Damsel wiggle nymph
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, 23 February 2012
Saturday, 11 February 2012
CCG Large Dark Olive
Large Dark Olive
Blue Dun hackle
Olive sealfur thorax
Quillbody with Mylar tip
coated in Clear Cure Goo
Tails - Blue Dun hakkle fibres
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Danica emerger
Reversed Parachute Danica emerger
on a #14 Klinkhamer hook
I am tying a few flies for the start of the season
and getting some practice tying for the year's events
Looking forward to the Dutch Fly Fair
and BFFI and the Irish International Fly Fair.
Olive midge #16
Olive midge #16
Antron breathers
fluor orange wingbuds
ClearCureGoo over pearl mylar body
ribbed orange silk
Honey dun hackle
Olive seal fur thorax
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Gavenny Rod Co - thanks Matt
I went down to the brook the other day to try out a new toy.
This rod is a beautiful work by my friend Matt Davies at the Gavenny Rod Company in Wales.
Matt has a blog you should visit.. http://gavennyrodco.blogspot.com/
I am delighted and amazed by the quality of modern bamboo rods
This one is a hexagonal bamboo, six feet and eight inches.
Built to throw a #3wt line the rod has a cigar grip recessed at the butt to take the reel on a cork seat, thus saving weight and avoiding the need for a butt cap and saving more weight.
The ferrule is bamboo on bamboo and the fit is beautiful.
On her first day out the set of the ferrule was about 3mm long but as the day progressed the ferrule bedded in and by the end of the day it was a perfect fit.
I must admit I was a mite cautious with regard to the ferrule and how it would perform under stress.
It turned out that the rod is really fast, she handles a line perfectly for small stream work among jungle terrain.
This fine rainbow came to hand quickly and fully under control.
Thanks Matt for a beautiful rod
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Small stream Brown Trout
This is the prize for the stealthy angler on a small stream.
Combined with light tackle, small flies and camouflage against the background
you may meet a resident of the dark corners under the weed.
#22 Caenis; #18-20 Baetis; #16 Purple Duns and #14 Caddis fooled the fish.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Damsel without distress
Summer brings beauty on display
Here is a beautiful Banded Demoiselle
This one is a male; his female counterpart displays an olive bronze tint.
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