grayling

gold head hares ear ,phesant tailed nymph,sawers bug  and check nymph, pink bug  the list goes on, try to keep it simple  7 foot leader two  flies  i would also carry a few dries as grayling will rise when other fish wont   dries - f.fly  small c.d.c.,s   klink hammers and the likes remebber to keep the flies small  and you should be fine ,look for the faster streamier  runs   bily -p

If you have any familiarity with Czech Nymphing then you may wanna try these.

Fish this fly on the point

It is a Peeping Caddis and is a very good pattern in its own right and will take many fish. Its main puropse however with the leadshot by the eye is to drag everything else down. 12 inches above it tie on one of these on a short dropper

The pattern has 34 turns of lead wire and will sink very quickly indeed. 12 inches above the pattern which is called a Pink Bobesh tie on one of these

It is tied with an underbody of 28 turns of medium lead wire. At this time of year this combination of flies makes a most useful cocktail. Later in the season pink starts to become less effective for grayling as the salmon eggs start to disappear as they either produce salmon par or get eaten by predatory species.

You need to fish the flies with only about 2ft of fly line out of the front ring of the rod as any more makes the method ineffective. You also need to fish like this in relatievly fast turning water. I hope that this helps you. If you want any more advice I am available to you. With all due respect dry flies will of course take grayling even at this time of year with the weather as cold as it is. It is always a good idea however to have an ace up your sleeve and applied correctly this combination makes 3 aces. Happy fishing

I must confess and apologise that the Peeping Caddis in the first picture is a really ropey example. Here is a marginally better attempt. Both however have caught many fish for me.

The dressing is any long shank hook of about size 10. Whip a length of nylon behind the eye with a largish lead shot attached and glued. No 5 Glo Brite floss at the bend. A partridge hacke wound to represent legs. The case is made up of any dubbed material you choose. Hares or rabbit fur mixed with whatever you prefer. The natural insect builds a case out of  debris, twigs and bits of stuff from the river bed. I hope that this helps you a little.

nice tying geoff tasty looking flies them