Night and Day, & flies.

 One night i was out on the Junction pool, on the Abercothi estate. had to take a few photos as i could see the way the sky was colouring up. it makes fishing at night all worth it when you see sunsets like above,

 Above a colored fish, but still like them in full color. from the river Usk by my mate Ken Evans, how has had 18 salmon now to 17lb.

 Above a fish off the river Coquet, caught by my mate Spencer.

 Above, a order of orange and red flamethrowers. size 6 /8 & 10 doubles.

 Size 8 orange and red flamethrower.

 Above, A set of Kinermony killer on treble hooks, size 10 / 8 & 12

 The Kinermony killer, tied on size 8 treble.

 Above, still a popular fly, the Tyne Toucan tied on tube and double.

 

 Above, 1" tube and size 8 double Tyne Toucans.

 Above some Secret weapons, tied on size 4 kamasan size 4 B175 and size 12 treble stinger.

 Above, the Alrounder, 

 Above,Squirrel blue and silver.

 Above, Blackie.

 Above, some cone head Cascades, in 1" / 3/4" and 1/2".

 Above, 3/4" inch Cascade tube.

 Above, 1/2" inch Cascade.

 Above, and order of Ally shrimps, on doubles.

 Close up, Ally shrimp.

 Above, some of the colors i use in snake flies, tied on braid 2" inch long.

 Above, some of the secret weapons i use,

 Above, my royal blue secret weapon. size 6 kamasan B175 and size 14 treble.

 The Royal, a Patten of mine tied on kamasan B175 size 6.

 The Squirrel blue and silver, these flies with stinger hook. are great for short taking fish, 

Did get around to tying a few for myself, above the pattens i like to have in my boxes. the Kinermony killer. the tyne Toucan and the firetiger cascade, 

 Above, a order of wee doubles on size 10 / 12 and 14. 

 Close up of the size 14 wee double.

 Above, an order of Tyne Toucans, 1" tubes. these just catch ever river they go on.

 Some of the snake orders,

 Red,

 Black,

 Glow in the dark, with glow egg above hook.

And above, all black that i get asked for all the time. the ones above. all 13/4 " inch long,

Fish and flies,

The fishing has been a bit patchy, but there have been some good fish about. if you read the weather and the water conditions, the fish stocks are low i know. but as i said if you know what you are doing, you will catch a few  fish. above is a cracking sewin caught by Jonathan Jones from the river Ogmore, fish was 371/2 inch long and could be 21lbin weight. plus returned to do her egg laying. well done done jj,

 Above, Dennis with a river Usk hen salmon of 15lb. this is one man who is catching well,

 Above, some 3/4" inch brass tubes, i also tied the same in Ally for the the customer. and below some of my blue elver tubes, tied on a 3/4" inch Ally tube.

 Above, the 3/4" inch brass cascade.

 Above, the Tyne Toucan 3/4" inch brass tube.

 Above, the Kinermony killer 3/4" inch tube.

 My mate Lewy fishing the river Taff, looking like he knows what he is doing. haha,

 Lewy hooking a fish, 

And the fish, a cracking brown trout.

 Above, a set of Usk grubs, tied for my mate John Davies who fishes the river why. hope you have a few today John,. 

 Close up of the Uskgrub, tied on a size 8 double.

 Some Cascades, tied on size 8 trebles, 

 Close up of the size 8 cascade,

 Some waddingtons, size 11/4" inch shank tied for a customer.

 Above, the williegunn waddington.

 Above, the Ally shrimp waddington.

 And above, the Cascade waddington, all three just catches.

 Above, some of the flies i have been using, and tying for customers, i call them firetiger cascades. the ones above are tied on 1" inch and 3/4" inch brass.

 And above, a river Towy salmon of 12lb 8oz which fell to the firetiger cascade. off the Abercoth estate water, in super condition and sea liced.

 Above, a close up of the 1" inch firetiger cascade.

 And close up of the 3/4" inch firetiger cascade.

 Some tube i tied up for myself, for night fishing on the river Towy. just easy to tie patterns.

 Above, the bagder and blue 11/2" inch Ally tube.

Black and orange, Ally tube 11/2" inch.

 Above, some secret weapons, tie with a single stinger hook. tied up for a customer,

 Black and silver, secret weapon. size 4 main hook and size 6 stinger.

 Squirrel and blue secret weapon,

 And above, some single hook snake flies, for the same customer of the secret weapons.

 And a close up of the snake, 11/2" inch long.

 Above is a set of flies and one of my boxes, for a customer in north Wales who fishes the river Dovey.

 Red and yellow,Cascade, size 9 partridge.

 Yellow flamethrower size 9 partridge,

 Stoat, tied on size 9 partridge .

 Silver Stoat, size 11 partridge double.

And the blue charm, tied on partridge size 11 double.