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Fly Review - Nymphs

 This in some ways is a lot easier than the other reviews, I have never really fished nymphs having always used traditional wets or lures so this is going to be a short list heavily weighted in favour of various flavours of Diawl Bachs Claret Diawl Bach - Just a slightly lighter hue than black (10 only) GRHE Red Head - always liked the Gold Ribbed Hares Ear and the flash of red at the head just makes it more attractive (10 only) Orange Black Pseudo Diawl Bach - red and black with lots of movement (10 only) Red Holographic Diawl Bach - just think red is a very good colour (10 & 12) Viva Hotspot Cruncher - bit of green flash as a bit of a change (10 & 12) That is it for the nymphs for the moment, given my current view that depth and confidence are much more important than actual pattern then the general imitative qualities of various colours of Diawl Bachs covers most of my needs I think

Fly Review - Traditional Wets

 hving dealt with the attractors/lures now moving on to traditional wets. I think I am looking for bushy mobile flies with a dash of clour to be used as either a middle or top fly with an attractor/lure on the point but could also see me using a nymph type fly on the point or middle So general purpose halfway house between attaractor and nymph is essentially what I am lookingfor Bibio - plenty of movement with a flash of red Black Zulu - similar to Bibio but larger flash of red as a tail Sedgehog Claret - lovely and bushy with a dash of colour, would see it mainly as a top dropper at the moment Red Arsed Peter - plenty of hackle movement with a flash of colour Soldier Palmer - again plenty of hackle movement and prominent red tail UV Kate McLaren - plenty of movemt and lots of flash Claret Snatcher - again plenty of movement and a lighter profile than a black fly Straggler Claret UV and Orange UV - Plenty of movement and flash very much a link with the attarctors/lures Bushy Bob Bi...