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 Roman Moser's RM is sedge is a fantastic caddis dry fly. Quick, easy to tie and effective, it floats well and can be twitched or skated if you wish.  To support my channel, get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Standard dry fly 8-14  Thread: Uni 8/0 brown, dun or tan Body: Deer hair dubbing Wing: Poly yarn or antron

 This simple little stonefly pattern is a very effective imitation that can be tied in various sizes to represent a range of different species and as a bonus it works well in midge hatches or when any small black fly is on the water.  To support my channel, get access to the members' only content and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: TMC 100 size 14- 20 Thread: Uni 8/0 black Body: Black superfine dubbing Wing: Natural CDC Hackle: Grizzle cock hackle

Oliver Edward's POPA (post-ovipositing adult) Caddis is a great diving caddis imitation that looks great without being too hard to tie. To support my channel, get access to the monthly zoom sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: Tiemco 2487 size 8-18 Thread: Uni 8/0 Rib: Fine gold wire Abdomen: SLF blend or similar Thorax: Deer hair dubbing Wing: Raffene (swiss straw) Antenna: Guard hair from a badger or similar  

The Beacon Beige is a classic English dry fly that can represent a range of small mayfly species and makes a nice searching pattern too.  To support my channel, get access to the monthly  online tying sessions 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 14-24 Thread:Uni 8/0 black or primrose  Tail: Mixed grizzle and red game hackle fibers Body: Stripped peacock quill Hackle: Grizzle and red game cock hackle  

 Bob Wyatt's DHE is a fantastic suggestive pattern that works in just about any hatch and should be in every river and stillwater angler's box. To support my channel, get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Tiemco 2487 (or equivalent) size 8-20 Thread: Uni 8/0  Wing: Deer hair Abdomen: Hare's ear or similar dubbing Thorax: Hare's ear or similar dubbing

 The semicircle spinner is my go to spinner pattern, it offers a correct footprint while still remaining quite visible to the angler, I'll only switch to a different pattern of I feel certain that size, form and presentation are all good but still getting refusals. To support the channel, get access to the members only content, monthly online tying sessions and be eligible for the monthly giveaways head to www.patreon.com\flickingfeathers and sign up or support through  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/flickingfeathe rs Material list Hook: tmc 100 or equivalent size 14-20 Thread: Uni 8/0 rusty brown Tail: Coq de Leon or hackle fiber Body: Rust brown superfine Hackle: White cock hackle

The Sherry spinner, or as it's known in America the rusty spinner is probably the most common colour of mayfly spinner and can be used to represent a wide range of species just be adjusting the size. To support my channel, get access to the online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Tiemco 100 size 14-20 Thread: Uni 8/0 Rusty brown Tail: White micro fibbets Abdomen: Goose or turkey biot dyed rust Wing: White antron or similar Thorax: Rust brown superfine dubbing  

 Here's a nice little Wulff variant that fishes well around march brown time and if there are large brook duns around later in the year.  To support my channel, get  access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material List Hook: TMC 100 size 14 Thread: Uni 8/0 Brown Wing: Short fine deer hair Tail: Short fine deer hair Rib: Thread Body: Natural hare's ear plus Hackle: Grizzle cock

 The elk hair caddis is a true classic. It has great buoyancy for rough water and is an excellent choice for twitching and skating. To support my channel, get access to the monthly online tying sessions  and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials List Hook: Standard dry fly hook 10-20 Thread: Uni 8/0 Rib: Fine wire Body: Dry fly dubbing of choice Hackle: Cock saddle hackle Wing: Elk or deer hari

The Humpy is a great suggestive or attractor dry fly for fast, broken water. It is however, quite a tricky tie to get right, here I describe each stage in detail to help you tie one. To support my channel, get access to the zoom tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Tiemco 100 size 10-18 Thread: UTC 70 yellow Tail: Moose body hair Wing/hump: Elk hair Hackle: Grizzly and brown cock wound together  

