An idea for the next fly swap,
I am also in a fly swap with a Canadian fishing site....
http://forum.fishbc.com/index.php?showforum=4
And I wondered if anyone is interested in doing an international fly swap early next year? Maybe to celebrate 100 wild fishing forum members,
maybe 10 people over here and 10 in Canada, thats 20 flies for each of us to tie.
pocaman
I would be interested, but do you think it would be practical working across 2 forums?
Aye, I like the sound of that. Then we could have a Canadian fly only - Argos tent weekender........... :D :D
I'll just go and take my medication now lads !!!
Count me in Steve
All the best
Richy
Sounds a great idea, count me in!!
Peter :)
Quote from: pocamanCannot see any problems, the B.C. site have done something like this before, I thought we could start first and once we have 10 participants
the swap could be posted on The B.C. site, they have hundreds of members so I dont think getting 10 tyers would be a problem.
I have mentioned this on the B.C.site and I am sure they are interested, I can collect the wild fishing flies and post them to Canada and whoever is organising at the B.C. end can send the Canadian flies over to me, then I can post them out from here.
Traditional Scottish flies for traditional Canadian flies does sound like a good idea.
Pocaman
Great! And we can see if Bob is interested in talking part. A Canadian in Scotland tying Scottish flies to be sent to Canada. Now that would be good! :lol:
Quote from: pocamanThe B.C. site has 9 entries for this swap and so far we have 6
We might well have the 10 in the next few days, any luck with Bob yet Fred?
pocaman
Have not seen him on the board for a few days. I?ll email him and see what he says.
Quote from: pocamanThe B.C. site has 9 entries for this swap and so far we have 6
We might well have the 10 in the next few days, any luck with Bob yet Fred?
pocaman
Steve, I e-mailed Bob, I think he might join too. It would be great if he did, he is a terrific and imaginative tier.
Anyway, me being a lazy bastard, as usual, I am getting in first with the easiest pattern. :lol:
My fly will be a ?Red Tailed Williams Favourite?. ( no doubt it has other names). A great hill loch killer if lightly dressed, especially early in the season.
Red tail, black body, silver rib, black hen hackle. On a size 12.
So we tie 20 each - right?
What is the final decision on flies?
Ten wets or dries, I'll do either, or is it ten wets and dries?
Peter
Steve,
So how many have we got now? How many flies are we tying?
Its the Daddy Long Legs for me this time. Now lets see, thats 6 legs a Daddy with two knots per leg so thats 20 times 6 = 120 legs times 2 knots = 240 knots before I've even tied one up :shock: :shock:
Must be mad or dedicated :lol: :lol:
All the best
Richy
Do they have Daddy's in Canada :? :?
If they have mummies i would think they will . :) cheers John sh.. hot phototaker
Nice one John, :lol: :lol:
All the best
Richy
Quote from: Richy
Do they have Daddy's in Canada :? :?
If you are talking about the spiders with long gangly legs, then the answer is yes, we do have them.
:D
Shaggy
FishBC
Welcome Shaggy
Thanks for the post and letting me know that the Daddy might work over there :D :D
All the best
Richy
Steve
I had some of these pre-tied legs last year but the local shop did not have any left so it was on with the gregory pecks and let the knotting begin. :lol: :lol:
Wife thinks I've lost it, but then she's probably right. :lol: :lol:
All the best
Richy
Steve, my flies (20) will be posted on Wednesday, recorded.
17 Daddies tied and hope to finish them and post on to you Tuesday at the latest Steve.
Some are better than others so pick a good one for yourself. :lol: :lol:
Sorry about the delay but always seem to leave it till the last jap :oops: :oops:
All the best
Richy
My 20 are off today (4.30) by registered post :oops: . Sorry for my tardiness, must do better next time!!
Peter
Finished them last night so it's off to the post office today Steve. Once again, apologies for the delay.
All the best
Richy
It's actually one of Kevs friends (yes he has others) who first tied it, but I think I got the first to try for rainbows, surprisingly. Superb wee flee but I never thought about it dry.
Tight lines
Peter :lol:
Quote from: rabbitanglerIt's actually one of Kevs friends (yes he has others) who first tied it, but I think I got the first to try for rainbows, surprisingly. Superb wee flee but I never thought about it dry.
Tight lines
Peter :lol:
Peter,
I see Allan mentions loch lee are you a regular? It?s one of my favourites, only managed 1 trip last seasons though.
Not a regular but I would like the time to be! Fished it a couple of times last year, didn't catch anything huge or any Charr but excellent sport in amazing scenery. The Esk where it flows out looks the business too!!
Regards
Peter :D
Quote from: rabbitanglerNot a regular but I would like the time to be! Fished it a couple of times last year, didn't catch anything huge or any Charr but excellent sport in amazing scenery. The Esk where it flows out looks the business too!!
