[Paul Rankine]

 Hi Baz,
             You off that bloody rig yet ? How do you fancy Rescobie this week ?
Paul.

[Matt Henderson]

I was making up a few tubes for a trip to the Don last Friday.  I started with a castle shrimp tied on plastic tubing with a plastic turbo cone and a tungsten conehead. 



then made a few variaitions






and a wee simple green and black tube. 



The Blue and Black combination worked the best.  Given that it contacted a salmon and had a trout too. 

Cheers

Matt

[Paul Rankine]

HI Matt,
              Nice ties. I'd be a bit wary of having the point of your needle sticking out as in the last photo though.
Been there done that.
On a lighter note what colour combinations do you prefer for Don springers ?

Paul.

[Matt Henderson]

HI Matt,
              Nice ties. I'd be a bit wary of having the point of your needle sticking out as in the last photo though.
Been there done that.
On a lighter note what colour combinations do you prefer for Don springers ?

Paul.

I hadn't noticed that to be honest Paul.  I'll be more vigilant in the future!

I'm afraid none of the Don Springers have abliged yet so I'll let you know what the prefer once I have one in the net...

[Iain Goolager]

nice flies as usual Mattheus. 
A touch of JC might be nice though

Iain

[Barry Robertson]

Just asking brenda 
Muster was yesterday and i cant be bothered buying the bond so no saftey meetings either!
6 frames of snooker everyday and 2 3 course meals and tying flies is now starting to get a bit boring 
And still no flights 

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Baz,
             Sorry to hear that . Oh well , I,m needing 12 size 14 Olive klinks, 12 size 16 BWO Duns ,(prefer these tied on klink hooks), 12 size 14 greenwell spiders , 12 ............ ,

Gives a shout when , (if ,,,,,?) you get back !

Paul.

PS: I hear the second volcano is now rumbling .............

[Hamish Young]

This week I have mostly been tying..... streamers  No nancy boy wee flees - these are monsters 
Once they're all sorted I may even try and post a pic or three 

H 

[Barry Robertson]

Heres a couple of wee green tailled kates that have been doing well for me lately!



 

[Hamish Young]

Nice - try one or two with a hot pink tail........ 

H 

[Iain Goolager]

Looking at surface stuff for the float tube gathering, anyone ever tried the parasol style?


Iain

[Barry Robertson]

I have done ok on those type of patterns Iain, i used foam instead of that material you have used! I presume that is aero wing???
I used gut also and fed it through a piece of foam then burnt the end of the foam with the lighter which melted the gut and bonded the materials together!
Very affective for swirling troot and its a good way of keeping the flies in the zone, i have them in a range of bits of gut up to 6"!
Nice tying 

[Matt Henderson]

Looking at surface stuff for the float tube gathering, anyone ever tried the parasol style?

Iain

very nice Irene.  I'm waiting for my aero-wing to arrive in the post today...

[Paul Rankine]

Hi Iain,
            Parasol fly , you must be expecting rain eh ?    I tie these with a foam ball wrapped in a bit of mesh , never thought of Aerowing , Uh Duh . Also like to leave the fly as streamlined as poss. for easy sinking . Once you get into thinking sideways about these things you will be inventing all sorts.
Hows about a comp. for the most innovative /silliest idea Mike ?  Could be fun.
I,ve even seen a dry fly tied with a bit of bubble wrap ,including the bubble by the way . It caught a fish !

Here is something I threw together tonight ,a rough Olive, aye a very rough Olive





Paul.

[Iain Goolager]

A few of the latest .................










Iain