Flies: dry flys/wet flys

Black Gnat                          DRY FLIES

Hook Size: 12 Season: Any Natural Fly: Gnat Time: Daytime Where: Near Shore Tips: A daytime fly that hatches from buttercup weeds and stones. Blue Winged Olive Hook Size: 16 Season: June to August Natural Fly: Blue Winged Olive (Ephemerella Ignita) Time: Mid-Afternoon / Evening Tips: An evening hatch fly. Claret Dun Hook Size: 14 Season: April to August Natural Fly: Claret Dun (Leptophebia Vespertina) Time: All Day Where: Boggy Lakes Tips: An excellent fly for bog bays with peaty bottoms, west of Ireland limestone and mountain lakes. Daddy Longlegs Hook Size: 12 Season: August to September Tips: A big, ungainly but excellent trout fly. Tumbles across the water. Grey Sedge Hook Size: 12 Season: Any Natural Fly: Sedge Tips: Emerges in open water. Flutters and agitates on the waters surface. Hares Ear Olive Hook Size: 12 Season: May to August Natural Fly: Olive (Baetis Rhodani) Time: Mid-Day Tips: A great pattern for small olives. Lake Olive Hook Size: 14 Season: April to May Natural Fly: Lake Olive (Cloeonsimile) Time: Afternoon Where: Shallow Water Tips: Best fished in the forenoon and mid-afternoon, usually shallows and bays. In May can be used all day, evening fall of spinners, around shallows and near shores. Murrough Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Natural Fly: Sedge Time: Dawn / Dusk Tips: A big red sedge, emerges at dusk. Flutters and agitates on the waters surface. WET FLIES  Bibio Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Tips: An excellent fly for brown trout, sea trout and salmon. Represents anything from duckfly to beatles. Black Butcher Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Tips: An excellent fly for both brown and sea trout. Can be used to maximum effect on mountain lakes. Best used during lake olive hatch. Black Pennel Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Natural Fly: Duckfly (Chironomus) Time: Early Afternoon Where: Shallow Water Tips: An excellent fly for brown trout, sea trout and salmon. Usually fished on point for best results. Bloody Butcher Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Tips: A great fly for sea trout and night fishing on the point. Connemara Black Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Where: Still Water Tips: An excellent fly for both brown and sea trout. Best results are found when black buzzers are hatching. Damsel Nymph Hook Size: 10 Season: Beginning March Tips: Usually fished on the point in damsel season for best results. Hares Ear Hook Size: 12 Season: Any Natural Fly: Olive (Baetis Rhodani) Time: All Day Tips: An excellent early season fly, best used on the top dropper. Mallard & Claret Hook Size: 10 Season: Any Time Natural Fly: Claret Dun (Leptophebia Vespertina) Time: All Day Where: Boggy Lakes Tips: An excellent fly that represents anything from duckfly to sedge. Can be used to best effect on bog bays and limestone lakes. Pearly Invicta Hook Size: 10 Season: May to September Natural Fly: Silverhorns (Mystacides) Time: Afternoon / Evening Tips: This fly represents anything from evening sedge to mayfly. Best fished middle or top dropper. Sooty Olive Hook Size: 10 Season: March to May Natural Fly: Lake Olive (Cloeonsimile) Time: Early Afternoon Where: Shallow Water Tips: This fly is usually fished on the top dropper for best results. Can be fished static in a mild ripple. A good alternative for duckfly.