http://www.theessentialfly.com/ fly fishing, flies, fly, Fly Fishing Flies, fly tying materials, fly tying, Trout/salmon flies/Fly, Salmon flies/fly / Salmo Salar Fly - The Essential Fly Trout & Salmon Fly Company. Salmon & Trout flies, quality, cost effective. Fly tying materials, fly fishing en-gb The Essential Fly Wed, 16 May 2012 09:52:00 +0100 customerservices@theessentialfly.com customerservices@theessentialfly.com http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/bill-s-who-is-now-the-proud-owner-of-some-of-our-5x-tapered-leaders-writes-in-to-say-excellent-express-delivery-i-suspect-i-received-goods-before-you-received-my-cheque-well-done-on-an-excellent-service-very-satisfied-customer.html A specially designed tapered leader with a long and heavy butt for turnover power and a supple front taper for delicate presentation. These leaders are an excellent choice for fishing with small and mid-sized flies on spooky fish and ideal for even underhand casting. Product Tippet Diameter (mm) Tippet Diameter (inch) Butt Diameter (mm) Butt Diameter (inch) Tippet Test (KG) Tippet Test (LB) 0X 0.279 0.011 0.64 0.025 4.8 10.5 1X 0.254 0.010 0.58 0.023 4.1 9 2X 0.229 0.009 0.56 0.022 3.5 7.7 3X 0.203 0.008 0.53 0.021 3.1 6.8 4X 0.178 0.007 0.53 0.021 2.4 5.2 5X 0.152 0.006 0.5 0.02 1.8 3.9 6X 0.127 0.005 0.43 0.017 1.2 2.6 7X 0.102 0.004 0.43 0.017 0.85 1.8 Typical Fly Usage For Leader Sizes To calculate leader size a time used formula is to divide the fly size by 3, this gives you and approximate tipper size. For example for a size 16 fly 16/3 = 5.33 so recommended leader diameter should be 5x to 6x (as can be seen from the chart below) Product Used for Fly Sizes 0X 2 1X 4 to 8 2X 6 to 10 3X 10 to 14 4X 12 to 16 5X 14 to 18 6X 16 to 22 7X 18 to 24 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/phil-c-has-emailed-in-with-a-really-nice-message-for-us-he-says-on-reflection-i-was-extremely-pleased-with-the-level-of-service-i-received-during-my-recent-order-although-the-rod-i-wanted-had-been-discontinued-by-the-manufacturer-i-was-promptly-advised-ab.html Wychwood Truefly SLA Fly Fishing Rod Super lightweight rod with English bronze finish Full progressive easy casting action Multi-modulus carbon 3K Carbon Fibre reel seat Premium grade AAA cork Full EVA butt protector Section labelling and eyesights Single rated 4pc construction Compact cordura rod tube Wed, 16 May 2012 09:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/lee-t-has-written-in-to-us-to-say-great-service-nice-flys-and-no-problems-will-use-you-again-thanks-lee-glad-you-enjoyed-buying-from-us-one-of-the-flies-that-lee-ordered-was-our-elk-hair-caddis-tan-which-is-a-great-fly-to-use-when-fishing-for-cut-throats-.html The Elk Hair Caddis Tan is based on the Elk Hair Caddis Tan created by Al Troth. Elk Hair Caddis Tan The Elk Hair Caddis Tan developed by Al Trout was originally used in the American Northwest with a great deal of success and is now used world-wide. This is a superb imitation of an adult caddis fly which rather than imitate a particular species of caddis uses a roof wing profile to mimic a whole range of medium to small brown caddis flies. The wing is made of Elk hair which is tough but retains good buoyancy. As the name indicates dry flies which include Elk Hair Caddis Tan are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Elk Hair Caddis Tan 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 Elk Hair Caddis Tan A dry fly like Elk Hair Caddis Tan has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Elk Hair Caddis Tan 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 Elk Hair Caddis Tan - Fly Tying Dressing Fly Tying Difficulty: 4 For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Elk Hair Caddis Tan. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Elk Hair Caddis Tan at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Elk Hair Caddis Tan 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 Elk Hair Caddis Tan as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 10 to 14 Silk Thread Tan Body Tan synthetic dubbing Hackle Brown palmered cock Wing Natural elk hair, the butts are extended to form the head. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:45:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/one-last-email-from-christopher-ga-this-time-on-the-kamasan-b110-grub-hooks-its-quite-short-and-to-the-point-are-you-ready-christopher-says-theyre-one-of-the-best-grub-hooks-available-if-youre-viewing-this-on-our-facebook-page-why-not-click-like-if-you-ag.html These Grub Hooks have a turned down eye, and are made from heavy bronzed wire with a forged bend. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ive-just-seen-a-second-email-from-christopher-ga-im-a-good-advert-for-reasons-to-read-all-messages-before-posting-about-them-this-time-christopher-reviews-the-fly-tying-spool-rack-rating-it-as-55-he-says-im-so-pleased-with-this-item-that-im-ordering-a-sec.html 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 tying 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! Spool rack is supplied on its own - threads not included. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:50:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christopher-g-a-has-sent-in-a-note-on-the-200-yard-veniard-uni-pre-waxed-thread-saying-its-an-excellent-product-and-that-he-received-very-good-service-.html 200 yard spools of one of the top tying threads. Available in 20 colours. For a random selection, please select the 'mixed' tab followed by the quantity required. Out boxes of 10 and 20 spools offer a significant saving when compared to purchasing individual spools. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ben-b-writes-in-saying-hi-essential-fly-not-much-else-to-say-other-than-your-service-is-the-best-internet-site-i-have-used-and-your-flies-were-excellently-tied-and-extremely-well-priced-without-a-doubt-will-be-purchasing-from-you-again-thanks-very-much-th.html Humpy Royal - Trout Fly Humpy Royal. The Humpy Royal is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Dapping Flies or Mayflies or Humpies & Irresistibles or Trout Flies or Dry Fri, 11 May 2012 11:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/a-bit-of-an-old-email-today-having-found-a-letter-of-thanks-from-july-2011-from-ian-g-sorry-ian-ian-ordered-our-booby-nymphs-cats-whisker-he-says-that-he-received-excellent-products-and-service-as-usual-thanks-ian-much-appreciated-even-10-months-late.html Booby Nymphs Cats Whisker - Trout Fly Booby Nymphs Cats Whisker. The Booby Nymphs Cats Whisker is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Boobies or Lures or Trout Flies or Lure Fri, 11 May 2012 11:22:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/max-p-writes-in-to-review-our-green-drake-mayfly-which-he-rates-as-55-max-says-all-my-flies-purchased-from-essential-fly-have-been-brilliant-thoroughly-recommend-them-for-both-quality-and-speed-of-despatch.html Green Drake Mayfly The Grey Drake represents the female dun of Emphemera danica and the Green Drake imitates the male of that species. The term 'Drake' originates from the feathers used in the wing of this fly. It is tied in a 'fanwing' style. Use The Green Drake Mayfly To Catch: The Green Drake Mayfly can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Green Drake Mayfly can be used to catch Brown Trout As the name indicates dry flies which include Green Drake Mayfly are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Green Drake Mayfly 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 Green Drake Mayfly A dry fly like Green Drake Mayfly has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Green Drake Mayfly 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 Green Drake Mayfly - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Green Drake Mayfly. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Green Drake Mayfly at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Green Drake Mayfly 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 Green Drake Mayfly as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly - Long shank 12 Silk Thread Olive Tail Cock pheasant tail fibres Body Olive floss Rib Gold wire Hackle Olive cock Wing Olive Duck brest feathers tied fanwing style Thu, 10 May 2012 10:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-n-has-sent-a-review-in-on-our-cj-ducks-duns-he-rates-them-as-55and-says-what-a-fantastic-little-fly-it-was-so-good-that-the-fish-snapped-my-35lb-tippets-in-their-haste-to-get-to-them.html Duck's Dun Dark Olive- Trout Fly The Duck's Dun Dark Olivewas developed by Charles Jardine, This was the first fly that Charles developed using CDC. The Duck's Dun Dark Olivewas developed by Charles Jardine, charles developed this as a general purpose adult olive mayfly. Thu, 10 May 2012 10:24:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/kevin-l-has-been-in-touch-to-say-hi-i-am-very-pleased-with-all-the-flies-i-have-purchased-from-you-and-will-continue-to-do-so-i-have-had-very-good-results-from-your-bh-bloodworms-your-service-and-information-pages-are-very-good-keep-up-the-good-work-regar.html Bead Head (BH) Blood Worm - Trout Fly Bead Head (BH) Blood Worm . The Bead Head (BH) Blood Worm is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Bead Heads or Gold Heads or Nymphs or Buzzers or Trout Flies or BH The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Blood Worm makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Blood Worm and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Wed, 09 May 2012 11:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/martin-w-has-been-in-touch-following-his-order-for-amongst-other-things-our-czech-nymph-amber-browns-martin-says-thank-you-for-the-flies-they-are-good-quality-i-shall-be-back-for-more-soon.html The Czech Nymph Amber & Brown is a great trout fishing fly. The Czech Nymph Amber & Brown is a Wet & Nymphs. The Czech Nymph Amber & Brown is fished in the style of a Wet & Nymphs. The Czech Nymph Amber & Brown is available in size(s) 8, 10, 12. Wed, 09 May 2012 10:58:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-b-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-some-of-our-roe-bugs-william-says-he-had-an-excellent-service-at-a-decent-price-and-goods-arrived-on-time-thank-you-youre-very-welcome-william-.html Roe Bug Chartreuse - Trout Fly Roe Bug Chartreuse. The Roe Bug Chartreuse is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Egg Flies or Trout Flies or Dry Tue, 08 May 2012 09:53:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/benedict-ha-has-been-in-touch-to-say-thank-you-for-your-efficient-service-the-flies-look-fine-and-i-look-forward-to-using-them-following-his-recent-order-for-some-of-our-allys-shrimp-on-double-hooks.html Allys Shrimp (Double Hook - Black Hook) - Salmon Fly Allys Shrimp (Double Hook - Black Hook). The Allys Shrimp (Double Hook - Black Hook) is a great Salmon Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Salmon Doubles or Sea Trout or Ally Gowans Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Sea Trout Flies or Salmon Tue, 08 May 2012 09:48:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/and-jim-h-has-sent-in-a-similar-wonderful-message-also-saying-order-received-as-usual-excellent-product-and-top-class-service-one-of-the-many-flies-that-jim-rates-highly-is-our-blae-and-black-trout-fishing-fly-also-known-as-the-duck-fly-thanks-jim-.html The Blae & Black is also known as Duck Fly Blae & Black The Blae and Black is a traditional lough pattern originating in Ireland used now all over the British Isles . The Blae and Black is particularly effective during a rise of chironomid midges. The Blae and Black is well trusted and in Ireland is used in small sizes on the bob, however it is best fished on a small sinking line in a ripple where flies are hatching. It will take trout when n fish are showing. Use The Blae & Black To Catch: The Blae & Black can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Blae & Black can be used to catch Brown Trout Trout Wet Fly - Blae & Black wet flies like Blae & Black are are range of flies that imitate larva, pupa, drowned adults and Lures The trout finds most of its food beneath the surface of the water, sometimes by grubbing around the weed-beds, at other times by rising in water to take nymphs and pupae on their way to the surface The wet flies which include Blae & Black fall into various categories: larval and pupal forms of various aquatic insects; drowned adults or even swamped stillborn flies; and drowned terrestrials such as beetles. Many do not represent anything in nature, but are classed as attractor flies or lures, designed to tempt the fish to take out of curiosity. A number of the silver-bodied flies can emulate small fry or minnows. Most of the dry flies have a wet-fly equivalents. The use of heavier hooks, softer hen hackles instead of cock, and in the case of winged flies a backward-sloping wing, changes the dry fly into a wet one which sinks below the sufrace of the water. Cock hackles are used for these patterns but they are taken from the very young bird where the individual fibres are very soft. There are two main areas of wet-fly fishing. Firstly, there are the wild rain-fed rivers and streams where it is difficult to see a fish rise let alone see a minute dry fly on the surface. On such waters, wet flies are used almost exclusively upstream and down, as necessity or terrain dictates. The second main area of wet-fly fishing is on atill waters like lakes, lochs and reservoirs, where the angler uses a team of wet flies just below the surface. On wild streams while searching for the natural Brownie, soft-hackled wet flies like the Partridge and Orange, the Snipe and Purple, the Black Spider, a wet Coch-y-Bonddu, and many others are used. 'When do you fish a wet fly, and when a dry?' Always fish a dry-fly pattern when you see a trout rising during a hatch of natural insects. However, when the trout refuses to rise to a dry fly, fishing just below the surface with a wet fly can often work. When no activity is obvious, it is a case for the wet fly, pure and simple. The soft, game-bird hackles of many wet flies have the necessary mobility in the water. They pulsate and 'kick' in the current, attracting the fish by their very movement. They look alive and edible; the two key properties for a successful fly. Wet Fly Blae & Black fishing techniques a technique that has stood the test of time, where the fly (e.g. the Blae & Black) is fished sub-surface and is retrieved slowly using a 'Figure-of-Eight' manipulation of the line in the hand. A floating or intermediate line can be used to retrieve the Blae & Black Blae & Black - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Blae & Black. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Blae & Black at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Blae & Black 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 Blae & Black as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes 8 to 12 Silk Thread Black Tail Golden Pheasant Tippets or alternatively, black cock hackle fibres. Body Black floss Rib Oval silver tinsel Hackle Black cock or hen Wing Grey duck Fri, 04 May 2012 10:17:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-s-has-been-in-touch-to-say-thanks-flies-arrived-today-and-are-as-usual-of-high-quality-john-ordered-3-varieties-of-corixas-which-can-be-used-for-rainbow-or-brown-trout-fly-fishing-remember-valued-customers-that-we-love-to-see-pictures-of-your-catches.html Corixa Gold If you look into the water of virtually any stillwater you will notice the small beetle-like creatures forever rising to the top only shoot back to the bottom in the wink of an eye. These are not beetles but the Corixa imitated well by the Corixa Gold. They are abundant in most stillwater from the smallest pond to the largest lakes and reservoirs, they are an important food source for the trout and must not be ignored by the angler. At close range the Corixa is a striking creature, its back is beautifully marked with dark brown or black dashes with bands of gold. It’s air supply (a small bubble on the underside of its abdomen) when at full capacity looks like a bead of mercury held between the legs. There are quite a few different species of Corixa, but their colour and markings are very similar, so we do not need to go to great lengths to imitate all the species. They do vary a little in size ranging from about 5mm to over 10mm, though the larger species tend to be less abundant. The most common and one usually imitated is about 7mm. Use The Corixa Gold To Catch: The Corixa Gold can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Corixa Gold can be used to catch Brown Trout Trout Wet Fly - Corixa Gold wet flies like Corixa Gold are are range of flies that imitate larva, pupa, drowned adults and Lures The trout finds most of its food beneath the surface of the water, sometimes by grubbing around the weed-beds, at other times by rising in water to take nymphs and pupae on their way to the surface The wet flies which include Corixa Gold fall into various categories: larval and pupal forms of various aquatic insects; drowned adults or even swamped stillborn flies; and drowned terrestrials such as beetles. Many do not represent anything in nature, but are classed as attractor flies or lures, designed to tempt the fish to take out of curiosity. A number of the silver-bodied flies can emulate small fry or minnows. Most of the dry flies have a wet-fly equivalents. The use of heavier hooks, softer hen hackles instead of cock, and in the case of winged flies a backward-sloping wing, changes the dry fly into a wet one which sinks below the sufrace of the water. Cock hackles are used for these patterns but they are taken from the very young bird where the individual fibres are very soft. There are two main areas of wet-fly fishing. Firstly, there are the wild rain-fed rivers and streams where it is difficult to see a fish rise let alone see a minute dry fly on the surface. On such waters, wet flies are used almost exclusively upstream and down, as necessity or terrain dictates. The second main area of wet-fly fishing is on atill waters like lakes, lochs and reservoirs, where the angler uses a team of wet flies just below the surface. On wild streams while searching for the natural Brownie, soft-hackled wet flies like the Partridge and Orange, the Snipe and Purple, the Black Spider, a wet Coch-y-Bonddu, and many others are used. 'When do you fish a wet fly, and when a dry?' Always fish a dry-fly pattern when you see a trout rising during a hatch of natural insects. However, when the trout refuses to rise to a dry fly, fishing just below the surface with a wet fly can often work. When no activity is obvious, it is a case for the wet fly, pure and simple. The soft, game-bird hackles of many wet flies have the necessary mobility in the water. They pulsate and 'kick' in the current, attracting the fish by their very movement. They look alive and edible; the two key properties for a successful fly. Wet Fly Corixa Gold fishing techniques A technique that has stood the test of time, where the fly (e.g. the Corixa Gold) is fished sub-surface and is retrieved slowly using a 'Figure-of-Eight' manipulation of the line in the hand. A floating or intermediate line can be used to retrieve the Corixa Gold. Fri, 04 May 2012 10:08:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/weve-had-a-message-from-martyn-g-following-his-first-order-with-us-for-our-mayfly-dry-fly-selection-martyn-said-all-arrived-quickly-and-look-splendid-if-they-catch-as-well-as-they-look-i-will-be-having-a-lot-of-fun-further-orders-likely-many-thanks.html Mayfly Dry Fly Selection - Bundle 22 A collection of Mayfly dry flies, 16 dry Mayflies from 9 different styles. For that time when only a Mayfly will work! Yellow Mayfly (2 sizes) Mayfly Parachute (2 sizes) Lunns Spent Gnat Mayfly C.J.s Lively Mayfly Plazote Brown Mayfly (2 sizes) Green Drake Mayfly (2 sizes) Olive Drowned Mayfly French Partridge Mayfly (2 sizes) Hackled Mayfly (2 sizes) Thu, 03 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jonathan-e-dropped-us-a-line-to-say-only-a-small-order-this-time-but-as-ever-first-class-service-and-high-quality-flies-at-least-half-the-price-of-a-well-known-competitor-and-equally-as-well-tied-and-presented-jonathan-ordered-some-of-our-poult-bloas-i-sa.html Poult Bloa North Country Spider The Poult Bloa is a great traditional northen spider. Anorth great fly from Mike Harding's book on Northern Spider Patterns. The “poult” refers to the feather, which in this case comes from the blue undercovert feathers of a young grouse wing. Edmunds and Lee insist that only a young grouse feather will do because it has the right shade of light slate blue. Ednunds and Lee also insist that all tying thread used in their flies is waxed. This is perhaps because, in their day, the silk then was not as tough as it is now and the wax helped to strengthen it. In the example here Mike Harding has waxed the thread very lightly so as to preserve the colour. Use The Poult Bloa To Catch: The Poult Bloa can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Poult Bloa can be used to catch Brown Trout The Poult Bloa can be used to catch Grayling Mike Harding - Heritage Range of Flies Mike Harding - Heritage Range of Northern Trout Flies Our Mike Harding Range of Northern Fly patterns are tied to the traditional patterns. The flies are all designed from Mike's excellent book on Northern Spider patterns. Check it out, it is really good! Tied as part of our Heritage Range these flies are tied with real silk and the best quality materials - just as these flies should be . We love these flies, they look great and most importantly these flies catch fish! Poult Bloa - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Poult Bloa . Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Poult Bloa at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Poult Bloa 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 Poult Bloa as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes 14 and 16 Body Pale Yellow Silk Thread Hackle Very light grey / white under covert feather Thu, 03 May 2012 10:46:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/we-had-an-email-from-jim-g-in-australia-gday-jim-saying-the-flies-arrived-yesterday-in-good-order-and-i-cant-wait-until-i-get-a-chance-to-try-them-here-its-lovely-to-hear-that-our-valued-customers-received-their-orders-in-good-time-and-happy-with-everythi.html Blank Buster Klinkhammer Green has been created by Sandy Dickson as his variant of the traditional Klinkhammer created by Hans Van Klinken. The Blank Buster Range is a range of flies developed by Sandy to imitate flies in their different stages of development from buzzer, emerger, to dry fly and as a lure pattern for still waters. For the first time we have collected all of Sandys Klinkhammers and put them together as a complete package. Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Green Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Hot Pink Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Orange Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Phosphor Yellow Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Scarlet Sandy's Blank Buster Klinkhammer - Sparklemet Lumi Wed, 02 May 2012 16:04:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/matthew-c-has-sent-in-a-fantastic-message-with-some-suggestions-on-how-to-fish-our-sunray-shadow-tube-flies-heres-what-he-has-to-say-.html "The most effective way I have seen this fished is on Northern Scottish rivers where a riffle loop is placed over the neck of the fly and it is then fished on a short line accross a pool. The knack is to cast out and immediately lift the rod so that just the fly and a couple of feet of leader are in contact with the water. The fly is then skated back over the water, creating quite a wake on the surface, it is then lifted off and cast again. It takes a lot of energy to do this with a double handed rod but the effects are fabulous as it can bring fish right off of the bottom. It also pays to have a second rod standing by with an Allys Shrimp or a Cascade on the line and if movement is seen to retrieve the Sunray Shadow and immediately cast back over the movement with the second rod. As you can imagine it also pays to have a Ghillie with you at this time!" It's no surprise that Matthew has scored this fantastic fly as 5/5! Wed, 02 May 2012 15:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/and-another-thank-you-email-lands-in-our-inbox-this-time-from-stephen-b-who-says-thank-you-for-the-flies-they-all-look-great-just-what-i-was-looking-for-youre-very-welcome-stephen-tight-lines-stephen-ordered-our-bead-head-gold-ribbed-hares-ear-trout-fly-w.html Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE Flashback. The Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE Flashback is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Bead Heads or Gold Heads or Hares Ear & Flashbacks or Trout Flies or BH The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE Flashback makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Tue, 01 May 2012 13:50:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/buzzers-the-buzz-word-in-the-first-of-todays-posts-gary-t-has-sent-an-email-of-thanks-in-saying-fantastic-flys-and-great-delivery-speed-thanks-youre-very-welcome-gary-gary-ordered-some-of-our-size-14-3d-glass-epoxy-buzzers-in-olive-and-the-trout-go-absolu.html Why not give us a buzz, or buzz on over to the website and order some buzzers all for yourself?! Anyway, I think it's time for me to buzz off and do some more work! We're very buzzy (sorry, I mean busy) over at Essential HQ! The 3D Glass Epoxy Buzzer Olive is a great trout fishing fly. The 3D Glass Epoxy Buzzer Olive is a Wet & Nymphs. The 3D Glass Epoxy Buzzer Olive is fished in the style of a Wet & Nymphs. The 3D Glass Epoxy Buzzer Olive is available in size(s) 12, 14, 16 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:40:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stuart-s-has-been-in-touch-to-review-his-order-of-sandys-blank-buster-specimin-hunter-selection-he-rates-it-as-55-and-says-that-he-received-a-fast-delivery-and-excellent-product.html Sandy Dickson Blank Buster Specimin Hunter Buzzers A 32 Fly Collection In Various Sizes from #10 to #16 Buzzers are midge pupa, they take their name from the buzzing noise they make when in a swarm. Buzzers hatch out on virtually every day of the year. Normally they are fished as part of a team of flies, with a long leader and very slow retrieve. Sandy Dickson is on of the top fly designers in the UK and designs flies exclusively for The Essential Fly, critical of buzzers Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunters are designed to imitate as closely as possible the natural buzzers, with hot coloured heads that act as targets for hungry trout. This is the closest to a natural buzzer you can use without trying to thread a real buzzer onto your hook. Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter's gives a natural ribbed effect to the fly. This fly has worked wonders on stillwaters, ideally they are fished very slowly on a floating line and as long a leader as you are can use. With its weight the Epoxy Buzzer cuts rapidly through the surface film and gets to fishing depth quickly. A very slow figure-of-eight retrieve is normally best; occasionally if there is a lot of buzzer activity fairly fast stripping can work well. Quite often this will be taken on the drop. Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Green Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter- Hot Orange Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Luminous Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Phosphor Yellow Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter- Scarlet Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Sparklemet Lumi Buzzer Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Flash Attack Flies Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Silver Flash back Sandy's Buzzer Recommended Usage Scarlet Very effective at dawn, dusk or dull days [Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzers] Orange & Yellow Best on bright days Green Coloured water and bad light Luminious Buzzer & Sparklemet Lumi Buzzers Best 1 hour before dawn and deadly 1 hour before dusk Flash Attack Use anytime of day Silver Flash Back Use anytime of day Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:38:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-r-has-reviewed-his-experience-with-us-at-the-essential-trout-and-salmon-fly-fishing-company-to-give-us-our-full-name-along-with-his-adams-flys-that-he-ordered-john-said-bought-as-one-of-several-flies-all-nicely-tied-there-was-a-problem-with-the-order.html Adams created by Leonard Hallady. Adams trout dry fly The Adams dry fly, although invented in the Michigan in the early 1920's however it is still is a modern looking fly. This is a standard fly fishing fly in my fly box and has caught fish all around the world, indeed sales show it is one of the most popular flies world-wide. Use The Adams To Catch: The Adams can be used to catch Cutthroat The Adams can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Adams can be used to catch Arctic Char The Adams can be used to catch Brown Trout The Adams can be used to catch Grayling As the name indicates dry flies which include Adams are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Adams 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 Adams A dry fly like Adams has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Adams 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 Special Fishing Techniques with the Adams Treat the Adams with flotant and leave it to drift on the surface. After a while pull it across the surface for a distance of about 3 feet (1 metre) to make it seem like it is accelerating prior to attempting take-off then stop the retrieve abruptly as if the fly has aborted take-off. Leave the Adams to site for a minute of so longer then move it again. This will often stimulate trout into attacking the fly Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gary-t-has-been-in-touch-again-to-say-fantastic-flys-great-delivery-speed-thanks-youre-very-welcome-gary.html The 3D Glass Epoxy Nymph Black is a great trout fishing fly. The 3D Glass Epoxy Nymph Black is a Wet & Nymphs. The 3D Glass Epoxy Nymph Black is fished in the style of a Wet & Nymphs. The 3D Glass Epoxy Nymph Black is available in size(s) 10, 12, 14. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:48:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mervyn-h-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-our-suspender-buzzers-and-woolly-buggers-mervyn-says-that-hes-very-happy-with-the-service-and-the-quality-of-the-products-thank-you-glad-you-liked-them-mervyn-let-us-know-if-you-need-anything-else-.html Bead Head (BH) Olive Woolly Bugger. The Bead Head (BH) Olive Woolly Bugger is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Bead Heads or Gold Heads or Woolly Bugger or Lures or Trout Flies or BH The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Olive Woolly Bugger makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Olive Woolly Bugger and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gary-t-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-bloodworms-bh-nymphs-and-buzzers-he-says-the-bloodworms-i-bought-from-you-caught-me-18-trout-on-thursday-fantastic-thanks-now-thats-what-we-like-to-hear-.html Epoxy Bloodworm, fished often in a team of flies. The epoxy Bloodworm sinks because of its weight and is often taken on the drop. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:25:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ray-m-reviews-our-service-and-the-veniard-brooch-pins-scoring-everything-as-55-ray-says-thank-you-for-a-trouble-free-service-the-product-was-first-class-am-very-pleased-with-it-and-would-recommend-anyone-to-do-business-with-you-kind-regards-ray-m-thanks-r.html Brooch Pins New improved design. Small size only. Approx 1/0, packed individually. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-c-wrote-to-us-to-tell-us-how-successful-his-recent-fishing-trip-was-using-our-golden-olive-irish-bumble-he-caught-6-brown-trout-in-10-minutes-bumble-golden-olive-trout-fly-bumble-golden-olive-the-bumble-claret-is-a-great-trout-fly-this-fly-is-fished.html Peter C wrote to us to tell us how successful his recent fishing trip was, using our Golden Olive Irish Bumble - he caught 6 Brown Trout in 10 minutes! Bumble Golden Olive - Trout Fly Bumble Golden Olive. The Bumble Claret is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Hackled Wets or Trout Flies or Wet Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:05:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-c-has-been-in-touch-and-written-an-absolutely-fantastic-review-our-some-of-our-flies-specifically-our-damsels-and-beadhead-bibios.html Peter says "In general I am happy with the quality of your flies and the speed and efficiency of your service. The little size 14 Damsels with blue flash particularly impressed me. I buy size 14 goldhead Damsels a dozen a time from [a competitor]. I think yours is a more natural looking product and I look forward to testing it soon. This is the fly I use 80% of the time on small stillwaters in the South East. It is deadly where larger sizes fail, particularly where there is catch and release. The long shank hooks you use means yours are a bit larger than the [competitors] ones. Can you offer a size 16 version? The Diawl Bachs are fine. The goldhead Bibio is an unusual fly not obtainable e.g. from Fastmail. A friend had some last year when we were in Scourie and caught with them. They may be even better in Scottish lochs than the goldhead Diawl Bachs that I usually use on the point - I have caught loads of nice wild brownies with these - and loads with a normal Bibio on the top dropper. I'll try them out at the end of this month and if they work I can recommend them to several friends in Scourie." The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is based on the Bibio created by Major Charles Roberts. The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is also known as Goldhead Bibio Bead Head (BH) Bibio The Bibio was created in the late 1950's or 60's by Major Charles Roberts of the Burrisholle Fishery in Mayo and has received a great deal of attention and usage throughout the UK. It was originally tied to represent the heather beetle for sea-trout on loughs Furnace and Feeagh. The Bibio has now become one of the great Irish wet flies for brown trout, sea-trout & salmon. The Bibio is taken for a large range of dark insects from duckflies to beetles. Water conditions will determine the size of fly to be fished. The Bibio is a good taker of salmon and sea-trout when fished on the dropper on rippled pools in West Ireland rivers. Use The Bead Head (BH) Bibio To Catch: The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Salmon The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Atlantic Salmon The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Brown Trout The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Sea Trout Bead Head (BH) Bibio lure or Bead Head (BH) Bibio streamer The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is a type of lure or streamer fly. Streamers or lures fall into two categories, imitator streamers or attractor streamers. The Black, Olive, Natural and White Woolly Buggers Zonker are imitator streamers. An imitator streamer represenst a specific type of food, which is preyed upon by the trout, typically a small fish for example. As Trout are territorial and they will defend their territory against invading fish the fly-fishermen can use this knowledge to their advantage. Using an imitator streamer a trout can be fooled into attacking what he thinks is fry invading its territory. The alternative to an imitator fly is an attractor fly or as some fishermen call them 'piss them off fly'. A brightly coloured attractor fly is retrieved past the nose of a large brown trout or rainbow in hiding can excite a trout into striking if it thinks its feeding territory is under attack stimulating a big hit. Sometimes Trout will strike out of simple curiosity just to see if it is edible even though it does not look like their normal food. Sometimes bright, flashy flies drive them crazy or just annoy them. Some for example a Red Zonkers are attractors streamer fly patterns, these are not designed to represent a particular baitfish but to excite a predatory trout into striking using brightly colored and reflective materials in their design. The brass bead head fly types which includes the Bead Head (BH) Bibio has become one of the most popular fly types in overall trout fly sales. This is because the weight of the brass bead helps keep the Bead Head (BH) Bibio very close to the bottom where trout are used to seeing and capturing naturals. The flash of the brass bead in Bead Head (BH) Bibio has also proven to be very attractive to several other kinds of sport fish. Its possible that it just makes the Bead Head (BH) Bibio easier for the fish to locate. Roman Moser states that the roots of the Gold Head or Pearl Head flies lie in the Northern Italian area. At the turn of the century the fishermen of Piemont, Bergamo, Brescia and Friulia fished in their alpine rivers with a bead headed nymph for spin fishing. The beads came from the glass making area of Murano (Venice). This type of nymph was then used by Roman in 1978 when the Roman Moser bottom downstream technique was born as shown in the video "New ways with the caddises and new ways with mayflies". Because the flies were light made of glass Roman experimented with Cabela's spinner bodies made of brass, goldheads were born. Nobody understood this until he published the making of that Gold Head in the German magazine "Fliegenfischer" January/March issue 1985. The article was titled: "New ways of fishing the caddis". He found out that when sedge flies were hatching, the Gold Head was most successfull, possibly because the bead resembled the air bubble thorax of the natural nymph. The beadhead is now used on many types of flies, beadhead nymphs and beadhead lure or beadhead streamers and this the Bead Head (BH) Bibio. Bead Head (BH) Bibio - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Bead Head (BH) Bibio. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Bead Head (BH) Bibio at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Bead Head (BH) Bibio 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 Bead Head (BH) Bibio as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Wet Fly Size 8 to 14 Silk Thread Black Body Seals fur in 3 parts, black, hot orange and black Rib fine oval silver wire Hackle Black cock palmereed with a second black cock hackle, slightly longer in the fibre at the front. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:26:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-h-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-our-blue-winged-olives-william-says-your-service-was-excellent-and-your-flies-seem-to-be-well-designed-we-shall-see-how-successful-they-are-in-a-few-weeks-time-on-the-torridge-in-devon-tight-lines.html Blue Winged Olive In nature the Blue Winged Olive (BWO) or Ephemerella ignita) is a widely distributed fly found on wild streams and more sedate chalk streams. It is easily recogniseable by its three tails (other olives have only two tails). This is an extremely important flyt pattern. Various species of mayfly throughout the world have the name Blue-Winged Olive applied to them. The Blue Winged Olives range in size from medium to small but all have the same olive coloured body and thorax and smoky wings. Use The Blue Winged Olive To Catch: The Blue Winged Olive can be used to catch Cutthroat The Blue Winged Olive can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Blue Winged Olive can be used to catch Brown Trout The Blue Winged Olive can be used to catch Grayling As the name indicates dry flies which include Blue Winged Olive are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Blue Winged Olive 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 Blue Winged Olive A dry fly like Blue Winged Olive has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Blue Winged Olive 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 Blue Winged Olive - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Blue Winged Olive. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Blue Winged Olive at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Blue Winged Olive 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 Blue Winged Olive as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry 4 to 16 Silk Thread Olive Tail Dun Dark dun hackle fibres Body Grey olive fur Hackle Dark cock dun Wing Dark blue hackle dun, tips set upright Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:26:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/barry-m-has-been-in-touch-following-his-order-for-amongst-other-things-our-colonels-creeper-in-black-barry-says-that-hes-very-pleased-with-the-quality-of-flies-have-fished-and-caught-already-with-some-of-the-selection.html Colonels Creeper Black. The Colonels Creeper Black is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Montana & Stones or Trout Flies or Nymph Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:19:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/we-had-a-quick-message-from-pat-e-back-in-march-giving-us-some-feedback-following-his-order-short-and-sweet-it-simply-said-no-complaints-excellent-service-as-usual-its-lovely-to-hear-that-youre-getting-exactly-what-we-aim-to-give-tight-lines-every-one-.html Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter - Flash Attack Flies Buzzers are midge pupa, they take their name from the buzzing noise they make when in a swarm. Buzzers hatch out on virtually every day of the year. Normally they are fished as part of a team of flies, with a long leader and very slow retrieve. Sandy Dickson is on of the top fly deisgners in the UK and designs flies exclusively for The Essential Fly, critical of buzzers Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunters are designed to imitate as closely as possible the natural buzzers, with hot coloured heads that act as targets for hungry trout. This is the closest to a natural buzzer you can use without trying to thread a real buzzer onto your hook. Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter's gives a natural ribbed effect to the fly. This fly has worked wonders on stillwaters, ideally they are fished very slowly on a floating line and as long a leader as you are can use. With its weight the Epoxy Buzzer cuts rapidly through the surface film and gets to fishing depth quickly. A very slow figure-of-eight retrieve is normally best; occasionally if there is a lot of buzzer activity fairly fast stripping can work well. Quite often this will be taken on the drop. Product Keywords: Trademark: Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter is a trademark of The Essential Trout & Salmon Fly Company. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:12:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-nicholson-reviews-our-bristol-hopper-black-and-scores-it-55-michael-says-recently-bought-a-large-selection-of-dry-flies-top-quality-materials-in-all-the-flies-not-put-the-flies-to-test-yet-sure-when-i-do-it-will-be-worth-it-great-quality-for-great.html Bristol Hopper Black The Bristol Hopper Black is based on patterns that first saw light of day on the long established reservoirs of Blagdon and Chew Reservoir in West England. The Bristol Hopper Black is fished just on or below the surface and represens a broad range of creattures such as the crane fly. The Bristol Hopper Black is a broad spectrum imitator, it is seen by trout as a natural insect with its tied legs. Bristol Hoppers are available in a range of colours. Use The Bristol Hopper Black To Catch: The Bristol Hopper Black can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Bristol Hopper Black can be used to catch Arctic Char The Bristol Hopper Black can be used to catch Brown Trout As the name indicates dry flies which include Bristol Hopper Black are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Bristol Hopper Black 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 Bristol Hopper Black A dry fly like Bristol Hopper Black has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Bristol Hopper Black 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 Bristol Hopper Black is a terrestrial fly imitation. Natural insects like ants & bees can be food for trout. Imitation flies like Bristol Hopper Black are available imitating the natural insects (Hymenoptera) which are very diverse in appearance. Most hymenopterans have two pairs of membranous wings. It is only usually the ant, grasshopper and bee that are regularly used as sucessful terrestrial imitations like Bristol Hopper Black for trout fishing. Bristol Hopper Black - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Bristol Hopper Black. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Bristol Hopper Black at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Bristol Hopper Black 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 Bristol Hopper Black as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Down-eyed size 8 to 12 Silk Thread Black Body Black seal's fur or substitute Rib Fine pearl lurex Hackle Brown Cock Wing Knotted cock pheasant tail fibres Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:57:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/patrick-e-has-been-in-touch-to-say-no-complaints-excellent-service-as-usual-following-his-order-for-sandys-blank-buster-buzzers.html Buzzers are midge pupa, they take their name from the buzzing noise they make when in a swarm. Buzzers hatch out on virtually every day of the year. Normally they are fished as part of a team of flies, with a long leader and very slow retrieve. Sandy Dickson is on of the top fly deisgners in the UK and designs flies exclusively for The Essential Fly, critical of buzzers Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunters are designed to imitate as closely as possible the natural buzzers, with hot coloured heads that act as targets for hungry trout. This is the closest to a natural buzzer you can use without trying to thread a real buzzer onto your hook. Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter's gives a natural ribbed effect to the fly. This fly has worked wonders on stillwaters, ideally they are fished very slowly on a floating line and as long a leader as you are can use. With its weight the Epoxy Buzzer cuts rapidly through the surface film and gets to fishing depth quickly. A very slow figure-of-eight retrieve is normally best; occasionally if there is a lot of buzzer activity fairly fast stripping can work well. Quite often this will be taken on the drop. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:48:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ray-sutton-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-amongst-other-things-black-ants-ray-kindly-describes-us-as-providing-top-quality-flies-and-excellent-service-nice-people-to-do-business-with-thanks-ray.html Black Ant The Black Ant is a one or twice a season fly. Flying ants fall onto the water in large numbers in late summer exciting trout into selective feeding. Use The Black Ant To Catch: The Black Ant can be used to catch Brown Trout The Black Ant can be used to catch Grayling As the name indicates dry flies which include Black Ant are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Black Ant 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 Black Ant A dry fly like Black Ant has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Black Ant 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 Black Ant is a terrestrial fly imitation. Natural insects like ants & bees can be food for trout. Imitation flies like Black Ant are available imitating the natural insects (Hymenoptera) which are very diverse in appearance. Most hymenopterans have two pairs of membranous wings. It is only usually the ant, grasshopper and bee that are regularly used as sucessful terrestrial imitations like Black Ant for trout fishing. Black Ant - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Black Ant. