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#31

Fly Tying / Re: What Have You Been Tying T...

Last post by James Laraway - 19/06/2026 at 10:10

my photos are rubbish and i need to get better at them but this one is a wee hopper muddler affair..

#32

Fly Tying / Re: What Have You Been Tying T...

Last post by Robert MacDonald-Lewis - 17/06/2026 at 11:11

As caddis or sedge pupa pattern from yesterday:

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Last post by Mike Barrio - 15/06/2026 at 23:52

OY Snatcher by Robert

#34

Rivers & Lochs / Re: Highland Lochs 2026

Last post by Mike Barrio - 13/06/2026 at 18:28

Great stuff James - nice Charr

#35

Rivers & Lochs / Re: Highland Lochs 2026

Last post by James Laraway - 13/06/2026 at 17:23

blimey - second week in a row i got out !
Headed down the Ft Augustus road this time to a rather nice loch. More than can be said about the weather ...it was a tad gusty (especially in a float tube) and rainy

That being said it didnt put the fish off.

In fact my first fish was one that i had not caught in a long time..

This was then followed by about a dozen trout over the next 4 hours and quite a few missed. Nothing massive but pretty none the less.

Took a whole range of flies but also got my first on a 'loch stimmy' from Arthurs book...

even managed my first double header for a long time..

All on my Barrio midge tip - love that line....

#36

Fly Tying / Re: What Have You Been Tying T...

Last post by Robert MacDonald-Lewis - 12/06/2026 at 17:00

Had plans for a couple of trips derailed for various reasons, but intending to take to the the hills tomorrow in the hope of beating the wind. Took the chance to fill a hole in the box, and the argentine hare dubbing I used for the DHEs gave me the inspiration for a snatcher pattern.

#37

Tackle Talk / Re: New waders....

Last post by James Laraway - 11/06/2026 at 14:01

i dont know if the pockets are waterproof as i havent tired them yet im afraid...not yet anyways...

#38

Fly Tying / Re: A few recent ties

Last post by Ben O'Neill - 11/06/2026 at 12:36

Also I love the tail in the 2nd one Robert... innovative to put it in a spider like this vs the more traditional Irish mayfly or whatever...

#39

Fly Tying / Re: A few recent ties

Last post by Ben O'Neill - 11/06/2026 at 12:34

Quote from: Sandy Nelson on 30/05/2026 at 08:35Those are lovely Robert

All I have tied recently are some SHE's I've been making them for years and never have the same success as the DHE. However with the recent hatches being SDO's with a sprinkling of other olives and some iron blues I revisited the SHE and this time explored removing as much of the under fibres as possible, like I'm doing with the DHE these days. They appeared a little sparse and less fluffy than before, but by gum do they float a whole lot better they have been my daytime hatch goto in a 16 for the last couple of weeks

I love these Sandy and the tinsel butt is a nice touch...

I've played with these... I did the same and tried to take as much under-fur out.. I wonder if I got the thorax a little
Short but rather than cut or wrap over the butts I've taken a turn or two of dubbed thread to pop them up as I though the fibre was quite translucent and shuck-like...