
£0.70
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Model: 7/48
The gold head Fritz trout Flies are one of the most basic yet effective lures, used constantly in the cooler months yet will get results all year round on still water lakes and reservoirs. The sparkle in the fritz and pearl flash in the tails work as an attractant to the trout. This simple lure is a..
£0.70
Ex Tax:£0.58
Model: 7/31
Resembling a small bait fish the sparklers are really just very good attractants. Trout just go for the annoyance and strike. The goldhead fritz trout flies are probably our best selling across the whole of our trout fly collection, used constantly in the cooler months yet will get results all year ..
£0.70
Ex Tax:£0.58
Model: 7/39
The gold head Fritz trout Flies are one of the most basic yet effective lures, used constantly in the cooler months yet will get results all year round on still water lakes and reservoirs. The sparkle in the fritz and pearl flash in the tails work as an attractant to the trout. This simple lure is a..
£0.70
Ex Tax:£0.58
Model: 4/27
Gold bead Black Green Thorax tadpole flies, also known as woolly buggers.Tadpole Trout flies are standard tackle for still water fishing, will work on most line types. Although we think of tadpole flies as being live bait which hatch all year for the trout to feed on, quite often the trout will stri..
£0.70
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Model: 4/33
Gold bead black tadpole flies, also known as woolly buggers, a super fly when your using lures, large still waters and trout fisheries, rainbow trout love these !..
£0.70
Ex Tax:£0.58
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