River Dee,North Wales

[painter]

My second season as a fly fisherman and now looking to tie my own flies,I am looking for guidance on which patterns to tie suitable for trout on the R.Dee(Corwen Anglers) in (March/April/May)

[allanw]

All these have worked for me bit early for some
mallard&claret
Bibio
peter ross
teal blue and silver
black penell
partridge&orange
snipe & purple
stoneflies black and olive
gold ribbed hares ear nymph
daddy long legs
coachman
blue zulu
butcher
bloody butche
silver invicta
greenwells glory
Blue Dun
Olive Dun
black gnat
march brown
wickhams fancy
cinnamon sedge
Grey Duster
Klinkhammers
V Small Green F Fly

[pedros]

Painter,

You will probably get a lot of suggestions, but for very easy tying and effectiveness, look up the Cul de Canon pattern.
Another simple pattern for early season would be small shuttlecocks, just tying thread in olive or black then CDC. Perhaps a bit of mole for the thorax.

If you practice these on #14's and #16's, you should then be able to scale down on the shuttlecocks.

The above patterns will generally catch you fish all trout season.

BTW, if using the CDC patterns tie quite a few of each one as they can get rather mashed once you start getting a few fish.

HTH

[painter]

Many thanks for your input,I can now make a start tomorrow