Every Winter I say I am going to tie some flies and never do. I think it is because I am so far from catching a trout that there is some kind of emotional disconnect from the water or something. What this means of course is that I now find myself with a lack of…
Category: Fly Tying
Early Season Flies – Part Two
Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yes, flies and imitations. Well another three handy flies to have at this time of year also cover a variety of insects – and two of them are not dry flies they are emergers. Remember in part one we were talking about the Large Dark Olive – well…
Early Season Flies – Part One
Ok, I promised a kelvinator I would post the flies that I regularly use on the Kelvin . I pretty much use these same flies on the other rivers I fish as well. I have decided to split the series into three so watch out for the next sections over the coming weeks. Anyway, the…
Even more zooming fly fishing – this time it is fly tying !
Everything is on the Zoom these days – I have a weekly zoom quizz with the extended family as none of us can meet in person (like everyone else). I am part of Scouts and we are planning online meetings. I had a meeting not that long ago with the Kelvin committee which was online…
Zooming Fly Fishing
Anyway, so i was sitting on my sofa on Thursay night minding my own business watching a bit of telly when my mobile telephone rang – “Alberto Laidlaw” it said on the screen. Alberto is about the closest I get to angling legends apart from Paul Young and Kenny Sichi. Here he is wearing a…
The Spiky Box
My Spiky box is coming along just nicely thank you very much. I do love an easy tied spiky fly and the rough water sedge fist the bill just nicely. I know some rapids and pocket water where they are going to be well used.
Winter Projects – Vice Action.
Well that was a quick season. No sooner than it was over I was thinking about next year and planning some winter projects. I am not a big fan of freezing my balls off hunting for Grayling and anyway looking at the photos on facebook it appears now to just be an excuse to torment…
Fly Tying Box – I wish mine was made in Scotland by Barr n’ Stroud!
Anyway, so I was in Decathlon and found a box that would be absolutely ideal for storing fly tying materials. The only downside was it was £40 and made of plastic. It is actually some kind of coarse fishing box, something about Carp apparently. It sparked off a whole host of memories about fly tying storage…
A Newer Sergeant Major…
The squadrons were depleted in last year’s campaign of trout hunting by various means. Lost in action they were – up trees, on boulders, very occasionally in fish, sometimes on shopping trolleys and on one memorable occasion on the back of my jacket. Brings a tear to a glass eye that would – those little lads…
Summer Fly Stocktaking
I spent the evening tying flies. Actually that was a bit of a fib, I spent a couple of hours stocktaking my fly box and then amalgamated good flies from other boxes into the one I carry the most. This involved taking some old favorites like my Scruffy Kelvin Olive and some miscellaneous paraloops and…