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Silica Shrimp

  Another mullet fly from Colin Macleod's book. https://www.anglebooks.com/mullet-on-the-fly-by-colin-macleod.html This pattern is designed for fishing in slightly deeper water and should be allowed to fall through the water column to reach the level of fish that may be waiting to get access to the flats. 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. Materials List Hook: Kamasan B100G size 12-14 Thread: Uni8/0 brown, black or red Tag: Globrite no.4 Rear body: Peacock herl Body: Red glass beads (4-6)

Chatting with Bernt Johansson

 Paul and Bernt discussing casting sport, the world championships and fly fishing (of course!). This is part one, of two parts, of a “one hour conversation”!!

Simply Red

  This pattern is pretty straight forward and is well worth its place in your mullet box. 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. https://www.anglebooks.com/mullet-on-the-fly-by-colin-macleod.html Materials List Hook: Kamasan B100G size 12-14 Thread: Uni 8/0 Fire orange Tag: Globrite no.4 Rib: Gold wire Back: Red Hends shellback Body: Red ice dub or spectra flash dubbing

Flexi Worm

  This pattern is about as easy as they come, but it catches fish like nobody's business. It's deadly for trout in rivers and still waters, as well as being a great choice for mullet, bass, panfish and others. 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. https://www.anglebooks.com/mullet-on-the-fly-by-colin-macleod.html Materials List Hook: Fulling Mill supergrub size 10-16 Thread: Uni 8/0 Fire orange Body: Red Spanflex Amazon.com Renzetti vise: https://amzn.to/3NQuvEq Tiemco ceramic bobbin holder: https://amzn.to/3IkDOeP Renomed scissors: https://amzn.to/3NL5oCT Loctite gel: https://amzn.to/3OYmrCG Cement applicator: https://amzn.to/3OT4ENx

Blowy

 Another oldie from www.sexyloops.com Went out for the first seabass trip of the autumn on Monday, earlier than I ever usually do it as I prefer to wait till the weather starts cooling off, maybe late October. It was nice to be out in flip-flops and a Tshirt rather than bundled up like a polar explorer. Autumn is when you can fish big flies and target the larger suzuki sized fish. It's still possible to stay around the more sheltered marks and have a night of good numbers, but when the big bait is around and the pre spawn movements give the big girls an easy opportuntiy for some canabalism it's the best chance to get a 70cm+ fish on fly. So that was the plan on Monday night. I did have the lighter rod rigged up but the main plan of attack was seriously big flies on the 10. Unfortunately we were still getting quite a blow and a lot of swell from the typhoon that passed through on Friday. After poking about in some sheltered areas with nothing to show for it, we decided to head o

Tagged Mud Shrimp

As its name suggests this mullet fly is ideal for muddy bottomed areas such as estuary mudflats where fish might spook from the brighter Romy's shrimp. 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. https://www.anglebooks.com/mullet-on-the-fly-by-colin-macleod.html Materials List Hook: Grub hook (TMC 2487) size 12-16 Thread: Uni 8/0 brown Tag: Uni 8/0 Fire orange Feelers: Boar bristles dyed hot orange Back: Brown scud back. Rib: fine gold wire Body: Brown spectra flash dubbing Amazon Renzetti vise: https://amzn.to/3NQuvEq Tiemco ceramic bobbin holder: https://amzn.to/3IkDOeP Renomed scissors: https://amzn.to/3NL5oCT Loctite gel: https://amzn.to/3OYmrCG Cement applicator: https://amzn.to/3OT4ENx  

Improving Your Double Haul With Paul Arden

  This is a video for those of you who can already Double Haul and is about improving your haul and includes a few practise drills. If you can't Double Haul please visit this page to easily learn: https://www.sexyloops.com/flycast/the... All of our flycasting videos can be found here: https://www.sexyloops.com/flycast/ If you have a question then a great place to learn is the Sexyloops Board: https://www.sexyloops.co.uk/theboard/...