On the odd occasion that I fly fish for carp, I make my own dog biscuit flies using a couple of bunches of deer hair spun onto a size 2 Drennan specimen hook. Prior to this I tried buying commercially available patterns that were woeful in their construction, giving the ‘fly’ an effective – or should I say ineffective – gape, equivalent to something like a size 14 hook. Useless!

Can anyone recommend some well-made commercially available dog biscuit flies with a strong hook and a decent gape?

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