Flicking feathers

 Dave Whitlock's Near'Nuff Crayfish is a buggy imitation full of movement that works well hopped on bottom, dead drifted or even slowly swung for smallmouth, largemouth and anything else that eats crayfish. To support the channel, get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and become a patron. Material list Hook: Tiemco 5263 size 4-8 Weight: Lead dumbbell Thread: Uni 6/0 Antennae:2 strands each Crystal flash, black spanflex and barred silileg Mouth parts: Rabbit fur Eyes: Burnt mono painted black Claws: Hen hackle feathers Body: Whitlock's crayfish dubbing Hackle: Hen hackle Rib: 5lb nylon Tail: Rabbit fur

 Hans Van Klinken's Klinkhammer special is great pattern that has spread around the world and spawned many variations, in this video I tie the original style as Hans designed in the 80s. 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: Daiichi 1160 size 8-14 Thread: Uni 8/0 and spiderweb/trico Wing: Poly yarn Abdomen: Fine synthetic dubbing like Flyrite or superfine Thorax: Peacock herl Hackle: genetic cock Cement: thinned cellire-50% thinners

 The Winner of May's selection is  Stevie Gardiner. To supporth the channel, get access to the monthly tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and sign up or donate through https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/flickingfeathers Book of the month for June is Modern Terrestrials, it's available here Amazon.com https://amzn.to/3pcwPuH   Amazon.co.uk https://amzn.to/3g1KvES BOTM 1, Smallmouth is available here https://amzn.to/3wSaJAC https://amzn.to/3vHUANX BOTM 2, Irish Mayflies is available here https://amzn.to/3i73Y9T

 Another Old one I wrote for www.sexyloops.com I've recently been watching a wildlife documentary called Night on Earth about the nocturnal goings on in the animal kingdom, and I've been enjoying it a lot.  The quality of the low light footage is amazing, maybe soon there will be a consumer level camera that can pick up the lumo lines at night! As entertaining as it has been, the coral reef episode was what really grabbed me. They were shining a black-light over the corals to show how they flouresce, which also showed how many reef species are also fluorescent. Mantis shrimp, crabs, gobies and lizard fish all displayed fluorescent pigment, all prey species for loads of flats targets. Being fluorescent doesn't seem like a particularly good survival strategy, but apparently it acts as some kind of sun protection by converting harmful UV light to less damaging visible light, makes sense if you make your living in tropical flats under knee deep. This has a lot of implications f

 Roman Moser's Balloon caddis has great floatability and can be fished as an emerger, skated as an adult imitation or makes a great dry dropper. 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: Standard dry fly 8-16 Thread: UTC 70 Body: Your choice of dubbing  Wing: Deer or elk hair Balloon: Plastazote foam

Peter Deane's Shadow Mayfly was devised for the large mayfly hatches of the English chalk streams but is a popular choice for loch/lough style fishing in Scotland and Ireland as well for dapping. 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: Long shank 10-12 (kamasan B830 is ideal) Thread: Uni 8/0 red or black Tail: (optional) Moose hair or similar Wing: Ginger/Red game hackle tips cut to shape Body: Tightly palmered grizzly cock hackle  

 Modern Terrestrials is a great book covering fly tying and fishing a huge selection of patterns to imitate a wide range of land borne trout foods. I really like this book, and use patterns from it for my summer trout, bass and carp fishing. Most of the patterns are for terrestrial dry flies, but it does include some sunken patterns too. It's available from the links below Amazon.com https://amzn.to/3pcwPuH Amazon.co.uk https://amzn.to/3g1KvES BOTM 1, Smallmouth is available here https://amzn.to/3wSaJAC https://amzn.to/3vHUANX BOTM 2, Irish Mayflies is available here https://amzn.to/3i73Y9T