 Golden Plover, Grouse Underwings and Persalls Silks - Mike Hardings Northen Spiders Heritage RangeFriday, 4 December 2009  Mike Harding - Author, Radio Presenter,Comedian and Fisherman
Jointly with Mike Harding we have produced a range of Northern Spiders for fly fishermen.. These Northen Spiders are tied using a range of unusual materials including Golden Plover and traditional materials like Persalls silks have been required to pay true homage to the traditional Northern Spider Trout & Grayling flies in Mike Harding's new fly tying book on Northen Spiders.
The North Country tradition of fly-tying and fishing has long been celebrated as a remarkably successful way of catching fish. Developed on the fast-flowing rivers of northern England, on both sides of the Pennines, soft hackle or spider flies like the Snipe and Purple and the Partridge and Orange have been traditionally used since the nineteenth century and beyond, and are just as effective in the chalk streams of Hampshire, the lochs of Connemara or even the freestone rivers of the Appalachians in the United States. Now, Mike Harding, an experienced fly fisherman in the rivers of Yorkshire where he lives, has produced the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to tie the best North Country flies for themselves in a superb book.. Here are a hundred and forty different designs, all illustrated in full colour, from traditional designs like the Bracken Clock to his own unique variations such as the Ribble Rouser. A good number of them have never been illustrated before. In his book Mike Harding provides a witty and illuminating history of the North Country tradition; full step-by-step photographic guides to all the stages in tying every kind of fly; details of all materials required, and how to source them; and finally some advice from the benefit of his considerable experience in how to use the flies you’ve tied to catch the most fish, with the most pleasure. Alternatively purchase ready make Northern Spiders tie it or buy it.
Check Mike's range of Northen Spiders here
 | Latest News |  | John Slowik reviews the Stroft ABR and Stroft GTM line, scoring them 4/5 all in all! John says Awesome mono. The Kg. test to line diameter ratio is incredible. I din't know how they do it. The knot strength is impressive and i don't even notice any line
Thursday, 2 February 2012 Stroft ABR has less shine than Stroft GTM and as a consequence can be even better for those fussy fish or naturals that get spooked easily. Essential for river fly fishermen. Read more... | Keith Allan reviews our Hawthorn Fly and rates it 4/5! Keith says it’s a good representation of a Hawthorn fly pattern and well tied, let’s hope the trout think so this coming spring.
Friday, 27 January 2012 Hawthorn - Trout Fly
Hawthorn . The Hawthorn is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Craneflies & Damsels or Trout Flies or Dry Read more... | Brian Prout has been in touch, offering some very kind words about The Essential Fly! Brian rates us as 5/5 and says he's had Excellent service from this company. Thanks Brian!
Thursday, 26 January 2012 Best Fishing Web Site Winner & Runner Up In Best After Sales Service In Total FlyFisher Magazine Awards In a survey by Total FlyFisher Magazine across thousands of fly fishermen The Essential Fly won the award for the Best Fishing Website and was Runner Up For Best After Sales Service. The team at The Essential Fly are delighted to win this award and we would like to thank every customer voted for us! We work on the principles found in good businesses, good customer service, good products and good value for money and "We will always try harder". With tens of thousands of customers in over 50 countries we have gone from strength to strength and can only thank our customers, the team here and the partners who help us deliver our website and customer service. Many thanks from The Essential Fly for your votes! Read more... | Christopher Cook reviews the Veniard UNI Pre Waxed Thread 50y and scores it as 5/5! Christopher says My first try with a premium thread, been using the stuff that came in a kit. What a difference, makes life a lot easier. It's stronger, doesn't snap so e
Thursday, 26 January 2012 50 yard spools of one of the top tying threads. Available in 20 colours. For a random selection of thread colours, please select the 'mixed' tab, followed by the required pack size. Our packs of 10 and 20 threads also provide a significant saving when compared to purchasing individual threads. Read more... | Christopher Cook reviews the Veniard UNI Super Midge Pre Waxed Thread 200y, and rates it as 5/5!