 Dave Whitlock's match the minnow series allow you to represent a wide variety of small baitfish simply by changing the colour of hackle feather used. To support my channel get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Ring eye streamer  sized to your preference Body form: Lead foil (or aluminium/plastic for light weight versions)  Thread: White 140 denier Body: Mylar tubing Wing: 2-4 hackle feathers Eyes: 3D eyes Flexible UV resin

Cathy Beck's Super Bugger is a fantastic and versatile variant of the classic.  It could represent a sculpin, crayfish or small sunfish.  Here I show you how to tie a more durable version of her fly. To support my channel get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: 1x long heavy wire streamer hook Weight: Lead dumbells Thread: 140 denier to match body colour Tail: Grizzly or standard marabou Tail flash: Crystal flash Body: Large soft hackle or schlappen Legs: Silli legs Head: SLF dubbing or similar Adhesive: Liquid fusion

 The Ball Peen Craw is a great choice for smallmouth bass in lakes and rivers as well as being a fantastic carp fly. 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  Material list Hook: Kamasan B175 Size 6 (original TMC 3769 size 6) Thread: 6/0 Uni to match colour scheme Weight: Medium bead chain Tail flash: Crystal flash Legs: SIlli legs Body - rear1/3: SLF blend (Whitlock's blends are good) Body - front 2/3: Craw dub

 Bill Gammel's Weedrunner is a good choice for weedy lakes and ponds.  The woolly bugger body will hang below the surface while the foam wing and head push water and keep the hook clean. 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 Material list Hook: Stinger Thread: 140 denier Tail: Marabou Rib:Wire Body: Chenille Hackle: Long cock hackle Legs: Medium round rubber Head/Wing: 3mm foam

  Another old one from Sexyloops (Feb 2020) Some of you might remember that I decided to limit myself to fishing only traditional bucktail streamers for smallmouth bass last season. Well that season is definitely over and I'm getting ready for the 2020 smallmouth fishing to kick off soon, without the limitations of last year.  It should be obvious that this wasn't about finding out if the old streamers still work. Of course they do! Although I hear myself and others say it often enough that I have to wonder who we're trying to convince. I actually caught more smallmouth bass last season than I ever have, probably because I spent more time on them than I ever have before rather than some X factor inherent in the  bucktails.  Looking back at my notes, I do think that the experiment cost me some fish. The practical size limitation of the flies was the most common issue, it's just not feasible to tie a silver outcast 20cm long for bass that are keyed in on large ayu. Even w

 This pattern is a foam spider with bells and whistles.  I tend not to tie these small, preferring the larger bass sized version. They're excellent for smallmouth. To support my channel  get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Material list Hook: Gamakatsu B10S size 6 Thread: Black uni 6/0 Body: Size 4 foam spider body Legs: Barred round rubber  Eyes: 3mm doll eyes Sighter: 2mm foam

 Simple but effective for bass, panfish and others the SMP should be in every warm water box. To support my channel, get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers   Material List Hook: Heavy wet fly standard to 1X long size 12-6 Weight: Bead chain or dumbbells Thread: 140 denier to match/contrast Body: Flashy dubbing   Wing: Marabou

 The Goober bug is a great option for popper dropper bass fishing and works well for panfish too. To support my channel  get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: Longshank streamer hook 4-10 Thread: Uni 8/0 Weight: Lead wire Legs: Silli legs or round rubber Body: Crystal flash chenille, cactus chenille or similar

 This weedless bass popper will go places that others can't.  Switch out the head type or adjust the colour to suit your own fishing. To support my channel, get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: EWG soft plastic hook  Thread : Danville's flat waxed nylon Tail: Saddle hackle Rear collar: saddle hackle   Legs: Silli legs  Shank: 25mm fish spine Articulation cover: marabou Collar support: Saddle hackle Collar: marabou Head: Flymen Howitzer popper

