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Traditional Drys

Dry fly fishing is probably the most challenging of fly fishing methods, it definitely is most fun and matching the hatch is an art which needs to be perfected when dry fly fishing. Select your dry fly to mimic the insect life around you, matching the hatch is quite easy if you take some time to observe which flies are around and if indeed the trout are rising out of the water to take them.
Hackled dry flies are best fished with a small amount of floatant to help keep them from being water logged and a more buoyant consistency.

Model: 409-7
The hawthorn Fly should be used when you see insects falling into the water. The hawthorn fly is generally used in May but never disregard it throughout the summer, its a big tempter for the trout. On sunny spring days, hawthorn flies flit along the hedgerows and among low bushes,  and if ..
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Model: 410-3
W J Lunn fishing flies are some of the most traditional patterns around, favoured by many anglers, they will never go out of fashion.The Lunn’s Houghton Ruby an imitation of the female iron-blue spinner, one of the trouts most favourite meals. The ruby in truth was William’s second attempt at co..
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Model: 405-6
The Iron Blue Dun dry fly is a standard hackled classic trout fly that has a permanent home in most UK fisherman's boxes. The Iron Blue Dun Fly is a representative of the male dun, hatches occur throughout the season. Surprisingly often on poor weather days when there are no other dun to b..
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Model: 405-3
The jingler is a great early season dry fly, requested in specifically for the Dales I see these treasures getting good results in rivers and still water alike..
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Model: 407-9
The Kaufmann Stimulator a popular fly pattern with an attractive body and stiff hair wing. use with a little floatant if necessary. This fly was created by master fly tyer Randall Kaufmann. It is designed to ride neatly on the surface of the water and imitates stoneflies and grasshoppers. ..
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Model: 401-2
The Kites Imperial dry fly is an imitation of the large olive dun, created in 1962 by Oliver Kite, fly-fisher and entomologist.  The Kites Imperial trout fly was originally used on the Welsh scene this fly has become a success on most rivers since.A very popular dry fly..
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Model: 402-1
The mighty midge trout fly, the imitative still water anglers 'bread and butter' fly, is a fish-catcher supreme, but how many river fly-fishers use this brilliant fly in its various stages especially in micro-sizes . How many occasions do we go to the river bank and see fish rising. The usual train ..
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Model: 410-4
The Leckford professor dry fly was designed originally by Ernest Moss who was a river keeper on the River Test, designed for cautious fish, its popularity caught on across the country for Rivers and Streams..
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Model: 401-3
The Loch Ordie trout fly is a popular dry fly. The loch ordie will scuttle over the water surface certainly creating attention. A super snack for the trout we can recommend the loch ordie fly. It was originally created as a dapping fly, but has become widely used as its success rate soared. The loch..
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Model: 410-2
Lunns Particular, developed of course by the famous William Lunn who was the keeper on the river Test 1887 - 1932. He did a range of patterns on the dry flies, the Lunns Particular still fishes well in Rivers and Chalk streams all over the world..
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Model: 417-2
March Brown Dry flies work on still waters or rivers being buggy looking the trout love it. Its name suggest this should be used in March, However, it is a very effective fly in general now and in fact you do not see many of the brown mayflies around any more, but that does not seem to make any diff..
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Model: 401-4
The Olive Dun Trout Flies are a must for your fly box all year round. Olive Dun Flies are found in rivers all over the UK and as the dun flies hatch all year you never know when you will need them...
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