Needle flies

[REIDY10_0]

Does anyone tye up needle flies or fish with them?
I might try my hand at a couple tonight

[Dunk]

I tend to fish a small grey duster or a griffiths gnat with dun hackles, they seem to do the trick, and they have the added advantage of being general patterns - so save some space in the flybox. Look forward to seeing your efforts though - you may change my mind!

[REIDY10_0]

Then needle flies i made up last night were 2 inches long
It is a seatrout pattern like a tube fly but tied on a darning needle.
Camera is buggered but i will get a pic up ASAP.

There are some here.

Making a Needle Fly

[flyfishwithme]

Mate,
This is what I Use:

Three CDC feathers. You can leave out the tag (I think it works well in the dull light though).
1. Build the body with a twisted CDC feather, Use two CDC as 'wonder wings' tied flat along the body. Dub a thorax with the bits of fibres from the CDC feathers that you have cut off.
Simples.

[falsecast]

That's a good looking fly Phillip. I'd imagine deadly in the right conditions

[Dunk]

Then needle flies i made up last night were 2 inches long
It is a seatrout pattern like a tube fly but tied on a darning needle.
Camera is buggered but i will get a pic up ASAP.

hahaha OK, so we're talking at cross purposes here!

That's a gorgeous looking fly 'flyfishwithme'.

[marks]

Should be of use.

The Needle Fly - Part 2

Mark

[bogwoppit]

Here's a thread of mine from another forum on the needle flies I use.
(Hope this is allowed!)

Needle fly

[REIDY10_0]

Thats the ones.

Also thanks to Phil for posting the CDC fly, very nice phil i will be copying that also.

Cheers

Munro

[bogwoppit]

I've gone back to tube flies from the needle flies.
I had concerns that the needle wasn't coming free from the sleeve when I hooked a fish and the resulting leverage ended up with a low hooked to landing rate (lost a double figure fish at the net).
When you hook them on the tubes they don't come off.

Bw