What have you tied today?

[Lochan_load]

You're tying some cracking flies just now dave, are you using dumbbell eyes on those last 2?

[corsican dave]

cheers Andy! nope, it's just that my heads are so shite I have to fill the gap in with glue so it just looks like it. I didn't want dumbbells on these 'cos I wanted to fish them with a sinker and let them billow about a bit. that's my excuse anyway  :

[Lochan_load]

Fair does, wondered if you were using the funky flytying dumbbells eyes, they're not weighted so you just tie them in like normal ones and they have the durability of a dumbbell, they're pretty good

[corsican dave]

SNAFU, a pike popper on the cheap (see the Ali's Handbag post)

[corsican dave]

bunny clouser; a barbel special. hopefully.... this one does have dumbbell eyes Andy  :wink:

[corsican dave]

and another bunny fry pattern. this one's so simple; if you can tie on and do a whip finish you can do it  :

[rannoch raider]

That'll be the forty pound Spanish Barbel catered for then Dave ? Strange to think of a barbel taking a pike size fly when you consider how they are fished for over here.

[corsican dave]

That'll be the forty pound Spanish Barbel catered for then Dave ? Strange to think of a barbel taking a pike size fly when you consider how they are fished for over here.

aye, no imagination most folk eh? there's a discussion on facebook at present along the lines of "will barbel take a fly?" it's also funny that the very few who have caught on the fly seem to think they've discovered something new.... it was the same for pike and swff over here (uk) a few years ago :roll:

this pattern will be perfect for pike and swff too, btw. i'll whizz one up in pikey colours this evening, maybe with some magnum zonker on a #5/0

[scoobyscott]

A few more nymphs for the grayling if the rivers ever settle [attachimg=1][attachimg=2]

[rannoch raider]

Very nice. I've got a fly box full of them that never seen the water last year !