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 UNI Super Midge Pre Waxed Thread 200y 200 yard spools of one of the top tying threads. Available in 20 colours. For a mixed selection box of different colours please select one colour from the list (a mix colour box will still be received) Read more... | Hugh Davies reviews our Bivisible Brown and scores it 5/5! Hugh says This pattern does not often feature in other catalogues. The flies, very promptly received, look to be well tied, however, it remains to be seen as to how well they stand up to prolonge
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 The Bivisible Brown is tied entierly from hackles - no other materials other than tying thread are used. It is the combination of colours of hackles on the collar and body which produced the distinct Bi-visible effect on the Bivisible Brown. As a bushy fly the Bivisible Brown is normally fished as a dry fly on fast broken water where it floats easily riding high on the sufrace with floatant. The Bivisible Brown also makes a good dropper fly when fishing on a lake in large waves. Finally the Bivisible Brown makes a great dapping fly.As the name indicates dry flies which include Bivisible Brown are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Bivisible Brown imitate a wide variery of flies and insects which inhabit the surface of the water. There is nothing like using dry flies and watching trout and grayling rise to the surface. To purists dry fly fishing is the true art-form of fly fishing, indeed some rivers only permit dry fly fishing. There are some dry flies (e.g. the Popper, Muddlers) which are designed to attract fish by the action of creating a surface disturbance. The flies are made from very bouyant materials (e.g, cork, ethafoam or deer hair, the latter having a generous application of floatant). A Muddler retrieved upwind of a rise can often result in a bulge in the water as the fish follows the fly.
Dry Fly Fishing Techniques With The Bivisible Brown A dry fly like Bivisible Brown has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Bivisible Brown float and they are usually cast singly on a trout tapered leader. A floating line is used, but with the tapered leader de-greased so that it does not glint and flash light spooking the trout The Bivisible Brown can be used as a Dapping Fly. In Ireland, it is common to see the locals using a dapping technique on the loughs. They usually use a long rod, often as long as 17ft, a large fly reel (or alternatively a beautifully smooth-running Centrepin reel) containing strong nylon spinning line attached to about 5 yards of 'floss line'. The floss line is joined to a level leader of about 4 feet, with a hook about size 10 on to which a couple of mayflies or a Bivisible Brown have been caught at the thorax. The floss line billows out in front of the boat, and the rod is held so that the mayfly or Bivisible Brown skip enticingly across the surface of the water, as the breeze fluctuates. This seems to be an irresistible attraction to the trout, the odd salmon has been known to be can be caught with this method. With this method live mayfly are used to dap on the surface!. Howewer we use mayfly and later in the season cranefly imitations. Alterbative in place of the natural fly, sometimes a very bushy tied fly is substituted - often of two contrasting colours (bi-visible) to assist the angler in identifying the position of the fly. The Bivisible Brown is great fun when used for dapping. Bivisible Brown - Fly Tying Dressing
Fly Tying Difficulty: 4 For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Bivisible Brown. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Bivisible Brown at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Bivisible Brown yourself to understand the pleasure of catching a fish with your own tied fly, however at the price we sell flies it is only worth tying one or two Bivisible Brown as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Read more... | John Rimmington reviews the Veniard Synthetic Living Fibre and rates it as 5/5! John says very good service & value for money. The tying materials are very good as is the postage & packing. Over all, very good.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 SLF - Synthetic Living Fibre Available in 48 colours Read more... | David Bullock reviews our Damsel Nymph (Anthony Variant), and rates it as 5/5! David says it's a superbly tied fly, different to any other in my fly box, a great small stillwater pattern.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 Damsel Nymph Anthony Variant Damsel Nymph Anthony Variant. Points Winner in the Fly Tying Masters Round 1 Read more... | David Bullock reviews the Disco Blob Bumble and scores it as 5/5! David says nice mixture of material I can see this working anywhere
Monday, 23 January 2012 Disco Blob Bumble The blob is mainly a stillwater pattern, and is successful from Spring through to Autumn for both Rainbow and Brown trout. The blob is often used as an attractor pattern on the top dropper of a team of flies. These are unweighted patterns tied with fritz type materials for the body. Some patterns have small marabou tails in contrasting colours while others sport a wing of flashabou material. Colours are many and varied but sunburst orange and yellow are firm favourites on the competition scene. They are generally fished on sinking lines and are usually positioned on the top dropper with either a lure or a nymph or both, fished beneath. Invariably blobs are fast pulling patterns although they do sometimes get taken off the surface while waiting for the other flies to sink. Read more... | David Bullock reviews the Disco Blob Olive, and scores it 5/5! David says well tied excellent fly, well satisfied!