Regards
Peter :D
Pete,
Yes, loch lee is great. Stunning scenery and even better value for money. I usually fish it 3 or 4 times / season but only managed once last year. If you want charr, anchor the boat and get the Hi-D line on. You will need LONG anchor ropes though! We have had charr on floaters, one day in late September a few years back we had a load of them, it was just one of these days when you could not go wrong, started off flat calm and it was dire, then a SW breeze got up. Wonderful fishing!
Steve
I have tracked the Flies through the Royal Mail website and they claim in their words as follows........ WE HAVE YOUR ITEM. "We have tried to deliver your item from our PRUDHOE Delivery Office before 04.20 on 14/01/05 and have left a while you were out card."
The reference on the package is DP228294132GB
Me thinks the b@stards are at it :twisted: :twisted:
I will try and do something on Monday to sort this out.
All the best
Richy
Try here and see if it has been signed for by somebody else.
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track;jsessionid=5PFWID3XGU0OKCRAZRLUNZQKEDGFQQ2K;jsessionid=5PFWID3XGU0OKCRAZRLUNZQKEDGFQQ2K?catId=400145&emt=emt&track=track&default=default&imageRootPath=&loc=en_GB&keyname=track_home&gear=track
Hear, Hear!!!! :D
I'm sure I saw a purple daddy in there Steve :shock: :shock:
Looking great and look forward to getting these crackin flies mate.
Well done and all the best
Richy
Received my flies today (in Canada), and they look great, but some are very different from the ones we use. Do you have any tips on how to fish the flies you guys tied?
Just got my flies
Unbelievable high quality, make my offering look pathetic. When I opened the box the daddy flew away!
Thanks to everyone involved. Great work lads.
Steve and Marc, well done for organising this superb swap!
Must go now and see if I can catch that bloody daddy! :lol:
superb set of flies :D , thanks to all who took part and particularly to the poor bugger who organised it all :D
Steve and Marc,
Well done in organising a boaby dazzler of a fly swap. 8) 8)
I think I could use these flies only, for most of the season and have a cracking catch rate.
The Sedge pattern with the olive body is a fish magnet and on a balmy June night would do LOTS of damage. :twisted: Who tied that one Steve ??
I could go on and on about the whole lot.
What a day...........20 new flees, Hibs won, and saw Scotland cuff the Italians at Murrayfield :clap; :clap;
Well done to all that took part
All the best
Richy
Hi Al,
Thought I was in with a chance of best improver, but there are a couple of guys who were in the hundreds last time :shock: :o ! Thenks for the good wishes, we'll see who has the last laugh with the next wo rounds
Peter :D
Quote from: pocamanThe Sedge pattern with the olive body is a fish magnet and on a balmy June night would do LOTS of damage. :twisted: Who tied that one Steve ??
Richy, Halfback tied the sedge, somewhere I have a note from him with how to tie it, will hunt it out and post it here.
pocaman
Better late than never. :wink:
http://forum.fishbc.com/index.php?showtopic=24121
Well I've fished all the the flies I got in the international swap over here in Canada, and thought I'd report on their success.
All of the flies attracted the attention of fish over here in BC. Unfortunately a couple were hit hard by rainbows and broke off (notably the Daddy Longlegs-like pattern which got broken off on the first cast). There were three patterns which worked particularly well for me. The pattern with the pheasant tippet tail and the one with the orange and lime wing both worked well for rainbows in the Skagit River when fished just under the surface and downstream (on the swing). Both took several fish. I still have the flies but they're looking decidedly worn.
The other pattern which worked well was the one with the bluish hackle and red tail. I used this one while fishing with my kids at the local pond for Crappies and Pumpkinseed (both are types of sunfish). I started off tipping it with a tiny bit of worm (my apologies if this is offensive), but eventually I gave the worm bits a miss - It didn't matter, the fish loved it!!! Both of the kids insisted on having turns with this fly because it was so successful. It accounted for about 40 fish in about 2 hours before it simply fell apart. Now I'll have to tie up some reasonable facsimiles.
I was really disappointed about losing the Daddy pattern so quickly. I thought it would go over really well with the rainbows, and it appears that I was right. If I had more I could give the pattern a more thorough evaluation under Canadian conditions (Yes, this is a thinly veiled begging attempt!!!).
All in all, the Scottish patterns did the trick over here.
Alastair,
Its the last day of the season here in Scotland tomorrow (6th) :cry: :cry: and John Doig and I are heading up for a final cast into Loch Ba up on Rannoch Moor.
The Daddy will be first on my cast and would put a fine end to my season to land a few troots on my fly.
Sorry you lost yours so quick,but at least it was to a fish rather than a tree or some heather :wink: :wink:
If you send me your address in a PM, I would be delighted to tie you a few for next season.
All the best and Ill away and make up the food for tomorrows trip.
Richy
Ardbeg, it was a popular topic.
http://forum.fishbc.com/index.php?showtopic=21871&st=0
I wouldn't call it an arguement, but most definately had their favourites.
Thanks for the offer Richie, but the recipe would suffice (or is it already in the forum somewhere?). If a trout hits it that hard on the first cast I'd better learn to tie it myself.