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Black Ant at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Black Ant 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 Black Ant as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 14 to 16 Silk Thread Black Body Black acetate floss Hackle Black cock behind head built iup from floss Wing Two blue dun hackle tips tied over Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/toby-c-has-kindly-written-to-us-to-rate-our-service-he-says-i-was-very-impressed-overall-the-first-package-of-materials-was-lost-in-the-post-however-you-re-posted-it-as-soon-as-i-let-you-know-this-this-then-arrived-the-next-day-service-doesnt-get-much-bet.html Magnum Rabbit Zonker Strips Premium rabbit skin cut extra wide (6mm) for larger Pike and Saltwater flies. 7 colours available Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:43:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/aaron-m-has-sent-us-a-nice-little-thank-you-message-in-so-we-thought-that-wed-share-it-with-you-wonderful-people-aaron-says-thanks-again-for-another-hassle-free-and-speedy-order-looking-forward-to-trying-the-nano-silk-but-looking-more-excited-about-using-.html 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 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:39:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ashley-b-has-contacted-us-to-say-great-quality-flies-that-work-in-particular-i-really-like-the-simplicity-of-the-rainbow-beadhead-buzzers-ill-keep-coming-back.html Sandy designed the Rainbow Buzzer as the perfect point buzzer to be used stand-alone or in a team with say a size 10 and 12 or 12 and 16 Blank Buster Buzer on the dropper. The petrol coloured Rainbow bead with its colour tag often attracts trout who hit it well. Sandy's Rainbow buzzers use incredible petrol coloured or Rainbow beadheads and have fluorescent tails colour matched to the Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzers. These are our best beadhead buzzer collection 2 each of Sandy's Rainbow Buzzers in size 10 colour matched to the Blank Buster Buzzers. Sandy's Rainbow Buzzers - Point Fly Size 10 Sandy's Rainbow Buzzer - Hot Orange Sandy's Rainbow Buzzer - Scarlet Sandy's Rainbow Buzzer - Green Sandy's Rainbow Buzzer - Phosphor Yellow Sandy's Rainbow Buzzer - Luminous Scarlet Very effective at dawn, dusk or dull days [Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzers] Orange & Yellow Best on bright days Green Coloured water and bad light Luminious Buzzer Best 1 hour before dawn and deadly 1 hour before dusk Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:44:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-w-reviews-our-sandys-blank-buster-specimin-in-hot-orange-and-rates-it-as-55-david-says-i-wasnt-convinced-with-blank-busters-originally-but-then-once-fish-started-absolutely-nailing-themfunnily-enough-i-was-converted-great-service-as-usual-seems-to-g.html Buzzers are midge pupa, they take their name from the buzzing noise they make when in a swarm. Buzzers hatch out on virtually every day of the year. Normally they are fished as part of a team of flies, with a long leader and very slow retrieve. Sandy Dickson is on of the top fly deisgners in the UK and designs flies exclusively for The Essential Fly, critical of buzzers Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunters are designed to imitate as closely as possible the natural buzzers, with hot coloured heads that act as targets for hungry trout. This is the closest to a natural buzzer you can use without trying to thread a real buzzer onto your hook. Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzer- Specimin Hunter's gives a natural ribbed effect to the fly. This fly has worked wonders on stillwaters, ideally they are fished very slowly on a floating line and as long a leader as you are can use. With its weight the Epoxy Buzzer cuts rapidly through the surface film and gets to fishing depth quickly. A very slow figure-of-eight retrieve is normally best; occasionally if there is a lot of buzzer activity fairly fast stripping can work well. Quite often this will be taken on the drop. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/robert-h-emailed-us-following-his-last-for-our-essential-mega-irish-salmon-fly-selection-robert-says-service-was-very-good-i-have-to-wait-to-use-the-flies-for-a-few-weeks-for-a-trip-to-the-river-moy-in-may.html Thanks Robert, tight lines! This is the Essential Fly Irish Salmon Fly Bundle. 24 flies on Double Hooks comprising: Double Hook: Bann Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Claret Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Currys Red Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Foxford Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Wilkinson Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Yellow Shrimp- Sizes 6, 8, 10 & 12 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:39:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/adrian-m-has-been-in-touch-following-his-order-for-the-new-wychwood-platinum-56-flow-fly-fishing-reel-adrian-says-just-received-the-flow-fly-reel-this-morning-so-havent-had-a-chance-to-try-it-out-although-it-does-look-and-feel-very-good-the-flies-received.html Flow-Beyond Expectations This new sub-brand redefines value without compromise on performance via pioneering design & high-quality manufacturing. Portraying a product at a far superior price-point, new Flow reels are offered for an inconceivable price to consumers. Final design is uncompromised with perfectly balanced symmetry creating an unparalleled smoothness in operation As well as captivating aesthetics the fly reels are built around one core element, the braking system, consisting of a patented Rulon drag system housed within a semi-sealed protective casing to keep the elements free from dirt and grime The reels are constructed from pressure-cast aluminium offering unrivalled weights significantly lighter than any cassette fly reel on the market. With full aluminium spools competitively priced in an array of colours these reels offer value beyond expectations! Reels are available in two sizes #5/6 and #7/8 with two colour options, Platinum or Titanium. Full aluminium fly reel Unique in-house registered design Perfectly balanced symmetrical design Super smooth operation Semi-sealed Rulon drag Extremely lightweight: #5/6: 158g #7/8: 166g Economic spool options Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:21:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ray-p-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-which-included-our-wonderful-kites-imperial-dry-flies-ray-says-thanks-for-the-files-all-present-and-correct-looking-beautifully-tied-and-all-set-to-go-if-this-weather-keeps-up-shall-wet-them-soon.html Kites Imperial The Imperial or Kites Imperial was created by Major Oliver Kits. The Kites Imperial is an omitation of the dark olive (baetis rhodani). Oliver Kite died in 1968 while on a fishing trip. Use The Kites Imperial To Catch: The Kites Imperial can be used to catch Brown Trout As the name indicates dry flies which include Kites Imperial are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Kites Imperial 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 Kites Imperial A dry fly like Kites Imperial has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Kites Imperial 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 Kites Imperial - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Kites Imperial. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Kites Imperial at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Kites Imperial 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 Kites Imperial as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 14 to 16 Silk Thread Purple Tail Greyish brown in early season later honey cock hackle fibres Body Heron primary herl doubles to dorm a thorax Rib Fine gold wire Hackle Honey dun cock Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stewart-r-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-with-us-that-included-our-francis-red-on-a-treble-hook-stewart-says-great-prices-again-and-you-even-sent-out-the-available-flies-straight-away-with-the-specialist-bits-to-follow-only-4-days-later-i-ca.html Francis Red (Treble Hook) - Salmon Fly Francis Red (Treble Hook). The Francis Red (Treble Hook) is a great Salmon Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Salmon Trebles or Sea Trout or Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Sea Trout Flies or Salmon Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stewart-r-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-purchase-of-our-blue-charms-amongst-others-stewart-says-great-prices-again-and-you-even-sent-out-the-available-flies-straight-away-with-the-specialist-bits-to-follow-only-4-days-later-i-cant-make-many-of-th.html Blue Charm (Double Hook) - Salmon Fly Blue Charm (Double Hook). The Blue Charm (Double Hook) is a great Salmon Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Salmon Doubles or Sea Trout or Salmon Flies or Salmon Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/philip-w-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-that-included-some-of-our-black-surf-candys-amongst-others.html The traditional surf candy patterns, great for Saltwater or predator fly fishing. Our flies come with stainless steel hooks Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ronald-mccormick-rates-the-veniard-large-neck-hackles-as-55-ronald-says-theyre-a-nice-product.html These packs are produced using larger hackle from further down the neck. Great for salmon flies, lure or streamer patterns. Available in 41 colours in 2gm packets. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:54:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-evans-has-been-in-touch-to-review-our-griffiths-gnat-scoring-it-as-55-mark-says-theyre-very-well-made-i-just-received-this-shipment-several-days-ago-and-i-am-already-catching-trout-on-them.html The Griffith's Gnat is also known as Grey Palmer (Slovenia) Griffith's Gnat The Grffiths Gnat is a universal trout fly and is a fantastic grayling fly. Although called a gnat this is actrually an all purpose dry fly effective on rivers and lakes. It works best in small sizes where it can be suggestive of many different small creatures trapped in the sufrace film. It also makes a very good reporesentation of small chromomid midges in a mating ball. Use The Griffith's Gnat To Catch: The Griffith's Gnat can be used to catch Cutthroat The Griffith's Gnat can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Griffith's Gnat can be used to catch Arctic Char The Griffith's Gnat can be used to catch Brown Trout The Griffith's Gnat can be used to catch Grayling As the name indicates dry flies which include Griffith's Gnat are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Griffith's Gnat 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 Griffith's Gnat A dry fly like Griffith's Gnat has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Griffith's Gnat 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 Griffith's Gnat is a terrestrial fly imitation. Natural insects like ants & bees can be food for trout. Imitation flies like Griffith's Gnat are available imitating the natural insects (Hymenoptera) which are very diverse in appearance. Most hymenopterans have two pairs of membranous wings. It is only usually the ant, grasshopper and bee that are regularly used as sucessful terrestrial imitations like Griffith's Gnat for trout fishing. Griffith's Gnat - Fly Tying Dressing Fly Tying Difficulty: 3 For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Griffith's Gnat. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Griffith's Gnat at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Griffith's Gnat 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 Griffith's Gnat as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry fly 12 to 18 Silk Thread Pre waxed brown or black Body Peacock Herl Hackle Palmered grizzle cock Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:45:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gregor-k-has-been-in-touch-once-more-this-time-to-review-our-olive-duns-gregor-simply-says-55-i-stand-by-my-last-review-the-best.html Olive Dun - Dry Fly Olive Dun The term 'dun' is the fisherman's name for the first winged state of the ephemerid's life. The actual correct term is sub-imago. The artificial Olive Dun is a pattern that can imitate many of the natural olives. There are many alternative dressings for this fly. Use The Olive Dun To Catch: The Olive Dun can be used to catch Brown Trout The Olive Dun can be used to catch Grayling As the name indicates dry flies which include Olive Dun are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Olive Dun 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 Olive Dun A dry fly like Olive Dun has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Olive Dun 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 Olive Dun - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Olive Dun. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Olive Dun at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Olive Dun 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 Olive Dun as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 12 to 14 Silk Thread Olive Tail Medium olive cock hackle fibres Body Cock hackle quill Hackle Medium olive cock Wing Grey Starling Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:08:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gregor-k-has-been-in-touch-to-review-his-recent-order-that-included-our-lovely-march-browns-gregor-kindly-says-the-only-thing-to-say-about-the-essential-fly-is-that-it-is-the-best-shop-for-the-fly-fisherman-quality-all-round-at-a-price-to-match-and-rates-.html March Brown . The March Brown is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Winged Dry Flies or Trout Flies or Dry Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/lisa-i-has-been-in-touch-following-her-recent-order-for-amongst-other-things-a-petitjean-magic-tool-set-magnum-lisa-says-service-was-great-products-are-great-going-to-use-them-to-tie-some-awesome-flies-ready-for-the-new-season-ill-be-back-for-more-items-n.html The Petitjean Magic Tools Set Magnum includes The Magnum set comes with 1 table clip Magnum Size, 1 regular clip Magnum size and illustrated instructions. The Petitjean Magic Tools Set is very easy to use and a fantastic way of blending materials together. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/dave-b-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-flies-such-as-our-bead-head-gold-ribbed-hares-ear-dave-says-great-service-nicely-tied-flies-and-good-delivery-times-keep-it-up.html Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE - Trout Fly Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE. The Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Bead Heads or Gold Heads or Hares Ear & Flashbacks or Trout Flies or BH The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear GRHE and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:48:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-n-has-been-in-touch-to-say-very-quick-delivery-it-arrived-within-two-days-spot-onin-regards-to-his-recent-order-for-a-fly-tying-spool-rack-.html 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 tying 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! Spool rack is supplied on its own - threads not included. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:04:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keir-h-has-been-in-touch-admittedly-a-little-while-ago-there-are-so-many-reviews-to-get-through-to-give-us-feedback-following-his-first-order-with-us-keir-says-the-flies-are-fantastic-and-so-is-the-service-i-have-passed-the-site-onto-my-friends-to-order-f.html Bead Head (BH) Bibio - Beadhead Nymph The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is based on the Bibio created by Major Charles Roberts. The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is also known as Goldhead Bibio Bead Head (BH) Bibio The Bibio was created in the late 1950's or 60's by Major Charles Roberts of the Burrisholle Fishery in Mayo and has received a great deal of attention and usage throughout the UK. It was originally tied to represent the heather beetle for sea-trout on loughs Furnace and Feeagh. The Bibio has now become one of the great Irish wet flies for brown trout, sea-trout & salmon. The Bibio is taken for a large range of dark insects from duckflies to beetles. Water conditions will determine the size of fly to be fished. The Bibio is a good taker of salmon and sea-trout when fished on the dropper on rippled pools in West Ireland rivers. Use The Bead Head (BH) Bibio To Catch: The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Salmon The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Atlantic Salmon The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Brown Trout The Bead Head (BH) Bibio can be used to catch Sea Trout Bead Head (BH) Bibio lure or Bead Head (BH) Bibio streamer The Bead Head (BH) Bibio is a type of lure or streamer fly. Streamers or lures fall into two categories, imitator streamers or attractor streamers. The Black, Olive, Natural and White Woolly Buggers Zonker are imitator streamers. An imitator streamer represenst a specific type of food, which is preyed upon by the trout, typically a small fish for example. As Trout are territorial and they will defend their territory against invading fish the fly-fishermen can use this knowledge to their advantage. Using an imitator streamer a trout can be fooled into attacking what he thinks is fry invading its territory. The alternative to an imitator fly is an attractor fly or as some fishermen call them 'piss them off fly'. A brightly coloured attractor fly is retrieved past the nose of a large brown trout or rainbow in hiding can excite a trout into striking if it thinks its feeding territory is under attack stimulating a big hit. Sometimes Trout will strike out of simple curiosity just to see if it is edible even though it does not look like their normal food. Sometimes bright, flashy flies drive them crazy or just annoy them. Some for example a Red Zonkers are attractors streamer fly patterns, these are not designed to represent a particular baitfish but to excite a predatory trout into striking using brightly colored and reflective materials in their design. The brass bead head fly types which includes the Bead Head (BH) Bibio has become one of the most popular fly types in overall trout fly sales. This is because the weight of the brass bead helps keep the Bead Head (BH) Bibio very close to the bottom where trout are used to seeing and capturing naturals. The flash of the brass bead in Bead Head (BH) Bibio has also proven to be very attractive to several other kinds of sport fish. Its possible that it just makes the Bead Head (BH) Bibio easier for the fish to locate. Roman Moser states that the roots of the Gold Head or Pearl Head flies lie in the Northern Italian area. At the turn of the century the fishermen of Piemont, Bergamo, Brescia and Friulia fished in their alpine rivers with a bead headed nymph for spin fishing. The beads came from the glass making area of Murano (Venice). This type of nymph was then used by Roman in 1978 when the Roman Moser bottom downstream technique was born as shown in the video "New ways with the caddises and new ways with mayflies". Because the flies were light made of glass Roman experimented with Cabela's spinner bodies made of brass, goldheads were born. Nobody understood this until he published the making of that Gold Head in the German magazine "Fliegenfischer" January/March issue 1985. The article was titled: "New ways of fishing the caddis". He found out that when sedge flies were hatching, the Gold Head was most successfull, possibly because the bead resembled the air bubble thorax of the natural nymph. The beadhead is now used on many types of flies, beadhead nymphs and beadhead lure or beadhead streamers and this the Bead Head (BH) Bibio. Bead Head (BH) Bibio - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Bead Head (BH) Bibio. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Bead Head (BH) Bibio at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Bead Head (BH) Bibio 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 Bead Head (BH) Bibio as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Wet Fly Size 8 to 14 Silk Thread Black Body Seals fur in 3 parts, black, hot orange and black Rib fine oval silver wire Hackle Black cock palmereed with a second black cock hackle, slightly longer in the fibre at the front. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:08:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andr-jung-has-been-in-touch-after-his-order-for-leda-sink-and-other-items-he-says-excellent-products-fair-price-and-speedy-service.html The original and the best line sinkant, a must for any game anglers waistcoat pocket. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:59:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/raymond-taylor-has-reviewed-our-sandys-blank-buster-cdc-scarlet-and-scores-it-as-45-hes-yet-to-get-them-wet-raymond-says-very-happy-with-flies.html Sandy's Blank Buster CDC Sandys Blank Buster CDC is tied in the true tradition of Sandy's buzzers, anaemic to the extreme. With a beautiful holographic flashback these are deadly whenever buzzers are about. Buzzers are midge pupa and take their name from the buzzing noise they make when in a swarm. They start life as a bloodworm and live in the soft mud found in most still waters. These blood red worms get their colour from the oxygen and hemaglobin held within their bodies. When they are getting near to hatching they lose their blood red colour and take on a more somber appearance. They then make their way from the lake bottom up through the water columns to the surface. This is achieved by a wriggly swimming action. They swim towards the surface then stop either to catch their breath or waiting for the right conditions to hatch. When they stop wriggling towards the surface they slowly sink back down before swimming upwards again. When they eventually reach the surface they hang from the surface film and hatch out in to adult buzzers or midge. The life cycles of the buzzer can be imitated with a good degree of accuracy, they hatch out on virtually every day of the year. Some of the hatches will be localised and may not be spotted unless fishing in that area. Buzzer hatches can be spotted, by either looking for the adult fly, or finding the spent pupa bodies (shucks) in the surface film Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:37:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ian-watson-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-that-included-our-f-fly-ian-says-great-service-quick-delivery-and-great-fly-what-more-do-we-need.html A wonderfully simple fly to tie that floats like a dream due to the CDC "wings" Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:07:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/adrian-davis-has-dropped-us-a-line-to-say-thanks-for-the-items-sent-quality-excellent-products-and-good-prices.html 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 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-nicholson-reviews-the-veniard-hanked-lite-brite-and-scores-it-as-55-michael-says-top-class-item-works-really-well-on-the-buzzers-that-im-tying-as-wing-buds-and-hot-spots.html Strands of Lite Brite, also known as Angel Hair. These highly reflective strands make a superb addition to any wing or make an excellent wing on there own. Available in 12 colours. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-newman-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-recent-order-for-our-sandy-dicksons-blank-buster-specimin-hunter-buzzers-and-he-rates-them-as-55-richard-says-excellent-quality-flies-these-have-already-helped-me-win-my-first-trout-masters-competition-alread.html Sandy Dickson's Blank Buster Buzzers are absolute killers with trout. Sandy was once even threatened to be sued over these flies! - the fisherman that threatened sued him was fishing on a lake from a boat, he put one of Sandy's Blank Buster Buzzers on the point and dropped it into the water off of the boat and continued to tie another Blank Buster on the dropper, these buzzers are deadly, a trout took the point buzzer while the poor fisherman was tying the droppers, the dropper was pulled straight into his hand with the trout ripping his hand badly. These are our best buzzer collection, with 14 Blank Buster Buzzers, Size 10 & 12 of each of Sandy's 7 buzzers. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/neil-loughrey-has-been-in-touch-to-review-our-thingamabobber-strike-indicators-and-rates-them-as-55-neil-says-theyre-easy-to-rig-and-adjust-suspend-buzzers-and-leave-to-drift-also-recommend-the-12-inch-indicator-which-are-a-little-more-subtle.html The press have really liked Thingamabobber Strike Indicators and so have many fishermen. Simply loop onto your line and keep buzzers and flies at a fixed depth and see that take. Thingamabobber shows immediately a fish has taken. Available in Small (0.5", large 0.75" and Glow in the Dark versions). Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/neil-loughrey-reviews-our-black-buzzer-and-rates-it-as-55-neil-says-this-is-my-most-successful-buzzer-very-understated-and-the-fish-cannot-resist-especially-good-under-an-indicator-or-nz-stylee-and-left-to-drift.html Suitable year round for stillwater trout, this excellent buzzer does a grand job of imitating a midge or chironomid pupa. The slender body helps to achieve free movement in the water, allowing for greater depths to be fished. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sandy-leventon-reviews-our-black-nano-silk-and-rates-it-as-55-sandy-says-its-the-best-fly-tying-thread-i-have-ever-used-immensely-strong-beds-in-nicely-and-enables-one-to-tie-very-small-neat-heads-a-warning-though-you-must-use-a-ceramic-bobbin-holder-or-t.html Semperfli Nano Silk Virtually Unbreakable 12/0 Black, Possibly the worlds strongest fly tying silk. 12/0 (50 dernier) use with ceramic bobbins. Use with Semperfli Bobbin Holders Ceramic 4" Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:43:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/edward-scott-reviews-our-service-and-greenwells-glory-rating-both-as-55-edward-says-received-promptly-and-exactly-as-described.html The Greenwell's Glory is based on the Greenwells Glory created by Canon William Greenwell. Greenwell's Glory This is a traditional fly that has truly stood the test of time and is used by fishermen frequently. Devised by Canon William Greenwerll this fly is used by fly fishermen throughout the world.This is the wet fly variant Use The Greenwell's Glory To Catch: The Greenwell's Glory can be used to catch Rainbow Trout Trout Wet Fly - Greenwell's Glory wet flies like Greenwell's Glory are are range of flies that imitate larva, pupa, drowned adults and Lures The trout finds most of its food beneath the surface of the water, sometimes by grubbing around the weed-beds, at other times by rising in water to take nymphs and pupae on their way to the surface The wet flies which include Greenwell's Glory fall into various categories: larval and pupal forms of various aquatic insects; drowned adults or even swamped stillborn flies; and drowned terrestrials such as beetles. Many do not represent anything in nature, but are classed as attractor flies or lures, designed to tempt the fish to take out of curiosity. A number of the silver-bodied flies can emulate small fry or minnows. Most of the dry flies have a wet-fly equivalents. The use of heavier hooks, softer hen hackles instead of cock, and in the case of winged flies a backward-sloping wing, changes the dry fly into a wet one which sinks below the sufrace of the water. Cock hackles are used for these patterns but they are taken from the very young bird where the individual fibres are very soft. There are two main areas of wet-fly fishing. Firstly, there are the wild rain-fed rivers and streams where it is difficult to see a fish rise let alone see a minute dry fly on the surface. On such waters, wet flies are used almost exclusively upstream and down, as necessity or terrain dictates. The second main area of wet-fly fishing is on atill waters like lakes, lochs and reservoirs, where the angler uses a team of wet flies just below the surface. On wild streams while searching for the natural Brownie, soft-hackled wet flies like the Partridge and Orange, the Snipe and Purple, the Black Spider, a wet Coch-y-Bonddu, and many others are used. 'When do you fish a wet fly, and when a dry?' Always fish a dry-fly pattern when you see a trout rising during a hatch of natural insects. However, when the trout refuses to rise to a dry fly, fishing just below the surface with a wet fly can often work. When no activity is obvious, it is a case for the wet fly, pure and simple. The soft, game-bird hackles of many wet flies have the necessary mobility in the water. They pulsate and 'kick' in the current, attracting the fish by their very movement. They look alive and edible; the two key properties for a successful fly. Wet Fly Greenwell's Glory fishing techniques a technique that has stood the test of time, where the fly (e.g. the Greenwell's Glory) is fished sub-surface and is retrieved slowly using a 'Figure-of-Eight' manipulation of the line in the hand. A floating or intermediate line can be used to retrieve the Greenwell's Glory Greenwell's Glory - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Greenwell's Glory. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Greenwell's Glory at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Greenwell's Glory 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 Greenwell's Glory as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 12 to 16 Silk Thread Primrose Tail None (however sometimes it can be given a tail to aid to its floatability) Body Primrose tying silk well waxed to produce a shade of olive. Rib Gold wire Hackle Greenwell (light furnace) Wing Blackbird substitute Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:19:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-bailey-has-been-in-touch-to-rate-our-service-as-55-thanks-james-he-says-very-fast-service-thanks.html Straight 8" Forceps - ideal for removing big hooks from Pike or other toothy predators. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-singleton-has-reviewed-our-red-humpy-and-scored-it-as-55-paul-says-its-an-excellent-fly-in-most-conditions.html Humpy Red Originally the body of the Humpy was made from tying thread, more modern ties tend to use synthetic fur or antron dubbing. With its buoyant back and wing and very dense hackle the Humpy is a hugh float pattern which is an excellent dry fly for fuse on fast broken waters. The Humpy Red is not tied as an imitation of a specific fly or insect. However the Humpy Red works well when mayflies are found around fast streams. Use The Humpy Red To Catch: The Humpy Red can be used to catch Atlantic Salmon The Humpy Red can be used to catch Steelhead The Humpy Red can be used to catch Cutthroat The Humpy Red can be used to catch Coho Salmon The Humpy Red can be used to catch Rainbow Trout The Humpy Red can be used to catch Brown Trout As the name indicates dry flies which include Humpy Red are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Humpy Red 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 Humpy Red A dry fly like Humpy Red has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Humpy Red 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 Humpy Red - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Humpy Red. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Humpy Red at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Humpy Red 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 Humpy Red as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 10-14 Silk Thread Yellow Tail Moose Body Hair Body Natural deer har over an abdomen of dubbed synthetic red fur Hackle Grizzle cock Wing Tips of the deer hair that was used as the body medium Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:28:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/aaron-mclean-reviews-our-bead-head-pheasant-tail-and-rates-it-as-55-aaron-says-good-looking-flies-looking-forward-to-getting-into-the-new-zealand-outback-and-drifting-them-over-some-large-hungry-fish.html The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:06:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-vowles-rates-our-orange-hot-throat-blank-buster-cruncher-as-scores-it-as-45-john-says-excellent-price-and-good-fish-catcher-with-fast-delivery.html The Cruncher is a superb all round nymph imitation, which is usually fished on either an intermediate or floating line using a slow figure of eight retrieve. You'll find many fisherman using the cruncher's around the reservoirs of England. Great dressed in different colours of Pheasant Tail and thorax. A cracking little fly that has gained huge popularity in recent years. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/anthony-french-rates-our-service-and-our-sawyer-killer-bug-as-55-anthony-says-very-good-service-and-flies.html Sawyer Killer Bug - Trout Fly Sawyer Killer Bug. The Sawyer Killer Bug is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Special Nymphs & Shrimps or Trout Flies or Nymph Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/anthony-french-rates-our-service-and-greenwells-glory-fly-as-55-anthony-says-very-quick-and-good-flies.html The Greenwells Glory is based on the Greenwells Glory created by Canon William Greenwell. Greenwells Glory This is a traditional fly that has truly stood the test of time and is used by fishermen frequently. Devised by Canon William Greenwerll this fly is used by fly fishermen throughout the world. It can represent many different species of olives. Use The Greenwells Glory To Catch: The Greenwells Glory can be used to catch Brown Trout As the name indicates dry flies which include Greenwells Glory are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Greenwells Glory 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 Greenwells Glory A dry fly like Greenwells Glory has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Greenwells Glory 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 Special Fishing Techniques with the Greenwells Glory Treat with floatant and fish on the surface, leaving it to drift or occassionally giving it a gentle tug causing it to move a short distance across the surface. Greenwells Glory - Fly Tying Dressing For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Greenwells Glory. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Greenwells Glory at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Greenwells Glory 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 Greenwells Glory as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us. Hook Sizes Dry Fly 12 to 16 Silk Thread Primrose Tail None (however sometimes it can be given a tail to aid to its floatability) Body Primrose tying silk well waxed to produce a shade of olive. Rib Gold wire Hackle Greenwell (light furnace) Wing Blackbird substitute Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-edwards-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-recent-purchase-of-schlappen-which-he-rates-as-55-mark-says-that-theyre-an-excellent-colour-good-length-and-rap-well-with-little-bulk-im-looking-forward-to-fishing-with-the-flies-ive-tied.html Schlappen These Hackles come from between the Saddle and tail of the rooster. The overall size and large amount of web in these feathers has made them a firm favourite, and favoured feather used by tyers of 'classic' salmon flies and in the tails of saltwater patterns. Available in 14 colours. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-edwards-has-dropped-us-a-line-to-review-his-recent-purchase-of-tg-classic-salmon-hooks-mark-says-5-out-of-5-lovely-shaped-hook-will-make-excellent-classic-salmon-fly-base.html These hooks are recognised as the correct shape for tying full dressed salmon flies, also perfect for Spey and Steelhead patterns Black Turned up oval eye classic shape Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-childs-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-in-which-he-took-some-of-veniards-super-stretch-floss-david-says-ive-tied-a-few-buzzers-with-my-new-flexi-floss-and-im-very-pleased-with-the-results-your-fishing-tips-are-helpful-and-with-my-newly-.html Super strong stretchable floss that is great for segmented bodies. Available in 20 colours. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/simon-lucas-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-for-all-8-nano-silk-spools-he-says-theyre-great-fast-and-easy-to-use.html 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 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:21:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keir-hardie-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-keir-says-i-have-just-received-my-first-order-from-you-and-i-would-just-like-to-say-thank-you-very-much-for-the-fantastic-quality-of-the-flies-and-the-excellent-service-the-company-provides-at-last-.html Fritz Tungsten Bead Nomad Yellow Lure / Streamer is a great trout fishing fly. Fritz Tungsten Bead Nomad Yellow Lure / Streamer is a Tungsten Lure aimed at getting deeper faster to make trout attack the flies. Fritz Tungsten Bead Yellow Black Lure / Streamer is fished in the style of a Beadhead Lure. Fritz Tungsten Bead Nomad Yellow Lure / Streamer is available in size(s) 10 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:25:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-reviews-the-nanny-carrs-olive-emerger-and-rates-it-as-55-keith-says-my-old-fishing-mentor-had-a-saying-when-it-looks-right-it-generally-is-right-and-the-nanny-carrs-olive-emerger-is-an-exquisite-looking-fly-its-olive-translucence-lights-it-up-.html 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! Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-tait-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-recent-order-from-the-16th-february-brian-says-i-am-very-happy-with-the-service-the-qualiy-of-flies-that-were-sent-they-were-perfect-value-for-money-you-have-my-top-rating-of-1010-keep-up-the-good-work-as-i-will-.html Ace Of Spades A deadly fly created by Dave Collyer, It is tied in a New Zealand Matuka-style with the wing bound down by the tinsel ribbing. This fly is different from traditional Matuka flies in that Dave Dollyer overlaid the black main wing with veining of brown Mallard. Without the brown Mallard this fly is not as effective. Ace Of Spades lure or Ace Of Spades streamer The Ace Of Spades is a type of lure or streamer fly. Streamers or lures fall into two categories, imitator streamers or attractor streamers. The Black, Olive, Natural and White Woolly Buggers Zonker are imitator streamers. An imitator streamer represenst a specific type of food, which is preyed upon by the trout, typically a small fish for example. As Trout are territorial and they will defend their territory against invading fish the fly-fishermen can use this knowledge to their advantage. Using an imitator streamer a trout can be fooled into attacking what he thinks is fry invading its territory. The alternative to an imitator fly is an attractor fly or as some fishermen call them 'piss them off fly'. A brightly coloured attractor fly is retrieved past the nose of a large brown trout or rainbow in hiding can excite a trout into striking if it thinks its feeding territory is under attack stimulating a big hit. Sometimes Trout will strike out of simple curiosity just to see if it is edible even though it does not look like their normal food. Sometimes bright, flashy flies drive them crazy or just annoy them. Some for example a Red Zonkers are attractors streamer fly patterns, these are not designed to represent a particular baitfish but to excite a predatory trout into striking using brightly colored and reflective materials in their design. The brass bead head fly types which includes the Ace Of Spades has become one of the most popular fly types in overall trout fly sales. This is because the weight of the brass bead helps keep the Ace Of Spades very close to the bottom where trout are used to seeing and capturing naturals. The flash of the brass bead in Ace Of Spades has also proven to be very attractive to several other kinds of sport fish. Its possible that it just makes the Ace Of Spades easier for the fish to locate. Roman Moser states that the roots of the Gold Head or Pearl Head flies lie in the Northern Italian area. At the turn of the century the fishermen of Piemont, Bergamo, Brescia and Friulia fished in their alpine rivers with a bead headed nymph for spin fishing. The beads came from the glass making area of Murano (Venice). This type of nymph was then used by Roman in 1978 when the Roman Moser bottom downstream technique was born as shown in the video "New ways with the caddises and new ways with mayflies". Because the flies were light made of glass Roman experimented with Cabela's spinner bodies made of brass, goldheads were born. Nobody understood this until he published the making of that Gold Head in the German magazine "Fliegenfischer" January/March issue 1985. The article was titled: "New ways of fishing the caddis". He found out that when sedge flies were hatching, the Gold Head was most successfull, possibly because the bead resembled the air bubble thorax of the natural nymph. The beadhead is now used on many types of flies, beadhead nymphs and beadhead lure or beadhead streamers and this the Ace Of Spades. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-james-has-taken-time-out-of-his-day-to-review-the-umpqua-red-hot-power-tapered-leader-and-rates-it-a-fantastic-55-peter-says-excellent-for-mullet-fishing-cant-wait-to-try-it-on-small-rivers-nymphing-excellent-speedy-delivery.html Umpqua Red Hot Power Taper - Tapered Leader 6X 3.5lb The Red Hot Power Taper is probably one of the neatest fly fishing accessories we have seen. This unique product is a single tapered leader which has 3 feet of milky white indicator, 2 feet of Neon Red indicator and 5 feet of clear tapered leader, there is no other product in the market like this!. The minute we saw this in EFFTEX at the European Fly Fishing Tackle Exhibition we knew that fly fishermen would love the Umpqua Red Hot Power Taper - Tapered Leader 6X 3.5lb. This unique tapered leader acts like a rifle sight pointing to your dry flies or alternatively acts as a stunning bite indicator for nymphing or even a depth guage for czech nymphing or as it is called in America "High Sticking". The 10 foot leader is the only one on the market to feature a vivid Neon Red section integrated into the taper. The first 36" of butt section is a matte-milky colour for maximum contrast. The next 24" of the butt is Hi Vis Neon Red Indicator section. When we used these we loved them, it made bite indication so easy in all different light conditions. These two colours combine to offer the highest visual contract and vibrancy of any indicator leader, and bright visual separation between butt and tippet sections. If you require a longer leader then we have experimented with a thick monofilament extending the butt to 15 feet and using Stroft on the tippet on both lakes and rivers and both worked perfectly extending th eusage of this unique product even further. Umpqua Red Hot Power Taper - Tapered Leader 6X 3.5lb For czech nymphing or high sticking depth control is simple using the white and red sections as a depth guage. It helps keep the fly at the correct depth and vary the depths and additionally acts as a superb indicator. Stunning visual indicator for following leader or fly which nymphing or dry fly fishing. Even when the fly passes through different areas of light on the water you can see where the fly is quickly using the indicator to point direction The Red Hot like a rifle or "gun sight" for tracking a fly in slow or stillwaters. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mika-tauru-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-recent-order-saying-that-the-flies-look-perfect-which-is-exactly-what-we-like-to-hear-mike-is-currently-enjoying-amongst-others-our-24-hi-visibility-klinkhammers.html When these flies were first developed they became deadly. The first Klinkhammers were found to lift trout when they were not even rising due to their unique profile and shape. These flies are still deadly and used world-wide with incredible effect. We found however that dark posts were good in light conditions but became poor during the evening as light changed, that was when we decided to develop the hi-visibility klinkhammer range. With 50% luminous yellow and 50% black posts these klinkhammers can be used and any time of day in any light conditions and are especially useful as dusk comes and the light conditions are changing, for those late night trout! Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-reviews-the-stroft-abr-and-rates-it-as-55-keith-says-i-used-the-014mm-abr-tippet-fishing-hard-fighting-rainbow-trout-in-sub-zero-temperatures-of-january-and-february-it-proved-to-be-excellent-i-was-most-impressed-with-the-knot-strength.html 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. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/kevin-lawton-has-been-in-touch-following-his-recent-order-with-the-essential-fly-kevin-says-thank-you-for-my-delivery-of-flies-excellent-service-and-exceptional-quality-flies-i-will-definately-purchase-my-flies-from-you-in-the-future-.html Trout flies - The Barden Spinner is a great little fly tied in the classic spent-wing spinner fashion. It closely imitates all those hard to see spinners that fall onto the water surface during the evening. Named after a famous beat on the River Wharfe where the trout can be seen in an evening steadily taking spinners as the evening light fades. The addition of a buoyant and highly visible foam thorax allows the fly to be easily seen on the water surface. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-reidy-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-most-recent-order-from-the-essential-fly-john-says-feel-free-to-use-this-second-purchase-from-the-essential-fly-arrived-yesterday-quickest-delivery-of-fishing-gear-to-ireland-from-the-uk-i-have-ever-received-than.html 27mm diameter with safety pin to attach tools and accessories to your clothing. With 600mm + retracting telescopic cord for attaching scissors, pliers, line clippers or other accessories to a jacket or waistcoat. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-holt-has-been-in-touch-regarding-the-service-that-he-experienced-when-placing-his-latest-order-mark-says-brilliant-service-as-always-wish-there-were-more-internet-businesses-where-transactions-are-as-easy-simple-and-hassle-free-as-yours.html English Grey Partridge Complete Skin Dyed Yellow With wings and tails. The Partridge hackle has long since been a favourite with fly-tyers, and their use is widely acknowledged as being perfect representation for the ’legs’ on many nymphs and North Country Spider patterns. