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North Country Angler

Mid week, it’s cold and dark outside, best to just hunker down and stare blankly at the idiot box until it’s time to crawl into bed and hope that sleep can bring brief escape from the dead eyed misery of…

BobNovember 19, 2017 Fly Tying, Random Stuff!, Uncategorized No Comments
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Trout and Salmon free with Trout Fisherman

Or was the Trout Fisherman free with T&S? Anyway, I nipped into WHSmith’s today to pick up my usual copy of Busty Northern Housewives when I spied the fishing section and discretely shuffled over with the collars turned up on…

BobApril 7, 2017 Fly Tying, Uncategorized, Yorkshire Stillwaters No Comments
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Getting on the pink bandwagon.

Got myself some Sow Scud dubbing, like it! This is the second of these I tied tonight, first one was too skimpily dressed as I forgot my hook was a size 8 but this doesn’t look bad. Can’t wait to…

BobNovember 22, 2016August 19, 2017 Fly Tying, Grayling Fishing 1 Comment
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Tungsten power
Tungsten power

Tungsten power

Last night I got back to some ‘normal’ fly tying. Tying which doesn’t involve wrapping Christmas tree tinsel around an iron bar and super gluing big goggly eyes on it.  Instead I tied up three GRHE variants which I’m rather…

BobFebruary 9, 2016August 26, 2017 Fly Tying, River Fly Fishing, Yorkshire Rivers 2 Comments
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No Mr Bond, I expect you to dry
No Mr Bond, I expect you to dry

No Mr Bond, I expect you to dry

  Guess what I’m gonna be doing over Xmas! I’ve tied quite a few pike flies but my heads leave quite a lot to be desired, usually consisting of built up thread and then varnish or superglue. I couldn’t really…

BobDecember 23, 2015August 26, 2017 Fly Tying, Pike Fishing 2 Comments
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A pike fly to try
A pike fly to try

A pike fly to try

  Well call me a fair weather fisherman but bollocks to going out in this weather. Instead I retreated to my man-cave, fired up the heater, got some Planet Rock on the go and decided to tie a pike fly.…

BobDecember 5, 2015August 26, 2017 Fly Tying, Pike Fishing No Comments
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Dark have been my dreams of late…

For too long I have been swept along on a tide of pike fishing mania. This weekend I did a couple of things to get me back on track and ready for next month. 1) I tied up a couple…

BobFebruary 16, 2015August 29, 2017 Fly Tying, Yorkshire Rivers 3 Comments
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A veritable tying frenzy

  After struggling to find usable Klinkhammers in my fly box whilst at Scar House I knocked up these bad boys when I got back. The hook I used is the Varivas 2200BL which I think makes a nice profile…

BobJune 4, 2014October 1, 2017 Fly Tying, Uncategorized No Comments
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Dry Fly Sherry?!

Happy New Year!   Just come across a rather fetching bottle of sherry, unopened I might add. God knows how old it is – probably undrinkable now but you’ve gotta love the name, the label and the free Bloody Butcher…

BobJanuary 4, 2014October 1, 2017 Fly Tying, Uncategorized 6 Comments
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Steamy fun

I’m not sure if I’ve already posted this little tip in the past but even if I have I reckon it’s worth posting again. Last night I spent some time emptying the fly patch on my waistcoat to get ready…

BobJune 12, 2013 Assynt, Fly Tying 3 Comments
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Other websites worth a look

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