Pass me
a doughnut ill be back for breakfast
dont time fly when your having fun , well fun ive not really been
having as such as what with my job going crazy the family gearing up
for Christmas and the odd spot of illness that's been doing the rounds
ive pretty not had much time to get a blog post together but I have
been up to a few things read on fellow fluffchucker and all will
become clear
first off I had the destroyer round for a fly tying day and he always
brings a choice collection of doughnuts with him in fact not much
tying gets done much of a distraction sitting there besides us so
nothing gets done till we fortify ourselves
the destroyer as ive said before makes some of the most amazing
nymphs so its been a pleasure these past few months teaching him the
fundamentals of pike and saltwater flies and its been really funny
watching his face as I place 8 inch’s of material onto a hook those
8 inch’s would probably do him for a year in trout flies , but he
getting the hang of it and starting to produce some very cool flies
himself and he’s actually getting the confidence to fish his own
flies as well
he also a complete convert to deercreeks UV resin after using another
inferior well advertised product he can actually tell the difference
and as a non biased view says its better , hes started doing some
really amazing buzzers ill do a feature early next year on his flies
as they really are quite amazing , but this day he was round doing
some patterns for saltwater bass fishing trip we had planned so a few
eels were called for and as always he picked it up dead quick and we
were churning out quite a few for our trip
heading
into the salt
I tend to take only the bear minimum of stuff when I go saltwater fly
fishing a waist coat or rucksack is about it and in this I have as
you can see from the picture a few boxes of flies , unhooking gear,
water , wipes leader material and that is about it everything you
need for trundling around in the salt . Has to be said a few pies and
a couple of doughnuts would be added to the rucksack if im fishing a
long day
I have a few flies of choice when it comes to mainly sparsely dressed
bucktail patterns , thin in profile to emulate a small sandeel or fry
of some kind these always do well for me with white with red dumbbell
eyes outscoring other colors when the going is tough
the ever versatile thundercreek minnow also has a place in the box I
finish the heads of with deer creeks diamond hard uv which pretty
much makes em bomb proof , such a versatile fly the thunder creek,
ive tried making them in synthetics but I just cant seem to match the
look or feel of using bucktail to make them but whatever the fish
still love em
pink is another colour I love to use in the salt , this time pink
bucktail back with a white bucktail belly and a DNA flash tied on a
hook eye and fly clouser hook this color also works really well for
pike believe it or not give it a try
sandeels of course are another must have for any saltwater fly
fishers box I have a couple of favourite patterns that I use above is
eels made from orvis superhair it has a nice crinkle in it which
keeps the eel fairly stiff in the water the head is finished with
deercreeks diamond hard uv tied on hookeye and flys esox 2s
the other is a basic DNA sandeel with small deep water dumbbell eyes
a great simple little fly that takes a amount of fish and pretty easy
to make as well . So with that I was ready to go , unfortunately the
weather took a turn for the worse and our trip was scuppered the sea
is not a mistress to play with and I dont take chances so we ended up
back at mine tying flies and well we had doughnuts to eat so we just
made the best of a bad day
the destroyer is like a sponge at the moment wanting to suck in all
the tying styles he can so with today being blown off I decided id
show him the first steps towards making subbugs so I showed him how
to stack and trim and mix colours with sheephair to make some tasty
looking snacks , this bullhead is designed to be fished on or off the
bottom short sharp strip and pause will bring this up and then it
will sink back down , a great fly when the fish are playing hard to
get and sulking on the deck ….........
conan as always did a fantastic job with his first tie (his is behind
mine)
THE
DEERCREEK FACTOR
fly by
markus hoffman
been a great year for materials from deercreek and the last ties of
this year prove without a doubt that gliss and glint plus is the
greatest material ever made honestly they just keep delivering the
good time after time this material looks absolutely unbelievable with
glints and flashes that really does look like a fish in the water do
yourself a favour if you havent already then head over to
www.deercreek.co.uk and
click on tying materials and you’ll find gliss and glint further
down the page , check out the cool colour chart and at only £1.99 a
pack its simply does represent the best value out there without
compromising on quality , all my flies also feature deercreek eyes ,
they have now become the market leaders in eye design if you see
others out there that look the same then you know where the idea came
from go with the best folks
team 2013
hook
eye and fly
our predator hook site continues to grow
we are adding new products all the time we will be shortly adding
these funky new black night streamer hooks very similar to the orvis
pike and musky hook this is a fine sharp hook they ain’t bending
off with these hooks
offset baitfish
we are also stocking this very nice offset baitfish hook great for
baitfish patterns and laser sharp the offset helps hook up rate and
also with an offset you will find you have a greater lip hook rate
than traditional j hooks an advantage for the fly fisher
PHANTOM
THREAD
we are also stocking phantom thread a fantastic mono thread designed
for synthetics , normal mono threads can snap quite easy , a problem
ive had when applying a bit to much pressure to materials , phantom
thread has been designed to be 30% stronger than normal mono threads
making ideal for the likes of ep fire and gliss and glint plus all
these products can be found over at hook eye and fly you find the
link in the links menus at the side of the blog
2013 is
gonna rock
as I write this on boxing day 2013 and christmas is thankfully behind
us , I have a whole heap of cool stuff to look forward to next year
me and the detroyer will be back on the pike around the end of feb
early march and mabey some grayling up till then if the weather is
kind to us ill be disappearing to the Mediterranean for a week in the
summer in search of a few exotics on the fly and in october ill be
heading to my second home and american family in the form of ken
capsey and vermont fly guys in search of northerns and muskys in the
lake champlain area and to be honest im stoked and cant wait to get
back last time I was there I had 251 fish on the fly in a week and a
whole host of different species , theres also going to be some
chasing of some cannibalistic big brown trout that enter a small
river from a big dark loch and feed on small fish in the shallows of
the feeder river , for me as a predator fly guy who fishes baitfish
patterns this is going to be a rush if we pull it off the plan of
attack on that one is 4 inch gliss and glint plus baitfish fished on
the surface in the dark what a rush and of course plenty off mayhem
throughout the year with fellow maniac and regular to this blog conan
the destryer
so to sign of for the year id just like to thank all of you for
visiting this blog from around the world the kind messages I get sent
(I do reply to them) to the people at deercreek who blow my mind and
keep my creative juices flowing with there incredible products to
piketrek for the pikesaber my trusty weapon of choice for the past 3
years (never failed me) of course to conan my Scottish brother in
crime for all the shit we are going to get into in 2013 . To
www.predatorbite.com who
stock my flies and give me somewhere to chase monsters and of course
ken capsey and Vermont fly guys who always keep me in check (Brian get the steak ready) .
BEST WISHES FOR 2013 SEE YOU ALL ON THE WATER SOMEWHERE IN THE
WORLD
DAVE MCFLUFFCHUCKER
(a cave in Scotland)
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