Flies For Every Season
Olives predominate until the March Brown arrives in late March early April. Dark Olives are best to start and lighten up as the weather improves.
- Dark Olives (12)
- Medium Olives (14)
- Rough Olives (14)
- Greenwells (14)
- Greenwell
- Olive Nymphs (12-14)
- Usk Naylor (12)
- Granoms (12)
Late March
- March Browns – red/yellow/hares ear bodies (10-12)
- Goldribbed Hares Ear (12-14)
- Blue Upright (14)
- Usk Naylor (12)
April
- Iron Blue (14-16)
- Light Olive (14)
- March Brown (10-12)
- Olive Nymphs (12-14)
- Usk Naylor (12)
May, Early June
- Ginger Quill (14-16)
- Blue Dunn (14)
- Light Olive (14)
- Evening Dun (16)
- Alder & Pheasant Tail (12-14)
- Usk Naylor (12)
June and July
- Light & Dark Sedges (12-14)
- Black Knat (16)
- Ginger Quill (14)
- Ginger Variant (14)
- Coch-y-Bondu (12)
- Tups (14-16)
- Badger (14)
August
- Tups (14-16)
- Badger (14)
- Ginger Quill (14)
- Ginger Variant (14)
- Nymphs in general
September
As the season becomes cooler the fly life reverts to the early season flies especially Olives.