North Country Spider Fishing Flies

Traditional Fly Patterns

Spider flies are typically dressed with a very minimal hackle, often only 1 and a half turns as traditional North country spiders or Clyde style spiders have been tied for many years. Yes we imitate hatches with our fishing flies, no north country spiders have NOTHING to do with imitating Spiders! North Country Spiders  is the name given over the years as when dry before immersion the soft hackle looks like the legs of a large spider!  Spider flies are over 300 years old and still they still catch fish. These are not an imitation pattern an exact match like blue winged olives, they are impressionistic patterns.

The North Country tradition of fly-tying and fishing has long been celebrated as a remarkably successful way of catching fish. Developed on the fast-flowing rivers of northern England, on both sides of the Pennines, soft hackle or spider flies like the Snipe and Purple and the Partridge and Orange have been traditionally used since the nineteenth century and beyond, and are just as effective in the chalk streams of Hampshire, the lochs of Connemara or even the freestone rivers of the Appalachians in the United States.

 

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Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #12 Fishing Fly£1.40

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Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly£1.40

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Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #16 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Black Spider Wet Barbless #16 Fishing Fly£1.40

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Caledonia Flies Fluo Midge Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Fluo Midge Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly£1.30

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Caledonia Flies Greenwells Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Greenwells Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly£1.30

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Caledonia Flies Greenwells Spider Hackled Wet #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Greenwells Spider Hackled Wet #14 Fishing Fly£1.30

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Caledonia Flies Kill Devil Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Kill Devil Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly£1.30

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Caledonia Flies Midge Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Midge Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly£1.30

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Caledonia Flies Mirage Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Mirage Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly£1.40

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Caledonia Flies Red Spot Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Red Spot Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly£1.40

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Caledonia Flies Stu's Black Spider Barbless #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Stu's Black Spider Barbless #14 Fishing Fly£1.40  (1)

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Caledonia Flies Waterhen Bloa Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Waterhen Bloa Spider Wet Barbless #14 Fishing Fly£1.40  (1)

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Caledonia Flies Wickhams Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly

Caledonia Flies Wickhams Spider Hackled Wet #12 Fishing Fly£1.30

The Essential Fly Barbless Moorland Spider Fishing Fly

The Essential Fly Barbless Moorland Spider Fishing Fly£1.30   £1.20

The Essential Fly Caddis Spider Green Fishing Fly

The Essential Fly Caddis Spider Green Fishing Fly£1.10  (2)