A bit of variety

[Donald Nicolson]

Red Alpine/Tenkara Spider
Hook: size 12
Thread: Black
Body: Red Silk
Rib: It is either silver wire or a painted wire.
I went tying crazy and forgot to note for the recipe.
Hackle: Brown, I think.


Olive Bead Nymph
Hook: Size 18
Bead: Small olive painted bead
Body: Olive camel fur
Rib: Narrow silver tinsel
Hackle: Small olive hen


Red Bead Nymph
Hook: Size 12 nymph hook
Bead; Red painted bead
Tail: Partridge fibres
Body: Partridge Fibres twisted
Rib: Flat gold tinsel
Thorax: Light Hare's Ear


This is a very old pattern, at least two hundred years, it is a simple wet
fly, as dressed by the professional fishermen on the River Tweed.
Furnace and Hare's Lug
Hook: Size 12
Wing: Furnace hen, tie as if for a soft hackle, one or two turns,
then stroke the fibres upright and with a couple of turns of thread,
tie upright.
Body: Hare's ear dubbing.