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DCAC Flytying Catalogue © DCAC 2020

Index

Andy’s Olive Emerger Organza Cats Whisker

Black Cruncher Grayling Nymph

CDC Daddy Suspender Buzzer

Corixa Roach Fry

Green Diawl Bach Perch Fry

Irish Bumble Mini Booby

Magenta Hog

Montana Nymph

Pin Fry

Red Arsed Snatcher

Silver Cruncher

Yellow Owl Buzzer

Bibbio Wet Fly

Agapatus Emerger

Diawl Bach with Jungle Cock

Black and Claret Shuggie

Black and Orange Blob

Booby Shuggie

Red And Claret Booby

Ladybower Booby Buzzer

Small Pheasant Tail Nymph

Silver Dabbler

Melvin Octopus

Black Buzzer

Rabbit Organza Zonker

Olive Damsel Muddler

Klink and Dink

Ladybower Buzzer

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A Toft Newton favourite first tied by Andy Hutson.

A small amount of thin muscilin can be added to the antron to assist with floatation although this flywill float without it.

Fished static on a floating line in reasonable conditions when there are a few fish showing, the flyrepresents a hatching olive.

Can be tied with different coloured body and thorax to represent different fly species, black is a goodalternative. Try to keep the body slim though, so it sinks into the surface film.

Strike as you would with any dry fly, give the fish time to take properly.

Watch the video from the link below.

Tying The Olive Shuttlecock

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A great fish catcher, the Cruncher is a general imitation of many flies and can be be tied in anycolour, olive, orange and claret are good examples so just change the colour to suit.

Fished in teams of two or three, on a floating line with a slow figure of eight retrieve the Cruncherproduces time after time when the fish are up in the water.

This fly, will however, catch fish on any line, a popular method is to fish on a slow sink orintermediate, sandwiched between two Blobs or weighted fly on the point and an attractor on the bob,fish will take the Cruncher on the middle dropper time after time.

The front hackle is Badger, soft hen, keep it small, Partridge hackle is a good pointer to the size ofhackle you need and can obviously be used too, on the brown coloured versions.



Autumn is the best time of year to fish the Daddy Long Legs of course, but in modern times this flycatches throughout the year either fished as a sunken lure or floating fly. Some versions even haveweighted beads, here is a tying of the floating version.

Tied with a detached deer hair body and a CDC looped wing this version floats as well as any otherbut has no hackle and so, sits lower in the water. The detached deer hair body can be substituted withgood quality foam which is easier to do, make sure the looped CDC wing has air space underneath asthis helps the fly to float a lot better.

Fished static as a floating single fly on it’s own usually brings up a fish or two, sometimes fish will tryto sink the fly before taking so leave a bit of time before trying to set the hook.

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The Corixa is a fly we have all seen in the margins, it needs an air bubble to survive under water andwe often see them coming to the surface to gather that bubble before returning to the depths. Thisaction is what the fish love and will readily take the Corixa whilst it rises and falls through the water.

I tie a floating and a sinking version, in the floating version the pheasant tail thorax cover issubstituted with a strip of foam to assist with floating the fly although you may have to apply a smallamount of muscilin from time to time to keep the fly floating. It can work though by not greasing at alland just letting the fly sink slowly, this imitates perfectly the action of the natural.

Fish on a floating line close to any marginal weed and inch along the bottom if you can. Keep a lowprofile so as not scare any fish that may be close into the bank.

Watch the Corixa video from the link below.

Corixa Video

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The Diawl Bach is a go to fly for a lot of anglers and, in it’s many colour guises catches lots of fish formany anglers. It can be tied in many colours and has probably been bastardised, as is the one above,from the original but still they all catch fish.

The name Daiwl Bach is Welsh for Little Devil and, in all essence, that’s what it is, a fish catcher.

Floating line tactics with a slow retrieve are best but this fly catches fish on any line, retrieved slowlyor pulled fast, it doesn’t seem to matter at times.

Simple to tie,you need some of these in your box in various colours, black with a green rib or red rib,orange with a green rib does well. The original fly had Peacock herl body, brown tail and beard hackleand a copper wire rib and these still work today.



The Irish Bumble flies, a series of flies used in the big Irish Loughs to great effect and they also catcha lot of fish in the English reservoirs and, in smaller sizes, on the smaller still waters.

