Stocking up for winter
I suspect my winter fishing this year might be a bit of a hit or miss affair so will need to console myself with some evenings in front of the vice tying flies.
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Category: Fly Tying
Dabbling
As I said in my last post activities have been restricted to fly tying recently though I had a spot of treatment this week that hopefully might allow me to get out for a wee while at the weekend, especially Saturday being the last day of the official season. It would be nice to get a last Brownie of the year.
Read MoreWet flies for a rainy day
Not really up to fishing just now, and the weather is pretty dire anyhow, what with the recent rainfall and pretty high winds here today. I have been gradually building up a few fly boxes hopefully for boat fishing next season. I am concentrating on the wet fly and nymph box just now, taking a bit inspiration from the Hillend Dabbler’s cracking flies and have been watching a few of Davie McPhails You Tube videos to tie a few patterns of his as well as some I have just done myself.
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Tying for River hopes
I was supposed to be off to Wales for a couple of weeks holiday this weekend coming but events conspiring against me mean that at best I can’t now get away until the first Thursday into what was supposed to be a fortnight’s break.
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Tie fly and try
For a long time I have found that John Emerson’s CDC dry fly ( colloquially known as the Shit fly) has been a hugely effective fly for the Browns at Pendreich. I have bought these from John at Uniqueflies because I struggled with tying such small flies and could not get the split wing right. I bought some Semperfli Nano Silk recently and this helps hugely both in terms of how strong it is but how much easier 12/0 thread makes tying such small flies.
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