LOCH STYLE FLIES

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(WET FLY OR LOCH STYLE FLY)

It was the summer of 2000 that I first became involved on English style Loch Style fly fishing and slowly I accumulated an arsenal of techniques and flies. I really enjoy tying flies and so as I have seen various patterns I have tied them and tried them. Most have been discarded and just a few have won a place in my  Loch Style fly box - this is more of a class of flies rather than just a fly because it is easy to adapt the pattern to your preferred colour combination.
 

MATERIALS FOR THE KATE McLAREN: Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Black Tail - Yellow cock hackle fibres Body - Black dubbing Palmered hackle - Black cock hackle Rib - Fine silver wire Front Hackle - Speckled brown hen or English Partridge hackle	MATERIALS FOR MARCH BROWN BOB: Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Brown Tail - Kip tail dyed orange Body - Brown / gold dubbing Palmered hackle - Brown / red cock hackle Rib - Fine gold wire Front Hackle - Speckled brown hen or English Partridge hackle	MATERIALS FOR THE ZULU BOB: Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Black Tail - red cock hackle fibres Body - Black dubbing Palmered hackle - Black cock hackle Rib - Fine silver wire Front Hackle - Black hen  hackle

FROM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION YOU CAN WORK OUT THE PATTERNS FOR DIBBLER TYPE FLIES TIED TO IMITATE OUR AUSTRALIAN MAYFLIES

BAETIS EMERGERS

TAN #14 Tan tail and body, brown wings and ginger beard.
BROWN #14 Brown / olive tail and body, brown wings and brown beard.
PALE WATERY #14 Light olive / grey tail, grey / olive body, grey wings and light olive beard.
BLUE WINGED OLIVE #14 Olive tail and body, bluish grey wings and grey and olive beard.
GREY #12 Grizzly and brown hackle fibre tail, blue rabbit underfur body, grizzly hackle slip wings and grizzly and brown hackle fibre beard.
BLACK #16 All black.
 

CAENIS EMERGERS

GREY #16 Dress as for an Adams.
BROWN #16 All brown.
 

LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE, ONISCIGASTRIDAE AND KOSCIUSZKO EMERGERS