Mayfly (Full Lifecycle) Selection - Updated for 2026 Flies

Mayfly (Full Lifecycle) Selection - Updated for 2026 Flies"These really are top quality flies. They are tied with fine attention to detail, good materials and perfect proportions. They are bespoke, beautiful flies with a price tag that would usually result in disappointment for the fly buyer. Not in this case!" Dave Wiltshire, May 2015 The barbless Mayfly Full Lifecycle Selection is a selection of the flies to imitate the lifecycle of the Mayfly (emerger, stillborn, dun & spinner). I fished with these flies

A perdigon fly is usually a beaded fly tied with thread on a small hook

great teamed up with Greenwell's Spider as a searching pattern

Black Tail Balon Pupa - AHREX FW521 - Size 18

Snipe & Purple Spider

this allows you to see which method works best and which the fish are interested in on that specific day

We loved the way the lines fished:

Fish these flies as a standard dry

Grayling were once thought of as a pest and were removed from rivers all across the UK - in the misguided thought that they interfered with spawning trout

Tied with a sculpted black deer hair head

1 x 15ft 5X 'White Label' Tapered Leader

and supplied in our eco-friendly packaging

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