A very quick post for you fly tyers out there. It feels like everything in our lives just gets more and more expensive with every passing day so any way of reducing costs in our pastimes has to be a good thing. For fly tyers the cost of some synthetics can be quite high, soContinueContinue reading “Cheap fly tying material”
Tag Archives: fly tying
Reversed Zulu
Before I get on to this fly I want to apologise for the near total lack of posts here on my blog. For some time now angling has slipped down my list of priorities and that meant writing about my fishing suffered the same near terminal decline. Yes, I have been tying flies, but allContinueContinue reading “Reversed Zulu”
Lighting
Growing old does have some benefits. More rational thoughts due to experience, a sense of self worth, an inner calmness which was so obviously lacking in a younger me are all examples I can point to. The rest of it is just crap though. Aches and pains, slowing down in virtually every physical function, maleContinueContinue reading “Lighting”
Fly sizes
It’s December, and fly tying season is now in full swing for me. The run up to Christmas is usually when I do the bulk of my tying as I try to distract myself from the rampant consumerism around me. To be perfectly honest, due to a total lack of any sort of fishing forContinueContinue reading “Fly sizes”
Enhancer
I came by a second-hand box of dubbing additive the other day, so I’ve been busy at the vice trying it out. The clear plastic box with the familiar layout of twelve small cubicles filled with dubbing came from South Africa, judging by the faded price tag in SA Rand on the base. I gaveContinueContinue reading “Enhancer”
The war on waste
This post will no doubt confirm your worst suspicions about me, that I am obsessed with waste. Fly tying, by its very nature is a wasteful process, we spend hours clipping and cutting then disposing of the waste in the bin. Some of this is necessary but we can reuse some of the bits weContinueContinue reading “The war on waste”
Level 5
It comes as no great shock but it is never the less desperately disappointing that Ireland has returned to level 5 restrictions to battle the covid-19 pandemic. The harsh lessons of earlier this year were largely ignored by a sizable minority of the population and we are now all paying the price for their stupidity.ContinueContinue reading “Level 5”
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