Grayling bugs

[maharg]

With the grayling season fast approaching and a moth eaten, threadbare fly box I thought I had better make a start in topping up the boxes.
To take care of the heavy fly on a Czech nymph rig I thought I would rattle up something simple. Most of them end up stuck on the bottom so close copy, twenty minutes to tie, flies are out.
Nice cheap grub hook, ok an expensive tungsten bead, some fur and away we go.
Started off with a simple hares ear then the wee devil on my shoulder had me reaching for the fancy coloured beads and a bit of dubbing with some bling.







Had a wee go at a woven beastie, think it needs some work


Then as an antidote to these monsters some size 18 nymphs.




Hope you like them.

[burhan]

all excellent flies especially the size 18's

burhan

[Eddie O'Neill]

Superb flies Graham, sure they will do the biz

[maharg]

Cheers guys.
They are pretty simple, as I said most of them get stuck on the bottom

[the beginner]

Cracking flies Graham

[Scotty Mitchell]

they are superb graham. can you tell me mate, what size are your big bugs, do you go as big as a 10? also, what size beads do you use on your size 18s, cheers
Scotty

[maharg]

The bugs are a super grub 8
The beads on the wee ones are 1.5mm

[Scotty Mitchell]

Cheers Graham. Stopped counting how many bugs are staying in the river, too many!

[darwin]

Nice work Graham, I like these. I thought pink was the colour for grayling?

[arkle]

If you can't catch grayling with that lot, your reactions are to slow. They'll take them as soon as they hit the water.