One of the reasons I have always disliked tying this fly ( easy though it is) is the use of silver tinsel as the body rib. I often resort to silver wire as the oval tinsel you get these days is frankly crap. I find I invariably manage to strip the coating off it, as it seems to be some sort of fine thread “coated” with a tinsel skin.
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It really was uncomfortably hot in the Eye of the Storm today and yet strangely damp- my fly box lying out by my bag was soaking wet, with what could only have been the humidity. My sunglasses too kept steaming up!
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Another cast and this time a fairly hesitant pull that I wasn’t really sure was connected to a fish, though I tightened in all the same and yes, a fish was on. This was where things were very odd- certainly, I haven’t seen anything like this before. So the fish was out on quite a long line and I was pulling it in by hand, it was not as big a Brown Trout as the first.
Read MoreIt would be remiss of me if I didn’t share this. The introduction video for the main event of 2014: Stirling International Angling Festival. Stirling International Angling Festival – 6th – 10th of August 2014...
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Another weekend, another open day, this time at Angling Active on the edge of Stirling. This is my local tackle shop so it goes without saying I would go have a look.
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