Which Flies

The club regularly receive queries regarding which fly to use or what works well on the Almond. The answer that you will get depends greatly on the river condition as well as what time of the year it is. But as a general recommendation the club would suggest:

Brown Trout:


Green Olive,Iron Blue,C.D.C.Olive,Grey Duster
Pearl Thorax Cruncher,G.R.H.E, P.T.N, Green Halo D/Bach
Jersey Herd,Pearly Invicta,Partridge and Orange, Silver March Brown

Sea Trout:

Teal Blue and Silver, Grey Squirel, Silver Doctor, Medecine, Silver Stoats Tail

Salmon:

Shrimp flies, Cascades, Black and Yellow, Willie Gunn

Step by Step Fly Tying Articles

Thank you to Chris Adams for supplying the club with this.

  1. Iron Blue Dun (5.7 Meg, pdf)
  2. Peter Ross (5 meg, pdf)
  3. Teal Blue and Silver (4.8 meg, pdf)
  4. Squirrel and Blue (6.5 meg, pdf)
  5. Pheasant Tail (4.6 meg, pdf)
  6. Ally’s Shrimp (12 meg!!, pdf)