Monday, 23 January 2012 The blob is mainly a stillwater pattern, and is successful from Spring through to Autumn for both Rainbow and Brown trout. The blob is often used as an attractor pattern on the top dropper of a team of flies. These are unweighted patterns tied with fritz type materials for the body. Some patterns have small marabou tails in contrasting colours while others sport a wing of flashabou material. Colours are many and varied but sunburst orange and yellow are firm favourites on the competition scene. They are generally fished on sinking lines and are usually positioned on the top dropper with either a lure or a nymph or both, fished beneath. Invariably blobs are fast pulling patterns although they do sometimes get taken off the surface while waiting for the other flies to sink. Read more... | John Ashburn reviews the Umpqua Streamer Box, and scores it as 5/5! John says it's an Excellent quality item - can store flies up to 2 long with plenty of headroom in the lid. The whole thing is quality from the construction material, the lid locking / s
Saturday, 21 January 2012 A new clear lid concept fly box, aiding the correct selection of flies when stored alongside numerous other boxes in your luggage
The clear high density Polycarbonate lids also provide fantastic durability, handling and water resistance when coupled with the rubber seals
They are available in with two slot foam inserts one rippled and one with slots Read more... | Peter Hatton reviews the UNI Neon Tying Thread, and rates it as 5/5. Peter says they're Great threads, I use mine for the top three eyes on my beach rod for aiding with visual bite detection.
Saturday, 21 January 2012 Extra strong thread which is excellent for streamers, salmon & saltwater patterns.
Available in 6 brilliant colours: Yellow, Orange, Chartreuse, Green, Red and Burnt Orange. Read more... | Peter Hatton reviews the Stonefly Rotary Fly Dryer Rod Turner and rates it as 5/5! Peter says it's a great bit of kit at a great price comes complete with a rod support as well.
Friday, 20 January 2012 This neat, battery operated fly dryer is a must for all fly tyers, whether they are tying epoxy buzzers or large salt-water flies. It also comes complete with a small rod chuck to dry and turn a rod when re-whipping a guide. Read more... | David Miller rates the Veniard Grey Squirrel Skin as 5/5! David says Having been a customer of Essential Fly for a short while I have been very impressed with the service and quality of products...Many thanks
Friday, 20 January 2012 Squirrel Skins are rapidly becoming recognized as a superb dubbing material,being moderately finer in texture than Hare’s fur, it is ideal for smaller nymph patterns. Excluding tail. Read more... | Mark Holt reviews the , he scores them as worthy of 5/5 stars and says As described brilliant service as always.
Thursday, 19 January 2012 Superb self adhesive eyes that are bright and lifelike. Available in 3 colours and 4 sizes. Read more... | Mark Holt reviews the Veniard Krinkle Mirror Flash, and scores it as 5/5! Mark says that the Mirror Flash is excellent and as described, and the service brilliant as always
Thursday, 19 January 2012 A new version of the best selling Mirror Flash, the crinkle effect axaggerates the reflective qualities of this already vibrant material.
Available in a choice of 6 colours. Read more... | Mark Holt reviews our service, following his recent order for Veniard Krystal Chenille (amongst other things!) Mark says that the chenille was as described, excellent service as always!
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 This dazzling body material is made totally of Krystal Flash fibres. Size Medium / 10mm.
Available in 16 colours. 2m material per packet. Read more... | Mark Holt reviews the Veniard Polar Fibre, rating it as 5/5! Mark says Really easy to work with, ties in lovely.
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 A super soft, pre-tapered synthetic fur that will give any pattern incredible action in the water. Lifelike material for baitfish imitations, streamers and attractor patterns. It can be easily marked with indelible marking pens for more realistic baitfish patterns.