 The Gumdrop slider is an excellent, subtle top water bug  for warmwater fly fishing. Here' I've jazzed it up with some legs and softer collar for slow "do nothing" presentations that are excellent for bluegill, other panfish and bass. To support the channel, get access to the monthly online tying sessions and be eligible for giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list Hook: Preformed Gumdrop slider  https://www.panfishonthefly.com/fly-tying-materials/floating-slider-heads Thread: Any Legs: silli legs or round rubber Tail: hen hackle fibers Collar: hen hackle

 This is a variant of Frankie McPhillips' Lough Arrow Mayfly. Although They're all variants of each other really.  It's a great wet  for the top dropper that works in Ireland and abroad. To support the channel, get access to the monthly online tying sessions and be eligible for giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" is available from my amazon link https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" is available here https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT Materials list Hook: Kamasan B175 size 8 or 10 Thread: Brown Uni 8/0 Tail: Cock pheasant tail Rib: Oval gold tinsel Body: Natural raffia (or synthetic sub) Body Hackle: Badger cock Shoulder hackle: Greeny olive French partridge Head hackle: Fluo lemon yellow speckled hen hackle (original; grey partridge dyed lemon yellow)

 The Kate McLaren is a fantastic wet fly that you'll find in almost every Scottish wet fly box.  It has become popular across the British isles and is certainly worth tying.  To support my channel, get acces to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers Materials list. Hook: Kamasan B175 size 8-14 Thread: Black Uni 8/0  Tag: silver tinsel Tail: Golden Pheasant Tippet Rib: Fine oval silver Body: Black seal fur Body hackle: Black cock Head hackle: Red game cock or hen

    To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers A simple, classic that just works. Nothing more to say really, tie bibios and fish them. Materials list Hook: Kamasan B175 size 8-14 Thread: Black Uni 8/0 Rib: Silver wire or oval tinsel Body: In 1/3 bands, Black seal fur, red/orange seal fur, black seal fur Body hackle: black cock Head hackle: Black hen

This well hackled mayfly is another of John Forde's patterns, it makes a nice top dropper and is an easier, less complex tie than many other Irish mayfly patterns. Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" is available from my amazon link https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B Materials List Hook: Kamasan B170 or B175 size 10-12 Thread: Olive Uni 8/0 Tail: Cock pheasant tail RIb: Oval gold Body: Natural seal fur Body hackle: Grizzle cock Head hackle: French partridge dyed olive     To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

The Hypocrite, or Hypocrite's Flee is a pattern I tied many years ago and has a bit of a funny story behind the name. It's shown itself to be a great taker of both wild and stocked fish from the Orkneys and Shetlands to the reservoirs of southern England. Materials List Hook: Kamasan B175 size 10 Thread: Danville's or UTC 140 FLuo fire orange Tail: Sunburst marabou Rib: Gold wire Body: Tying thread Body hackle: Fluo orange Chinese cock (oversized) Head hackle: Partridge dyed orange    To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

Another from Sexy Loops When I was a wee guy, the Crystal Maze with Richard O'Brian was one of my favourite TV shows. I particularly enjoyed the Aztec and Medieval zones, my least favourite was the Industrial zone, but I still liked it.  Which is kind of how I feel about the near shore fishing in Tokyo Bay, it's not the kind of environment that I'm really excited about fishing in but it's also cool in its own way, especially at night. Japanese seabass are a very popular target species around Tokyo.(probably 2nd only to black bass) The massive construction  and storm defences around Tokyo, Yokohama and Chiba has created a fantastic environment for seabass and the species they prey on. Since Super typhoon Hagibis hit and the following typhoon passed by, my plans of stretching out the smallie fishing seem shot as temperatures have dropped and the rivers have been mostly in flood. Which combined with reports of the bay fishing great meant a couple of early season seabass tr

