Tying a Duckfly Emerger with Martyn White

In his book “Flies of Ireland“, Peter O’Reilly attributes this fly to Cyril Conlon. It’s a fantastic choice for the duckfly hatch but don’t think you can’t use it further afield it’s great for dark buzzers more generally. I find fishing 2 of them on the droppers with a hedgehog or mini-muddler on the point to keep the team high in the water column to be deadly when the fish are looking up. To support the channel, get access to the zoom tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to or Materials list Hook: Kamasan B160 size 10-14 Thread: Black Uni 8/0 Tag: Flat silver tinsel* Rib: Silver wire Wings: White hackle tip Thorax: Red or Orange sealfur Hackle: Sparse black hen *Fly can be tied without the tag, in which case take the thread body round the bend.