Available in a choice of 11 colours. Read more... | Mark Holt reviews our Sparklemet - Krystal Flash Alternative, and rates it as 5/5! Mark says The pearl really stands out when used with dark colours, much better than Veniards and cheaper too. Keep up the good work. Thanks Mark!
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Sparklemet is our own version of Krystal Flash - a highly reflective corrugated winging material nut at a fraction of the cost of some manufacturers. It is a deeply fluorescent standard material with pulsating micro monofilaments, giving it unique fish catching properties. Sparklemet is a thin, flexible tinsel that gives lifelike flash and breathing action. Mix in with other fibers to enhance streamers and saltwater baitfish patterns. Flashabou has become an essential saltwater fly tying ingredient, Sparklemet gives even better price / performance than the original Flashabou. Each package contains approximately 150 strands of 12" Flashabou fibers. It is a super strong fiber that won't matte as it swims and flows through the water, it really attracts fish. Sparklemet comes in a large range of colours including a superb luminous version to add to those deep water lures. Read more... | Francis Renner reviews our Essential Fly Braided Loop Connector, and scores it a whopping 10/10! That's off the scale! Francis says that she had no problems whilst using this high quality product.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Our Braided Loop Connectors come in packs with 3 braided loop connectors in a pack. These make it very easy to connect a fly line to a tapered leader. Simply insert at least 30mm of fly line inside the core of the braided loop connector, personally we like 60mm. Slide the retaining sleve so that it covers the end of the braid and making sure that the sleeve is a tight fit. Our leaders are transparent / white in colour. These have a braking strain of 30lb and are the simplest way to connect fly line and transparent leader. Read more... | John Vowles reviews our Combination Priest in Aluminium & Brass, rating it as 5/5! John says that he's very pleased with this priest, it's a good product!
Monday, 16 January 2012 This priest is an ideal combination brass priest and marrow spoon. The beautiful priest to help despatch that Salmon or Trout to the dinner table. With a black aluminium stem and a nicely weighted brass head this priest looks good and feels great. The brass marrow spoon fits inside the aluminium stem when not in use. Read more... | Michelle McMeekin reviews our Gift Voucher service, rating it as 5/5! Michelle says that it was Quick and easy to use. Excellent!
Monday, 16 January 2012 Our gift vouchers are an excellent means of securing the perfect gift for the angler in your life! Once ordered, you will receive an immediate voucher code by email, along with a hard copy voucher sent by post so you will definitely have to give! Read more... | G Todd reviews our customer service & the Wychwood Epic Magnesium Fly Fishing glasses, scoring both 5/5! He says Excellent Service as usual. Product is great value for money compared to more expensive Glasses.
Friday, 13 January 2012 Sun glasses are essential for fishermen, both for keeping out the sun, helping focus on a fly, seeing the trout / salmon take and most imortantly to protect eyes from flying hooks!
A high quality pair of magnesium alloy sunglasses with supreme durability and extreme lightness. Featuring glass lenses which increase polarising capability, eliminating glare and reducing eye fatigue.
Magnesium-Alloy frame for improved durability and lightness.
1.9mm hard coated glass UV380 and UV400 lenses.
consistent lens arc delivers the least amount of surface distortion.
Spring loaded arms and adjustable nose pads.
supplied with free lanyard and protective case. Read more...
| William Thomas reviews our flies and scores them 5/5! He says All of the flies are quality tyings - great to get them in size 16 as well. Czech nymphs were a first for me and proved successful.
Friday, 13 January 2012 Trout Dry flies including Black Magic Green Rib are an superb fly to keep in the dry fly fisherman's arsenal. Very little can match the fun of watching a trout or grayling rise and take a Black Magic Green Rib dry fly from the water surface. Indeed in some rivers like the chalk streams of Southern England dry flies like Black Magic Green Rib are the only fishing flies allowed to be used. Selecting the right fishing fly can be awkward and over the years it has almost become a minefield with thousands of variations of trout dry flies including Black Magic Green Rib available! Key is for the fly fisherman to match the hatch and identify the ideal fly before they start fishing. Careful observation shows there are often key flies like sedge or caddis, olives, or mayflies that should always be considered when hatching. If little is rising then consider fly fishing with clever flies like Klinkhammers which with their body dipping into the sub-surface and parachute sat on the surface film look like a fly emerging. Read more... | William Thomas reviews our Combination Priest in Aluminium & Brass, he scores it as 5/5 and says that he had a different one of these for years before losing it, though this replacement Priest cost a lot less than expected, which can't be bad!
