Rubber Legged Montana
The rubber legged Montana trout fly has been commissioned by one of the CudaFly customers and extras have been tied for the site. The Montana has been a top trout catching trout fly for many years and its effectiveness is increased by in addition of the rubber legs. The customer in question swears by them! [...]
How to Tie the Gel Core Viva Blob
The chartruese cheeks vibrate in the water and are extreemly visable in all light conditions. Had a lot of success with this fly at midland resevoirs and now looks and fishes much better with gel core fritz. Materials Required Thread – Black UTC 70 Hook – Size #10 Competition Heavy Tail – Laser Lite Soft [...]
How To Tie The Nomad
Fly Pattern History This is one of the most famous and successful lures of all time. The original pattern was designed and fished by the Nomad fly fishing team based out of the midlands. Using this fly the team won most of the major still water competitions and consequently was kept on the ‘secret list’ [...]
How To Tie The Cactus Sparkler
Fly Pattern History I got this idea many seasons ago when competition fly fishing on the larger still waters such as Chew and Gratham and fishing international competition rules. Sparklers proved very effective during early and late season and also when the fisheries had been re stocked. When pleasure fishing during the winter fritz lures [...]
How To Tie The JC Viva
Fly Pattern History The VIVA in its many forms has been catching rainbow trout since the days when Bob Church was winning competitions left right and centre with his super fast sinking lead core lines. This particular version is one of my favourite point flies on a 3 or 4 fly cast whilst reservoir competition [...]
How To Tie The Glister Hot Spot Hares Ear
History Nearly all still water venues have populations of both shrimp and hog louse and some of these populations are huge. At varying times of the year trout will gorge themselves on these invertebrates especially during early and late seasons when fly pupae are dormant. As shrimp and hog louse are prevalent throughout the year [...]
How to tie the buzzer emerger
This is another one of those patterns that is not only easy to tie but fantastic at catching trout. I came across this pattern a few years ago when I was doing allot of competition fishing. In the afternoon on match days the fish tend to become very finicky after seeing so many blobs etc [...]
