Dave Downie

Nice to see Dave again. We tried to get him last winter but he did his usual " going off the radar" It easy to see he is an accomplished pro tier by the way he rattled thro a load of flies whilst keeping up a running comentary. Quality and quantity. From delicate river dries to:-

No Name! Depth Charge for Czech Nymphing

Daves Blob materials are so secret I could not get a decent picture of the ones he tied and had to revert to his web site.

These Jinglers are everywhere

Cormorants with goose biot cheeks

Daves LDO

Olive Dabbler

Booby Cormorant

Quill Buzzer

Claret Snatcher with JC cheeks. Dsve also does them in Black and Olive

One for the river

And another

Daves Go to Damsel

And finally,  the Humungus. While Dave does not claim to have "invented" this fly he is probably best known for using it with devastating effect.

We concluded the day with a good mooch through Daves excellent selection of flytying materials.

Thanks Dave for a cracking presentation.

Here are the link for his sites.

dave@flyfishingworld.eu

dave@davedowniefishing.com

 

www.flyfishingworld.eu

www.davedowniefishing.com

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24-02-2011

Stuart Wardle's Early Season River Flies

Don't he scrub up well

Large Dark Olives are not as Large as they seem

These are tied on 103BL #17, 19 & 21

And a version with a tail

A Cul de Cannon that I have not seen before with a "bubble " of CDC

A March Brown he has been telling me about for the last 2 years, finally revealed

A Jingler, Scottish pattern, but it works all over the world.

A Retirer, chuck the rest of you flies away.

Finally one of Mike Tinions patterns, but don't tell Mike that Stuart giving his secrets away.

As always, an entertaining evening. Thanks Stewart, looking forward to the next one.

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10-02-2011

John Liddle flytying presentation " Stillwater patterns"

Quote from John:- " Flytying is only limited by your imagination"

John then commenced to produce evidence of his vivid imagination.

(Apologies to John, I forgot my camera. I will try to get a photo of him in the future and addit here)

John started with a UV Kate McLaren

Next came a Detached Boddy Daddy with a furled body and foam head

Followed by a Fiery Brown Sedge

A Duck Fly (or Davy Smith's Pidgeon Fly

A Tricolour Blob made with John's own special technique for making blob fritz.

A Claret Dabbler and a match for any Irish tied fly

A Diawl Bach, another JL special

John's own Damsel pattern with a bit of Dawsons Olive influence

And a "Popper Hopper" Dry

A Claret Half Hog

Finishing with a Gold Head HE Nymph

John utilises a mix of ribs to add an extra dimension to his patterns and dies his own materials to give his flies that little bit of an edge.

Thanks John for a very enlightening evening.

I have details of all of the patterns as a word document. E-mail me for a copy

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27-11-2010

Steve Thornton Masterclass

Facinating stuff, everyone was totally engrossed and the day was over way too early.

One to one tuition.

Most of us boughtsigned copies of Steves "Listen to the river" series of books

Thanks Steve for an interesting day.

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07-11-2010

A day fishing for Grayling on the Swale.