Re: Types Of Fly
You can break this down into a few main types.
1) Lures. Basic attractor patterns designed to get fish chasing. Typical patterns include Cats Whisker, Blob. Spin-off patterns called boobies are bouyant and are designed mainly for fishing on a sunk line just clear of the lake bed, but can be fished on any density of line in order to hold one or two other flies higher up in the water.
2) Traditional wet flies. Smaller than the above. Many were designed as much as a hundred years or more ago. Not used much in modern stillwater fishing, but still effective under the right circumstances. Typical examples include Mallard & Claret, Peter Ross, Butcher, Black Pennel. It's a long list. A sub-set of these are the spider patterns that are still used very effectively on rivers. Many traditionals loosely imitate some form of water life.
3) Nymphs. Patterns designed to imitate more or less the bugs found in lakes and rivers. A vast list, but can be broken down into a more manageable bite-sized chunk. Include buzzers, pheasant tails, hare's ears, crunchers and diawl bachs in a range of sizes 10-14 and a range of colours. Some "nymphs" veer more into the lure category, eg Damsels and montanas
4) Dries. Mostly, though not exclusively, used on rivers. Flies designed to imitate the hatched insect or those blown onto the water. Mayflies of which there are at least a dozen species, sedges, buzzers, craneflies and hawthorn flies are the main suspects.
There is a lot of crossover, but in the main these are the major categories which I think is what you were after. Any good tackle shop should be willing to walk you through it with the examples in hand.
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