New stuff
SHANK'S SHANKS
I do adjust mine
slightly though I remove the split ring and put it at the other end and leave
the swivel to attach the trace but that’s just a personnel thing you can just
have the hook hanging of the split ring
2 1/2 inch and
3" inch 3 of each per pkt
Price: £2.99 from
Heres the finished
product a basic marabou pattern with an epoxy head the body has some flashabou
tied though at random points very easy to tie all you need to do is Palmer the
marabou around the shank and that’s it
Before I attach the
hook I take one piece of flashbou and one marabou feather and tie onto the hook,
this creates a rather nice articulated tail how can they resist
Great value for money
and very very very strong wire give em a go available now at
WHY DO WE DO IT
So after my merry
holiday jaunt it was time to hit the water with the destroyer again and to be
honest I was chomping at the bit to get and throw fluff , so his royal
destroyerness turns up at mine and we hit the road ,
Much excitement was
to be had as we rolled up onto the first spot which is usually a quick 20 min
stop to get a bend in the rod but strange we stayed for about an hour and no
takers no even a pull which is very unusual at this spot and with the
temperature starting to rise I was beginning to get the feeling the fish may
have switched off , last year we were out in similar temperatures and we bagged
up but I was getting the feeling it was hotter already than that day as sweat
was starting to creep down my forehead
The destroyers
confused look well he had put on some smaller trout type flies on and had a
cast near a fishing to a platform and straight away he hooked a fish which
almost in the blink of an eye snapped him off he redid his cast and stated
fishing again and same thing he got snapped off , never one to give up he
carried on and retied his cast and cast again but this time the fish stayed on
and a lively little jack sporting some fine new lip jewelry came to the boat
Cloud cover quick cast,
the temps were starting to get a bit on the extreme side by this point so when
this cloud came over it was a case of cast for your life
By now it was lunch
time and while the destroyer stuffed another scotch egg in his month and
contemplated passing wind (it that look on his face that’s a dead give away ) I
contemplated a change of fly not that I have many to choose from and decided I
wanted something that I could fish very slowly but would give me a lot of
movement so I delved into my bunny bug box and chose a bug in chartreuse with
some lateral scale flash over the top if I didn’t get hooked with this then it
just wasn’t going to happen even my gliss and glints and fried alives had been
ignored now that’s bad karma
Still the sun beat down,
even warmer than id felt it in a long time seriously was this a British summer
happening
I call this the green
house, its an area of thick weeds that esox likes to get under and if you hook
up here its really hook and hold, so the destroyer got the boat into pretty
much the perfect position for a few shots at the edges , the trick here is to
get the fly right on the edge of the weeds and let it sink for a few seconds
before giving it a gentle pinch on the line to
Stop it sinking and
then a painfully slow strip and pause to get em hitting it.
The reasoning behind
this is to when the fly lands the fish may see it from its cover then when you
pinch it to stop it and make it move that first “puff” of movement can be the
trigger to get them to strike if its going to happen it will usually be in the
first couple of pulls but it’s a really exciting way to fish
And bang the second
cast proves the point, on the second cast I had a fish on, you can see in the
picture above I had cast right tight to the weeds at point 1 and the fish hit
at point 2 the fish was clearly in among the cover staying cool and darted
out and nailed the fly on the second pull proof indeed that I sometimes know
what im talking about.
And a very welcome
jack around 4 lbs graces the boat let me tell you I was grateful for anything on
a day like this and as regular readers will know I believe fly fishing for pike
is not all about how big a pike you can catch from chew or how many doubles you
can catch in a week I really cant be doing with back slapping big fish hunters,
its all about the method not about the size of the fish so don’t be put off
that you’ll never catch a double , you will and when you do you’ll realize that
is not all about that .please don’t be fooled by thinking you have to
constantly catch big fish that’s really not what its about I can stress that
enough go out enjoy the method enjoy tying the flies enjoy being out there as i keep telling the wife size isnt everything
So with the sun
setting on a very hot day and 11 hours fishing coming to an end we headed to
the dock and just chatted about the day and had a laugh and the large fish that
the destroyer lost not that id ever mention that, not his fault it has to be
said so if your in the Glasgow angling center and you see his beardness don’t mention
the fish but instead ask him to show you his sunburned arse which actually
resembles a pair of ladies briefs.
Sometimes people say
to me when ive had a bad trip why do you keep going well ill just point
them to the picture below I think that says it all don’t you
Many thanks to dust
buster for the following comment re bffi post
“What
can I say! great show and a pleasure to spend money on the Deer Creek stand. no
pressure from Nick to buy and very helpful.
Learnt a lot from your good self and spent more money at Castle Feathers for the tinsel!!
Keep on doing what you do best”
Learnt a lot from your good self and spent more money at Castle Feathers for the tinsel!!
Keep on doing what you do best”
i do what I do for free I accept no
payments from any company’s for what I write or do, I like to promote products
that I love to use be it deercreek or any other company ill write about it I write
a lot about deercreek because they have some amazing material and some amazing
tiers on there books and being part of there pro team means I can talk and swap
ideas and help develop new colors in materials with the other pro team members
and again I do it because I love it, be aware though if I'm not keen or don’t like
a product ill bloody write about and that’s just who I am im no backside licker
so I guess a lot of people like that because the blog in the month of June had
an incredible over 9 thousand visitors so to each and every visitor I humbly thank
you from the bottom of my heart I really am humbled
Tightlines and don’t forget
the suntan Lotion
(mcfluffchucker)
A cave in Scotland
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