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10 Feb 2009

Trout "flies" fall into a few different categories, some of them not being flies (or even insects) at all. On the following pages we give you some details of the types to be found on the Tawe, their life cycles and some standard patterns for imitating them.

The photos are all by Ray Lockyer, unless otherwise indicated.

Click on the pictures below to go to the other pages.

This example is the Large Dark Olive, one of the most common species

This example is the Welshman's Button

This example is the Willow Fly

This example is the Black Gnat

This is a freshwater shrimp