flies and ideas

so with a few days off from work im catching up on some stuff i need to do including catching up with my blog and tying and stuff and ive got a few days fishing planned so here we go .

well i get asked a lot to do flies for folks and i cant always fit them in as the flies i do are not African made bollocks that fall apart after a few fish , i actually hand blend the materials and blend flash to get the perfect patterns every time so that as you can imagine takes a while and i never rush flies end of , so newry boat builder chris mcaliden had been asking me for a while for some flies and as much as i wanted too i just couldn't fit him in so had to turn his requests down .

so when he contacted me again and gave me a gentle prod i had a tying space so was able to do him some and they arrived in Ireland in due course . so Chris got out with his pal Francis o hare and Francis hit this cracking fish on one of my custom rainbow trout patterns well done fella great looking fish , 

ON THE VISE

pretty much all my days off have been spent creating patterns the last few months  the weather hasn't been the greatest and ive been knackered with work so ive been getting plenty out 

below is a few patterns with recipes and these flies are all 8 inchs and over 

hook - 7/0 sakuma manta 

body - blended gliss n glint plus 

flash - blue flashabou

eye - 8mm hard eye 

thread - phantom thread 

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

hook - 6/0 long shank predator hook(available from me)

body - blended gliss n glint plus 

flash - purple angel hair 

eye - 8mm deercreek gator eye 

thread - phantom thread (avalible from me)

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

hook - 6/0 long shank predator hook(available from me)

body - blended gliss n glint plus 

flash - gold flashabou

eye - 8mm deercreek gator eye 

thread - phantom thread (avalible from me)

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

hook - 6/0 short predator hook(available from me)

body - blended gliss n glint plus

flash - silver lateral scale 

eye - 8mm deercreek gator eye 

thread - phantom thread (avalible from me)

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

hook - 6/0 short predator hook(available from me)

body - blended gliss n glint plus

flash -silver flash blended into materials 

eye - 8mm deercreek gator eye 

thread - phantom thread (avalible from me)

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

hook - 6/0 long shank predator hook (avalible from me)

body - blended gliss n glint plus

flash - green and gold flash blended into materials 

eye - 8mm deercreek gator eye 

thread - phantom thread (available from me)

finished with diamond hard uv from deercreek

SOME NEW IDEAS 

ok so well maybe not a new idea as ive used flies on a lure rod before by using weights and its taken me a while to get just right and i have a customer who buys these kits from me and its a fairly simple idea but actually quite deadly 

first up was to find a supplier for decent weights that i could clip flies onto and i came across the chaps called uk lures on ebay but they also have a cool website uk lures

i bought a mixed back of sizes so i can chop and change the fly sizes and the action i want 

quite a solid construction i was very impressed,the clip is very strong and not likely to open im quite happy to throw flies around on this 

these flies sit quite nicely on the links allowing for plenty of movement 

a few images of jig flies ive done for a customer , worth mentioning hes doing really well on a river just now with these for pike perch and zander , ive agreed not to divulge the location but hes happy for me to show pics of the flies and set up

the flies on jig heads 

if your interested in any jig flies please just send me a message to discuss your needs 

well finally you would wouldn't you , i was in my local pound world yesterday and saw this at the check out , 3 packs for 50 pence had to be done and off course i always need more flash dont i (shakes head) well ill have a look see what i can come up with

so with no more fly tying scheduled for today i head into the kitchen to fillet a salmon , i know quite random , especially when you girlfriend decides you have to wear her apron to do it 

right with that have to go and visit me old mate from the 80s duke , who has taken an interest in fishing so im coaching in the fine art so expect to see some more of him in the blogs.

if your out this week stay safe