Flies When To Use

MARCH TO APRIL

APRIL TO MAY

NAME OF FLYMarch 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 SIZE10, 12, 14 14 14 14 14, 16 14 14 14,16 16 14 14

NAME OF FLYDark 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 SIZE14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14, 16 16

JUNE

JULY

NAME OF FLYCrane 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 SIZE14, 16 14 14 12, 14 14 14 14 14 14, 16 16 14, 16 18, 20 16 16 16

NAME OF FLYRed 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 SIZE14, 16 14, 16 14, 16 14 14 14 14 14 14, 16 14, 16 14

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

NAME OF FLYAugust 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 SIZE12, 14 12, 14 14 14,16 16 14, 16 14 14 14 14

NAME OF FLYPale Watery Dun Spent Willow Iron Blue Medium Olive Blae & Ginger White Tip or Duck Tip Crane Swallow Pale Olive Teal & Black

HOOK SIZE16 14 14, 16 14 14 14, 16 14, 16 14 14

RECOMMENDED DRY FLIES TO BE USED ON THE UPPER AVON.

MARCH TO APRIL

MAY ONWARDS

NAME OF FLYBadger & Yellow Scotch Grey Dark Spring Olive Spider Iron Blue Dun Spider March Brown Spider Greenwell’s Spider

HOOK SIZE14 – 16 14 – 16 14 16 10 – 12 14 – 16

NAME OF FLYPale Watery Spider Black Spider Medium Olive Sand Fly Spider Blue Winged Olive Pale Evening Dun Pheasant Tail

HOOK SIZE14 – 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.

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