fly tying

WANT TO CATCH 

USE SEXY FLIES 

TIED WITH

FROM 

http://www.deercreek.co.uk/

MCFLUFFCHUCKER

(a cave in scotland)

stir crazy and new adventures

chewing the cud and other fascinating stories

theres a lot of pictures in the blog this week so will keep the writing to a minimum

so yea i got some new threads although im not really sure why as fish dont care if you pretending to be a tree in a boat 

andy pandy saunders came to visit for a few days , we laughed we joked we drank whisky (a lot of whisky) we fished and fished , we had manly tying sessions and made lots of strange noises , the destroyer refused to eat my food ..............hes a bloody food critic now is he BGC 

conditions were really not ideal but when you have 3 loonies in a boat theres never a dull moment  

black flies are still featuring quite highly on the old money in the bank list as bro ken capsey would say just couldnt fail with these last year 

we stopped for lunch and the destroyer pulled his best hooker look dude just not doing it for me 

of course i rock like a mother fooker as casters fly shop in the usa would say

the destroyer gets buzzed by weird glowing stuff , probably attracted by the smell 

BGC saunders showed me his technique of fast catch and release that was like a 2 second release awesome  

my favorite time on the loch 

BGC saunders took a few shot for the upcoming deercreek movie 

arty farty again i should just stick to flies 

the destroyer in my kitchen , i have to say it was a darn fine chilli well it would be his wife cooked it 

so on a trouty hunt yup you read write i dug out the 6 wght and went chasing wild fish in the rivers 

what a place to fish

there was a lovley grayling in his hand a second ago 

still too bloody bright 

too young gay lovers wading in the stream , ok thats a lie neither saunders or the destroyer is young

3 pro team members in a bathroom ok thats a whole another story

go wild in the country

the destroyers new bird 

we fished off these stocked rainbow trout fisheries , probably the most boring fishing experience ive ever had

the destroyer manged a nice brown trout although it didnt count because it was a mud puddle pig

see what i have to work with

so next week ill post my last fishing trip in which i caught a few and had an unfortunate experience with a flying hook and im going to unleash on internet idiots 

tight lines 

mcfluffchucker 

(a cave in scotland)

nayat hair baitfish step by step

NAYAT HAIR BAITFISH

Heres step by step for a very easy and effective baitfish have it as big or as small as you like or whatever colour you like, looks great in the water

You will need 

Nayat hair (www.foxy-tails.co.uk)

8mm 3d eyes (www.deercreek.co.uk

Phantom thread

Esox 1 -  6/0

Oliive flashabou

Croc glue

1 – Take your phantom thread and tie on from the hook eye back to a point level with hook point as 

2 – Take a whole length of nayat hair (not to thick) and cut at the base and lay to one side

3 – Add a very fine coating of croc glue (this makes the whipping bombproof and gives the nayat something to bond to)

4 – Place the nayat on the hook shank and gently press down so it goes all around the hook shaft,  leave a small area behind the hook eye as above , this will be for the next section of nayat ,the length you have on this first piece will ultimately be the final length of the fly

5 – Next take a section of your back colour and tie it in on top of the first white piece as above and remembering to leave that small clear area behind the hook eye

6 – take a small amount of flashabou (take a whole length of the material rather than having odd lengths left of the hank) and tie in at the head of the fly on the clear bit you left behind you can see this in the photo below 

7 – Now we take another full length section of white nayat and place under the hook facing forward, again on the bare hook shank area and add a little dab of croc glue to secure, then take a section of your back colour and tie in the same as the white but on the top

8 – Take a pen tube and hollow tie (pushing the materials backwards with the pen to give body volume without the weight) you can see that the flashabou sits nicely in the material also 

9 – Once you have pushed back with the pen hold the material with your thumb and fore finger and remove the pen, then whip the material down to secure (I add a dash of varnish to secure and protect the thread) 

10 – Take another long section of flashabou (half a dozen strands) and tie onto the whipping before the varnish dries, we are now ready for the last 2 pieces of nayat to make the head profile