Usually fished from the boat they are good bob flies and bring up the fish with monotonous regularity,leave the fly close to the surface at the end of the retrieve for a few seconds and, when fish take, thismakes for exiting fishing.

Tied in different colours including Claret, black, green and this olive one.

The tying is not as complicated as it looks an, with right materials is relatively easy. Try to balance thehackle and hook size to the size of the water you intend to fish keeping the hackle smaller for smallerwaters. The front hackle should be a softish hen hackle with only two to three wraps.



Hogs, as they are called are a popular floating fly and catch plenty of fish when they are up in thewater. Usually fished on a floating line, they are one of the best flies for pulling across the surface ofthe water with their inherent floating abilities.

The Hog can be tied in many colour combinations, this one is magenta because of the colour of thebody dubbing and I have included a red tag at the rear. You can, of course, also change the colour ofthe deer hair to suit but I have found that this makes little difference to the flies ability to catch.

The hardest part in the tying is the deer hair, try to keep the deer hair on top of the hook and only tie insmall bunches at a time, you should be looking at six or seven bunches on a size 10 hook.

Before varnishing the head, use your dubbing comb to comb the dubbing up into the deer hair fromboth sides, you will be surprised at the difference this makes to the look of the fly.



Introduced from the USA in the mid 1950’s, the Montana Nymph has had a few transformations andthe one you see here is the modern version. Apparently the original was a representation of the StoneFly, had a forward facing wing and was used in rivers in the USA.

The nymph can be fished on any line although floaters and slow intermediates are favoured, you don’tneed sinking lines as the fly you see here is weighted.

Fairly easy to tie on the longer shank hooks but more difficult on the short shank hook you see here.

Try to keep the lead wire weighting within the limits of the thorax or the fly will look wrong, use thesmallest size chenille you can and try not to make the hackle too long, gape of hook is about right.



In June and July most waters in the UK abound with pin fry and this fly tries to replicate that, it’s avery good fly and just “looks right” for the job.

Fish on a floating or intermediate line with short little pulls around weed beds and other obstacleswhere you would expect small fry to congregate.

An easy fly to tie, the white marabou gives it a bit of life when in the water, wind the tinsel over wetvarnish and carefully apply UV resin or two to three coats of varnish to the body before completingthe beard hackle. Take care not to varnish the marabou tail.



A fairly modern fly, the Snatcher can be tied in a variety of colour combinations, the two most popularare the red arsed and the green arsed ones, so named because of the colour of the tag.

Very popular on the bigger waters when boat fishing, the fly makes a great top dropper and worksparticularly well when pulled or hung in the surface at the end of each retrieve on a floating orintermediate line.

Reasonably easy to tie as long as the material proportions are followed, the red or green tag should bevarnished and the fly completed when the varnish has dried although, you could use UV or wind thetag over super glue to hasten the tying.

The front hackle should be soft hen and the Jungle Cock cheeks shouldn’t be too big.



I thought I would include another Cruncher, this one, although in looks, the same as any otherCruncher is different to tie.

Invented and used by Rob Denson, the Silver Cruncher is more difficult to tie because of the use ofthe flat pearlescent tinsel and stripped Peacock herl.

This is a lovely looking fly and should be fished the same as any other cruncher as described page 3.



Well, what can I say about the Yellow Owl buzzer? It catches fish, it catches more fish for me thanany other buzzer and I love buzzer fishing which represents the Chironamid fly.

Fish on a floating line with the breeze blowing from left to right, or the other way if you are lefthanded, let the line drift and bow in the wind and get ready for some savage pulls. Fish as part of ateam of three on the point or use the washing line technique with a couple of Yellow Owls on thedroppers.

Tying, as with any buzzer, is easy as long as you get the proportions right, finish with three coats ofvarnish or a coat of UV and a coat of varnish and leave plenty of time to dry.

You can, of coarse tie buzzers in any colour you like, this is my favourite but black and olive are alsoexcellent, black in particular in early season.

Watch the video Tying An Epoxy Buzzer from the link below.

Tying an Epoxy Buzzer Video

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A great wet fly that catches everywhere, the Bibbio produces fish when other flies fail.

Simple to tie with few materials and works on a variety of lines and depths from floaters to fastsinkers.

One of the old flies that have stood the test of time and still work well today.



A Stuart Croft flu for the rivers.

