Fishing Flies

  • Winged Nymphs special-nymphsThis type of nymphs are new developed based on 2 years of fishing in rivers with high educated fish. I use this fly especially for trout in deep, medium or low running pools where big fish are located. The nymph bellow is one of my favorite for trout: One for grayling: Read more
  • Micro Nymphs tied using perdigones style micro-baetis-tied-perdigones-stylePerdigones are nymphs tied by Spanish fishermen and are used  in rivers with very high fishing pressure where fish are educated. It is easy to catch fish  in the first part of the season when water level is a little bit high because the fish will not see you very well and needs energy  after ... Read more
  • Ants for fishing trout and Grayling pupking winged ant for trout and graylingThese are ants that I start tying from a while. I prefer on grub hooks instead of classic hook because I believe that an anatomical aspect will help in presentation  and will look more natural.   I prefer to tie them on Demmon DGS 900 – a light barbless hook that I like for my delicate  flies ... Read more
  • Hot Time Emerger CDC emerger with yellow ribbingOk, I returned back after a while (problems with hackers who put down 3 times my blog). Here is a simple emerger tied with CDC only. I use only CDC for body and I use only CDC for wing.  What I like at this fly is  the air bobbles attached on the body and  how the CDC ... Read more
  • Hends Quill Nymphs nymphs-made-with-hends-quillAgain a nymph that is easy to tie: a Hends Quill Nymph. What I like at this nymphs is the shades of the body color and the translucency. Another god aspect: is very  resistant  fly and it sinks very well. So for those who want to fish  using dry rods with long leaders (aprox 4-5m) and ... Read more
  • Ants for fishing trout and grayling black-ant-for-trout-and-graylingThe ants season starting. You can see them everywhere, on the rivers bank, in the trees ,  very happy and full of energy. When small rains start, these ants are flushed away into the rivers. In that moment all fish eat  with frenzy all terrestrial bugs. So in these situation  my advice is to have a ... Read more
  • 2 nymphs that work excellent at trout at the beginning of the season ninfe-per-cacciaBeing here in Italy I started to go fishing in a few beautiful rivers from Lombardia (Adda, Olio, Serio and Mastallone) The most efficient flies are bellow: A variant of GRHE: Another variant of GRHE emerger:   First fly looks very nice when  is wet. The orange hot spot and the UV ribbing material  looks very interesting and the CDC ... Read more
  • Fly tying – a better nymph for smart fish UV-hot-spot-nymph-step-9For those who like to fish with nymphs here is one nymph that I use on rivers with high pressure of fishing. I like to use and test new materials because in time the fish will know all flies used by fishermen (of course if C&R is used) and will be difficult to ... Read more
  • Tying a simple emerger with CDC emerger10Nothing complicated, only a bunch of CDC and dubbing. Any beginner can make this fly and seems that the trout love this fly especially on lakes. The common mistakes made by others is: cutting the CDC, the wing is not long enough, not enough CDC feathers. These flies are tied on size ... Read more
  • Super Floating Sedge graylingThe Super Floating Sedge is a fly that I love to use  in  big rivers or big lakes for large trout and grayling. This fly  is easy and funny tot tie  and I recommend it for any  beginner fly tyier in using CDC for making bodies or wing for his flies. Materials: Hooks: Demmon DSD 100BL for very ... Read more