Thursday, 12 January 2012 Combination Priest & Marrow Spoon This priest is an ideal combination brass priest and marrow spoon. The beautiful priest to help despatch that Salmon or Trout to the dinner table. With a black aluminium stem and a nicely weighted brass head this priest looks good and feels great. The brass marrow spoon fits inside the aluminium stem when not in use. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Bronze Peacock Herl, scoring it 5/5 & saying it's good quality.
Thursday, 12 January 2012 Strung Bronze Peacock Herl Probably the first fly tying material used by us all. Used in 100’s of patterns. Available in 5 colours. Read more... | David Heath loves the good quality Veniard Magic Glass / V Rib and scores it 5/5!
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 This extra soft plastic material is half round in cross section enabling the tyer to produce realistic flat or segmented bodies. Available in 14 colours, with 1.4m material per packet. Read more... | David Heath loves the top quality Veniard Mallard Duck Drake Grey Flanked Dyed Feathers, and scores them as 5/5!
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 Mallard Duck Drake Grey Flanked Dyed Feathers Available in 7 colours, in 2gm packets. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Dubbing Needles that we supply, and scores them 5/5. He likes them as they're very light and very nice.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Dubbing Needles Available in 2 styles Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Cellire Varnish and scores it 5/5. David says that he used the No1 Extra Clear & Fine Varnish, which he found to be very good.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 An excellent head cement for fly tying. Available as;
No1 Extra Clear Fine
No3 White
No6 Red
No7 Black
No11 Yellow Unitit thinner also available that is suitable for use with all of the above. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Cock Pheasant Centre Tail, and scores it as 5/5. David says that it's of first class quality.
Monday, 9 January 2012 Cock Pheasant Centre Tails Used for herl bodies, wing cases, tails etc. These feathers have endless uses. The only feather on the pheasant tail nymph. 2 Supplied in each packet with a choice of 12 colours available. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard UNI Micro Tinsel, and scores it 5/5. David says that it's very nice material and pleasant to use.
Monday, 9 January 2012 Lurex-type coloured braided tinsels so fine you can tie with them, Great for ribs and tags on small flies. Sold in 12 yard reels. Colours available: Gold, Grey, Old Gold, Green, Bronze, Silver, Red, Purple, Pink, Copper, Blue & Pearl. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Natural Hares Fur, and rates is as 5/5! David says it's a very good quality product.
Friday, 6 January 2012 Hares Natural Fur Body fur piece. Hare body is normally slightly darker and longer than the mask or ears. Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Hare Dub Dispenser, scoring it 5/5! David says he's very pleased with this nice, tidy box.
Friday, 6 January 2012 Hare Dub Dispenser
12 colours of hare fur, a classic standard dubbing blended with SLF. Perfect for a wide range of uses from large buggy patterns to small nymphs, emergers and gold heads. Read more... | Semperfli 2012 Lever Vise Released
Friday, 6 January 2012  We wanted a fly vice that was quicker to use at shows and exhibitions and there is no doubt that lever vices are in-vogue and far easier to use. With a simple flick of the lever our hook is in the vice. The Semperfli team worked with their manufacturer to develop this super lever vice with solid metal knobs and a rapid lever to clamp the hooks. As a true rotary the vice allows us to rotate our flies and work top and bottom as required. Read more... | Keith Allan reviews the John Tyzack Tungsten Bead Head Endrick Spider Fluorescent Orange Colour and scores it 4/5. Keith says a cold December day fishing Meon Springs (Hampshire), Fluorescent Orange Spider performed excellently, easily achieved deep to t
Thursday, 5 January 2012 5 Times English Rivers Champion John Tyzacks' take on the traditional bead Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph the gold tungsten bead makes them sink very well whilst keeping the profile slim and short. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail and strike indicators is great method of fishing these Trout Flies. The perfect point fly to use in a Duo Rig. Read more... | New Polarised Fishing Sunglasses Released For 2012
Wednesday, 4 January 2012 Our fly fishing sun-glass come with 6 pairs of interchangeable lenses these are ideal for any light conditions from very low light to extremely bright sunlight. With lightweight plastic frame these are extremely comfortable and offer flexibility for your fly fishing and beyond. Read more... | Alastair Neri reviews our Grayling e-book, scoring it 5/5. Alastair says it's a very interesting read I just wish I had Grayling fishing here in Aberdeenshire!
