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.

Dubbing baitfish Video

A new Video is up on the channel, this time I'm tying a Dubbing Baitfish with our Silver Scales Baitfish Dubbing. Very soft and mobile and you can create some fantastic looking patterns with it.

Enjoy!

Craft fur Baitfish video

As promised in the previous post I have put together a new video featuring Craft fur in the shape of Silver scales Crafty Minnow Fur. Also featured is the new Saltwater flash hair from Sybai

Hope you enjoy it!

Craft Fur Baitfish

There is no doubt Craft fur is an excellent and very popular material for tying flies, but I think many beginner fly tiers struggle to master the techniques needed to achieve a satisfactory result. Indeed I admit it took me a while to master the material but once I did I was able to produce Patterns such as the one pictured above.

I am going to produce a video of how to tie the pattern above and include some techniques that should help many tiers come to grips with using craft fur. Hopefully it will be up soon.

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 !

Back to basics

Sometimes I have to take a break from tying, it can be for many reasons, family commitments, illness, tying block or just boredom... ( I have a short attention span ! ).

However I will always pick up the bobbin again at some point and begin whipping materials to the shank of a hook!

When I do I tend to go back to basics to ease myself back in to it. No point starting at the deep end, and who said a fly has to be complicated to look good and more importantly catch fish?

So here is a simple slender baitfish type pattern that came to me after a long break of tying. It comprises of just two materials and a pair of eyes. No doubt it will be as effective as any other more fancy fly I have ever tied.

New Clouser Minnow tying Video !

As part of my You Tube channel revamp I have revised my Clouser Minnow tying Video.
My version deviates slightly from the original tying by the great man Mr Bob Clouser but is no no less effective ! Enjoy...