Tied to represent the tiny Agapatus Emerger as it swims across the water surface in it’s attempt toclimb the river bank.

This is a reasonably easy fly to tie as long as you get the proportions right and can manage the smallerhook sizes.

A touch of muscilin to the wing will help it float better.



Tied and fished as the Diawl Bach on page 6.

I thought I would add this so we can see what a difference the Jungle Cock makes.



The Shuggie, or Humongous is a great reservoir lure and can be tied in many colours.

Fished on any line it can and does catch fish on a lot of venues and is highly regarded.

The Shuugie name is of Scottish origin and the fly is known in England as the Humongous.

The eyes are tied on first with figure of eight wraps and a drop of super glue, if you are tying a few, tieall the eyes on first and then dress the flies. If you want to stay within international rules, nip theMarabou tail off until the fly fits inside the gauge. You can use a different colour for the front hackle,the one in the picture is two wraps of blue hen.



The Blob, not something that a lot of people go for when they think of fly fishing, but in it’s variousguises, it catches loads of fish for a lot of anglers from a lot of waters so, I can’t ignore it.

The one in the picture is two tone which is popular. They can be tied in a variety of colourcombinations, Marabou tails can be added and so can foam, the fly then becomes the FAB, (FoamArsed Blob), which floats.

The fritz I use is from FNF and is called 15 mm Jelly fritz. It’s easier to use than normal fritz becauseof its construction which places the fibres on one side of the material making it easier to wrap.

Keep it wetted when tying and get as tight as you can.

To keep proportion start tying from opposite the point of the hook.



An adaptation of the Shuggie or Humongous from page 17.

This one obviously floats but can be fished on any line.

Most tyers prefer to tie the eyes on before tying the fly, I always tie mine on last as I think they holdbetter this way and give a better finish to the fly. Only use top quality foam.

I make the eyes myself using core bits which are readily available and shape the end of the eyes with aDremmel tool. The eyes on the example above are cut to 10 mm long and are 6 mm in diameter.



Another Booby, this one in Red and Claret. Boobies can be tied in any colours you wish to try, certainwaters have favourite colours so do your home work before visiting.

Obviously not tied to represent anything, Boobies are however, a very versatile fly indeed.

The original style of fishing involved using a sinking line and very short leader to suspend the fly 18inches or so above the lake bed, this is now frowned upon and indeed, banned on many watersbecause of the deep hooking it provokes for taking fish.

Boobies can though, be used in many other situations, fishing the washing line with a Booby on thepoint suspends your droppers close to the surface and used on the top dropper, dictates the depth atwhich you can fish. Pulled on a slow sink line they pop up to the surface when the retrieve is stoppedand fish find this very tempting indeed.



A variation of mine on the original Ladybower Buzzer brought to us by Iain Lindsay, this oneincorporates the booby eyes and floats or pops back up when fished sink and draw style with sinkingline.

Easy to tie, the booby eyes on the example above are 6 mm but you can go bigger or smaller to suit.

Being awkward, I tie the booby eyes on last, my thinking being that they stay more secure that wayand don’t twist around the hook as much.



Brought to us by John Steel from Toft Newton this miniature Pheasant Tail catches fish when nothingelse does.

Fish on a floating line and just leave it.

Simple to tie but make sure the proportions are right, tied short like the one above make it seem evensmaller than it is. If you haven’t got Cock De Leon, use Pheasant tail Fibres or brow cock hackle butkeep it to a minimum.



Another cracking Irish Lough fly the Silver Dabbler is typical of all Irish dabblers and is fished thesame as the Bumble described on Page 7

Not the easiest of flies to tie but not that difficult with quality materials, particularly the BronzeMallard. Good when there are small fry about.



This fly is used in May, June and July.

This fly was first designed by Stan headley for Lough Melvin.

It is a great top dropper fly on a team of wets at Mayfly time. It is now fished all over Ireland and hasacquired a number of variants eg Green Octopus and some with muddler heads.

The original had a more golden olive front hackle but at the time of tying I only had the natural.



The Black Buzzer, one of the most popular buzzers we can tie, fished early and late season andanywhere in between really, this fly can be a great fish catcher.

Fish in teams of three on a floating line with the Black Buzzer on the point. If it’s not too windy try toget the wind from left to right (or right to left if you’re left handed), cast out and let the wind do therest. Takes can be savage buy try not to get too big a bow in the line, if space allows you can walkdown the bank to stop the line bowing, a good tactic at Toft Newton.