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stuart-beech-has-been-in-touch-to-review-the-service-that-he-experienced-whn-placing-and-receiving-his-latest-order-stuart-says-the-service-was-second-to-none-i-would-definately-recommend-to-anyone-really-on-the-ball-thank-you.html Semperfli Nano Silk Virtually Unbreakable 12/0 Orange Possibly the worlds strongest fly tying silk. 12/0 (50 dernier) use with ceramic bobbins Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:23:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/robert-keith-reviews-his-latest-order-he-says-thanks-a-great-purchase-of-quality-files.html The Essential Fly is a manufacturer of flies, fly tying materials and fly fishing accessories. Established in 2006 The Essential Fly is a multiple award winning company with top quality customer service. The Essential Fly sells some of the products from the leading fly fishing manufacturers including Airflo Streamline, Cookshill Fly Tying, Cortland, Leeda, Mustad, Scientific Anglers, Sonik Sports, Tubeology, Umpqua Feather Merchants, Veniard, Wychwood Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:15:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-burlow-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-latest-order-he-says-well-tied-flies-as-all-ways-placed-order-monday-morning-arrived-tuesday-great-service-thanks-david.html The bead in the Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail makes them sink very well and are ideal for fishing deep in lakes. Upstream fishing with Bead Head (BH) Pheasant Tail and strike indicators is another method of fishing these Trout Flies. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-keating-has-been-in-touch-regarding-his-recent-purchase-of-the-sonik-sk10-reel-case-he-just-wanted-to-say-that-its-great-thanks-james-hope-you-enjoy-it-for-many-years-to-come.html Sonik Deluxe SK 10 Reel Case - Available Now. Outstanding protection for up to 10 fly reels or spools. Fully padded for extra protection of valuable reels. Moulded base for added durability. Adjustable, padded and removable interior dividers for customised storage. Separate tippet compartment with two zippered and six smaller mesh pockets. Padded foam carry handle. Removable, adjustable padded shoulder strap. Dimensions 35 X 25 X 15 (cm). Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jean-jacque-mouloise-has-sent-a-message-in-thanking-us-for-the-dry-trout-flies-that-hes-received-he-rates-them-as-55-and-says-that-theyre-superb-and-very-well-tyed.html Typically trout dry flies imitate many different natural flies from mayflies, caddis, sedge, damsel, flying ants & midges. A trout dry fly is typically cast as a single fly on a tapered leader which turns the dry fly in the cast allowing it to gently descend on to the water like the natural insect it imitates. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:13:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/asbjorn-strom-rates-his-recent-purchase-of-scientific-anglers-aircel-wf-7-f-and-scores-it-as-45-asbjorn-says-that-he-is-very-pleased-with-his-purchase-from-the-essential-fly.html Scientific Anglers Aircel Wf-7-F •All round fly fishing line •Shoots and lies superbly •Gives brilliant presentation •Exceptional value •Colour: Pale Green •Length: 27yds (25m) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-slowik-reviews-the-stroft-abr-and-stroft-gtm-line-scoring-them-45-all-in-all-john-says-awesome-mono-the-kg-test-to-line-diameter-ratio-is-incredible-i-dint-know-how-they-do-it-the-knot-strength-is-impressive-and-i-dont-even-notice-any-line-memory-bot.html 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. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-reviews-our-hawthorn-fly-and-rates-it-45-keith-says-its-a-good-representation-of-a-hawthorn-fly-pattern-and-well-tied-lets-hope-the-trout-think-so-this-coming-spring.html 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 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-prout-has-been-in-touch-offering-some-very-kind-words-about-the-essential-fly-brian-rates-us-as-55-and-says-hes-had-excellent-service-from-this-company-thanks-brian-.html 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! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christopher-cook-reviews-the-veniard-uni-pre-waxed-thread-50y-and-scores-it-as-55-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-its-stronger-doesnt-snap-so-easily-if-y.html 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. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christopher-cook-reviews-the-veniard-uni-super-midge-pre-waxed-thread-200y-and-rates-it-as-55-.html 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) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/hugh-davies-reviews-our-bivisible-brown-and-scores-it-55-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-prolonged-use-wo.html 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. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-rimmington-reviews-the-veniard-synthetic-living-fibre-and-rates-it-as-55-john-says-very-good-service-value-for-money-the-tying-materials-are-very-good-as-is-the-postage-packing-over-all-very-good.html SLF - Synthetic Living Fibre Available in 48 colours Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-bullock-reviews-our-damsel-nymph-anthony-variant-and-rates-it-as-55-david-says-its-a-superbly-tied-fly-different-to-any-other-in-my-fly-box-a-great-small-stillwater-pattern.html Damsel Nymph Anthony Variant Damsel Nymph Anthony Variant. Points Winner in the Fly Tying Masters Round 1 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-bullock-reviews-the-disco-blob-bumble-and-scores-it-as-55-david-says-nice-mixture-of-material-i-can-see-this-working-anywhere.html 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. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-bullock-reviews-the-disco-blob-olive-and-scores-it-55-david-says-well-tied-excellent-fly-well-satisfied.html 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. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:21:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-ashburn-reviews-the-umpqua-streamer-box-and-scores-it-as-55-john-says-its-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-sealing-to-t.html 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 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:33:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-hatton-reviews-the-uni-neon-tying-thread-and-rates-it-as-55-peter-says-theyre-great-threads-i-use-mine-for-the-top-three-eyes-on-my-beach-rod-for-aiding-with-visual-bite-detection-.html Extra strong thread which is excellent for streamers, salmon & saltwater patterns. Available in 6 brilliant colours: Yellow, Orange, Chartreuse, Green, Red and Burnt Orange. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-hatton-reviews-the-stonefly-rotary-fly-dryer-rod-turner-and-rates-it-as-55-peter-says-its-a-great-bit-of-kit-at-a-great-price-comes-complete-with-a-rod-support-as-well.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-miller-rates-the-veniard-grey-squirrel-skin-as-55-david-says-having-been-a-customer-of-essential-fly-for-a-short-while-i-have-been-very-impressed-with-the-service-and-quality-of-productsmany-thanks.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-holt-reviews-the-he-scores-them-as-worthy-of-55-stars-and-says-as-described-brilliant-service-as-always.html Superb self adhesive eyes that are bright and lifelike. Available in 3 colours and 4 sizes. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-holt-reviews-the-veniard-krinkle-mirror-flash-and-scores-it-as-55-mark-says-that-the-mirror-flash-is-excellent-and-as-described-and-the-service-brilliant-as-always.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/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.html This dazzling body material is made totally of Krystal Flash fibres. Size Medium / 10mm. Available in 16 colours. 2m material per packet. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-holt-reviews-the-veniard-polar-fibre-rating-it-as-55-mark-says-really-easy-to-work-with-ties-in-lovely.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-holt-reviews-our-sparklemet-krystal-flash-alternative-and-rates-it-as-55-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.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/francis-renner-reviews-our-essential-fly-braided-loop-connector-and-scores-it-a-whopping-1010-thats-off-the-scale-francis-says-that-she-had-no-problems-whilst-using-this-high-quality-product-.html 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. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-vowles-reviews-our-combination-priest-in-aluminium-brass-rating-it-as-55-john-says-that-hes-very-pleased-with-this-priest-its-a-good-product-.html 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. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michelle-mcmeekin-reviews-our-gift-voucher-service-rating-it-as-55-michelle-says-that-it-was-quick-and-easy-to-use-excellent.html 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! Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/g-todd-reviews-our-customer-service-the-wychwood-epic-magnesium-fly-fishing-glasses-scoring-both-55-he-says-excellent-service-as-usual-product-is-great-value-for-money-compared-to-more-expensive-glasses.html 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. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-thomas-reviews-our-flies-and-scores-them-55-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.html 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. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-thomas-reviews-our-combination-priest-in-aluminium-brass-he-scores-it-as-55-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-cant-be-bad.html 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. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-bronze-peacock-herl-scoring-it-55-saying-its-good-quality.html Strung Bronze Peacock Herl Probably the first fly tying material used by us all. Used in 100’s of patterns. Available in 5 colours. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-loves-the-good-quality-veniard-magic-glass-v-rib-and-scores-it-55.html 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. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-loves-the-top-quality-veniard-mallard-duck-drake-grey-flanked-dyed-feathers-and-scores-them-as-55.html Mallard Duck Drake Grey Flanked Dyed Feathers Available in 7 colours, in 2gm packets. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-dubbing-needles-that-we-supply-and-scores-them-55-he-likes-them-as-theyre-very-light-and-very-nice.html Dubbing Needles Available in 2 styles Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-cellire-varnish-and-scores-it-55-david-says-that-he-used-the-no1-extra-clear-fine-varnish-which-he-found-to-be-very-good.html 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. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-cock-pheasant-centre-tail-and-scores-it-as-55-david-says-that-its-of-first-class-quality.html 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. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-uni-micro-tinsel-and-scores-it-55-david-says-that-its-very-nice-material-and-pleasant-to-use.html 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. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:59:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-natural-hares-fur-and-rates-is-as-55-david-says-its-a-very-good-quality-product.html Hares Natural Fur Body fur piece. Hare body is normally slightly darker and longer than the mask or ears. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-hare-dub-dispenser-scoring-it-55-david-says-hes-very-pleased-with-this-nice-tidy-box.html 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. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:25:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/semperfli-2012-lever-vise-released.html 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. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-reviews-the-john-tyzack-tungsten-bead-head-endrick-spider-fluorescent-orange-colour-and-scores-it-45-keith-says-a-cold-december-day-fishing-meon-springs-hampshire-fluorescent-orange-spider-performed-excellently-easily-achieved-deep-to-t.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/new-polarised-fishing-sunglasses-released-for-2012.html 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. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alastair-neri-reviews-our-grayling-e-book-scoring-it-55-alastair-says-its-a-very-interesting-read-i-just-wish-i-had-grayling-fishing-here-in-aberdeenshire.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alastair-neri-reviews-our-fly-tying-spool-rack-scoring-it-55-alastair-says-that-its-an-excellent-addition-to-my-fly-tying-collection.html 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! Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/bob-white-reviews-the-f-mcphillips-cdc-dubbing-packets-scoring-them-55-bob-says-that-hes-very-happy-with-the-quality-and-amount-of-this-product.html 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 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/bob-white-reviews-the-veniard-mixed-ostrich-herl-scoring-it-55-bob-says-i-give-this-product-a-55-review-it-is-of-very-good-quality-and-reasonable-amount-of-product-for-the-price.html Ostrich Herl Mixed A piece of Brown, Olive and Green Ostrich Herl. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/bob-white-reviews-the-veniard-english-grey-partridge-grey-flank-scoring-it-55-bob-says-i-give-this-product-a-55-rating-product-is-very-good-quality.html English Grey Partridge Grey Flank Available in 2gm packets. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/calvin-morrison-reviews-our-bundle-of-9-nano-silks-scoring-them-as-55-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-confiden.html 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 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/derek-ray-reviews-our-john-tyzack-tungsten-bh-endrick-spider-and-rates-it-as-55-john-says-theyre-excellent-and-came-with-great-service-and-good-value.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-brazendale-recently-purchased-some-of-our-bh-yellow-montanas-he-hasnt-had-chance-to-use-them-yet-though-rates-the-service-that-he-experienced-as-worthy-of-55-stars-john-says-as-ever-excellent-product-and-service-thank-you-cant-wait-to-use-them.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/derek-ray-is-bonkers-sorry-couldnt-resist-about-our-salmon-priest-and-rates-it-as-55-derek-says-it-looks-excellent-and-is-nicely-weighted-this-product-will-definitely-do-its-job.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:13:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/steven-garner-rates-our-nanny-carrs-olive-emerger-as-55-steven-says-that-the-fish-love-them-especially-down-the-edge-of-riffles.html 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. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/genuine-seals-fur-available-in-24-colours.html 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! Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-fluorescent-chenille-rating-it-as-55-david-likes-it-for-the-good-quality-found-on-opening-the-packet-.html Fluorescent Chenille Super bright rayon style chenille. All colours are fluorescent under UV light 3m packets or 6m mixed. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allen-rates-our-adams-parachute-as-45-saying-that-this-well-tied-and-not-over-dressed-pattern-worked-so-well-this-season-that-ive-already-topped-up-my-fly-box-in-anticipation-of-next-years-haul.html 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 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-rates-our-cjs-ducks-dun-collection-as-55-saying-that-the-3-adaptations-of-cjs-pattern-are-excellently-tied-.html Duck's Dun - Trout Fly Collection 12 Ducks Dun Flies in Original, Cream and Olive The Duck's Dun was developed by Charles Jardine, This was the first fly that Charles developed using CDC CJ’s Ducks Dun Dry Fly Mayfly & Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) Imitation Charles Jardine designed the original Duck’s Dun fly. We have taken that pattern and produced it in its original, olive and cream variants making it a great all round Mayfly & Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) pattern. The Duck’s Dun was specifically designed by Charles to give as superb profile and sit body down in the water as its hackles are deliberately cut on the bottom half. This makes the hook shank or body of the fly sit on the water giving a superb fly silhouette from below for fish. Traditional hackled flies can sit toe up in the water giving a less natural feel to the fly. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stewart-roberts-rates-our-tapered-fly-leader-scoring-it-45-stewart-says-that-its-a-great-productarticle.html A specially designed tapered leader with a long and heavy butt for turnover power and a supple front taper for delicate presentation. These leaders are an excellent choice for fishing with small and mid-sized flies on spooky fish and ideal for even underhand casting. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/dominique-seguier-reviews-our-frog-hair-fluorocarbon-tippet-and-the-service-that-he-experienced-from-the-essential-fly-rating-both-as-55-dominique-says-perfect-is-the-word-not-only-regarding-the-product-but-for-the-fast-international-transaction-too.html If you like fluorocarbon tippets then you will love this. Although more expensive we find this a superb fluorocarbon tippet. Ultra high molecular weight PVDF fluorocarbon material Gamma proprietary processed Extremely flexible Up to twice the suppleness of conventional fluorocarbons Increased shock resistance helps prevent break offs Near invisible reflective properties The most stealthy, drag free presentation possible Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/rob-yates-rates-our-prince-trout-fly-as-a-55-and-says-that-it-has-been-a-great-fish-catcher-for-him.html Prince . The Prince is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Nymphs or Trout Flies or Nymph Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:26:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-chinese-cock-neck-scoring-it-55-david-says-that-hes-glad-he-bought-it-its-much-better-quality-than-was-expected-for-the-price-very-nice-indeed-.html Chinese Cock Neck Larger necks with softer hackles. Ideal for wet and salmon flies as well as streamer patterns. Available in 12 colours. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-veniard-premium-cock-cape-and-scores-it-55-david-says-that-theyre-top-quality-and-loves-that-there-are-so-many-sizes-to-choose-from.html These necks from the USA are gems in their own right. They are genetic necks of outstanding quality, equal to that of the Indian and Far Eastern necks. The shape of the individual feathers is unusual for genetics in so far as they have a taper more in keeping with Indian hackles. The capes themselves are deceptively well endowed with a wide range of sizes and hackle. Available in a choice of 15 colours. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:32:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alex-munro-reviews-our-allys-shrimp-on-a-double-hook-scoring-it-as-a-55-product-alex-says-really-good-value-fast-delivery-and-great-customer-service-will-shop-with-you-again-thanks-alex-we-look-forward-to-it.html Allys Shrimp (Double Hook - Black Hook). The Allys Shrimp (Double Hook - Black Hook) is a great Salmon Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Salmon Doubles or Sea Trout or Ally Gowans Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Sea Trout Flies or Salmon Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/silviu-lacatus-reviews-the-amherst-tail-centre-piece-scoring-it-as-a-55-silviu-says-that-its-a-very-good-item-and-sends-his-thanks.html An Amherst Pheasant Centre Tail Piece. 2 x 10cm paired pieces of this great substitute for Bustard. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:02:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-edwards-reviews-our-invicta-scoring-it-55-and-saying-that-theyre-a-nice-fly-they-do-the-job-well.html Invicta The Invicta is one of the most popular fly patterns conceived and the Invicta is still popular with still water and sea-trout fishermen. The Invicta was developed as we know it today by James Ogden from Cheltenham as a dry fly. The Invicta is a great pattern to use during a sedge fly rise, probably imitating a hatching caddis or returning egg-laying female caddis that descends beneath the water to oviposit. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mike-jones-reviews-our-3x-fly-fishing-tapered-leaders-68lb-rating-them-as-55-mike-says-having-purchased-inferior-leaders-online-before-i-was-pleasantly-surprised-to-receive-yours-they-are-perfect-for-my-needs-and-didnt-break-on-attaching-the-tippets-once-.html A specially designed tapered leader with a long and heavy butt for turnover power and a supple front taper for delicate presentation. These leaders are an excellent choice for fishing with small and mid-sized flies on spooky fish and ideal for even underhand casting. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mike-jones-reviews-our-mrs-simpson-scoring-it-as-55-mike-says-that-theyre-nicely-tied-and-in-top-quality-condition-i-will-be-ordering-more.html Mrs Simpson . The Mrs Simpson is a great Trout Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Lures or Trout Flies or Lure Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-apsey-reviews-his-experience-with-the-essential-trout-salmon-fly-company-as-well-as-the-turkey-marabou-that-hes-recently-ordered-from-us-rating-both-as-55-andrew-says-that-he-received-great-service-quick-delivery-looking-forward-to-tying-my-first-f.html The most popular fly-tying feather in use today. Used in all styles, from salt through to stillwater, for virtually every species that a fly is cast for and in all parts of the world. It’s mobility is now legendary. Marabou mixed White, Black, Orange, Olive & Brown . Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-our-foxy-tails-arctic-fox-hair-giving-it-a-tidy-55-david-says-that-its-top-quality-and-good-length-for-most-flys.html Silver Fox Piece Salmon, sea trout and steelhead flies. Tube flies dressed either traditional, Frodin, Shumakov, or templedog style up to 80mm wing or tail length. Any larger hairwing single, double and treble or the smaller hooks / tubes that require a longer wing. First class fox tail long and very mobile. Ideal for the Scandinavian style of fly dressing Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:17:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-reviews-the-loose-large-mixed-hackles-as-55-he-says-that-theyre-a-good-selection-at-a-good-price.html A mixed bright coloured pack of neck or saddle hackles produced for tying of Mackerel Feathers. Neck and Saddle packs available. Each pack comes with a mix of feathers in red, yellow, orange, blue, green and white. Sold in large 7 gram packs. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-rates-the-utc-ultra-thread-as-55-he-says-that-its-very-easy-to-work-with-and-goes-on-to-say-that-he-finds-it-to-be-the-best.html David Heath rates the UTC Ultra Thread as 5/5! He says that it's "Very easy to work with", and goes on to say that he finds it to be the best. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-rates-our-silver-doctor-on-double-hook-as-55-he-says-that-theyre-well-made-and-look-nice.html Silver Doctor (Double Hook). The Silver Doctor (Double Hook) is a great Salmon Fly. This fly is fished in the style of Salmon Doubles or Sea Trout or Salmon Flies or Salmon Flies or Sea Trout Flies or Salmon Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:03:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-rates-the-dyed-golden-pheasant-tippet-piece-12-collar-as-55-he-says-that-theyre-top-quality-good-stack-for-the-price.html Collar pieces-equivalent to approximately half a collar. Available in three colours. The Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", (Chrysolophus pictus) is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The adult male is 90-105 cm in length, its tail accounting for two-thirds of the total length. It is unmistakable with its golden crest and rump and bright red body. The deep orange "cape" can be spread in display, appearing as an alternating black and orange fan that covers all of the face except its bright yellow eye, with a pinpoint black pupil. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-rates-our-black-nano-silk-as-55-david-says-that-hes-very-pleased-it-works-very-well-with-small-detailed-flys.html 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 8 colours including Nano Silk Black Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:36:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-heath-rates-our-peter-ross-as-55-david-says-that-theyre-very-nice-well-made-.html The Peter Ross is a still water and sea trout fly that has proven to catch for many years. Originally evolved by Peter Ross of Perthshire in the nineteenth century. Peter altered the well established Teal and Red patten and evolved it into an even more deadly fly. If you are using the Teal series of flies then this is an essential fly to use. The Peter Ross has few equals when used in small sizes on the dropper at duck when duckflies are hatching in Ireland. The Peter Ross can also be used as a Perch Fry when trout are feeding on them and when sea-trout first come into a river or lough in Ireland. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/new-tying-material-predator-hair-colours.html The Essential Fly releases their new Predator Silky Fiber range and add further colours to the Predator Hair range Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/irish-fly-fair.html 19-20 November in Galway - really looking forward to this great show. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/fishing-best-web-site-winner-in-total-fly-fisher-magazine-survey.html In a survey by Total Fly Fisher Magazine across thousands of fly fishermen The Essential Fly as won the award for the Best Fishing Website! The team at The Essential Fly are delighted to win this award. We would like to thank the team who manage our web site and photography and our specialist partners in Search Engine Optimisation at http://seo-search-engine-optimisation-service.com/google-rankings/ who help us keep high on the different search engines. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/fly-fishing-customer-service-runner-up.html In a survey by Total Fly Fisher Magazine across thousands of fly fishermen The Essential Fly came runner in in customer service provision! We always try harder so give us a try. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/umpqua-red-hot-tapered-leaders-released.html Leaders are the most important piece of tackle there is yet is is not thought about enough! So when Umpqua Feather Merchants launched one of the hottest fly fishing tippets we have ever seen we have been desperate for stock. We took our samples, played with it and loved the results. This is by far the most innovative Fly Tippet we have ever seen. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-bailey-reviews-the-diawl-back-with-holographic-red-cheek-james-says-that-theyre-great-flies-thanks-again-.html James Bailey reviews the Diawl Back with Holographic Red Cheek. James says that they're "great flies, thanks again". Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/rob-noble-reviews-the-sawyer-killer-bug-and-scores-it-55-rob-says-that-its-a-brilliant-imitation-bagged-5-grayling-in-3hrs-with-this-killer-bug-on-top-dropper.html Rob Noble reviews the Sawyer Killer Bug, and scores it 5/5! Rob says that it's a "Brilliant imitation bagged 5 grayling in 3hrs with this killer bug on top dropper!" Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:16:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andy-dalrymple-reviews-the-sandys-orange-blank-buster-spider-and-scores-it-55-he-reports-on-a-recent-fishing-trip-where-this-lovely-little-fly-was-taken-as-it-landed-using-a-15-leader-on-a-local-crystal-clear-lake.html Andy Dalrymple reviews the Sandys Orange Blank Buster Spider, and scores it 5/5. He reports on a recent fishing trip, where this "Lovely little fly was taken as it landed using a 15' leader on a local crystal clear lake." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/blue-spot-sale-day-today.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:26:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/colin-storr-reviews-the-bead-head-yellow-montana-and-scores-it-55-colin-says-that-the-fish-loved-this-one-so-much-they-decided-to-keep-it.html Colin Storr reviews the Bead Head Yellow Montana, and scores it 5/5. Colin says that "The fish loved this one so much they decided to keep it!" Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/colin-storr-reviews-the-fritz-bead-head-blackfritz-lime-lure-streamer-he-says-that-theyre-well-put-together-delivered-on-time-to-catch-plenty-of-fish-.html Colin Storr reviews the Fritz Bead Head BlackFritz / Lime Lure / Streamer. He says that they're "well put together - delivered on time to catch plenty of fish". Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/salmon-flies-for-sale.html Stunning range of salmon flies for sale including new Snaelda patterns deadly over the past years in Russia, Iceland and Scandinavia Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:49:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/graeme-muir-reviews-the-essential-flys-green-box-scoring-it-55-graeme-says-that-its-an-excellent-fly-box-fits-easily-into-a-vest-or-jacket-pocket-also-holds-plenty-of-flies-for-a-day-on-the-water.html Graeme Muir reviews The Essential Fly's Green Box, scoring it 5/5. Graeme says that it's "An excellent fly box - fits easily into a vest or jacket pocket. Also, holds plenty of flies for a day on the water." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/laurence-mcnally-reviews-the-endrick-spider-pheasant-tail-spider-and-scores-them-55-laurence-says-endrick-spider-and-pheasant-tail-spider-instantly-successful-in-low-clear-conditions-.html Laurence McNally reviews the Endrick Spider & Pheasant Tail Spider and scores them 5/5. Laurence says "Endrick spider and pheasant tail spider instantly successful in low, clear conditions." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/fly-fishing-resources-link-directory-launched.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:49:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-stewart-reviews-the-daddies-cranefly-selection-and-scores-it-55-james-says-that-theyre-very-well-made-and-the-8-compartment-box-is-much-appreciated-.html James Stewart reviews the Daddies Cranefly Selection, and scores it 5/5! James says that "they're very well made, and the 8 compartment box is much appreciated". Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/george-simpson-reviews-the-veniard-starter-tool-kit-and-scores-it-55-saying-that-its-excellent-value-for-money-and-very-useful.html George Simpson reviews the Veniard Starter Tool Kit, and scores it 5/5, saying that it's "Excellent value for money and very useful." Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/rob-noble-reviews-the-bead-head-hares-ear-with-rough-body-and-scores-it-55-rob-says-that-its-well-tied-and-really-gets-that-team-of-spiders-down-in-the-fast-flowing-wharfe-thanks-rob.html Rob Noble reviews the Bead Head Hare's Ear with Rough Body and scores it 5/5! Rob says that it's "Well tied, and really gets that team of spiders down in the fast flowing Wharfe." Thanks Rob. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:59:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/semperfli-nano-silk-red-120-fly-tying-thread-released-bends-size-8-hooks.html Semperfli Nano Silk Red Fly Tying Thread Released today 24 October 2011. Semperfli Nano silk is probably one of the most amazing fly tying silks on the market, ultra fine measuring 50 denier or 12/0 the thinness of Nano silk hides its amazing strength, twisted we can bend size 8 hooks in a vice with this amazing fly tying silk. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:43:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/justin-rouse-reviews-the-copper-tube-allys-shrimp-and-our-customer-service-scoring-both-55-justin-says-very-fast-service-great-flies-at-the-best-prices-deserves-success.html Justin Rouse reviews the Copper Tube Allys Shrimp and our customer service, scoring both 5/5! Justin says "Very fast service - great flies at the best prices - deserves success!" Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-bailey-gives-the-marabou-black-mini-lure-a-55-of-rating-excellent.html James Bailey gives the Marabou Black Mini Lure a 5/5 of rating! Excellent! Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:16:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-bailey-is-so-pleased-with-our-great-concrete-bowl-mini-lure-flies-that-he-rates-them-55-.html James Bailey is so pleased with our "great Concrete Bowl Mini Lure Flies" that he rates them 5/5! Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-bailey-reviews-the-leeda-profil-reel-scoring-it-55-james-says-that-its-a-fantastic-reel-especially-given-the-price.html James Bailey reviews the Leeda Profil Reel scoring it 5/5. James says that it's a fantastic reel, especially given the price! Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:49:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/nick-long-reviews-the-iron-blue-dun-and-scores-it-55-nick-says-really-good-excellent-service-many-thanks.html Nick Long reviews the Iron Blue Dun and scores it 5/5! Nick says "Really good. excellent service. Many thanks". Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:41:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-oliver-reviews-the-fly-tying-spool-rack-giving-it-55-chris-says-that-its-a-great-addition-to-my-fly-tying-bench-no-more-loose-spools-of-thread.html Chris Oliver reviews the Fly Tying Spool Rack, giving it 5/5! Chris says that it's "a great addition to my fly tying bench - no more loose spools of thread!" Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-oliver-reviews-the-veniard-ceramic-spigot-bobbin-and-scores-it-55-chris-says-a-great-service-and-a-great-product.html Chris Oliver reviews the Veniard Ceramic Spigot Bobbin and scores it 5/5! Chris says "A great service and a great product." Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/dominique-seguier-reviews-the-dry-bundle100-and-scores-it-as-perfect-with-a-55-review-dominique-says-fast-shipping-very-good-products-good-communications.html Dominique Seguier reviews the dry-bundle100 and scores it as "perfect" with a 5/5 review! Dominique says " Fast shipping, very good products. Good communications." Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/free-shipping-now-on.html Free shipping worldwide on all orders over £20! Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sandra-graham-reviews-the-black-magic-trout-fly-and-gives-it-55-recommending-our-good-product-and-service.html The Black Magic is a great little fly tied in the fashion of a dry fly version of a traditional northern wet fly dressing. It imitates all those small little terrestrials found on the water throughout the season and pulls up both trout and grayling when no other fly works. Add Floatant to the hackle and wing post and watch it go! Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:42:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sandra-graham-rates-our-yellow-tailed-dancer-customer-service-to-be-55.html She says that "the product and service experienced was very good indeed." Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:28:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-shaw-reviews-the-mustad-fly-fishing-hook-s71-size-34007-oshaughn-size-2-rating-them-55-.html He says that the "hooks are top quality and the delivery was superbly fast". Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:22:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-shaw-gives-a-55-review-of-the-mustad-fly-fishing-hook-s71-size-34007-oshaughn-size-4.html "Quick delivery & top quality hooks". Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-dunstan-reviews-the-ef-5000-maggot-and-scores-it-55.html Used this at a location I fly fish that allows bait and spinner fishing for the trout. Last time I went there I blanked and was told that the fish get bait happy. This time I took the maggot fly and caught 2 fish on it. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:07:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/dave-gardner-reviews-the-adams-parachute-wth-straight-shank-hook-and-gives-it-55.html this is just such a good fly on the river aire no matter what time of day.... had 1lb+ grayling come up and take the size 16....just a proper good ,well tied, allrounder that you should carry..especially in 18s... many fish, very happy....thanks Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-reviews-the-muddler-minnow-and-scores-it-55.html "Muddlers are one of my favourite flies when there is a good ripple on the water and Muddlers don't come any better than these, very good quality and fast delivery." Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:50:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-wellington-gives-a-45-review-of-the-treacle-parkin-.html Excellent flies with great balance. The tail is just the right shade of yellow for folk on the right side of the pennines Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:39:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/neil-davies-gives-a-55-review-for-the-elk-hair-caddis-brown.html Stunning. Great quality, great price, this fly took fish right from the first cast. Bought a small selection of flies to see quality, all great and will definitely be buying more from you. Beautifully packaged showing great care and attention to detail, thank you Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/55-review-of-the-butcher.html C K Patrick reviews the Butcher and gives it 5/5. Mr Patrick says that our Butchers are "well made and good to fish with". Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/charles-jardines-ducks-dun-review-55.html Ian Strachan reviews the CJ's Ducks Dun and gives it 5/5. Ian says "Lovely selection of mayflies - beautifully tied." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/partridge-orange-trout-fly-review.html Keith Allan reviews the Partridge & Orange Spider Trout Wet Fly, giving it 5/5. He says "I am a convert to fishing spider flies on both rivers and still waters and the Essential Fly (#14 & #16) pattern is well tied yet delicate in style (i.e. not over dressed) and fishes superbly. I am well pleased." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:16:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stonefly-creeper-nugget-.html Derek Hamer reviews the Stonefly Creeper Nugget and gives it 5/5. Derek says "Fine quality flies and fast service - Thank you." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sandys-blank-buster-buzzer-specimin-hunter-silver-flashback-buzzer.html Ian Munro reviews the Sandys Blank Buster Buzzer Specimin Hunter - Silver Flashback Buzzer and gives it 5/5. Ian says "This is a consistent fish catcher. I've used it on every stillwater I fish. Fish it with long steady pulls or a very slow figure-of-eight. Takes can be savage! Only downside I've found is that they get really mangled by trout so have at least a few spare in your box!" Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:09:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/munro-killer-double-hook-salmon-fy-review.html David Evans reviews the Munro Killer (Double Hook) and gives it 5/5: "This will be my first time with this fly. It looks perfect for the Borgie in September." Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/black-beetle-foam-trout-fly-review.html Robert Walker reviews gives the Black Beetle Foam Trout Fly, giving it 5/5: "Works really well, had four fish in four casts, so well pleased!" Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:55:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/allys-shrimp-red-double-hook-salmon-fly-review.html David Evans reviews the Allys Shrimp Red (Double Hook) and gives it 5/5: "Excellent flies and a very efficient service" Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:45:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/allys-cascade-shrimp-double-hook-salmon-fly-review.html David Evans reviews the Allys Cascade Shrimp (Double Hook) and gives it 5/5: "This fly will be a killer in Scotland come September..." Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:44:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/damsel-nymph-elishas-dreams-trout-fly-review.html Robert Walker gives a review of 4/5 for the damsel nymph, elishas dreams trout fly: "Nice quality. Well tied, looks like a cert fish catcher, cant wait to use it on my next trip." Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jt-tungsten-bead-head-endrick-spider-fluorescent-orange-review.html Review by Chris Wellington who has given 5/5 for the JT Tungsten bead Head Endrick Spider Fluorescent Orange trout fly. "well tied balanced weight lets see what the winter Grayling think". Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:37:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-kerr-45-fs-hotheatbeads-excellent-service-got-this-great-selection-of-beads-quickly-even-though-it-was-ordered-during-the-bank-holiday-madness-.html John Kerr - 4/5 - fs-hotheatbeads - Excellent service, got this great selection of beads quickly even though it was ordered during the bank holiday madness. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:57:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ronnie-mackie-45-thingamabobber-nh-thing-good-product-easy-to-see-sits-well-on-the-water-and-casts-well.html Ronnie Mackie - 4/5 - Thingamabobber - nh-thing - Good product, easy to see, sits well on the water and casts well. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-simpkins-55-ffft-round11-many-thanks-for-my-new-round-11-challenge-box-once-again-an-excellent-response-to-my-request-from-the-essential-fly-team-well-done-.html William Simpkins - 5/5 - FFFT-Round11 - Many thanks for my new round 11 challenge box, once again an excellent response to my request from The Essential Fly team. Well Done. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:49:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christopher-boone-ef-3010-55-good-for-old-duffers-at-63-i-dont-see-a-floating-fly-as-well-as-i-used-to-adams-parachute-is-a-fantastic-fly-as-not-only-can-i-see-it-but-fish-love-it-norfolk-chalk-stream-just-bought-another-10-.html Christopher Boone - EF-3010 - 5/5 - Good for old duffers! - At 63 I don't see a floating fly as well as I used to. Adams Parachute is a fantastic fly as not only can I see it but fish love it (Norfolk chalk stream). Just bought another 10! Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:01:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/trevor-hyde-ef-6600-55-soldier-palmer-well-made-fly-as-usual-and-fast-service-.html Trevor Hyde - EF-6600 - 5/5 - Soldier Palmer - Well made fly as usual and fast service. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:54:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/daryn-mockett-dc-stroft-abr-55-stroft-it-really-is-the-best-material-for-fly-leaders-.html Daryn Mockett - DC-Stroft-ABR - 5/5 - stroft - It really is the best material for fly leaders Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:52:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-hood-dc-stroft-abr-55-great-product-amazing-strength-for-the-diameter-slightly-stiffer-than-stroft-gtm-but-knots-dont-slip-as-they-do-with-the-silicon-coated-gtm-great-value-compared-to-rio-etc-quality-leader-material-.html Andrew Hood - DC-Stroft-ABR - 5/5 - Great product- Amazing strength for the diameter. Slightly stiffer than Stroft GTM but knots don't slip as they do with the silicon coated GTM. Great value compared to Rio etc quality leader material. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:49:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christy-langton-55-tl6x-tapered-leader-all-round-usage-26lb-6x-these-leaders-were-for-a-mate-and-he-says-the-same-as-me-they-are-excellent-.html Christy Langton - 5/5 - TL6X - Tapered Leader All Round Usage 2.6lb 6x - These leaders were for a mate and he says (the same as me ) they are excellent! Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:02:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news-193.html Pete Kennett - 5/5 - V-ice-sh - Icelandic Sheep Hair - I first used this long sheep hair a few months ago for making pike jigflies of 5-6 inches. I usually use it for around the collars of lures mainly in red to represent a slash around the throat and I love the way it moves in an undulating way in the water. It blends very well with the synthetic materials and appears to be durable and I haven't yet had to ditch a jigfly made with this sheep hair because of it being ruined! A quick comb through after each fish and it's as good as new. I like the way I can make a quick lure using red and white sheep hair that's got a movement that just can't be beaten. Top marks from me! Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:58:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-wood-55-ef-6090-blue-winged-wet-a-well-tied-winged-wet-that-does-what-its-supposed-to-do-catch-fish-ive-had-good-success-with-it-here-on-my-breton-rivers-.html Paul Wood - 5/5 - EF-6090 - Blue Winged Wet - A well-tied winged wet that does what it's supposed to do: catch fish. I've had good success with it here on my Breton rivers. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:50:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-fry-55-tl4x-as-always-my-recent-purchase-from-essential-fly-lived-up-to-my-expectations-.html Paul Fry - 5/5 - TL4X - As always my recent purchase from essential fly lived up to my expectations. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/terry-hainsworth-55-tl2x-i-have-used-these-leaders-in-size-2x-77lbs-they-have-good-turnover-allow-you-to-present-the-fly-and-tippet-with-no-splash-i-find-that-using-these-you-can-manage-a-longer-leader-.html Terry Hainsworth - 5/5 - TL2X - I have used these leaders in size 2x (7.7lbs). They have good turnover allow you to present the fly and tippet with no splash. I find that using these you can manage a longer leader. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:18:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-perrott-55-mh-5020-gold-bead-endrick-spider-heritage-range-the-bead-heads-are-great-for-a-fast-run-they-took-successfully-within-a-minute-of-landing-in-the-water.html John Perrott - 5/5 - MH-5020 - Gold Bead Endrick Spider (Heritage Range) - The bead heads are great for a fast run. They took successfully within a minute of landing in the water.ng in the water. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/55-helpful-very-good-sevice-and-delivery-terrance-murphy-for-thingamabobber-strike-indicator.html 5/5 helpful very good sevice and delivery - Terrance Murphy for Thingamabobber Strike Indicator Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-hewitt-55-buzzers-midges-booklet-delighted-with-my-item.html John Hewitt - 5/5 - Buzzers & MIdges booklet - Delighted with my item Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:56:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-horner-55-fly-tying-spool-rack-super-value-now-i-will-never-not-be-able-to-find-the-thread-or-wire-i-want-and-will-see-shortages-before-i-run-out.html Michael Horner - 5/5 - Fly Tying Spool Rack - Super value now I will never not be able to find the thread or wire I want and will see shortages before I run out Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stuart-smith-ef-5220-45-buzzers-needed-plenty-of-buzzers-so-orderd-them-from-essential-a-good-quality-fly-thanks-.html Stuart Smith - EF-5220 - 4/5 - Buzzers - Needed plenty of buzzers so orderd them from Essential a good Quality fly. Thanks Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:05:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/tony-bevington-55-mh-5010-the-heritage-range-of-trout-flys-are-superbly-tied-and-i-have-no-hesitation-in-recommending-them-for-our-yorkshire-rivers-specifically-wharfe-and-swale-congratulations-on-excellent-work-.html Tony Bevington - 5/5 - MH-5010 - The "Heritage" range of Trout Flys are superbly tied and I have no hesitation in recommending them for our Yorkshire Rivers, specifically, Wharfe and Swale. Congratulations on excellent work. