Jubilee Lakes Naturals

NATURAL

Name: Pond Olive Nymph. (Cloeon dipterum)

Detail: Also called 'agile darters' because unlike other nymphs, pond, and the very similar lake olive nymphs don't live in the weeds or crawl around slowly but swim actively and dart through the water.

IMITATION 1

Name: Pond Olive Nymph

Detail: When small Pond Olives and even olive buzzers are hatching this small fly can often save the day when after wary trout. A good general purpose olive nymph pattern suitable for both still and running water.

IMITATION 2

Name: Fraser Nymph Olive

Detail: An olive version of the original Fraser Nymph, a useful fly to have when large olives are hatching or small damsel flies are present. It can be used on any line.

NATURAL

Name: CAENIS NYMPH (Pond Olive also shown in image)

Detail: The Caenis nymph lives in the silt of the bed of the lake but it is the adult Caenis which is generally of more interest to the angler. When these are hatching on warm summer afternoons they are very difficult to match and the trout feed frantically on them.

IMITATION 1

Name: Midge Caenis

Detail: So often called "the anglers curse" a Caenis hatch can be a very frustrating time as the trout just cruise in the surface sipping down the microscopic naturals. Fish this close copy imitation static in the surface treated with floating.

IMITATION 2

Name: Mini Muddler - White

Detail: Nothing like a Caenis but can be very effective stripped across the surface during a Caenis hatch.

NATURAL

Name: Claret Male Spinner (Leptophlebia vespertina)

Detail: Spinner - a sexually mature adult. We get various spinners on the water. Clear sparkling wings and bright bodies are usually the clue and patterns should be equally sharp to match.

IMITATION 1

Name: Sherry Spinner

Detail: A Spinner is used to describe the female Olives when they return to the water to lay their eggs, this normally happens in the evening with the females being trapped on the surface.

IMITATION 2

Name: Pheasant Tail

Detail: All sorts of adult terrestrial or aquatic bugs are represented by these flies which float perfectly for delicate fishing.

NATURAL

Name: Caddis (Sedge) Larva

Detail: The Caddis Larva builds itself a case from stones, pieces of reed, or whatever it can find in the lake. Slow moving they are an easy feast for the trout especially early in the season. Fish weighted patterns deep and slow to match.

IMITATION 1

Name: Peeping Caddis - Olive

Detail: This darker Peeping Caddis has a short extended body to imitate the caddis grub emerging from its case, the weight over the hook eye ensures the pattern fishes upside down. Perfect for targeting fish in both still and running water.

IMITATION 2

Name: Polyfitus Natural

Detail: Featuring a Tungsten Bead to help get your fly right down to feeding fish fast. With the tungsten bead mounted on top of the hook this pattern should fish point up, the soft hackle gives extra mobility to induce a take. Use it on both still and running waters.

NATURAL

Name: Caddis (Sedge) Pupa

Detail: Fast swimming they 'paddle' themselves along through the water. Usually amber or green in colour.

IMITATION 1

Name: Golden Nugget Sedge Pupa

Detail: A sedge pupa with a gold bead to get the fly deep at the early stages of a hatch before the emerging pupa reach the surface. Perfect for targeting fish in both still and running water that are feeding on sedge pupa.

IMITATION 2

Name: Struggling Sedge (Green)

Detail: This pattern imitates the sedge pupa as it struggles to hatch in the surface film, treat it lightly with floatant in the thorax area and retrieve it very slowly or allow it to dead drift. Try to match the naturals body colouration.

NATURAL

Name: Black Sedge (Caddis). (Silo nigricornis)

Detail: Black sedge will often hatch during the day, they are common from June through to September

IMITATION 1

Name: Caddis Black

Detail: Treat with floatant and fish on a floating line. sedge will often be seen skittering across the waters surface so fish to match.

IMITATION 2

Name: Muddler Black

Detail: Traditionally fished on a floating line, deer hair flies create a fish inducing wake behind them and provide fantastic visual sport.

NATURAL

Name: Grouse Wing Sedge (Caddis). (Mystacides longicornis)

Detail: Black sedge will often hatch during the day, they are common from June through to September

IMITATION 1

Name: Murrough Sedge

Detail: Fish catching here late in the day. A must have for the Irish Lochs where this large sedge hatches in the evening and can bring on a rise late into the night.

IMITATION 2

Name: Goddards Sedge

Detail: This sedge pattern often referred to as a G & H Sedge after its creators John Goddard and Cliff Henry, it is an excellent floater because of its dense deer hair body.

NATURAL

Name: Crane Fly - Daddy Long Legs (Tipula Spp)

Detail: You can't miss the Daddy Long Legs and neither do the trout. They are poor flyers often blown down on the water to make a tasty snack for the trout who take them off the surface or just as often down below as the poor Daddy Long Legs starts to sink.