11 – we now do steps 7 and 8 again but this time you want to use half the amount of nayat , and also add in a few more strands of flashabou facing forward , this time you should also cut of the excess behind the thread , this allows for a less bulky nose to the fly 

12 – This is what you should have ready to hollow tie back; you can see where ive trimmed the waste behind the thread

13 – Follow step 8 again and just allow the flashabou to sit naturally where it wants to go

14 – once hollow tied finish off with a few wraps , then a small amount of varnish to secure 

15 – There you have the basic fish shaped nayat fly now we are ready for the eyes

16 – The eyes have a sticky backing so you can test for the best position before you start to apply the epoxy once your happy with where the eyes are going take them off

17 – I use a small amount of 5 min epoxy ( z poxy is the only one I use ) if im doing a lot of the same fly ill use a longer setting epoxy so mix the epoxy up (cocktail sticks are good for this) although I have an old wine cork with a darning needle stuck into it 

18 – take a blob of epoxy and push it through the material , this will give you the weight the fly needs for the dying fish movement in the water and a firm base for the eyes to stick to

19 – Place some more epoxy to the side where the eye is going to go and place the eye on and leave to set

and there you have it a bloody great looking baitfish , of course you can choose what ever colors you like these just float my boat for the predators , and action these flies have in the water is stunning due to the fluid movement of the nayat , it Really is an amazingly easy fly to tie have a go

Mcfluffchucker 

(A cave in Scotland)

here we go again pro team on the road

ROAD TO RUIN

ok so whats been going on well 1st up we the pro team was up at active angling centers open day doing some demos , myself doing pike flies with gliss and glint plus , the destroyer was doing loch style flies with diamond uv , and man baby scott kane was doing gypsy magic flies

heres a few pics of the day 

doing what i love doing yup i dont do this for fame , for money , or to become a name i do this because i love to do it and pass on the knowledge for future generations of predator fly anglers im just a guy who ties flies .........

my self and scott on the first day did a hellva lot off demos for deercreeks diamond hard uv 

http://www.deercreek.co.uk/DIAMOND-UV-RESINS.html

and the one thing that struck me was the amount of people who came with the same problem with another uv manufacturer , the stuff was tacky end off and these folks were having to put varnish over the top , excuse me what is the point of that , now i really dont care what you use but after our demos a lot of people were converted on the spot , and when conan joined us on the second day and was demonstrating it well lets just say a lot of people were buying it .............tack free uv well you know where to go

preparing scott (adult baby) kanes chair for the days tying  

the garfield fly went down very well 

getting down to it lost count of the flies i made over the 2 days 

scott was a hit with his strange headware as always , and he had a steady stream of people watching his demos which was good as a lot of the people hadnt seen really big flies being made so it was great to chat to non predator anglers who did actually take a great interest in what i was doing and keen to listen to why pike fly fishing is so good 

sunday and the doors were open and again we had a steady stream of folks through and it was good to see that people kept coming back to see what we were up to so we had multiple chances to demo the uv and materials  

the yellow and new black gliss and glint plus was massively popular and to be honest its always a good combo colour for scottish lochs 

tower of power 

i spent an hour with this chap explaining the builds on the flys and why i tie the way i tie , turns out he was an employee and was just seeing if we wanted a cuppa ...........

the end of a great weekend theres simply no team like the pro team 

have to say it was a fantastic weekend for the deercreek team and the materials we use , i cant thank enough owner chris and his dad  and staff for making us so welcome and it is such a great shop with really friendly staff so if your going past stirling on the way to the trossochs then pop in and say hello 

http://www.anglingactive.co.uk/

enjoing smoked trout tasted absolutely amazing  i had to grab the plate before the destroyer ate it all

new video alert

ok so i had a massive amount of interest on custom blending gliss and glint plus and was asked by a few people if id do a video on mixing it so here you go enjoy your imagination is your only limit  

we have 4 days of deercreek pro team fish in covering pike and trout on rivers and lochs so stay tuned for the madness 

thanks for visiting 

dave mcfluffchucker 

(a cave in scotland)