Seabass fly video

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New Video up on the Silver scales channel, Tying a Seabass fly.



https://youtu.be/rkII51of-uE

New Preyfish fibre in stock!

A new material has just landed here at Silver Scales, Preyfish fibre is soft, mobile, extremely hydrophobic and superbly versatile!
From Big Pike flies to smaller baitfish patterns this fibre will do it all!
Create bulk using very little material keeping your flies light and easy to cast!

Video's coming soon using this outstanding material, in the meantime check it out at
www.silverscalesflytying.co.uk along with many other specialist Saltwater and Predator fly tying materials!

Glass Candies

Here's a little pattern that will catch a few fish when they're fry feeding. Made with Sybai Saltwater Flash hair, soft and mobile with loads of flash! Size 4 hook. Available in the shop.

New Video Flatwing fly

New Video up on my You tube channel. A nice easy version of a Flatwing fly.
Very effective for a wide range of species and great when drifted in current.

 

 Hope you like it !

New Blends in the shop !!

Flash blends are a staple material for tying Saltwater and Predator flies, the translucency of the material, the subtle flash and great movement in the water all go to making a perfect material for baitfish imitations.
Silver Scales flash blend is one of the best quality versions around and now offer unique custom blends, hand blended in house ! Attention to quality and detail when blending is second to none so you can be rest assured you are getting a great material as well as top value for money ! Three new blends have just been added, Sunburst, Perch Back and Mullet Back. Check them out and let your imagination run wild at the vice !

Sunburst

Mullet Back

Perch Back

Perch pattern made with the Perch Back blend

Mullet pattern made with Mullet back blend

Silver Scales Flash blend

One of the best materials for creating Saltwater and Predator flies is Flash blend. Silver Scales Flash blend is an exceptionally high quality product, hand blended in house for quality control and value, With some unique colour blends available the range is ever expanding. The fly below is tied from our Snow white, Lime juice and Ocean blends.
Check them out at www.silverscalesflytying.co.uk

Barred Livebait Minnow

Here's a nice little pattern that I've called the 'Barred Livebait Minnow'

At around 4 inches long and tied on a size 4 hook it's perfect for a wide range of species around the world but was designed and tied with European Seabass and Seatrout in mind.

Made from my own 'Crafty Minnow fur' for the Tail and 'Livebait dubbing' for the head and body, both available in the Webshop. I have also added a new Step by Step for tying it.
I hope you enjoy tying this pattern and catching many fish with it !

More fish 'Candy' on the way !

Still busy tying stock flies for the shop, here's a sneak peek at some Surf Candy style fish catchers. More colours to come !

New stock flies coming soon !

I am gradually filling the shop with stock flies over the next few weeks so that customers can just point, click and buy !

Here is a taster of what is to come, these are my Bass Minnows designed for European Sea Bass and very effective they are too. They will also be attractive to a wide range of other species too. Available soon in a wide range of colours.

Salt on my mind

Full dress Surf Candy a la Bob Popovics. Can't wait for the Saltwater season !

Happy New Year !

Shad style Baitfish

Here's a little Shad style baitfish pattern created using some long Hi ties and short Lo ties.
I will do a step by step or possibly a video soon to demonstrate the techniques used to achieve the profile in the pattern. The fly can be used for both Salt and fresh water predators.

Transparent Baitfish fly

I'm not sure who the originator of this type of pattern is, but no doubt it was designed with Sea Trout in mind, however it's one of those patterns that is far more versatile than perhaps the originator intended. Certainly it will take Bass and Pollock here in the U.K but no doubt many other species around the world will find it's simple elegant form attractive enough to munch on !

So here's a variation that I have come up with. The body is made from Sybai Polar Flash Dubbing which is a beautiful soft translucent material that I think suits the design parameters of this pattern down to the ground. In the core is a tiny pinch of Deer Creek Laser Dub in red, a very thin mylar tube is used for the tail to which I have inserted a grizzly hackle to form the Caudal fin. The head is finished with a small amount of Deer Creek fine flex UV resin. I'll certainly be carrying a few colour variants of this fly in my box next season !

Flash Blend Flies

Flash Blends are a staple material for all sorts of flies for Predators both Salt and Fresh water ! sheds water well, light and castable, good movement and looks great !

This fly is tied Hi Tie style with my own 'SPF' ( Saltwater and Predator Flies ) version, chosen and hand blended by me for consistent quality and value. 

Sea Trout and Bass Flies

Here are a couple of recent patterns I have tied for Sea Trout and Bass. They are both designed with a Sandeel theme in mind as you will see by the colours.

EP style Baitfish

For my own fishing this year I am trying to focus mostly on using Baitfish imitations like the ones in the picture below....
Now these are actually made with Deer Creek Baitfish fibre which closely resembles EP fibre and therefore can be tied in a similar fashion, hence the 'EP style'. I have tweaked these slightly during the tying process and used slightly more material around the body and head than is the norm for this type of pattern to give a slightly fuller more rounded profile, however they still remain light and castable, shedding water well on the back cast.... I was easily hitting 30yds with them while test fishing them the other night and the fish also gave them the seal of approval...
They are tied on a 1/0 Sakuma saltwater hook and measure around 4 inches.

Baitfish flies and tying 'v' style

After a little break I've returned to the vice with a renewed vigour and have really been getting into tying again.

I have been working on some different tying styles recently, particularly the Muddler and trimmed type Baitfish patterns that use the Johnny King 'v' style of tying.
Here are some of my latest ties and if you like them and would like to know more about how to ties this type of pattern I have added a new step by step tab. Hope you like them !

Shrimp fly

This is my latest Shrimp design, something I have been tinkering with for a while and I think I'm pretty happy with it now. This will certainly have a place in my fly box for next season..

Surf Candy

The Surf Candy was is one of those flies that all newcomers to saltwater fly tying aspire to..
Originally designed by Bob Popovic, this beautiful fly is a winner all over the globe and is one of my personal favourites, not least because I love playing with resin but also because it is just a lovely fly to tie.

More Sandeels

 

 

Sandeels, fishing hook down. Made with Bucktail and E Z body mylar tube covered with UV Resin which makes it translucent and enhances the integral flash !