Meet the man who handmakes thousands of flies a year for Gleneagles

It was during this period that naming conventions emerged, too, with patterns attributed to makers and regions. Some, like the Jock Scott, became renowned for their complexity. First tied in the mid-19th century on the River Tweed, it can require more than 20 individual materials, including tinsel, ostrich herl, bustard, teal and golden pheasant crest. Now, Willie says, these discontinued materials can sell for a small fortune when they come up at auction.

Willie has come up with his own…