Whats on your vice this winter?

« **Reply #175 on:** 25/03/2010 at 22:20 »

Quote from: Ben_D on 25/03/2010 at 22:04

Hi Paul,

Yesterdays butt monkies scored well today

Tell us more....

« **Reply #176 on:** 25/03/2010 at 22:29 »

Quote from: An Chuileog on 25/03/2010 at 22:20

Tell us more....

Can't do that Noel, sensitive!! Will drop you a PM

Ben

« **Reply #177 on:** 26/03/2010 at 14:12 »

Hi Ben,
Gonna PM me too! I,m intrigued.
Paul.

« **Reply #178 on:** 29/03/2010 at 18:36 »

Heres a Couple i tied last night

Floating mouse thing i saw on the net and wanted to have a bash at tying

And a few Harroups Transitional Duns for the Don.

View from the side.

Michael

« **Reply #179 on:** 29/03/2010 at 22:17 »

I'm liking the "floating mouse thing"

Ben

« **Reply #180 on:** 30/03/2010 at 23:03 »

A few tungsten headed 'nimfs'

Yan

« **Reply #181 on:** 30/03/2010 at 23:53 »

New size 21 Tiemco 212Y's arrived today - just gave one a try.

Head is a bit scraggy as the fibres on a strand of peacock herl appear very long when tying a fly of this size, look leggy under the thorax but untidy at head.

Yan

« **Reply #182 on:** 31/03/2010 at 00:01 »

Hi "Yan"

Scraggy is good, scraggy works, I'm liking the look of all the flies in both your posts!

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #183 on:** 31/03/2010 at 07:44 »

Quote from: Goolager on 30/03/2010 at 23:03

A few tungsten headed 'nimfs'

Yan,

Furry boots did you get the tungsten bead that looks like a christmas tree decoration?

I like the Klink too although I'm not sure how you actually managed to tie it on a hook that small!

Cheers

Matt

« **Reply #184 on:** 31/03/2010 at 10:16 »

Thanks Mike,

I'm keen to try them as they have a CDC 'collar' which I've not used on nymphs before. Also keen to try the Jig hooks on t' river.

Matt, the bead is a silver, 4mm, multi-faceted tungsten job which was bought 3 years ago from GAC (for JD's Grayling day out) and I just happened across last evening. You like?

Booked a day off agaes ago for the opening day tomorrow....................just cancelled it! much sadness

Iain

Quote

looks like a christmas tree decoration

How very dare you!

« **Reply #185 on:** 31/03/2010 at 10:18 »

Fancy spending your day off on rescobie instead

« **Reply #186 on:** 31/03/2010 at 12:30 »

Thanks for the invite Kelly but I've already organised for a few things to happen work wise instead of on Friday.

Your a Jonah anyway - I'd probably blank!

Iain

« **Reply #187 on:** 01/04/2010 at 13:11 »

A couple of pulling buzzers

« **Reply #188 on:** 01/04/2010 at 14:47 »

those look very nice Baz. How do you fish those bad boys?

« **Reply #189 on:** 01/04/2010 at 15:43 »

Put them between a blob and a booby on a 4 flee cats and twitch them back on a midge tip normally works a treat

Top dropper on a floater would also be a good call with a weighted flee on the point

« **Reply #190 on:** 01/04/2010 at 18:10 »

Liking the overall colour scheme on the top one Baz, nice.

« **Reply #191 on:** 01/04/2010 at 18:13 »

Yes, the olive one looks "fishy"

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #192 on:** 01/04/2010 at 18:15 »

Another made up fast sinking plummet and hope.

Iain

« **Reply #193 on:** 01/04/2010 at 18:20 »

Nice and differant sharon

Very buggy looking, i have a few ptn's i will stick up later

« **Reply #194 on:** 02/04/2010 at 17:46 »

finally heading out to Haddo tomorrow to wet a line with the 3wt. Very excited. But a quick scan of my fly box told me that if it was a day for using lures then I was going to have a problem. Something tells me that a 3wt line isn't going to turn over a extra long shank size six with a tungsten cone. So i made a few like these

a couple of wooly buggers with 2.8mm tungsten beads which should get them down nicely.

I also tied a few snatcher sort of thingys.

And a nice wee spider. On a size 16, I've no idea how people tie on smaller than that!

fingers crossed I have some luck given the weather forecast!

cheers

Matt

« **Reply #195 on:** 03/04/2010 at 01:37 »

Quote from: bigtroot on 01/04/2010 at 15:43

Put them between a blob and a booby on a 4 flee cats and twitch them

Is it just me or does this sound more like beastiality than fishing

Sandy

« **Reply #196 on:** 03/04/2010 at 15:11 »

Didn't get fishing today so tied a few instead. These should see me ok for klink n dink on the Don. Thanks for the photo tips. They are getting better.

Very simple pattern
Hook: B175 size 14
Tail: Pheasant tail
Body: Pheasant tail
Rib: UTC copper brown wire
Thorax: Hares ear
Weighted with 4 turns lead wire

« **Reply #197 on:** 03/04/2010 at 19:05 »

very nice little flys

stuart

« **Reply #198 on:** 04/04/2010 at 18:26 »

Quote from: Spiderman on 03/04/2010 at 01:37

Is it just me or does this sound more like beastiality than fishing

Sandy

Please explain youreself Sandy!

Blob being the attractor , booby being the fly to keep the flies in the zone for as long as possible and 2 nymphs in between!
When fishing a water where you have to drift and is bigger than 10 acres you have to optimize your chances of finding fish!
This is a standard cast for a midgtip setup , some might choose to fish it with three flies

Sounds like a statement of snobery if i was to be honest

« **Reply #199 on:** 05/04/2010 at 00:26 »

Baz,

I'd like to think it was the mis spelling of cast (cat) in your original post that prompted Sandys comment. I mean stringing anything to a 4 flee cat, attaching it to midge tip and a booby and flinging it into lake does seem a bit harsh, even if you do not like cats

Nice flies.

Cheers

Ben