Mustad 3366 #18
Sprite Sedge #16
I have a passion for tempting trout and grayling from small streams, the bigger the challenge the better. I sit in London tying March Browns taking me to the rivers of Wales in my mind; a Cornuta for The Beaverkill where I had my first brookie or a Greenwell's to transport me back to my youth.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Clear Cure Goo - Orange Quill
Here is an extremely durable version of Mr Skues favourite Ephemerella
on a #16 hopper hook
Reinforced with Clear Cure Goo acrylic
this fly should last for weeks.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
You can run but you cannot hide
These are not supposed to be camouflaged.
They are supposed to be eaten.
They will be going to my mate Shawn in Australia.
His fish have eaten the first hundred.
Four down, nine hundred and ninety six to go.
Monday, 17 January 2011
Missing flies
I am in a fly swap
the first two sets I sent off went AWOL in the mail
This is Set #3
Wish me luck
Friday, 14 January 2011
Snipe
Another favourite fly
the Snipe and Purple
Purple Pearsall's silk and an under covert feather.
This is a fly which I have used to great effect
on cold and stormy days, it certainly lives up to its reputation.
However, my fish prefer this one
Pritt's Dark Snipe
This is the same fly built from
Purple Pearsall's silk and an outer covert feather.
It is easier to tie too.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Partridge and Orange
Here are some Partridge and Orange.
This is one of the best flies ever.
It is deadly fished singly upstream
or as middle dropper in a team of three.
Size 14, Pearsall's old 6A, partridge hackle.
Monday, 3 January 2011
Flat Spent Spinner #16
This is my Flat Spent Spinner
Tied on a #16
View from below on the left
from above on the right.
This fly lays flat in the surface film.
Saturday, 1 January 2011
Happy New Year 2011
Hello folks, it's 2011, have a great year
Here is a little something I designed in the mid 1970's
the Avon Special Emerger
Happy New Year
Roy
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