Flicking feathers

I recently joined the pro-staff of Sybai materials  . As I just took delivery of my first batch of materials, you'll be able to see some of the flies I tie with their stuff on the Sybai YouTube page soon. Looking forward to featuring a range of carp, saltwater and trout flies on here soon.

If you've been reading this blog, you'll probably know about my YouTube channel, that might even be how you got here.  Well It's growing nicely and For the most part the feedback is good, and I am getting better at the filming and editing.  One thing I have been getting asked about though is beginner's stuff.  So I decided I'd do a beginner series of simple flies that catch fish and help beginners become more adept in their tying skills.  I'm starting with some still water trout videos and I'll move on to river bugs, dries and eventually salt water covering a range of basic and slightly more advanced  skills as I go. with the flies within each section becomming slighlty less easy as they go along. Here's the first video

Busy Summer Well I've had a super busy summer so not much time to write on here, especially when instagram and twitter are so quick.  Poor substitute I know, but there's been a lot going on.  First thing is  I got an article published in the North Forty E-magazine which you can read here HERE  it's an introduction to Fly fishing for carp  with a Japanese twist. Really happy with it and hoping to have some more articles in other publications soon I've also just made Flicking feathers into an actual business, doing fly tying demos, teaching and selling custom flies which is going pretty well, but it's keeping me busy all the time.. keep your eyes peeled for a webshop coming soon-hoping to have some logo printed technical shirts and the like as well as fly tying stuff. Fishing Not been out as much as I'd like, but then I never do fish as much as I'd like.  Between work, Youtube and tying I've only managed about 1 trip a week, mostly for river

This is something that's been doing the rounds recently and is quite a worry. I'd encourage you all to get behind Stu's Fly Shop and support in anyway you can.  This could happen to your local fly shop too. Follow the link to find out more. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Stu-s-Fly-Shop-NZ---Fly-Shop-ATTACKED.html?soid=1105909532335&aid=o2wKM3Tgpp8

Sharks on Fly has been something I've been thinking a lot about over the last year or so.  Definitely something I am keen to try.  Here's a cool video I found on you tube going over some of the basics.

Still tying for mexico, and filming the patterns as I go, but also reading like crazy about permit. Here's one of my favourites so far. http://midcurrent.com/techniques/hunting-permit/ And here are some of the most recent flies I've been tying KUNG FU CRAB Tarpon Bug

Heading off to Mexico this coming winter, so I've been hitting the vice. First on the list is the McCrab deer hair crab McCrab