Best winter flys to tie for beginnners

[inkey]

any you guys able to recommend me any flys that i should tie that will be deadly this winter.

tied some floating fry last night and some buzzers
was looking at tying some lures for the fry bashers any ideas?

is the Appetiser as good as a fly as it made out?

[richardw]

Originally Posted by inkey

...is the Appetiser as good as a fly as it made out?

Yes, especially if there are perch fry on the menu.

richard

[gazza1954]

Originally Posted by inkey

any you guys able to recommend me any flys that i should tie that will be deadly this winter.

tied some floating fry last night and some buzzers
was looking at tying some lures for the fry bashers any ideas?

is the Appetiser as good as a fly as it made out?

What about a few cats whiskers long and short shank. They are easy to tie
and catch plenty of fish.

[inkey]

Originally Posted by richardw

Yes, especially if there are perch fry on the menu.

richard

cheers il have to give them a try

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Originally Posted by gazza1954

What about a few cats whiskers long and short shank. They are easy to tie
and catch plenty of fish.

I have some tied up have to tie up some more thats white and green with the white tail near head also?

[SharkeyP]

It doesn't require much fly-tying skill, more like jewelry-making, but the Beaded Apps bloodworm is deadly on small stillwaters, especially silty areas and weedbeds. Fished as a point fly with a buzzer or two on droppers, v-e-r-y s-l-o-w retrieve and BANG!

I've caught on the Appetiser but it pales alongside a Cat's Whisker which is another easy tie and catches thousands of trout all year round. The linked video includes Jungle Cock cheeks but they are expensive and it will catch perfectly well without them. Goose biots in hot orange give an nice aggressive 'go-faster' effect for less money.

Tight wraps!

SharkeyP

[flytier07]

Originally Posted by SharkeyP

It doesn't require much fly-tying skill, more like jewelry-making, but the Beaded Apps bloodworm is deadly on small stillwaters, especially silty areas and weedbeds. Fished as a point fly with a buzzer or two on droppers, v-e-r-y s-l-o-w retrieve and BANG!

I've caught on the Appetiser but it pales alongside a Cat's Whisker which is another easy tie and catches thousands of trout all year round. The linked video includes Jungle Cock cheeks but they are expensive and it will catch perfectly well without them. Goose biots in hot orange give an nice aggressive 'go-faster' effect for less money.

Tight wraps!

SharkeyP

Fully Agree Paul. Used to use goose biots before I was able to afford a jungle cock cape and find the goose biots stand up to trout teeth much better and the fish don,t seem to mind!

[inkey]

Originally Posted by SharkeyP

It doesn't require much fly-tying skill, more like jewelry-making, but the Beaded Apps bloodworm is deadly on small stillwaters, especially silty areas and weedbeds. Fished as a point fly with a buzzer or two on droppers, v-e-r-y s-l-o-w retrieve and BANG!

I've caught on the Appetiser but it pales alongside a Cat's Whisker which is another easy tie and catches thousands of trout all year round. The linked video includes Jungle Cock cheeks but they are expensive and it will catch perfectly well without them. Goose biots in hot orange give an nice aggressive 'go-faster' effect for less money.

Tight wraps!

SharkeyP

Thanks i have ll the items that i need to tie up some cats whiskers

[SharkeyP]

Have a go at the Apps too. Just buy some red stretch floss. Some tiers will swear to certain brands but I got some Veniards out of a bargain bucket and the Trout seem to like it. Likewise some people pay a lot for the beads but if you go in a craft shop you should be able to buy a box of rocailles (silvered glass beads) for a pound, or two at most. Not all the beads in the box will fit on a B175 but a B170 or a fine wire hook like a Tiemco or Grip barbless work as well. I tend to tie them on a size 12. Any hot orange or hot red thread or floss will do for the tag.

Oh, and any small black buzzer will pick up fish throughout the winter, good practice for your thread wraps.

SharkeyP

[garyj]

Don't dismiss a few simple tadpole style lures, green/black always produces in the winter months

[inkey]

anyone know where i could get the materials needed to tie the Appetiser lure dont understand how to do the hackel in red and green