   Frankie McPhillips' adaptations of the stimulator have been around for a while now and become firmly established as great options for both mayfly and sedge hatches in a good wave. Materials list Hook: Kamasan B170 10-12 Thread: Uni 8/0, black Tail: Deer hair dyed fluo red Body: Claret seal fur Rib: Fine gold wire Body hackle: Claret cock Wing: Roe deer dyed claret Front hackle: Grizzly dyed blue To support the channel and be eligible for giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers

Forde's May is a great mayfly for Irish loughs particularly Melvin and Conn.It also works further afield if Mayfly are present. I prefer to fish this on the point. Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" is available from my amazon link https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B Materials List Hook: Kamasan B170 or B175 size 10-12 Thread: Olive Uni 8/0 Tail: Cock pheasant tail Body: Light hares ear Rib: Oval gold Wing: Teal or starling secondary feather  Hackle: English partridge dyed golden olive To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

    Snatchers are a fantastic addition to the wet fly box, filling a great niche for calmer days and midge feeding fish. Materials list Hook: Kamasan B100 10-16 Thread: Black Uni 8/0 Tag: Globrite no.4 Rib: Silver Wire Body: Claret seal fur Hackle: Claret Chinese cock or hen stripped on one side Cheeks: Jungle cock split Head: claret seal fur with a little spectra flash dubbing added To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

  A simple Gosling variant that Patsy Deery describes in his book Irish Mayflies. It works well as a top dropper or fished on the point. Materials list Hook: Kamasan B175 or B170 size 10-12 Thread: Brown Uni 8/0 Tail: Brown squirrel hair (or similar) Body: Natural raffia or "natural" coloured raffene Rib: Brown thread 1st hackle: Red cock 2nd hackle: Light olive cock    To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

    The Machair Claret is anothe of John Kennedy's excellent wet fly patterns. It's a good choice for brown trout, seatrout and salmon in the lochs of Scotland's Western Isles and further afield. Materials List Hook: Kamasan B175 8-12 Thread Black Uni 8/0 Tail: Jungle cock, bright side down Rib: Oval gold, medium or fine Body: Dark claret seal fur Body hackle: 1 claret and 1 black chinese cock Head hackle: Long black hen To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

This slightly unusual looking wet fly is great in late summer when daddy longlegs are around. Materials list Hook: 2x long size 10 or 12 (tmc5262 or Kamasan B800) Thread: Brown Uni 8/0 Body: Natural raffia/natural coloured raffene Rib: Fine oval gold Body hackle: Ginger cock Shoulder hackle: Brown partridge Head hackle: Golden pheasant tippet     To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

On May 22nd I'll be having the 2nd online tying session for channel supporters To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers This month it's fresh and saltwater baitfish patterns Material list EP fibres 2 colours . (1 white & 1 grey, tan, olive or blue) White bucktail SF blend or kinky fibre 2 colours  (1 white & 1 grey, tan, olive or blue) Strung saddle, white and the same colour as the back colour SF blend Gamakatsu SL12 size 1/0  (other hooks/sizes will be OK too-go with what suits your location)  3D eyes around 6mm White  thread UV resin (optional) Times are 23.00 in Europe, 22.00 in the UK, 17.00 in New York & 16.00 in Texas.  

The Alexandra is a wet fly that dates back to the 1860s and still deserves its space in the wetfly angler's box whether in rivers or stillwater. Material list Hook: Kamasan B175 6-14 (anything really) Thread: Black Uni 8/0 Tail:Dyed red duck slips or similar Body: Silver tinsel Rib: Silver Wire Hackle: Black hen Wing: Peacock sword-feather Cheek: As tail   To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

  This is a variation on the classic bloody butcher wet, the extra body hackle really beefs up the profile making it more suited to a top dropper position. Material list Hook: Kamasan B175 8-12 Thread: Black Uni 8/0 Tail: Globrite no. 4 Rib: Silver wire Body: Silver tinsel Body Hackle: Black hen Wing: Mallard blues Head hackle: Scarlet hen  To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