The example above is tied with hot orange flat tinsel cheeks but you can change the material andcolour to your taste.

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Zonkers are a favourite lure with many anglers on many venues, they do especially well at fry time inthe Autumn.

This example is a bit different in that it has an Organza ribbon body and a hot orange butt.

Works on any line with most retrieves but is particularly good with a slow sink or intermediate.

Details on tying in the Organza can be seen HERE

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Pull this across the water when there is a wave on, the follows will drive you mad but you will catchfish on it. A great exciting way of spending a few hours fishing.

Two bunches of deer hair are used, one with the points facing the hook bend for the skirt and thesecond one with the stubs facing the hook bend.



An alternative to the normal Klinkhammer with the post tied facing over the eye and a normal hackle.The mono “tail” is to tie the “dink” to so the post sits straight up.

Simple to tie and worth the effort if you fish the rivers. The colours can be changed to suit, olive witha yellow post is good or you could use the more traditional white post.

The jig hook helps to keep the leader away from the fly.



My take on the Ladybower Buzzer as introduced to us by Iain Lindsay on the War of the Roses matcha few years ago, quite where he got it from I don’t know but the fly is still proving successful atLadybower and many other fisheries.

Simple and straightforward to tie, make the tail as long as you like and keep the fritz to a maximum oftwo turns.

Catches fish on any line with a variety of retrieves.



Simple to tie, the Cats Whisker is a great fish catcher and this Organza one is no different.

Fish on any line density.

What more can I say, as lures go this is as good as it gets.



Simple and effective, this little nymph is one of my favourites during the colder months when gratlingare the quarry. Klink and dink or used on the point in larger sizes.

Simple to tie and very effective.

Try not to overdress the fly and wrap the Peacock Quill over wet varnish or Superglue to prolong itslongevity.



Fished on a floating line with a little dab of floatant on the foam thorax, this fly has caught me loadsof fish, a couple of light Daiwl Bachs on the droppers would complete the set up. Perfect for SuttonLake and other shallow waters where we tend to get some weed in the summer.

Really easy to tie, there are only three materials, tie the body up to about two thirds of the way up thehook, tie in the foam facing out the back, form the thorax, pull the foam over and tie off.



Roach Fry by Andy Hutson from Toft Newton Trout Fishery.

Based on a typical Pike Fry pattern but much smaller, this is a great Roach Fry imitation that catches alot of fish at fry feeding time in the autumn.

A few simple ingredients make this fly easy to to tie if you can master the tying techniques with thecraft fur. Pentel marker pens are used to colour the craft fur body so some artistic talent may berequired.

The eyes are stuck on with Superglue or Gorilla glue which is a bit thicker and helps form the head,they need a few minutes to dry before the UV resin can be applied to complete the head.

Fish on a floating line with slow figure of eight retrieve and wait for the line to go solid.

If you don’t have the materials or think the tying is beyond your capabilities, give Andy a ring on

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Perch Fry by Andy Hutson from Toft Newton Trout Fishery.

Based on a typical Pike Fry pattern but much smaller, this is a great Perch Fry imitation that catches alot of fish at fry feeding time in the autumn.

A few simple ingredients make this fly easy to to tie if you can master the tying techniques with thecraft fur. Pentel marker pens are used to colour the craft fur body so some artistic talent may berequired.

The eyes are stuck on with Superglue or Gorilla glue which is a bit thicker and helps form the head,they need a few minutes to dry before the UV resin can be applied to complete the head.

Fish on a floating line with slow figure of eight retrieve and wait for the line to go solid.

If you don’t have the materials or think the tying is beyond your capabilities, give Andy a ring on

07850 351695 and I’m sure he will sort you out.

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Mini Booby

A versatile fly which can be used in a variety of ways, my own favourite is as the point fly on awashing line set up with a couple of nymphs on the droppers.

Also works well with the same flies fished on a fast glass or even heavier line when fishing from aboat.

Materials can be substituted for anything you want and the eyes can be made larger if you want it tofloat higher, or sink and rise up in the water, as you retrieve it will sink, as you stop retrieving theBooby will rise back up to the surface.

I tie the eyes in differently to most people, you can watch the video to see the method from the linkbelow.

Mini Booby Video
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