With the winter fast approaching, and with the grayling season now running at full steam ahead, I’m going to be posting a number of fly tying step-by-steps over the next few weeks. Focusing on a series of dries, emergers, and nymphs to imitate winter invertebrates, we’ll also be looking at a range of artificials which specifically target [...]
It still has the same effect. Staring at the ceiling, wide awake at 02:30, excitement in full swing because of a fishing trip the next day. I feel 10 years old again, as the next day holds a fishing trip with Dad. A lack of sleep maybe, but at 06:30 I couldn’t have felt more [...]
New Grayling Czech & Jig Nymphs! It’s been a fantastic adventure so far, with the last four short months equating to a large number of orders, and it just keeps getting better and better! The interest in my fly tying services has been immense, both here in the UK and abroad, and I’m happy to [...]
Thanks again to the Gwent Angling Society, and following on from my previous posts regarding the RS2 Fly Tying Video and Simple, Dubbed Body Paradun Fly Tying Video, I’m now pleased to announce the third video in the series – my beloved Chironomid Emerger. Like most of the patterns I tie, I can’t claim any [...]
Man, that was a busy few months! First off, my biggest apologies for the lack of posts since the end of August; it seems to have worried some of you so much that I’ve even had a few emails asking if I’m still alive! Biggest thanks for those guys, it’s nice to know I’m missed! [...]
My biggest thanks to the guys over at Hardy Fly Fishing for publishing one of my articles in their fantastic on-line magazine, Fin & Fly, the August edition of which can be seen by clicking here. Hope you all enjoy both mine and the other contributor’s articles!
Re-Stocking…and yeah, you just checked out my package. Get over it… Damn, those guys from Daiichi know how to make a fine hook! Re-stocking my hook supplies this week ready for a line of upcoming fly tying demos and orders has seen me revert to my alter-ego ‘Hook Geek’. It appears to be a normal [...]
Clockwise Left to Right – Caenis Spinner (#32), Olive Paradun (#24), Chironomidae Emerger (#24), Chironomidae Pupa (#22), Chironomidae Larva (#28). Preparing for a weekend-long fly tying demo takes some doing. My gear is nearly packed and ready, and a selection of flies are ready to be placed in their fly clips this coming Saturday for [...]
At 10am I was heading east, the heat already dancing above the tarmac looked mesmerising as I drove to my secluded and peaceful destination. Twenty minutes later and I’d parked, ever eager to begin the hike to my streamy objective, far below me and at the bottom of this sharp and steep sided valley. This [...]
Thanks again to the Gwent Angling Society, and following on from my previous post regarding the RS2 Fly Tying Video, I’m now pleased to announce the second video in the series – the simple, dubbed body paradun. The Simple, Dubbed Body Paradun This second video features a generalistic dun imitation which works well in a [...]