Stan Headley's Melvin Octopus is fantastic wet that works as an attractor, as a may fly and for daphnia feeders. T Materials list Hook: Kamasan B420 size 8-12 Thread: Brown Uni 8/0 Tag: Gold tinsel Tail: Globrite no.11 Rib: Oval gold Body: Golden olive seal fur Body hackle: 1 green olive and 1 golden olive Chinese cock hackle Head Hackle: Golden pheasant yellow rump feather    To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

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 Another Sexy Loops article. Recently I've been tying a small box of North Country and Clyde style wets for myself. So I have been re-reading Edmonds and  Lee's Brook and River Trouting which I've been enjoying thoroughly.  The book is thankfully now easily available thanks to a few companies doing reprints. I love spiders, both tying and fishing them. There's something incredibly elegant about these simple slender flies, and it doesn't hurt that they're deadly when fished properly. The upstream method  with only a rod length or 2 of line outside the rod is my favourite although I rarely see others fishing that way, perhaps because it's more effort than the usual down and across swing that seems to have become popular.  It's a shame that many people associate the down and across method with these flies now, because it's frankly inferior to both the upstream and across and down methods which allow the flies to drift naturally with the current, rather

  The Paisley is an Irish wet fly pattern that works well as a top dropper in midge hatches, I suspect trout eat it for balling adult midges. Materials list Hook: B175 size 10-12 Thread: Uni 8/0 black Rib: Fine oval gold Body: Light olive seal fur Body hackle: 3 badger hackles, 1 white, 1 cream, 1 biscuit yellow Head hackle: Red cock hackle To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

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Another oldie from Sexy Loops   (10th Aug 2019) In my last FP (the Okinawa trip report)  I only mentioned two of the three anglers. This was because the third rod made me think a lot about what people expect and the impact it can have on a trip. He spent a lot of the time complaining about how the island wasn't very fishy or how the flat was empty, which was in complete opposition to my experience of the fishing.  I found it a bit perplexing and a little annoying.  As the week went on I was running it over in my mind, but it wasn't until a conversation later in the week that everything really clicked. The guy regularly fishes a sandbar on a closed resort island in the Maldives that might see 10 rods a year and another Okinawan island for sea bream, catching numerous fish each day- some of them almost 12 inches long! With a guide. As soon as I we spoke about that,  a lot of his comments and the way he was fishing made much more sense to me.  He'd become so accustomed to havi

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Here's a simple, effective cruncher pattern that is well worth tying, as it works well either fished as a nymph or as a wet fly. Materials List Hook: Kamasan B175 or B170 (10-14) Thread: Camel Uni 8/0 Tail: Ginger cock hackle fiber Rib: Gold Wire Tag: Glo-brite no.5 floss Abdomen: Pheasant tail Thorax: Pheasant tail ice dub Hackle: Ginger variant cock hackle    To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

Geoffry Bucknal's Footballer is a fantastic buzzer imitation dating back to the 1960s. Here, I've substituted the more durable and readily available superhair for the original horse hair but otherwise this is the same deadly stillwater. Materials list Hook: All purpose medium weight size 12-18 Thread: White or grey 8/0 Abdomen: 1 stand each, black and white ultra hair or horse hair Thorax: Mole fur Head: Peacock herl To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

  Here's a simple but very effective and versatile hare's ear pattern that can be fished in the surface film, as a nymph or as a wet fly in rivers and stillwaters. Materials List Hook: All purpose medium weight or Kamasan B170 10-16 Thread: Tan Uni 8/0 Body: Hare's ear dubbing Rib Fine flat gold tinsel Hackle: Red game or furnace Indian hen neck  To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

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Material list Hook: Heavy wet 14-16 Thread: Uni 8/0 light cahill Tail: Dun hen hackle fibres Rib: Fine gold wire Abdomen: Olive squirrel & SLF blend Wing case: Grey Mallard Hackle: Dun hen Thorax: Olive squirrel & SLF blend   To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers

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 Another old one from Sexy Loops .  This one was written on 3rd of August 2019 Last week in Okinawa was a much needed break from the hectic life of Tokyo. I left on the 6 am flight on Monday, got a ferry to the island I like, had checked in to the guesthouse and made the 30 meter  walk to the flats by noon.  Wonderful stuff.  It was my fifth trip to this island and as it's all DIY fishing I've been slowly building up a picture of where fishes best when.  Pretty handy for my fishing mates as they didn't have to prospect so much. For me this island is primarily about the triggerfish, they are prolific with multiple shots available every day.  There are loads of picassos if that's your thing but there are unbelievable numbers of titan triggers and the odd pinktail. Of course trevally are always fun to catch and there are plenty of yellowspot, bluefin and brassies to cast to along with plenty of snapper, emperor and the odd tuskfish. GTs do show up from time to time (usuall

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 A quick video, giving you guys a look round the Flicking Feathers nerve center. Hopefully it's enjoyable and gives you some insight into sorting and storing your materials. To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers

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Another old one from Sexy loops For various reasons not been fishing for almost a month.  I've made it out for some lawn casting, but as this year's rainy season has already dragged on weeks longer than is normal and the rivers are blown, I'm developing acute cabin fever, and am much less keen on the season than I used to be.  Luckily its already sunny in Okinawa and I'm heading down there on Sunday for some DIY flats fishing. I've been to the island I'm visiting 3 times so far but this is my first mid summer trip.  There are no guides but as this island is more remote than most, the inshore fishery is not as depleted as that in much of the rest of Japan. I'm going with high hopes, I've always seen a lot of triggerfish there, although the reef structure makes converting hooked fish to landed fish somewhat tricky to say the least. We've also started to work out where the GTs are so there's a decent chance of one of them along with the bluefins, ye

  To support the channel and get access to the online tying sessions, as well as being entered into the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and sign up On my second trip to Royal Belum to fish and get drunk with Paul, we spotted another elephant.  An adult this time rather than the noisy adolescent we saw the previous year.  It really is a marvelous place and I can't recommend a trip there highly enough, you really should look into it after things get back to normal. The fishing is very challenging but Paul is on hand to help, you'll leave a better angler and caster than when you arrived. Sexyloops

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Another old one from Sexy Loops When I first came to Japan, I thought I'd really get into bass fishing the lakes nearby but it just never happened.  I tried, I really did, and despite catching a few largemouth I just couldn't really get into it. and I spent several years fishing almost exclusively for carp.  I do fish for largies now and then from my float tube but they don't do it for me the way their little cousins do. Now, I love fishing for smallmouth bass, especially in the clear rivers around Tokyo.   there's something about the way they inspect a hopper before sucking it under or smash a streamer on  the pause that's just amazing. They're a perfect fly rod fish.   Unfortunately, they're an invasive species here and we're supposed to kill them. I don't.  Pretty much everyone here releases fish, and the only killing is through the bad handling that is sadly all too frequent here.  The thing I have difficulty with is the evidence of my own observ

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  To support the channel and get access to the online tying sessions, as well as being entered into the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and sign up Another old one from Sexy Loops Normally I don't get particularly stressed about things, but this week got to me a bit. Last Sunday I decided it was time to tidy up the tying room. The most onerous of tasks made all the worse by knowing it would be a a chaotic mass of feather and fur about 37 seconds into the first fly tied after the cleaning.  As awful as it already sounds, that's not the worst of it! Starting on the job I picked up a chicken wing, or tried to at least, it disintegrated in my hands. That's right, I'm under attack from dermestid beetles.. Panic!  Now, I store all my tying materials in individual zip lock bagsand store them in separate bins as a precaution. All the bins have camphor pellets and borax scattered inside but that doesn't mean the materials are safe from beetles, mo