NEW!   THE SPINHEAD - a new spinning device to attach to the front of a salmon fly.

NEW!   GRAYS NEEDLE TUBES  -  fine stainless steel tubes for making salmon, steelhead and sea trout tube flies

Salmon and Trout Fly Fishing Flies - Grays of Kilsyth.

GRAYS OF KILSYTH offers boxed selections of salmon flies, trout flies, sea trout flies and needle flies. All salmon and sea trout Needle Flies are tied by John Gray, while the trout flies and sea trout flies are supplied by the old and well established Scottish firm of Napier and Craig, who have supplied quality trout and salmon flies to the Scottish fishing tackle trade since 1880. The boxed salmon flies are now tied to my specification by Andy Farquhar, a gifted Scottish fly dresser currently living in England.

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• Spinhead  A boxed selection of twelve spinheads. The Spinhead is a new device, designed and developed by John Gray of Grays of Kilsyth, for the salmon fisherman who prefers the fly rod to the spinner. The Spinhead can be attached to a salmon fly, tube fly, needle fly or Waddington to add flash and movement to the fly in conditions where a spinner would normally be used. It is light enough to be cast, with care, on a powerful fly rod.

• Ally's Shrimps & Cascades  A boxed selection of twenty popular modern Scottish salmon flies including Ally's Shrimp and Cascade in various colours. Also includes the Magus and Black Boar salmon flies. Each salmon fly selection is presented in either a practical plastic fly box or in a traditional aluminium Richard Wheatley foam lined fly box.

• Salmon Flies  A boxed selection of twenty salmon fishing flies, as used in fly fishing on Scottish rivers,  presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or in a stylish traditional Richard Wheatley Silver Seal fly box. Each fly selection is carefully chosen to provide practical variety for summer and autumn salmon fly fishing.

• Grays Needle Tubes  A newly developed range of fine stainless steel needle tubes, manufactured in Scotland by Grays of Kilsyth, for the tying of salmon, steelhead and sea trout tube flies. Now available online in a variety of lengths and diameters.

• Scottish Loch Trout Flies  A boxed selection of fifty traditional Scottish trout fishing flies, as used in loch and river fly fishing, presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or in a stylish  Wheatley Silver Seal aluminium fly box.

• Trout Dry Flies  A boxed selection of traditional trout dry flies, presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or in a stylish  Wheatley Silver Seal aluminium fly box.

• Trout Nymphs  A boxed selection of trout nymphs, presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or in a stylish  Wheatley Silver Seal aluminium fly box.

• Trout Lures and Streamers - A boxed selection of thirty popular trout lures and streamers, tied on high quality fly fishing hooks and presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or in a stylish  Wheatley Silver Seal aluminium fly box.
• Sea Trout Flies  A boxed selection of Sea Trout fishing flies, as used in loch and river fly fishing, presented in either a practical and durable plastic fly box or a traditional Wheatley aluminium fly box.  

• Needle Flies  In contrast to the traditional fly selections, we offer a Needle Fly Kit, to enable the fly tier to make his own needle flies for salmon and sea trout fishing. This is a new fishing fly design devised primarily for sea trout (sewin) fishing but it has also proved to be effective for salmon fly fishing. The kit comes complete with two sample needle flies, essential components and instructions. 

• Needle Fly Kit  For those who would like to make their own Needle Flies, a kit is now available in our online shop

• Sidelines  In this section I hope to publish items of interest to the fly fisher, based on my experience of fly fishing in Scotland. Please visit from time to time as I intend to add items on a regular basis.

• Places to Fish  I list here information on Scottish fly fishing waters which I have fished over a number of years. I list only rivers and lochs where the fly fishing is predominantly natural i.e. waters containing a wild, indigenous stock of game fish, including brown trout, sea trout, salmon and grayling.

• Fishing Photos  Photographs I have taken over the years of fish and fishing places, relating mainly to fly fishing in Scotland.

• Tight Lines Fly Fishing Stories. A series of extracts from my fishing log. Fishy stories!

• The Fly Box  New Fly Fishing Fly patterns. For the fisherman/tyer who likes to try something new, I will list here fishing flies which I have found worth trying as a change from the traditional favourites. To begin, I describe the origins and development of the NEEDLE FLY, which I devised to tempt late night sea trout (sewin) fly fishing on the River Earn in Perthshire.

• Tube Flies  Fly tying article about the use of the newly developed Grays Needle Tubes, fine stainless steel tubes for making salmon, sea trout and steelhead tube flies.

• Fishing Knots  Fly Fishing Knots.  A series of fishing knots for fly fishing.

• Gray's Loop  Illustrated instructions on how to tie Gray's Loop, a leader loop which facilitates a loop to loop attachment of the leader.

• Fishing Books  Fishing Books. A review of fishing books which I have enjoyed.

• Salmon Recipes  A selection of salmon recipes from top Scottish chef, Nick Nairn.

• Fly Fishing Links  Fly Fishing Web Sites. Links to fishing websites which I have found useful.

• Site Map  The contents of Grays of Kilsyth website.

• Contact Information  Contact John Gray at Grays of Kilsyth.

• Testimonials  Customer comments.

• How to Order  How to order fishing flies from Grays of Kilsyth.