Tied 3 of these up tonight and decided to give it the water test. Nice! Now how can a fish refuse one of these? I’m sure I’ll find out.
Roundhay Fly Fishers annual fly tying competition
Last night saw Martin Bamforth sweep the board at the annual fly tying competition with his nicely tied Klinkhammer. The competition is split into 2 parts. First the flies are judged by the panel, pictured below carefully scrutinizing the entries.…
Richard Wheatley
Blimey, is nothing safe? Just been reading that Richard Wheatley went into liquidation last month. When I got into Fly Fishing I quickly recognised their fly boxes as the most desirable, something to save up for and cherish. I actually…
A bit of flytying
After losing my only example of the ‘Tanfield Twat’ I decided to knock up some more tonight. 2 are faithful to the original and 2 are a new variant designed to catch fry-feeders at Rutland (a potential mission for next…
It’s coming…
Almost there, few days to go. Assynt 2012 is about to get underway. Sweet Christmas where are the years going?! Anyway, I’ve tied up a few stalwarts and a couple of new and untested flies as a token gesture towards…
Eclectic selection for West Tanfield tomorrow
Just knocked these up tonight, hedging my bets! I’ll let you know how I get on. It’s a baaad for’cast but still better than being at work 🙂

An Easter treat
This Parachute Adams variant WILL catch you fish, providing you use it at the right place at the right time..naturally :-). I’ve caught a sh*tload of rainbows on it at Beaver Dyke but also had plenty of success with it…

Nah, still not been fishing…
…but I have tied a couple of flies to try get me into the groove. After all it’s not long until the start of the new season! It took me a surprising amount of time to knock up these 2…

Last night I tied the dinks…
…tonight I tied the Klinks! . They ain’t perfect, consistency is a dirty word in my dictionary, clearly 🙂 but I know they will catch fish so they’ll do. All are on Partridge size 14 Oliver Edwards nymph emerger hooks which seem ideal…

It’s that time of year again…
…when I sometimes tie a few flies to fend of the unending misery that is winter. Winter is coming. Valar Morghulis! Anyway, I tied up some GRHEs and a couple of pink bead head flies. All have tungsten beads and are…