Firetigers and Fatboys

 

 

 



Mega Laser dub Firetiger Baitfish with Tail Hackles

Fatboys

More Baitfish patterns

I've been working on some more baitfish patterns of varying styles and profiles, here's a couple of Perch imitations that I did recently. I've tried to blend several colours of Deer Creek Baitfish fibre, ( similar to ep fibres ), to achieve a semi realistic natural colour scheme.

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 !

E Z body Squid

I'm having a bit of an obsession with E Z body mylar tube at the moment, and I came up with this Squid pattern. The E Z body is coated with U.V resin and the 'wings' are carefully built up using layers of U.V...