Wednesday, 4 January 2012 Our 35 page guide to Winter Grayling fly fishing is downloadable instantly to your email. With invaluable tips and hints, tying instructions for Sandy's Rhyacophila and Straggle Bug which have proved to be deadly for grayling we are sure that you will find this a superb guide and assist you in this tremendous winter fishing style, remember Grayling can be fished for when you cannot fish for River Brown Trout. Even when there is thick snow on the ground fly fishing for grayling is great fun, indeed it is probably one of the most exciting times for this tremendous hobby.
You will receive instructions via email on how to download this tremendous guide so must have a real email address to receive download instructions. Read more... | Alastair Neri reviews our Fly Tying Spool Rack, scoring it 5/5. Alastair says that it's an excellent addition to my fly tying collection.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012 We started using these for ourselves at shows and for our own storage, they are superb, storing 32 spools on 4 tiers. This is a great little storage system to have on your tyng desk and makes it so simple to store and use spools of thread, not only that it takes up little more space than the spools but with the 4 raised tiers makes it simple to grab what you need! Read more... | Bob White reviews the F McPhillips CDC Dubbing Packets, scoring them 5/5. Bob says that he's very happy with the quality and amount of this product.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012 Individual 0.5 gram packets of CDC, available in a choice of 12 colours. Designed specifically for dry fly patterns, this CDC dubbing offers an exceptional addition to the fly tyers armoury. It is unbelievably light, physically, and will alight the fly like the piece of feather down it is.
In colours: Black - Brown Olive - Golden Yellow - Green Olive - Grey - Light Olive - Mayfly Olive - Medium Olive - Sedge Brown - Summer Duck - White - Yellow Read more... | Bob White reviews the Veniard Mixed Ostrich Herl, scoring it 5/5. Bob says I give this product a 5/5 review. It is of very good quality and reasonable amount of product for the price.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012 Ostrich Herl Mixed A piece of Brown, Olive and Green Ostrich Herl. Read more... | Bob White reviews the Veniard English Grey Partridge Grey Flank, scoring it 5/5. Bob says I give this product a 5/5 rating. Product is very good quality.
Monday, 2 January 2012 English Grey Partridge Grey Flank Available in 2gm packets. Read more... | Calvin Morrison reviews our bundle of 9 Nano Silks, scoring them as 5/5. Calvin says This tying silk is amazing. I now use it exclusively for all small patterns and to minimise the risk of too bulky heads on some dressings. Its strength gives you full c
Monday, 2 January 2012 Semper Fli Nano Silk This collection includes all 9 colours of 12/0 Nano Silk, the complete fly tyers collection of Powersilks! WHAT IS NANO SILK BLACK FLY TYING THREAD? For any given thickness Nano Silk is probably the strongest fly tying thread on the planet! Put simply Nano Silk is fine enough to tie on size 32 hooks and strong enough to bend a size 6 hook in the vice! Nano Silk is available in 9 colours including Nano Silk Black and the New Nano Silk Red
A MODERN THREAD FOR THE MODERN FLY TYER Many fly tying threads were sourced from the textile industry many years ago and have remained unchanged ever since. Many of these threads are strong enough when used with caution but are prone to snapping at the most inconvenient time (usually just before you whip finish a fly that took 15 minutes to tie!). Nano Silk is a modern hi-tech fibre sourced by the Semper Fli team which is coloured and spooled by us to provide the modern fly tyer with a thread to meet their needs.
