North Country Fly Pictures
Some well known and some not so well known Spiders from the North Country.
Enjoy looking at flies from history which still catch fish to this day. flies of beauty with minimal use of fur and feather.
Waterhen Bloa |
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Dark Watchett |
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Partridge & Orange |
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Snipe & Purple |
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Black Magic |
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Brown Shiner |
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River Derwent |
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Dark Moorgame A small dark needle fly style hackled with a Grouse or Moorgame hackle. |
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River Derwent |
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Light Moorgame A small fly with the hackle from under the wing of a young Grouse. |
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Fogg Black The small black fly can be found by cut hay fields in the later summer months, also called yorkshire Fogg. |
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Woodcock & Orange A great wee fly thats a general all rounder. The body can be darkened with wax till near black or straight from the spool but will always catch fish. |
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Modernised Siders Some famous spiders modernised with halographic tinsel bodies. Partridge & orange, Snipe & purple Woodcock & orange. |
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February Red. A small early Stonefly. |
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Dark Spanish Needle A great early Stonefly pattern. |
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Light Spanish Needle. A lighter version for summer. Needle comes from the shape and colouring of cheap imported needles of the 1800's. |
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Dotterel Dun. A magnificent summer fly with a hackle of a Golden Plover instead of the rare Dotterel of the high peaks. |
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WaterHen & Black. A small early Stonefly copy that will fish all year. Stankhen in Scots. |
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Old Master. a great fly for warm summer days. |
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Partridge & Yellow. A light low water summer fly. |
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woodcock & Orange. A really good all round fly. The herl head originates from the days of gut casts or to show the flies head. |
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Stone Bloa. Small light Stonefly. |
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