Flies When To Use
MARCH TO APRIL
| NAME OF FLY
March Brown
Teal & Black
Greenwell’s Glory
Dark Olive
Iron Blue Dun
Blae & Hare Lug (ear)
Hen Blackbird
Woodcock & Hare Lug
Starling Tip
Blae & Black
Silver Dorking |
HOOK SIZE
10, 12, 14
14
14
14
14, 16
14
14
14,16
16
14
14 |
APRIL TO MAY
| NAME OF FLY
Dark Olive
Greenwell’s Glory
Light Olive
Medium Olive
Iron Blue Dun
Sand Fly – Female
Greentail or Grammon
Guinea Fowl
Teal & Red
Yellow May Dun
Black Spider |
HOOK SIZE
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14, 16
16 |
JUNE
| NAME OF FLY
Crane Swallow
Blue Winged Olive
Ginger Quill
Yellow May Dun
Greentail or Grammon Teal & Red
Guinea Fowl
Grey Drake/Drake Spider
Small Sedge
Partridge Tail
Cow Dung
Bald Coot
Shell Fly
Double Knotted Midge Gull Blae |
HOOK SIZE
14, 16
14
14
12, 14
14
14
14
14
14, 16
16
14, 16
18, 20
16 |
JULY
| NAME OF FLY
Red Quill
Blue Winged Olive
Orange Quill
Lark and Grey
Teal & Red
Crane Swallow
Guinea Fowl
Blue Dun
Dark Silver Horn – Male
Silver Horn – Female
Teal & Red |
HOOK SIZE
14, 16
14, 16
14, 16
14
14
14
14
14
14, 16
14, 16
14 |
AUGUST
| NAME OF FLY
August Dun Spider
August Dun/Wet Winged
Blae & Ginger
White Dip (Duck Tip)
Partridge Tail
Red Tag (Spider)
Yellow Mavis
Teal & Red
Heather Fly
Dark Olive |
HOOK SIZE
12, 14
12, 14
14
14,16
16
14, 16
14
14
14
14 |
SEPTEMBER
| NAME OF FLY
Pale Watery Dun
Spent Willow
Iron Blue
Medium Olive
Blae & Ginger
White Tip or Duck Tip
Crane Swallow
Pale Olive
Teal & Black |
HOOK SIZE
16
14
14, 16
14
14
14, 16
14, 16
14
14 |
RECOMMENDED DRY FLIES TO BE USED ON THE UPPER AVON.
MARCH TO APRIL
| NAME OF FLY
Badger & Yellow
Scotch Grey
Dark Spring Olive Spider
Iron Blue Dun Spider
March Brown Spider
Greenwell’s Spider |
HOOK SIZE
14 – 16
14 – 16
14
16
10 – 12
14 – 16 |
MAY ONWARDS
| NAME OF FLY
Pale Watery Spider
Black Spider
Medium Olive
Sand Fly Spider
Blue Winged Olive
Pale Evening Dun
Pheasant Tail |
HOOK SIZE
14 – 16
14 – 16
16
14 – 16
14 – 16
14 – 16
14 – 16 |
Many Thanks to Jim Delaney of the Nathan Valley Angling Association for allowing this article to be reproduced in full.
Glengavel Water joins the Avon Water by James B Brown
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