Flicking feathers

  Perdigons have become firmly established as essential river nymphs. These super simple body quill versions are quick, easy ties that are ideal when the fish prefer a more drab offering rather than the tinsel based patterns You sometimes see these under other names such as the Spanish bullet, but I see no reason to change the name from the original. To support my channel and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers I strongly recommend a salon style UV lamp to give these and all your UV resin flies a final cure for a hard, clear tack free finish regardless of the brand resin you use Amazon https://amzn.to/3qTXqiH Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3fSw9qM Materials list Hook: Jig or nymph hook 14 -20 Thread: Body quill Weight: Tungsten bead Tail: Coq de Leon Thorax cover: Black varnish Book of the Month 10 "Essential Saltwater Flies" is available here; Amazon https://amzn.to/3zGD

Exercises and components to go from a 50’ to a 70’ cast as part of a distance casting series. This is the first episode. With Paul Arden and Nick Moore from Sexyloops  

  The first leg of my winter seabass season has come to a close as the fish will be moving out to the open sea over the next week or two as they get ready to spawn, they won't be back till January sometime. It's been interesting as we've been experimenting with some very big flies. I'm not sure the really big flies are that necessary. Naturally I've caught fewer fish than normal, but that was to be expected. I have caught a few nice bass and come into contact with a couple of huge fish, most notably one that would have smashed my PB which was lost at the net. The isssue is, I've not caught any more big fish than usual. In fact, some of the best fish I have caught came to the usual 7-20cm flies. This week for example I caught a beautifully conditioned 65cm bass on a little rubber candy, a second 67cm fish came to a 20cm Sedotti slammer. I spent at least half of the trip fishing a 30cm topwater fly for one chase from a fish that either missed or rejected on the ea

 Another oldie from loops.. Both Nick and Paul's posts this week chimed with something I've been thinking about recently, a lot of people criticise methods, it could be the bung, Euro nymphing, the booby or anything else. Often it's a sort of knee-jerk response because they don't understand it, or maybe it's envy at the success of another angler, sometimes it's because of the way a lot of people use the method in question. I'm far from a purist, just yesterday I was fitting large willow leaf spinner blades to some topwater gamechangers in a bid to make them a bit noisier! I'll gladly fish the bung, a booby or a Euro rig-I even use a beefed up french leader for small stream carping! I've no time for the moans from old-usually American- men complaining that Euro nymphing isn't flyfishing, or isn't new and they've been doing it for 60 years. The second complaint in particular just screams to me that they don't understand the method(s) Th

  Music by Morlais https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/morlais/1018522954?l=en The Maruta, or pacific redfin, is a sea-run member of the dace family that return to spawn in Japanese rivers in early spring. Unlike salmon, they continue to feed in fresh water and are easy to catch on nymphs, or streamers. When they are fresh in the river from the ocean, they are very powerful for their size. After a few weeks in the rivers they lose some of that strength but still fight well. To support my channel and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers

  The Dyret is a great caddis imitation from Norway, it's a great choice for trout and grayling. This olive version is ideal for for situations where you want something buoyant enough to fish with a small dropper nymph To support my channel and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: Dry fly 10-18 Thread: Uni 8/0 grey Tail/head: Deer hair Body: Olive superfine dubbing Hackle: Grizzly dyed olive

  The Nymphs & The Trout https://amzn.to/3Ty9mUf Frank Sawyer's pheasant tail nymph is a truly fantastic fly that everyone should have in their fly box. It's simple, and easy to tie once you know how and really works just as well as modern variations with more going on. To support the channel, get access to the monthly tying classes and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/flickingfeathers and sign up. Material list. Hook: Nymph 14-20 Thread: XS copper wire Tail: Peasant tail Body: pheasant tail