
🦐 The Shrimp 🦐
A clean, buggy imitation designed to mimic freshwater scuds and shrimp. Its curved body and red tones flash just enough to stand out, while still looking natural drifting near the bottom. Perfect for trout, and versatile enough to tempt bass and other hungry predators.
👉 Fish it deep, let it drift, and watch the takes come quick.
HackleandHerls

🖤 The Black Woolly Bugger
Made by @HackleandHerls
A timeless classic and one of the most versatile flies ever tied. Imitating everything from leeches and baitfish to stoneflies and nymphs, this pattern has earned its place in every angler’s box. The black variation is especially deadly in stained water, low light, and when fish are chasing silhouettes.
Whether you’re targeting trout, bass, or even steelhead, the Woolly Bugger’s pulsing marabou tail and flowing hackle bring it to life with every strip. It’s not just a fly—it’s a confidence pattern.
📌 Pro tip: Fish it deep with weight for big takes, or strip it shallow for aggressive strikes.
HackleandHerls

Does as a mayfly does!
chbrown

Great classic jig fly working all the year!
Benja

Great Dry Fly
You can use any colour CDC.
ShotaFlies

Half hog, great pattern for the hill lochs , fished as a team of 2 or 3 flies on a floating line, slow retrieve can be deadly
Garry

Black Bear Green & Red Butt
A true Atlantic salmon classic, tied with a timeless black body, silver ribbing, and those signature green & red accents that light up the river.
Pertect for East
Coast waters and trusted by anglers on the Margaree, Miramichi, and beyond.
# A must-have in any salmon box — simple, elegant, and deadly effective.
HackleandHerls

Heavy bead head nymph imitating a mayfly, small stonefly, or caddis. Attractor pattern with good movement.
TheFantasticFlybrary

Great BWO cripple for when the trout are turning down your normal offerings. Quick tie and super effective in spring and fall.
TheFantasticFlybrary

Classic yellow and white marabout streamer
Benja

Favourite Vancouver Island trout pattern. Does a good job during the salmon fry migration in the spring especially. Easy to tie in lots of colors. You can use deer or elk hair for the wing, lots of stuff for the tail and underwing.
chbrown
Just thought I would share these super cool extended body mayfly hooks I ordered recently. Very excited to tie on these! Here is the link (not affiliated) https://spritefishing.com/products/partridge-heritage-k10-yorkshire-fly-body-hooks
I added a feature for saving areas to make locations easier to add to future patterns. It was a bit tedious needing to draw polygon(s) each time, especially if detailed or there is more than one. When you open the "Where I've fished it" section in the pattern editor, you'll now see a section under the map for your saved areas. Click on "Save current" to save any areas on the map. Give your area a name and click the checkmark. You'll then see your new area appear at the bottom. These will always be available for future use on other patterns. You can view them, load them and delete them from the 3 dots menu on the right. Let me know if you have trouble :) Chris

Heya, just added this forum category to organize any tech support type issues! If you find a bug or something not working right, a new feature or improvement, or just any question related to the website post them here! Ill get back ASAP.
I’ve clicked around a bit and the site looks good. Let me know how I can help. I’ll start uploading some patterns as the weeks go on.
Fly boxes are live! Fun way to organize your and other's patterns. Going to add more features like map, species, etc. soon. Let me know any ideas or issues!

Woohoo it’s live! This spring I’ve been working on Hackle and Threads. It’s a web application for uploading and searching for fly patterns. After a tying hiatus for a couple years, I really wished I had taken some notes on my old patterns. Being a software developer, I decided to make it! You can add photos and videos, basic info like a description. You can also attach: -location polygons which can cover as generic or specific an area you want, -species caught, -fly segments and their materials -step by step recipes It would be really cool to have a place that is more geared towards flies and fly fishing than google or YouTube. For example, if you are planning a trip to a new area, you can research ahead of time what patterns people fish there and tie some of your own. Or browse for ideas from other regions or species to apply to your home waters. It’s still early days but I’d love to hear any feedback - bugs, cool features, anything! So far it’s mostly just my own posts here for western Canada. Would love to see some flies from other areas too. Cheers, Chris
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