Recent content by sawyer

Bucktail, tying a lot of Salmon flies at the moment & I hate the stuff, unwieldy, flares & a bu$$er to mix evenly in a Willie Gun. Spending a fortune on "quality" double hooks & having to take a file to most of the welds to smooth them out, apparently (according to the manufacturer) that is what...

Griffith Gnat in original, black, brown, dirty yellow & olive. Easy to tie so you are prepared to lose them to the “tree gods” to get under those overhangs🥴

An interesting question about when Salmon pair, I have been fortunate to fish for over 40 years on a small spate river in N.Wales, that, when the water subsides you can often watch the fish in their lies (if you know where to look). I have seen cock fish early in the season (August for our...

Morning all, Anyone know if there are still any fish in the above, not just trout (there used to be a healthy hear of coarse fish too), just reminiscing about some good evenings fishing dries along the far banks from a drifting boat & thought that once this madness has subsided I might take a...

It will be very much dependant on the amount of water he gets in the weeks preceding his visit, usual September conditions & he will need small size 10/12 even 14 singles/doubles. A good few weeks of rain & that will turn into 1-1/1/2 brass/copper tubes. I would say that as far as patterns go...

Black peacock spider, looong before the joy of instant images was ever thought of.

Done that but bought some real rubbish a couple of years ago, was hoping someone had an idea of who sells “good stuff”

Looking for the above, went to my local shop & all they had was Fritz (in a massive array of colours admittedly). Anyone got a link to one of the myriad of suppliers on Bay who’s product is okay?

My renewal was due in Sept with North Wales (SGC & FAC), I had the forms in July but couldn`t get anyone provide the pictures (all the photo booths were closed off), & my Doctor took 4 months to fill the forms in. I kept the FEO appraised all along & in all fairness they were fantastic, I have...

Not just a "this year" thing, spent a small fortune over the years on paraphernalia, bobbin holders are my achilles I have to try most when they come on the market in search of one that I find ideal. Vices are another matter altogether & they do get expensive. I had never realised just how much...

Another fan here, bought several rods from them over the years, always up there on price & delivery is excellent. The reel seat locking screw cracked on one when it was out of warranty, I asked for the name of the importer to see if I could get a replacement & they replaced the whole rod with a...

I did have a try with the Norvise system but (would probably get used to it over time) found it over complicated. Probably go the other way & go back to a simple ceramic spigot !

Morning all, I have tried the search facility (it keeps timing out before providing a result), fancy a change of the above (Got Stonfo Elites, Rite Bobbin & Schmaen), really like the Schmaen ones but eye wateringly expensive. Any other reccomendations, mainly tying trout at the moment?

I have used Fly Only for several years, both in person & online, always found them to be efficient & helpful. With regards to RM they certainly have not "got their act together", commercially we send out 50/100 units a day & up until us canceling our contract two weeks ago they were running at...

Apologies in advance to the mods, if this is in the wrong section please remove accordingly. I am looking for a "check spring" for the above, I seem to remember that someone had bought a lot of old spares from Hardy & was selling them on. Pretty sure I bought some bits for a couple of Golden...