Flybox

Black buzzer

Midge pupa — bedrock LD pattern

Mar–Jun, Sep

Olive buzzer

Colour variant for picky fish

Mar–Jun

Red/claret buzzer

When black/olive draw blanks

Apr–Jun

Diawl Bach

Generic nymph — LD staple

Year-round

Hare's ear nymph

All-round searching nymph

Year-round

Pheasant tail nymph

Slim profile — good on bright days

Year-round

Olive damsel

Emerging damselfly imitation

Late May–Jul

CDC emerger

Surface film — hatching midge

May–Jul eve

Elk hair caddis

Sedge imitation — reliable dry

Jun–Aug eve

Parachute Adams

All-round dry — easy to see

May–Sep

Daddy longlegs

Crane fly — autumn surface killer

Aug–Oct

Hopper

Foam terrestrial — bright summer days

Jun–Aug

Cat's whisker

White attractor — coloured water

Year-round

Olive/black wooly bugger

Streamer — fry or aggression

Spring, autumn

Blob (orange/pink)

Attractor — stocked fish, dirty water

Year-round

Minkie

Fry imitation — mink fur

Aug–Oct

These patterns are specific to Lake District stillwater conditions. Coldwater lake rainbows behave differently from chalk-stream or river trout — the advice here won’t translate directly.