I have only recently started river fishing but Im really enjoying it so far. I have tried to keep it simple with regard to fly selection, sticking with hares ears and ptns. They seem to be working ok but i was wondering what flies everyone else would recommend, especially for this time of year, thanks

Jimmy Fairgreaves Deer Hair Olive - Scottish Internationalist on the Rivers and this fly is in the book, by Stan Headley - Flies of Scotland?
The fly looks nothing spectacular, but in a spate river of North England, Wales and Scotland it's lethal.
Enjoy, Rivers are the real deal!

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"In my family, there is no clear division between religion and fly fishing."

this week i will mostly be fishin a hawthorn!!!

parachute adams...

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Charles Cotton's Black Fly
Grey Duster
Double Badger
Kite's Imperial (without a doubled thorax)
Some sort of Sedge
Pheasant Tail (dry fly)
Tup's Indispensable (variant)
Aphid
Sherry Spinner
Sturdy's Fancy

Later on you may need some more but these dry flies will see you through the first few weeks.

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

At the moment, in the River Carron system (spate river) you can use anything you like - as long as it is a Black Pennel !

Nigel

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If it doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer!

These have been doing well for me.

Thanks for the replies so far, must get tieing a few now any one else got any suggestions? Cheers

Black gnat worked a treat or me the other night when nothing else was working