essential dry flies

[golden graham]

Hi Forum
I am interested in your opinions what dry fly patterns are essential for:
1. reservoir trout fishing?
2. loch trout fishing?
What must you have in your boxes?
Is it just a top 10 with variants of colour and size?

If its not a well known pattern could you include a photo and tying details.

Now I have already asked this question on the general forum but got no answers Can you guys help educate me please.

I found an old thread from 1 year ago approx called 'default dries' and it was very interesting , great photo's etc.
Does anyone have details of the 'crippled midge' by Stan H ???

[shpeil]

Whatcha Graham,

Am fairly new to the dry fly lark, but I treat reservoirs and lochs just the same. I like:

1 Bob's Bits - size 12 and 14 - black
2. Fiery brown sedgehog, size 10. I like adding some hopper legs to it. I use this when fishing "washing line" style.
3. Red irresistible - size 12 and 14 - it's basically a grey parachute/emerger type thing, tied on a curved hook with a red holo tag.
4 G&H sedge - size 12 and 14.

I bet I can predict what other folk will come up with too... but the above is what's been working for me.

Afraid I don't have details of the crippled midge.

Neil

[Rob Edmunds]

Reservoir

Bob's Bits Size 12 and 14 in Black and Red

Hoppers size 10 and 12 in Black, Claret and Orange (including popper hoppers)

CDC shuttlecock style size 10 and 12 in red/orange/yellow mix
Claret


that would do me !

Failing that a nice orange Booby !

[flyfish947]

Hi Graham,

I am new to fly fishing too but i used a goldhead that looked like a bee and then they stopped attacking that and i moved onto a Elk hair Caddis fly here is a utube video for you.

‪How to tie easy elk hair caddis‬‏ - YouTube

‪How to tie easy elk hair caddis‬‏ - YouTube

Many Thanks

Graham

[flytyingguy]

Stan is on here so you could ask him.

My top 5 for reservoirs are as follow:

1) Size 14 Fiery Brown Hopper
2) Grunter size 12
3) Yellow owl Loch Leven size 12
4) Olive hopper size 18
5) Grey Wulff size 10


For Scottish Lochs are as follow:

1) Green Peter
2) Mosely May Wulff
3) Claret CDC
4) Olive Sedgehog
5) Claret Murrough

Hope this helps ~

Regards Calum.

[jetta1967]

Top 5 drys for my local loch -
1/ Hell's Half Hog Hopper (10's and 12's)
2/ Amber Hopper (10's and 12's)
3/ Hare's Ear Emerger (listed pics, materials on 18th July under Fly Tying Forum)
4/ Hare's Ear CDC (12's and 14's)
5/ Heather Fly (10's and 12's).

They are all quite straggly and leggy, but work well for me.
John.

[Wee Jimmy]

Originally Posted by flytyingguy

4) Olive hopper size 18

Ye whit....

I think of it in terms of profiles.......erse under,....flat on top,....high riding.
Klinks,raiders and shuttles......shippies, bits and hoppers....sedgehogs and f/flies.Those coupled with some upwings and beetles should see you alright for most situations.

[draycote flyer]

Sorry about the **** pics.
The two above have been doing the job for me the last few outings.
Hoppers 10,12s colours depending on time of year.
Big reds 10,12s
Bobs bits 12,14s
and the good old Shipmans also shuttlecocks in various colours.

Cheers Craig

[flytyingguy]

Originally Posted by Wee Jimmy

Ye whit....

I think of it in terms of profiles.......erse under,....flat on top,....high riding.
Klinks,raiders and shuttles......shippies, bits and hoppers....sedgehogs and f/flies.Those coupled with some upwings and beetles should see you alright for most situations.

Aye, great on the lake on a midge hatch, gink it up,, pull the fly doon through the water, then the fish hammer it as it comes back up

[Rob Edmunds]

Originally Posted by draycote flyer

Sorry about the **** pics.
The two above have been doing the job for me the last few outings.
Hoppers 10,12s colours depending on time of year.
Big reds 10,12s
Bobs bits 12,14s
and the good old Shipmans also shuttlecocks in various colours.

Cheers Craig

Very nice tyings !!