IMITATION 1

Name: Raffia Daddy Long Legs

Detail: Hugely popular terrestrial pattern accounting for countless fish every year, mostly fished dry but equally effective sub surface.

IMITATION 2

Name: The Daddyhog

Detail: The bulky deer hair wing and head create a take inducing wake on the surface producing splashy rises when retrieved on a floating line.

NATURAL

Name: Midge Larva – Bloodworm. (Chironomidae)

Detail: The first stage in the life cycle of the 'buzzer'. The bloodworm here may be red, green or yellow and are often found in large numbers clumped together on the lakes bed - the reason why perhaps patterns such as the Crazy App's are so effective.

IMITATION 1

Name: Atomic Worm

Detail: A mini Bloodworm pattern that would work well fished near the bottom where natural bloodworm occur.

IMITATION 2

Name: App's Crazy Bloodworm

Detail: An unusual looking fly ! its a highly effective modern pattern that has a huge amount of movement due to its many flexi floss legs that move even with the slowest of retrieve.

NATURAL

Name: Orange & Silver (Grey Boy) Midge Pupa (Chironomidae Spp)

Detail: These midge pupa vary in colour and this is just an example. Buzzers may be taken at any depth as they 'swim' up to hatch. Twitched or slow figure of eight retrieve is generally most effective. Retrieve as slowly as possible if you fish across the ripple - even trout know that buzzers can't swim!

IMITATION 1

Name: Superglue Buzzer

Detail: A very effective streamlined nymph pattern designed to imitate the natural Chironomid.

IMITATION 2

Name: Alan Corr's Wicked White Buzzer

Detail: Originally tied by Alan Corr form Wingate and one of the most effective buzzer pattern on our water though why it should be with that white spot is a good question. Many of the little pin fry in the lakes have a white spot on them, could that be why?

NATURAL

Name: A Black Midge Adult Male (Chironomidae Spp)

Detail: Detail: These are often abundant and vary in both size and colour. Black is probably the most common here or a pale grey/ green. Size may vary from tiny, size 18 to a whopping size 6. Trout love them!

IMITATION 1

Name: Black Gnat

Detail: A delicate upwing pattern presenting a perfect shape to feeding fish.

IMITATION 2

Name: Black Spider

Detail: All sorts of adult terrestrial or aquatic bugs are represented by these flies which float perfectly for delicate fishing.

NATURAL

Name: Adult Alder Fly (Sialis lutaria)

Detail: Alderfly larva are predators who live in the silt on the bottom of the lake and then emerge as adult Alder Fly usually in late April to the end of June. Good to see. Like the Hawthorne fly they are a sign that the winter is over and summer is on the way.

IMITATION 1

Name: Alder - Dry

Detail: Adult Alder flies are an important early season food source for trout usually during May-June. Alders are poor flyers and often get blown onto the water where fish take them readily.

IMITATION 2

Name: Alder - Wet

Detail: This traditional winged wet fly can be used on both stillwaters and rivers early in the season when dark brown alder flies are being blown onto the water.

NATURAL

Name: Damsel Nymph

Detail: Slim and around and inch long the Damsel nymph hides in the weed and preys on smaller invertebrates. These are a very important part of the trout's diet and no fly box should be without them in a variety of colours through pale olive/ yell to dark olive or brown.

IMITATION 1

Name: Epoxy Damsel

Detail: This fly is designed to imitate the damsel fly nymph. Highly effective in stillwaters in the summer especially when fished around any weedbeds. Fish on either floating or intermediate lines with an erratic retrieve.

IMITATION 2

Name: Golden Nugget Marabou Damsel

Detail: This smaller sized Damsel pattern with it's gold bead and realistic looking green eyes is very effective here.

NATURAL

Name: Blue Damsel Fly

Detail: Our lakes are blessed with an abundance of these insects right throughout the warm weather. Not convinced that the trout actually take that many but always worth having at least one in the flybox.

IMITATION 1

Name: Damsel Blue

Detail: Adult Damsels are easily identifiable and these patterns are effective whenever the bright blue naturals are hovering over the surface.

IMITATION 2

Name: Damsel - Braided Butt

Detail: This damsel looks very effective with a body made from braid.

NATURAL

Name: Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marci)

Detail: Hawthorne flies are easily identified by their large dangly legs. They are poor flyers and get blown onto the waters surface where they become easy pickings for trout.

IMITATION 1

Name: Hawthorne Fly

Detail: Very effective when the Hawthorne's are being blown down on to the water usually in May when the Hawthorne hedges are in flower.

IMITATION 2

Name: Aero Hawthorne

Detail: A pattern which matches the natural but highlights the trigger points making irresistible to trout.