Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Monday, 17 February 2014
That good old favourite, "The Treacle Parkin"
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| "The Treacle Parkin" |
Many new patterns are being devised every day, some better than others, some just the latest fashion, but, patterns like the Treacle Parkin have really stood the test of time, countless fish have taken a liking to the old Treacle, that should tell us one important thing, the newest fashion doesn't always beat the boring old traditional, No exotic materials is this fly.
Dressing.
Hook, U/eye or D/eye, 14, 16, 18, 20.
Thread, Black Nano Silk.
Tail, Orange/ Yellow wool or Floss.
Body, Peacock herl, (2).
Hackle, Red/ Ginger cock.
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Early Season Nymphs.
Two early season nymphs which are tied for the forthcoming 2014 season.
Hook, Partridge L/S streamer size 10.
Thread, Black Nano Silk.
Tail, Partridge fibres.
Tag, Pearl lurex.
Body, Mole fur (dubbed).
Thorax, Semperfli straggle string, (one turn).
Hackle, Small english partridge.
Iron Blue Nymph (variant).
Hook, Partridge streamer, size 10.
Thread, Red Nano Silk.
Tail, White hackle fibres.
Tag, Red Nano Silk.
Body, Mole fur, (dubbed).
Hackle, Small black hen.
Friday, 7 February 2014
Commonwealth Flyfishing Championships 2009.
Isle of Islay.
My last competition was the 2009 commonwealths, I had decided to call time on my competition fishing, so, it was nice to bow out as Welsh Captain,
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| The 2009 Welsh Commonwealth team I captained. Geoff Thompson, Mike Heckler, David Hoppe, Trevor Jones, Euros Jones, Glyn Jones. |
The Commonwealths are known as the friendly competition, and they certainly are in every sense of the word.
Anyone getting the chance to fish the Commonwealths are in exalted company indeed, the list of anglers who have taken part in them is a veritable who's who of angling, YOU can be part of the legend too.
My best individual finish was 8or9th at Loch Fitty, Scotland.
Absolutely the very best Competition anywhere in the world no question
Thursday, 6 February 2014
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Sweeney Todd meets the Whisky Fly
Two real retro patterns, the Sweeney & Whisky Fly, between them these two must have caught many an angler their first Rainbow Trout.
Myself, I DID get my first Rainbow on the Whisky Fly, many moons ago, my Dad took me to Grafham Water, up until this memorable day, most of my Trout fishing had been done on our local rivers, a 1lb Brownie was a prized catch if you were lucky, Rainbows had not appeared locally at that time, but, Grafham was one place to meet them.
So, off we went, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine what we would experience that day.
Remember, I was only used to small Brownies, our first drift was into Savages Creek, these two flies were on the leader, I hooked the first fish, a Rainbow of 3lbs, not big by todays' standards I know, but in those days, the fish were stocked at quite small sizes, the growth rates were astronomical, so even though my 3 pounder had been stocked, it had grown on to 3lbs, it was as close to wild as you would ever see in those days, our drift was into the shoreline, when the fish took, it was mayhem, in one run it went under the boat, and just carried on going, my backing was soon heading out, and lots of it too, eventually it tired and reached the net, bar of silver is not even close, it was immaculate, we went on to boat more fish during the day, Whisky did the business with Sweeney a close second, these were two must have patterns in their day.
Somehow they fell out of favour, why? I don't know.
But the important question is, do they still work? only one way to find out, you might be surprised.
Sweeney Todd.
Thread, Nano Silk, black.
Hook, Longshank.Partridge Streamer.
body, black floss, with cerise floss under wing
rib, silver wire.
wing, black squirrel or bucktail.
throat hackle, crimson cock/hen tied false.
Whisky Fly,
Thread, Nano Silk, Orange.
hook, Longshank.Partridge Streamer.
body, flat silver.
rib, hot orange floss.
wing, orange squirrel/bucktail.
Hackle, orange hen/cock.
Myself, I DID get my first Rainbow on the Whisky Fly, many moons ago, my Dad took me to Grafham Water, up until this memorable day, most of my Trout fishing had been done on our local rivers, a 1lb Brownie was a prized catch if you were lucky, Rainbows had not appeared locally at that time, but, Grafham was one place to meet them.
So, off we went, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine what we would experience that day.
Remember, I was only used to small Brownies, our first drift was into Savages Creek, these two flies were on the leader, I hooked the first fish, a Rainbow of 3lbs, not big by todays' standards I know, but in those days, the fish were stocked at quite small sizes, the growth rates were astronomical, so even though my 3 pounder had been stocked, it had grown on to 3lbs, it was as close to wild as you would ever see in those days, our drift was into the shoreline, when the fish took, it was mayhem, in one run it went under the boat, and just carried on going, my backing was soon heading out, and lots of it too, eventually it tired and reached the net, bar of silver is not even close, it was immaculate, we went on to boat more fish during the day, Whisky did the business with Sweeney a close second, these were two must have patterns in their day.
Somehow they fell out of favour, why? I don't know.
But the important question is, do they still work? only one way to find out, you might be surprised.
Sweeney Todd.
Thread, Nano Silk, black.
Hook, Longshank.Partridge Streamer.
rib, silver wire.
wing, black squirrel or bucktail.
throat hackle, crimson cock/hen tied false.
Whisky Fly,
Thread, Nano Silk, Orange.
hook, Longshank.Partridge Streamer.
body, flat silver.
rib, hot orange floss.
wing, orange squirrel/bucktail.
Hackle, orange hen/cock.
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