WHAT CAN NANO SILK BE USED FOR? The fact is it’s really up to you... but here are a few tips and tricks from the Semper Fli team to get you started. Extra strength means flies can be tied “tighter” with more pressure meaning more resilient flies
Thread breakage is virtually eliminated
Minimum thickness means “thread build up” is no longer an issue. Slim bodied flies are possible even with many turns of silk as Nano Silk adds virtually no bulk.
When pulled tight Nano Silk can disappear into the dressing of a fly. Check out the parachute hackles tied using Nano Silk.
No need to varnish heads! A simple whip finish can be pulled tight and won’t come undone when fished.
Multi-strand structure means thread can be split to form dubbing loops.
Nano Silk is so fine it can doubled up midway through dressing a fly to form a dubbing loop without excess build up
On complex dressings with many steps half hitches or 2 turn whip finishes can be applied without fear of losing tension or excessive build up CAUTION!
Nano Silk is also stronger than many fly tying tools a ceramic fly tying bobbin is recommended Read more... | Derek Ray reviews our John Tyzack Tungsten BH Endrick Spider and rates it as 5/5! John says they're excellent, and came with great service and good value!
Sunday, 1 January 2012 5 Times English Rivers Champion John Tyzacks' take on the traditional bead Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph the gold tungsten bead makes them sink very well whilst keeping the profile slim and short. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail and strike indicators is great method of fishing these Trout Flies. The perfect point fly to use in a Duo Rig. Read more... | John Brazendale recently purchased some of our BH Yellow Montana's. He hasn't had chance to use them yet, though rates the service that he experienced as worthy of 5/5 stars! John says As ever, excellent product and service, thank you, can't wait to use
Sunday, 1 January 2012 Bead Head (BH) Yellow Montana. The Bead Head (BH) Yellow Montana is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Bead Heads or Gold Heads or Montana & Stones or Trout Flies or BH The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Yellow Montana makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Yellow Montana and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Read more... | Derek Ray is bonkers (sorry, couldn't resist...) about our Salmon Priest, and rates it as 5/5! Derek says it Looks excellent, and is nicely weighted. This product will definitely do it's job.
Saturday, 31 December 2011 Made from brass, this is a really heavy priest with extra lead in the head to add to the weight. It is still small enough to go into most clothing pockets. Read more... | Steven Garner rates our Nanny Carr's Olive Emerger as 5/5. Steven says that the fish love them, especially down the edge of riffles.
Saturday, 31 December 2011 The Nanny Carr’s Olive Emerger was initially tied to fool the wild river trout of the upper River Ribble and is name after a noted section on the river. It is tied with an almost translucent olive body to imitate hatching olives and buzzers that are found on the water throughout the season and pulls up both trout and grayling with regularity. It’s wing post in tied in either red or black so it is easily seen on the water’s surface whatever the light conditions
Add Floatant to the hackle and wing post and watch it go! Nanny carr's Olive Emerger - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Nanny carr's Olive Emerger . Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Nanny carr's Olive Emerger at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Nanny carr's Olive Emerger yourself to understand the pleasure of catching a fish with your own tied fly, however at the price we sell flies it is only worth tying one or two Nanny carr's Olive Emerger as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Read more... | Genuine Seals Fur Available in 24 colours.
Friday, 30 December 2011 John Stephens reviews the Veniard Genuine Seals Fur Dubbing Material and rates it as 5/5. When asked to review the material, John also went in to detail about the service he received; "Great material, great service. The Essential fly delivers and keeps you in touch with your order. Well done The Essential Fly." Thanks John! Read more... | David Heath reviews the Veniard Fluorescent Chenille, rating it as 5/5. David likes it for the good quality found on opening the packet.
Friday, 30 December 2011 Fluorescent Chenille Super bright rayon style chenille. All colours are fluorescent under UV light 3m packets or 6m mixed. Read more... | Keith Allen rates our Adams Parachute as 4/5, saying that this well tied and not over-dressed pattern worked so well this season that I;ve already topped up my fly box in anticipation of next years haul!
Thursday, 29 December 2011  Adams Parachute - Trout Fly
Adams Parachute . The Adams Parachute is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Humpies & Irresistibles or Parachute, Klinkhammer & Thorax or or Trout Flies or Dry Read more... |
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