The Endrick Spider was devised by John Harwood in the 1970s and was primarily used as a weighted pattern for targetting salmon and seatrout on the river Endrick. It also makes an excellent stillwater fly, an ideal point fly for getting your team of nymphs down deep.
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Materials list
Hook: @FullingMillTV Competition heavy weight size 8-10 https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/
Thread: Orange Uni 8/0
Underbody: Copper wire
Tail: Cock pheasant tail
Body: Cock pheasant tail
Hackle: English partridge
Rib: Copper wire
Some popular fly tying books
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
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