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:07:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-woodhouse-55-ef-2151-well-tied-flies-and-great-service-as-usual-these-flies-have-already-caught-fish-for-me-.html Mark Woodhouse - 5/5 - EF-2151 - Well tied flies and great service as usual. These flies have already caught fish for me. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:02:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alan-brydon-55-v-ve-ot-oval-tinsel-first-class-.html Alan Brydon - 5/5 - V-ve-ot - Oval Tinsel - First Class Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alan-brydon-55-v-uni-sm2-uni-super-midge-pre-waxed-thread-first-class-.html Alan Brydon - 5/5 - V-uni-sm2 - UNI Super Midge Pre Waxed Thread - First Class Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alan-brydon-55-v-ve-ht-holographic-tinsel-first-class-.html Alan Brydon - 5/5 - V-ve-ht - Holographic Tinsel - First Class Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:26:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alan-brydon-55-v-dv-dt-dye-tubes-first-class-.html Alan Brydon - 5/5 - V-dv-dt - Dye Tubes - First class Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-cowan-55-fly-tying-spool-rack-no-more-searching-now-i-have-everything-perfectly-in-view-i-should-have-got-one-of-these-years-ago-.html John Cowan - 5/5 - Fly Tying Spool Rack - No more searching! Now I have everything perfectly in view, I should have got one of these years ago! Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:20:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-kiely-55-mh-5001-very-happy-with-the-flies-and-will-order-more-.html Brian Kiely 5/5 MH-5001 Very happy with the flies and will order more. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:42:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-kiely-55-ef-6470-very-happy-with-the-flies-and-will-order-more-.html Brian Kiely 5/5 EF-6470 Very happy with the flies and will order more. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/roy-goldsbrough-55-ef-1000-allys-cascade-shrimp-double-hook-well-tied-and-great-service-many-thanks-.html Roy Goldsbrough 5/5 EF-1000 Allys Cascade Shrimp Double Hook Well tied and great service - many thanks Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:13:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-somerville-55-loch-bundle20-loch-trout-flies-nice-assortment-of-well-tied-trout-flies-look-forward-to-this-week-end-and-the-rest-of-the-season-.html James Somerville 5/5 Loch-Bundle20 Loch Trout Flies nice assortment of well tied trout flies, look forward to this week end and the rest of the season. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:11:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-rankine-55-ef-3640-woven-klinks-16-absolutely-fantastic-fishing-flies-for-the-price-.html Paul Rankine 5/5 EF-3640 Woven Klinks 16 Absolutely Fantastic Fishing Flies for the price ! Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:07:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-daymond-55-quill-buzzer-fishing-fly-had-5-fish-on-this-on-saturday-.html Paul Daymond 5/5 Quill Buzzer Fishing Fly Had 5 fish on this on Saturday Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:59:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-jones-55-amazing-delivery-ordered-1600-on-friday-arrived-800-sat-amazing-service-fishing-flies-used-on-sat-best-catch-ever-6-rainbow-largest-just-under-4lb-.html David Jones 5/5 Amazing delivery Ordered 16:00 on Friday arrived 8:00 Sat amazing service. Fishing flies used on Sat - best catch ever 6 Rainbow largest just under 4lb! Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:03:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/karl-krancioch-55-tapered-fly-leader-all-round-usage-26lb-6x-this-particular-leader-is-my-favourite-light-leader-combining-strength-with-good-presentation.html Karl Krancioch 5/5 Tapered Fly Leader - All Round Usage 2.6lb 6X This particular leader is my favourite light leader, combining strength with good presentation Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:07:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/adrian-monaghan-55-review-black-spider-trout-fly-nice-fly-good-quality-all-flies-received-quickly-and-so-far-have-caught-a-few-fish-hopefully-ill-get-to-try-out-the-rest-of-them-in-coming-days-thanks.html Adrian Monaghan 5/5 review Black Spider trout fly - nice fly good quality. all flies received quickly and so far have caught a few fish. hopefully I'll get to try out the rest of them in coming days . thanks Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:45:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/t-a-wyllie-55-for-wwwtheessentialflycom-tapered-leaders-very-good-buy-good-performer-as-regards-turnover-nice-length.html T a Wyllie 5/5 for www.theessentialfly.com tapered leaders - Very good buy good performer as regards turnover nice length Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:20:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/daryn-mockett-recommended-sandys-spiders-and-found-they-worked-straight-away.html Daryn sent us an email having met us at the Sunderland Fishing Show - "Hi, I met Sandy today at the north east angling show and he recommended some of his blank buster spiders for use on the river. Well they worked wonders today so a big thank you from me", Daryn Mocket had been recommended these for the river fishing he was planning and Sandy even offered to go and show how to fish them after the show as we were near the river Daryn was fishing, however no need as they produced for Daryn. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:11:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mike-buckley-kick-ass-damsel-olive-rating55-kick-ass-says-it-all-first-time-i-used-it-it-was-very-cold-and-noone-else-was-catching-i-caught-a-fish-every-3rd-or-so-cast.html kick ass says it all, first time i used it it was very cold and noone else was catching, i caught a fish every 3rd or so cast. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/nigel-austin-ef-2160-rating55-excellent-quality-exactly-as-described-good-materials-and-tying.html Excellent quality, exactly as described, good materials and tying. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:39:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-kerr-chartreause-pike-fly-streamer-rating55-this-is-the-best-pike-lure-i-have-ever-had-in30-plus-years-what-a-action-over-the-moon-thanks-i-see-why-l-keep-comming-back.html This is the best pike lure i have ever had in30 plus years what a action over the moon thanks i see why l keep comming back. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/marvin-simms-stonefly-tool-kit-rating55-i-love-this-tool-set-it-is-beautifully-made-and-feels-good-in-your-hands-very-impressed-with-the-quality-as-well-as-the-design.html I love this tool set, It is beautifully made and feels good in your hands. Very impressed with the quality as well as the design. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ronnie-lister-sandys-blank-buster-complete-collection-mega-fly-collection-rating55-fantastic-well-made-essential-collection.html FANTASTIC ! WELL MADE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/the-essential-fly-blog-launched.html The Essential Fly Blog launched at blog.theessentialfly.com. We are looking for authors and articles, if you can contribute then please get in touch! Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ronnie-lister-nomad-pink-lure-rating55-caught-an-overwintered-hard-fighting-rainbow-on-third-cast.html Caught an overwintered hard fighting rainbow on third cast. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-champion-excellent-service-rating55-as-usual-very-fast-delivery-a-good-product-and-excellent-service-highly-recommended.html As usual, very fast delivery, a good product and excellent service, highly recommended. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/renzo-algieri-ef-2150-killer-hares-ear-rating55-great-constrution-and-well-balanced-will-even-catch-sea-trout.html Great constrution and well balanced, Will even catch Sea Trout. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/angus-dickson-silver-humungus-rating45-not-fished-with-them-yet-but-going-with-past-experience-i-know-thatll-do-the-business.html Not fished with them yet but going with past experience I know that'll do the business. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-blackman-golden-pheasant-body-skin-rating45-this-whole-body-skin-from-veniard-is-one-of-the-better-items-i-have-purchased-over-the-last-ten-years-from-their-range-the-essential-fly-as-ususal-provided-excellent-service-and-communication-as-to-any-po.html This whole body skin from Veniard is one of the better items I have purchased over the last ten years from their range. The Essential Fly as ususal provided excellent service and communication as to any potential delays - well I did order it during the heavy snow recently - many thanks and you know I will be back ! Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-hart-reservoir-lure-collection-rating55-once-again-a-superb-deal-and-excellent-quality.html Once again a superb deal and excellent Quality. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-fogarty-24-hi-visibility-klinkhammers-and-8-compartment-fly-box-rating55-just-received-this-flies-tied-beautifully-very-fast-delivery-and-will-defiantly-be-purchase-from-here-in-the-future.html Just received this flies, tied beautifully, very fast delivery and will defiantly be purchase from here in the future. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/pike-bunny-fly-fishing-flies-collection-released.html We have released a new collection of Pike Bunny fly fishing flies. Based on rabbit fur streamers these are highly mobile and catch are well know for catching lots of pike. With 4 flies in the collection for just £13.00 these are great value but still high quality flies as you would expect from The Essential Fly. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/new-blanton-whistler-pike-fly-collection-available.html With Blanton Whistler Red & Yellow, White, Orange & Yellow, Chartreuse, Yellow and Orange this is a superb set and a must for any pike fly fisherman, ready to go for £25 or just £4.25 per fly Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:46:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-somerville-ef-6300-first-class-fly-rating55-top-clyde-fly-looking-forward-to-new-season.html Top Clyde fly, looking forward to new season. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-blackman-amazing-tubes-rating55-the-price-of-this-item-put-me-off-at-first-what-a-mistake-the-possibilities-are-endless-the-simple-ideas-are-definitely-the-best-a-puzzling-array-of-tubes-until-you-realise-just-what-they-have-done-with-these.html The price of this item put me off at first - what a mistake! The possibilities ARE endless! The simple ideas are definitely the best. A puzzling array of tubes until you realise just what they have done with these amazing items - buy a kit and see for yourself. I am on number 3010 possible combination of tube and head. I hear there are more heads in the pipeline which will cause a stir - got to get some of those. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-whyte-squirrel-dub-dispenser-rating55-good-dubbing-at-a-very-competitive-price-good-service-thanks.html Good dubbing at a very competitive price. Good Service. Thanks. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-bailey-ef-5351-damsel-rating55-good-quality-fly-used-the-fly-thursday-at-a-well-know-lake-the-fishing-was-hard-going-5-people-fished-all-day-for-4-fish-i-caught-a-6lb-rainbow-on-this-fly.html Good quality fly. Used the fly Thursday at a well know lake, the fishing was hard going, 5 people fished all day. for 4 fish. I caught a 6lb rainbow on this fly. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-if-i-had-only-one-fly-rating55-this-fly-is-an-excellent-example-of-grhe-nymph-pattern-and-i-have-found-it-to-fish-superbly-14-16-in-both-still-waters-and-rivers-you-almost-dont-need-anything-else.html This fly is an excellent example of GRHE nymph pattern and I have found it to fish superbly (#14 & #16) in both still waters and rivers, you almost don't need anything else. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/zanolli-paolo-catch-pro-black-fishing-sunglasses-rating45-fantastic-product-difficult-to-find-in-italy-i-can-not-wait-to-try-it.html Fantastic product. Difficult to find in Italy. I can not wait to try it. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/brian-shaw-green-highlander-fox-rating45-foxy-tails-is-the-best-arctic-fox-this-was-a-nice-sized-piece-and-good-value.html Foxy tails is the best Arctic fox, this was a nice sized piece and good value. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/martyn-gleaden-daddiescranefly-selection-rating55-after-the-autumn-many-of-my-daddies-had-taken-a-bashing-but-rather-than-re-tie-my-own-i-took-a-gamble-on-this-selection.html After the Autumn many of my Daddies had taken a bashing but rather than re-tie my own I took a gamble on this selection. I'm so pleased I did as the quality is superb. I can't wait to get out there and try them in anger :-) The big question is - are they as good as my own flies? I'm ashamed to say that first impressions are they look much better !!! Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-townsley-sandys-blank-buster-complete-rating55-ive-been-using-essential-flies-all-of-last-seasontheir-service-is-always-55-their-flies-are-top-quality-keep-up-the-good-work.html I've been using Essential flies all of last season,their service is always 5/5 their flies are top quality keep up the good work. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/paul-rankine-adams-dries-rating55-i-bought-size-12-14-and-16s-all-excellently-tied-dont-know-how-you-do-it-for-the-price-.html I bought size 12, 14 and 16's . All excellently tied .Don't know how you do it for the price . Excellent ! Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-rose-sandys-strike-indicator-nymph-rating55-the-items-sent-were-just-the-right-item-for-me-it-as-made-a-difrence-to-the-way-i-fish-and-thank-you-for-the-promt-service.html The items sent were just the right item for me it as made a difrence to the way i fish and thank you for the promt service. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:39:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/frank-woods-rabbit-zonker-strips-rating55-top-quality-service-as-always-from-the-team-at-essential-fly.html Top quality & service as always from the team at Essential Fly. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mark-woodhouse-ef-6945-fantastic-fly-rating55-this-fly-realy-works-caught-4-fish-the-first-time-i-tried-one-i-am-new-to-the-sport-so-imagine-how-many-fish-they-will-catch-if-you-know-what-your-doing-service-was-second-to-none-too.html This fly realy works. Caught 4 fish the first time I tried one. I am new to the sport so imagine how many fish they will catch if you know what your doing. Service was second to none too. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-simpkins-straggle-string-range-collection-rating55-a-great-product-with-large-versatile-uses-within-the-tying-of-verious-flies-very-easy-to-use-to-great-effect-this-review-is-for-the-entire-range-of-this-product-and-again-supplied-by-an-excellent-.html A great product with large versatile uses within the tying of verious flies, very easy to use to great effect . This review is for the entire range of this product, And again supplied by an excellent company with a first class service that no one can match. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-simpkins-semperfli-professional-dubbing-system-rating55-a-fantastic-collection-of-materials-in-one-combined-folder-no-looking-for-a-specific-material-through-your-items-just-open-the-dubbing-system-and-there-you-would-find-material-you-require-aga.html A fantastic collection of materials in one combined folder. No looking for a specific material through your items just open the dubbing system and there you would find material you require. Again a first class excellent service from placing order to delivery. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-allan-ef-3000-rating55-well-pleased-this-is-an-excellent-representation-of-the-adams-fly-survey-the-water-see-whats-hatching-then-stick-a-16-adams-on-anyway-it-seems-to-work-very-effectively-in-bringing-up-the-fish.html Well pleased, this is an excellent representation of the Adams fly. Survey the water, see what's hatching, then stick a #16 Adams on anyway, it seems to work very effectively in bringing up the fish. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-hart-bundle-41-as-ever-good-value-and-good-price.html AS EVER GOOD VALUE AND GOOD PRICE. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/phil-maurer-cove-caddis-nymptop-pattern-beautifully-tied-from-quality-materialsh-rating55-.html Top pattern. Beautifully tied from quality materials. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/norman-emerson-bundle33-3d-mega-deep-diving-nymphs-and-buzzers-selection-rating45-good-selection-delivery-very-quick.html Good selection Delivery very quick. Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jeff-bramley-ef-6726-excellent-service-rating55-the-order-came-the-next-day-and-the-flies-are-very-good-quality.html The order came the next day and the flies are very good quality. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/christopher-knowles-snap-hooks-rating55-these-are-ideal-for-fat-ageing-sausage-fingers-that-are-no-longer-quick-and-adept-at-tying-knots.html These are ideal for fat ageing sausage fingers that are no longer quick and adept at tying knots. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:56:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/tim-hamper-ef-3170-still-effective-in-november-rating55-really-top-quality-fly-fished-on-a-cold-november-day-with-low-light-levels-2lb-2oz-and-3lb-3oz-in-no-time-recommended.html Really top quality fly. Fished on a cold November day with low light levels - 2lb 2oz and 3lb 3oz in no time. Recommended. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-smith-golden-pheasant-topping-feathers-rating55-excellent-quality-feathers-from-an-a1-company-always-the-best-service.html Excellent quality feathers from an a1 company, always the best service. Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/nigel-withyman-bundle91-sandys-blank-buster-buzzers-rating55-superb-quality-unbelievably-good-price-and-excellent-service-what-more-would-you-want.html Superb quality, unbelievably good price and excellent service. What more would you want! Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:40:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jeffrey-hoone-truefly-great-jacket-great-price-rating55-this-is-a-great-jacket-for-the-price-much-less-thames-simms-or-orvis-and-shipping-to-the-us-is-very-reasonable-it-arrived-in-about-the-same-time-as-if-i-had-ordered-it-here.html This is a great jacket for the price. Much less Thames Simms or Orvis and shipping to the US is very reasonable. It arrived in about the same time as if I had ordered it here. Nice details especially the built in zingers. If you want a comfortable, well made and well designed jacket for rain or foul weather don't hesitate. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:02:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/kenneth-hanks-grey-partridge-andservice-in-general-rating-good-quality-products-a-broad-selection-of-feathers-in-all-three-packets.html Good quality products. A broad selection of feathers in all three packets. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/len-tilbury-bundle54-rating55-as-always-with-this-dealerall-aspects-perfect.html As always with this dealer...all aspects perfect. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/geraldine-kennedy-bundle37-rating45-i-thought-that-they-were-very-good-and-the-delivery-was-quick.html I thought that they were very good and the delivery was quick. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-dinnadge-damsel-living-olive-nymph-rating55-local-lake-has-crystal-clear-water-in-late-autumnwinter-so-wanted-something-natural-but-still-with-nice-attractor-action-this-fit-the-bill-and-worked-really-well-for-once-i-was-catching-when-others.html Local lake has crystal clear water in late Autumn/winter so wanted something 'natural' but still with nice attractor action. This fit the bill and worked really well (for once I was catching when others weren't!). Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-smith-sd-2021-rating55-as-winter-progresses-and-we-reach-for-the-lure-box-this-should-be-the-first-one-out.html As winter progresses and we reach for the lure box, this should be the first one out. I used it today for the first time, two fish from four casts. Had to change to another before I bagged up in 30 minutes. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:39:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/rodney-anderson-mh-bundle1-rating55-even-better-than-expected-i-have-already-used-to-good-effect.html Even better than expected. I have already used to good effect. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/rodney-anderson-ef-6010-excellent-quality-rating55-delighted-with-the-quality-looking-forward-to-trying-out-the-flies.html Delighted with the quality. Looking forward to trying out the flies. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/urban-fly-fishing-dvd-released-by-dean-andrews-john-tyzack.html Join actor Dean Andrews (Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes) with professional guide and six times English national rivers champion John Tyzack (AAPGAI) for top quality trout and grayling fishing... on an industrial urban river! Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andy-hibberd-foam-daddy-ef-3720-rating55-superb-fly-fished-damp-it-sits-just-under-the-water-surface-in-a-visible-position-drawing-more-fish-up-on-stillwaters-has-also-accounted-for-picky-browns-on-small-brooks-in-sept-my-most-productive-fly-since-end-of-.html Superb fly. Fished damp it sits just under the water surface, in a visible position drawing more fish up on stillwaters. Has also accounted for picky browns on small brooks in Sept.. My most productive fly since end of August and it is still catching fish in Nov. The foam gets a bit mangled after ~8 fish. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-bull-sandy-dickson-nomads-rating55-premium-quality-and-great-service-caught-2-fish-in-20-minutes.html Premium quality and great service. caught 2 fish in 20 minutes. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-hepburn-czech-nymphing-guide-rating55-excellent-information-fo-beginners.html Excellent information fo beginners. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:44:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-mccann-ef-2320-pheasent-tail-nymph-rating-55-havnt-used-it-yet-but-the-material-is-excellent.html Havnt used it yet but the material is excellent. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:44:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-devenney-ef-7510-rating55-ive-fished-hard-all-season-until-i-used-this-black-and-orangesecond-cast-and-i-had-a-double-figure-fishif-theres-a-taking-fishthis-fly-worksdefinately-will-always-have-1-in-the-collection.html I've fished hard all season until i used this black and orange.Second cast and i had a double figure fish.If there's a taking fish,this fly works.Definately will always have 1 in the collection...!! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:05:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-giblin-czech-nymphing-rating45-good-instruction-bookletand-for-freelets-have-more.html Good instruction booklet...and for free....lets have more... