Glass Candies
Here’s a little pattern that will catch a few fish when they’re fry feeding. Made with Sybai Saltwater Flash hair, soft and mobile with loads of flash! Size 4 hook. Available in the shop.
Bass fishing
New Video Flatwing fly
New Video up on my You tube channel. A nice easy version of a Flatwing fly. Very effective for a wide range of species and great when drifted in current. Hope you like it !
New Blends in the shop !!
Flash blends are a staple material for tying Saltwater and Predator flies, the translucency of the material, the subtle flash and great movement in the water all go to making a perfect material for baitfish imitations. Silver Scales flash blend is one of the best quality versions around and now offer unique custom blends, hand … Read more
Silver Scales Flash blend
One of the best materials for creating Saltwater and Predator flies is Flash blend. Silver Scales Flash blend is an exceptionally high quality product, hand blended in house for quality control and value, With some unique colour blends available the range is ever expanding. The fly below is tied from our Snow white, Lime juice … Read more
Barred Livebait Minnow
Here’s a nice little pattern that I’ve called the ‘Barred Livebait Minnow’ At around 4 inches long and tied on a size 4 hook it’s perfect for a wide range of species around the world but was designed and tied with European Seabass and Seatrout in mind. Made from my own ‘Crafty Minnow fur’ for … Read more
More fish ‘Candy’ on the way !
Still busy tying stock flies for the shop, here’s a sneak peek at some Surf Candy style fish catchers. More colours to come !
New stock flies coming soon !
I am gradually filling the shop with stock flies over the next few weeks so that customers can just point, click and buy ! Here is a taster of what is to come, these are my Bass Minnows designed for European Sea Bass and very effective they are too. They will also be attractive to … Read more
Shad style Baitfish
Here’s a little Shad style baitfish pattern created using some long Hi ties and short Lo ties. I will do a step by step or possibly a video soon to demonstrate the techniques used to achieve the profile in the pattern. The fly can be used for both Salt and fresh water predators.
Transparent Baitfish fly
I’m not sure who the originator of this type of pattern is, but no doubt it was designed with Sea Trout in mind, however it’s one of those patterns that is far more versatile than perhaps the originator intended. Certainly it will take Bass and Pollock here in the U.K but no doubt many other … Read more
Flash Blend Flies
Flash Blends are a staple material for all sorts of flies for Predators both Salt and Fresh water ! sheds water well, light and castable, good movement and looks great ! This fly is tied Hi Tie style with my own ‘SPF’ ( Saltwater and Predator Flies ) version, chosen and hand blended by me … Read more
Sea Trout and Bass Flies
Here are a couple of recent patterns I have tied for Sea Trout and Bass. They are both designed with a Sandeel theme in mind as you will see by the colours.
EP style Baitfish
For my own fishing this year I am trying to focus mostly on using Baitfish imitations like the ones in the picture below…. Now these are actually made with Deer Creek Baitfish fibre which closely resembles EP fibre and therefore can be tied in a similar fashion, hence the ‘EP style’. I have tweaked these … Read more
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 … Read more