A lot of you were just as intrigued as I am about the identity of the indigo blue feathers on a patch of skin which recently came into my possession. The shape of the feathers were nothing like any domestic fowl, so whatever it was it came from the wild. I set about tracking itContinueContinue reading “What is it (part 2)”
Monthly Archives: October 2023
What is it?
Fly tying season is in full swing for me now and most weekday evenings are spent at the vice. When I am busy like this I go through a heck of a lot of materials, meaning I am regularly topping up the most commonly consumed feathers and hairs. While putting together a shopping list earlierContinueContinue reading “What is it?”
Landex – a conundrum
Just like buses, there have been virtually no posts on this blog all year and now here are two in two days. Work has decimated my fishing for twelve months and any free time has been swallowed up by catching up on all the things I should have been doing were I at home inContinueContinue reading “Landex – a conundrum”
A blast from the past
Recently I had been thinking about my formative fly fishing years and for no particular reason recalled my first fly reel. We are going back a LONG way here, to around 1972 or so. It was my birthday and my parents bought me a fly rod and reel. That reel was a Roddy 320 andContinueContinue reading “A blast from the past”
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