Sewin off, and waddingtons for the river Towy

 Here is a nice sewin off the river Towy, caught by my good old mate Ken Evans. well done Ken a fish about 5lb maybe a bit more, returned to carry on her journey. caught on a willegun tube.

 Above, my take on the williegun. tied on a 11/4" waddington with out flash and black side skirts,

 And another take on the williegun, with flash and top black wing & black throat.

 Above, Squirrel blue and silver. this is a great pattern and catches a lot of fish, again on a 11/4 waddington.

 And been tying up some waddingtons for my mate, who fishes the Abercothi beat on the river Towy.

 All the above waddington shank flies, tied on 13/4" long.

 And above, just playing with waddingtons, i like to have a play about free style tying.

And above, free styling, on snake flies.

A day out on the river Towy.

 Well, managed to have a day out on the river Towy. last Sunday with my fishing mate Dennis, no fish but it was great to get out of the tying room. and plenty of fresh air, and the feel of the Sage TCX 1194 8# switch rod in hand.   above is the lower tidal pool,

 Above up from the corner pool, in photo number one.

 Above, i am looking up to the steels pool.

 Again, looking down to the first pool.

 Same view, with Dennis fishing in to the head of the pool.

 Above, looking across the straight, down to the steels pool.

 Looking up to were the Gwilli joins the Towy.

 Again, another shot looking down to the steels corner. 

 Lots of signs of otters about, above showing a mud platform. with foot prints of mum and a few pups .

 Above the two flies,

 Above, close up, of the 11/2" orange tube.

 And above, a fly that fishes well.my take on Mock's allrounder.

 And a view above the the bridge at the Abercothi beat. great bit of water,

And above, looking down the river, to the weir.

Sea Trout & Bass flies Weekend tying,

 Well still been busy, its been sea trout and bass flies. that has been the main orders this weekend, The Toucans above still being asked for, the ones above are on there way to northern Ireland. its still on going i have orders for intruders to go to Sweden, and a big order i am in the middle of tying to go to the states. will post photos of them soon,

 Above, a set of sea trout tubes, for a local angler. 

 One of the tubes, is not a type of tube you see a lot. in a sewin (sea trout) anglers box, but one that works very well for me on bright nights. tied with pearl flashabou,

 The good old squirrel blue and silver,

 Black and peacock,

 The blue, great for fresh fish. and tidal water not forgetting clear nights aswell,

 Peacock black and red,

 Bass bait fish patterns, tied on size 2 main hook B175 & size 4 VMC octopus hook.

 These ones, tied on size 4 B175 & size 6 stinger.

 Again, the two sets above, tied on same sizes, the four sets will be swimming around the Gower coast this summer.

 The close ups, showing the light dressings, that still give a good full profile of a bait fish.

And above, all four sets together,

Getting there, and spoiling myself.

 Well i am getting there slowly, sorting out my flies for this season. and i have been spoiling myself by having some new fly boxes made up, i am very lucky that my mate is a very good cabinet maker. and he built all my tying tying desk and material storage cabinets, and here are some of my flies for the coming season. Tubes, snakes and waddingtons. all the flies range from 11/2" inch to 21/2" inch and will be tying bigger later this coming week, Above ate some 2" Medicine snake flies

 The above tubes, are 21/2" inch, these have had some big fish for me. and fish well on a di5/7 line when a lot of water is in the system,

 Two colors i use a lot, these are 2" inch long.

 Again, two colors, Black tends to be the go to color in Wales. and the two tine blue fishes well in tidal water, but has also fished well many miles up the river Towy on clear nights.

 And the good old Alexander, a killing pattern. plus my gray ghost gray marble fox, fishes well again on clear nights and on dusk & dawn.  

 Here are some of the snake flies i use, the squirrel blue and silver a cracking pattern. Black and silver as i said a go to fly all the time,

 Blue and black, another great color combo, plus i do like my all black with glow in the dark eyes.

 Above the two large boxes, made out of Oak with oak burr and teak inlay around the side.

 The smaller of the boxes, again in Oak.

 The waddingtons, which i also use a lot. great for getting you fly down fast,

 And above some close ups of the waddingtons,

And one of the smaller boxes, with some of the flies in it.