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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.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
360 degree fly views
Herman de Gala has just added some of my designs to his excellent website
http://www.flytyingclips.com/
http://www.flytyingclips.com/
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Mustad #14 4XL
Porcupine
orange quill
barred grizzly dyed golden olive
black Metz
black and green Hares'Ear+
Blue dun hackle tips
Knotted Midge
It is a mating pair of midges which will lay flat on the surface,
the hook point only hanging through the meniscus at 20degrees.
The top pic is what the fish sees,
the lower is from above from one side
The hackle on the bend is larger than the front hackle
as the fly has more mass at the bend.
UpsideDown Danica Spinners
Ephemera Danica Spinner
Size 10 Hyabusa 270
Tails - pheasant tail fibres
Body - porcupine guard hair
Wing - Puglisi fibres (grey) mixed with TMC AeroDryWing (black)
Hackle - black
Thorax cover - pheasant tail fibres
Thorax - DaziHaresEar
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