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For slow water, where the fish gets a long look Fast water forces a quick decision and a fish will take something imperfect. Slow water does the op...

Tactical means you get the weight you actually asked for The word gets used loosely, but on a nymph it means something specific: a slim profile, a ...

Bead and rib in the same metal, and it looks it The copper bead is the version that matches the fly to itself: the same warm metal as the wire rib ...

CdC on a sunk fly, which is less common than it should be CdC is thought of as a dry fly material, but the same barbules that trap air also trap ti...

Two white biots, and nothing in the river looks like that The white goose biots laid along the back are what make a Prince a Prince, and they are t...

Drift it, swing it, drag it or bomb it Some nymphs only work one way. This is not one of them, and that is the argument for carrying it: the same f...

The one to tie on when the fish have seen everything A bright bead is a liability on hard-fished water. Black is the stealth option: it adds the tu...

Rubber legs keep moving when the fly is not The point of a big searching nymph is that a fish notices it from a distance, and rubber legs do that b...

A spot of red, for the reason nobody can quite explain Trout show a persistent liking for a touch of red on a nymph, and the red tungsten bead puts...

The standard, and still the one that gets the first cast Gold is the bead most nymphs are built around, and there is a reason it has not been displ...

Epoxy over the back, and it stays looking new A clear coat over the wing case does two things. It holds a smooth, hard surface that reflects light ...

The flash is on the back, where a fish looking up will see it Position matters as much as colour. A strip of red laid along the top of the fly rath...

A trigger in the body, not on the head This is the odd one in the family and the most useful on tricky water. The hare's fur is blended with UV fla...

A pheasant tail that stopped pretending to be subtle A plain pheasant tail is an imitation. Add legs, UV dubbing and a flashback and you have somet...

Turn over a rock and see how much of it is black Most of what lives on a river bed is small and dark, and a black nymph covers more of it than any ...

Named Hoover, because it sucks up every fish in the stream Tied on a Tiemco 2457 super strong curved nymph hook with a wide gape. Curved wide gape...

Fill a box full of these, and you can't go wrong. When the mayflies go off, reach for the Category 3 Pheasant Tail Southside BTB for your next fly ...

The classic pheasant tail nymph revamped and just as deadly. The Category 3 Pheasant Tail Northside BTB is a variation on the tried and tested phea...

Tied on a Tiemco 2457 super strong curved nymph hook with a wide gape. Curved wide gape hooks give you a better hook set. Another Pheasant tail v...

Most nymph boxes are two sizes too big Small dark mayfly nymphs make up more of what a trout eats than anything else in the water, and they are con...

Named Hoover, because it sucks up every fish in the stream Tied on a Tiemco 2457 super strong curved nymph hook with a wide gape. Curved wide gape...

Named Hoover, because it sucks up every fish in the stream Tied on a Tiemco 2457 super strong curved nymph hook with a wide gape. Curved wide gape...

Another Pheasant tail variant with ice blue dubbing in the thorax This is the gold tungsten bead version. A firm favourite with trout worldwide. T...

Get this fly up in front of fish with a good presentation and there is a pretty good chance they will eat it Tied on a Tiemco 2457 super strong c...