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:10:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-fraser-czech-nymphing-booklet-rating45-very-informative-and-useful-booklet-which-expalins-principals-of-czech-nymphing-clearly.html Very informative and useful booklet which expalins principals of czech nymphing clearly. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:10:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-fraser-czech-nymph-pack-bundle-30-rating45-nymphs-look-to-be-well-tied-i-am-looking-forward-to-trying-them-and-the-technique-out-for-grayling-over-the-winter-season.html Nymphs look to be well tied I am looking forward to trying them and the technique out for Grayling over the winter season. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:09:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/martin-wedge-damsel-with-blue-tinsel-rating55-this-fly-is-responsible-for-my-first-three-trout-on-a-water-where-no-one-else-was-catching-will-my-other-flies-ever-get-another-look-in.html This fly is responsible for my first three trout on a water where no one else was catching. Will my other flies ever get another look in Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:10:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/keith-bennett-allys-shrimp-red-treble-hook-rating55-fantastic-3-casts-and-the-first-salmon-took-the-fly-followed-2-minutes-later-by-another-awesome-fly-recommended.html Fantastic - 3 casts and the first salmon took the fly, followed 2 minutes later by another - awesome fly - recommended! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:10:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/nick-dales-customer-service-rating55-through-no-fault-of-essential-fly-the-package-never-made-it-to-me-here-i-am-free-loading-and-yet-you-agreed-to-send-another-one-out-which-i-received-the-next-day.html Through no fault of essential fly the package never made it to me. Here I am free-loading and yet you agreed to send another one out which I received the next day! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:11:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/george-hutton-czech-nymphing-rating55-excellent-read-good-reference-material.html Excellent read - good reference material. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:11:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-finney-czech-nymphing-booklet-rating55-very-good-well-thought-out-and-put-together.html Very good, well thought out and put together. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:12:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/kenneth-bevis-czech-nymphing-fly-fishing-instruction-booklet-rating45-well-writtenvery-useful-examples-of-fly-patterns-with-tying-instructions-would-have-been-useful.html Well written,very useful. Examples of fly patterns with tying instructions would have been useful. Also I see very little difference between this tehnique and the coarse fishing technique of free lining. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:12:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/ian-strachan-czech-nymphing-guidevery-useful-freebie-rating55-helped-catch-12-grayling-on-the-test-very-next-day.html Helped catch 12 grayling on The Test very next day! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:12:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stefan-lockwood-taylor-blank-buster-bloodworm-rating55-marvelous-flies-and-fantastic-service-thank-you.html Marvelous flies and fantastic service, thank you. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:13:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-simpkins-straggle-string-sf8350-fluorescent-various-rating55-once-again-an-excellent-service-from-the-essential-fly-company-11-packs-order-and-delivered-in-rapid-time.html Once again, an excellent service from The Essential Fly company. 11 packs order and delivered in rapid time. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:13:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gary-dempsey-sd-5005-small-but-deadly-rating55-caught-on-this-first-time-i-used-it-bought-with-a-specific-stillwater-in-mind.html Caught on this first time i used it, bought with a specific stillwater in mind. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/Stefan Lockwood-Taylor-Bundle29-Bloodworm collection-As always fantastic flies and a fantastic service, thank you..html As always fantastic flies and a fantastic service, thank you. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:56:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gary-dempsey-stroft-strong-and-supple-rating55-the-more-i-use-stroft-the-more-i-like-it.html The more i use stroft the more i like it. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/andrew-smith-fo-3007-absolute-killer-fly-this-fly-has-worked-where-ever-i-have-used-it-nicely-tied-perfectly-weighted-highly-recommended.html This fly has worked where ever I have used it. Nicely tied perfectly weighted, highly recommended. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/flies.htm.html Flies all 20% discount until October 12th with spend of over £20 excluding postage Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:14:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/terence-holmes-braided-loop-connector-rating55-high-visability-easy-to-fit.html High visability easy to fit. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/terence-holmes-frog-hair-flourocarbon-tippet-clearview-waterproof-fly-box-rating55-very-good-productvery-pleased-with-product-flies-visible-outside-box.html Very good product.Very pleased with product flies visible outside box. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:22:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/joy-redhaed-service-rating55-your-service-is-unbeatable-ive-tried-other-sites-but-theres-none-to-match-you-i-am-one-very-happy-customer-many-thanks.html Your Service Is Unbeatable! I've tried other sites but there's none to match you ! I am one very happy customer. Many Thanks! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:17:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gerry-olin-diawl-bach-collection-rating55-great-flies-great-service.html Great flies great service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-morris-ef-2151-rating55-havent-used-it-yet-but-looks-good-great-speedy-service-and-very-reasonably-priced-great-customer-service.html Haven't used it yet but looks good. Great speedy service, and very reasonably priced, great customer service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/full-cortland-fly-line-range-available.html We are please to announce that we are selling the full range of cortland fly lines now available. In line with enhancing our fly range with being enhanced with new pike flies, salmon flies and Tubeology flies for saltwater, salmon and other species. In total there are now 204 lines from Cortland available through ourselves. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:19:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/Gerry Olin-Diawl Bach Collection-Great flies great service..html Great flies great service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gerald-prior-blue-dun-18-rating55-excellent-river-fly-accounted-for-several-wild-trout-on-a-recent-trip-to-yorkshire.html Excellent river fly ,accounted for several wild trout on a recent trip to yorkshire. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stuart-smitham-ffft-tying-challenge-kit-rating55-a-very-good-idea-and-product-promoting-fly-tying-to-the-general-public-open-to-all-from-beginner-up.html A very good idea and product, promoting Fly tying to the general public. Open to all from beginner to up. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:25:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/william-simpkins-round-4-challenge-rating55-once-again-what-can-i-say-that-i-have-not-said-previously-about-the-essential-fly-company.html Once again, what can I say that I have not said previously about the Essential Fly company, Their efficiency, excels all other company's that I have dealt with. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/martyn-gray-straggle-string-rating55-robust-excellent-for-hot-spots-highlights-and-ribbing.html Robust, excellent for hot spots, highlights and ribbing. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/karen-mcdonnell-booby-rating-55-great-fly-catches-fish-when-nothing-else-is-working.html Great fly catches fish when nothing else is working. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/victor-sturdee-zonker-strips-rating-55-as-the-title-suggests-the-strips-are-so-convenient-for-imitating-so-many-parts-of-a-fly-and-for-tying-in-tails-that-waggle.html As the title suggests, the strips are so convenient for imitating so many parts of a fly and for tying in tails that waggle. Especially useful, when tying certain Damsels, etc, etc. Use your imagination. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/terry-elton-feedback-i-find-the-site-user-friendly-i-look-forward-to-the-information-for-flies-of-the-month-the-service-is-superb-quality-excelent-value-for-money-second-to-none-many-thankseven-i-can-catch-with-your-help.html I find the site user friendly I look forward to the information for flies of the month and the service is superb quality excelent value for money second to none many thanks.Even I can catch with your help. Regards Terry Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/colin-purvey-on-line-order-rating-55-i-am-new-to-fly-tying-this-is-the-site-i-will-use-in-the-future-100-excellent.html I AM NEW TO FLY TYING, THIS IS THE SITE I WILL USE IN THE FUTURE 100% EXCELLENT. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-sloan-service-thanks-for-a-speedy-service-as-always.html Thanks for a speedy service as always. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/charlie-williams-quality-and-service-many-thanksgood-delivery-time-and-well-packedas-ever-the-quality-of-the-flies-are-excellent.html Many thanks,good delivery time and well packed,as ever the quality of the flies are excellent. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:09:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/Karen McDonnell-nomad-Great fly very well tied..html Great fly very well tied. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:46:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/available-now-wychwood-competition-fly-boxes-hold-1000-flies.html Along with all the best selling features of the standard Vuefinder range the Competition Fly Box is also capable of storing up to 1,000 flies and features a unique locking clip design which allows competition anglers to measure selected flies and ensure they meet the International Competition standards Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-jones-humpy-dumpy-rating-55-well-tied-well-presented-swift-service.html Well tied, well presented, swift service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/darrell-dotson-seals-fur-rating-55-love-this-fur-great-great-stuff-best-looking-sulphur-emerger-around.html Love this fur - great, great stuff - best looking sulphur emerger around. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/darrell-dotson-kamasan-b100-rating-55-great-great-hook-perfect-for-emergers.html Great, great hook - perfect for emergers. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/jon-haugen-holographic-tinsel-rating-35-good-value.html Good value! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/darrell-dotson-glo-brite-floss-rating-55-i-love-this-stuff-i-use-this-on-a-loads-of-flies.html I love this stuff! I use this on a loads of flies. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:32:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/david-jones-tale-of-the-stoat-rating-55-looks-good-the-only-thing-it-doesnt-seem-to-do-is-wag.html Looks good, the only thing it doesn't seem to do is wag. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:31:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/thingamabobbers-are-now-back-in-stock-ideal-for-drifting-nymphs-in-fast-rivers-or-for-supporting-buzzers-at-a-fixed-length-on-depths-an-alternative-to-a-elk-hair-fly-or-foam-fly-for-support.html Thingamabobbers are now back in stock. Ideal for drifting nymphs in fast rivers or for supporting buzzers at a fixed length on depths. An alternative to a elk hair fly or foam fly for support Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:24:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/trond-pettersen-customer-review-55-bead-head-bh-yellow-montana-very-good-service-and-very-good-quality-on-the-fliesbest-online-shop-11-sept-2010.html Trond Pettersen - Bead Head (BH) Yellow Montana very good service and very good quality on the flies. Best online shop Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:01:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/tim-hamper-bh-ace-of-spades-rating-55-beautifully-tied-as-always-and-as-deadly-as-always-definitely-my-banker-fly-on-my-home-water-strongly-recommended.html Beautifully tied as always, and as deadly as always. Definitely my 'banker' fly on my home water. Strongly recommended. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/alan-hunter-uv-torch-ratint-45-very-good-quality-a-good-price-and-delivered-quickly.html Very good quality, a good price and delivered quickly. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/karen-mcdonnell-great-fly-rating-55-really-good-fly-trout-go-crazy-for-it-everyone-should-buy-this-fly.html Really good fly trout go crazy for it everyone should buy this fly. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/karen-mcdonnell-super-fly-product-rating-55-super-fly-landed-5-rainbows-between-2-and-5lb-on-first-outing-loads-of-bites-will-be-buying-more-soon.html super fly landed 5 rainbows between 2 and 5lb on first outing loads of bites will be buying more soon Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/leslie-currie-bouncing-blobs-rating-45-good-quality-good-service.html Good quality good service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/leslie-currie-mini-lures-rating-45-good-addition-to-fly-box.html Good addition to fly box. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-todd-muddler-minnow-black-rating-55-quality-item-quality-service.html Quality item, quality service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:36:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/nigel-austin-product-rating-55-the-flies-for-all-of-my-order-were-of-a-similar-high-standard-to-other-orders-delivered-on-time-i-look-forward-to-using-them-for-winter-grayling-fishing.html Nigel Austin - Product Rating 5/5 - The flies for all of my order were of a similar high standard to other orders. Delivered on time I look forward to using them for winter grayling fishing. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-todd-glass-minnow-roach-fry-rating-55-quality-item-quality-service.html Quality item, quality service. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-peel-teal-blue-and-silver-rating-55-nailed-a-couple-of-sea-trout-on-this-fly-last-week-in-mid-wales-no-complaints.html Nailed a couple of sea trout on this fly last week in Mid Wales, no complaints!!!! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/johannes-simmet-cm-cpblack-sunglasses-rating-55-i-must-say-glasses-for-that-price-arent-easy-to-find-in-germany-so-for-me-this-buy-was-a-very-good-choice.html I must say, glasses for that price aren't easy to find in Germany. So for me this buy was a very good choice. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/john-hart-essential-salmon-fly-selection-rating-55-my-faith-in-people-has-been-restored-superb-service-a-pleasure-to-endorse.html My faith in people has been restored. Superb service A pleasure to endorse. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/james-jackson-customer-e-mail-once-again-guys-you-by-far-the-best-online-shop-i-have-ever-dealt-with.html Once again guys, you by far the best online shop i have ever dealt with. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/michael-pearce-5-star-service-great-information-on-month-to-month-hatches-highly-recommend.html 5 star service great information on month to month hatches highly recommend. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/frank-woods-grannom-caddis-rating-55-top-quality-products-packaging-and-delivery-service-as-always.html Top quality products, packaging & delivery service as always. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/richard-thom-customer-e-mail-fantastic-service-the-goods-were-with-me-the-next-day-i-cant-wait-to-get-out-there-and-try-it-all.html Fantastic service the goods were with me the next day. I cant wait to get out there and try it all. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/frank-woods-claret-pennell-product-rating-55-top-quality-products-packaging-delivery-service-as-always.html Top quality products, packaging & delivery service as always Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/gerald-baugh-product-rating-55-tapered-fly-leader-all-round-usage-52lb-4x-only-my-second-outing-fly-fishing-and-it-did-everything-it-says-it-will-do-but-it-forgot-to-mention-the-13lb-4oz-rainbow-i-caught-which-it-handled-brilliantly.html Gerald Baugh - Product Rating 5.5 - Tapered Fly Leader - All Round Usage 5.2lb 4X - only my second outing fly fishing & it did everything it says it will do. But it forgot to mention the 13lb 4oz rainbow I caught which it handled brilliantly. Not forgetting the speedy service & the months flies to try Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/limited-stock-of-jungle-capes-available-each-with-large-picture-so-you-can-see-the-exact-cape-you-are-ordering.html Limited Stock of Jungle Capes Available - Each with large picture so you can see the exact cape you are ordering. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:54:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/hans-dermot-doran-product-rating-55-cjs-ducks-dun-charles-jardine-great-tie-convincing-stimulator-colour-at-head-and-robust-to-many-takes-a-killer-pattern.html Hans Dermot Doran Product Rating 5/5 - CJ's Duck's Dun - Charles Jardine - Great tie - convincing stimulator colour at head and robust to many takes - a killer pattern Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/les-beal-rating-45-for-bead-head-bh-gold-ribbed-hares-ear-grhe-olive-have-fished-this-nymph-3-times-now-without-success-but-am-confident-because-its-a-piece-of-craftmanship.html Les Beal - Rating 4/5 for Bead Head (BH) Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear GRHE Olive - Have fished this nymph 3 times now without success but am confident because its a piece of craftmanship. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/new-look-and-feel-site-launched-10-discount-on-everything-until-september-17th.html We have today launched our new look and feel site. The site is intended to make browsing easier and a more pleasurable experience. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:35:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stephen-jones-customer-email-received-order-one-day-after-ordering-excellent-service-great-quality-flies-love-the-stroft-line-once-again-pleasure-doing-business.html Stephen Jones - Received order one day after ordering ,excellent service, great quality flies, love the stroft line. Once again pleasure doing business. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/the-essential-challenge-year-1-winner-announced.html A superb new competition with Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine - Are You Good Enough? Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/extended-zonker-colour-range-released.html Working with our furrier we have a new range of quality zonker strips in many colours available. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:15:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sunray-shadow-salmon-tube-flies-released.html Sunray Shadows, A modern souped up version of the Collie Dog with superb flowing wings released at £1.99 each. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:23:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/stroft-gtm-available-probably-the-best-tippet-line-around.html Stroft GTM is probably the finest tippet material available today. Now in stock. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/customer-complaint-from-barry-clark.html An interesting complaint from Barry Clark while fishing at Avington with The Essential Fly flies. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:01:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/mike-hardings-northen-spiders-heritage-range-released.html To go alongside Mike's great new book we have worked with him to tie a range of spider patterns, using traditional materials. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/catchpro-sunglasses-including-preseription-fly-fising-glasses-available.html CatchPro glasses available. Superb with 3 interchangeable lenses. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:56:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news-26.html This is what a good fly can catch! Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/joe-adams-with-male-steelhead-on-our-flies.html Joe Adams with a beautiful Steelhead caught with just 4lb leader. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/more-on-adams-dry-flies.html 34 trout in 4 outings with this fly! Wow! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/new-range-of-silicon-legs-released-for-fly-tying.html We have launched a new range of silicone legs for fly tying .... perfect on nymphs, daddies and woolly buggers! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/derek-pitman-on-adams-dry-flies.html What a day, 20 fish including brown 9.5lb, rainbow 7.5lbs. Well done Derek Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/sandy-dickson-moves-from-fulling-mill-to-the-essential-fly.html Sandy Dickson, the Fly Tyer's Tyer formerly tying for Crystal River and Fulling Mill has taken the role as Fly Designer with The Essential Fly Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/peter-chambers-wins-sata-grayling-day-on-tef-flies.html Harrogate Angler Peter Chambers Wins SATA Grayling Day on The Essential Fly Klinkhammers and becomes luckier as the day progresses! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:29:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/chris-faulkner-first-salmon.html We all know how important catching certain fish are, and first salmon are certainly one of our memorable days. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/dry-fly-fishing-rigs-tips-and-hints.html Double dry fly rigs, dry fly and emerger and dry fly with nymph rigs..... give it a whirl. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:26:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/kick-ass-damsels-released.html Kick-Ass Damsels - reviewed August 2008 Total FlyFisher now available Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:47:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/colin-hind-wins-airflo-classic-2008-regional-heat-south-with-tef-flies.html Winning with The Essential Fly Reservoir Lure pack! Full Bag on and winner on a single fly. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:28:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/anthony-hooley-on-sea-trout-in-tierra-del-fuego.html As seen in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine July 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:34:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/the-pinky-now-available.html NOW AVAILABLE - Total FlyFisher Magazine June 2008 pages 45 to 50 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:27:00 +0100 http://www.theessentialfly.com/news/salmon-tube-fly-range-released.html New range of copper and nylon tubes released. 3/4" to 2" tubes available. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:26:00 +0100