I love tying with this material ..read more

Well I know I've been quite lately, so I thought I'd post a couple of recent flies tied , with water temperatures still up hopefully when the winds die I'll pop out again ..read more

I woke up at 03.30 am and could not get back to sleep, 04.30 I was out fishing , Just before 6 am I managed 2 schoolies , a small one and and one about 2lb 8 oz ..read more

I have been trying very hard to catch myself one of those lovely looking sea trout on a fly that I am always seeing when I am out fly fishing for bass, then this morning I take my lure rod out to see if any of the bigger bass are coming in yet and low and behold after a few casts with a small metal lure I manage to get myself a sea trout, only small but a sea trout out of my local coastal water.. very pleased all the same ..read more

As the weather warmed up again I've had a few tough days down the docks , But I've managed 2 bass in a very short spell, 2lb 5 oz And 5lb 8oz and as always they are returned for the future ..read more

We had a hell of a thunderstorm 2 am this morning and rain that was biblical, After nodding off and waking up at 7 am ( late for me) I headed out for a few hours and managed a 6 lb bass , I really enjoy catching these things on my 6 weight , The fly is a size 6 ahrex curvered saltwater hook tied to look like a sandsmelt or baby mullet. The bass was safely returned ..read more

This time last year I'd had over 80 bass on the fly and by November I had a total of 120. Last year was amazing although I was out almost every morning, this year I've not had the energy to fish as much. With around 60 bass last year to it's name i re tied one of my favourite flies which had bass to 7lb 8 oz. A dna sandsmelt/ herring fly tied on a ahrex curved saltwater hook in size 4 ..read more

As the weather is now getting better and the the salt water at the end of my road is no longer the colour of coffee. I decided on a quick bass on the fly session before breakfast this morning. spent a hour and a half on the beach using a inch and a half long baitfish pattern that i had tied for the purpose, it resulted in this bass at around 52 cm plus a garfish and another bass that didnt make it to the net ..read more

This morning I'd planned to go to the river at first light and try for a sea trout, I woke up at 4 am and checked the river levels online, over night rain and the river was rising again, gggrrrrr With that I decided I'd get back on the bass I managed 2 bass, 1, of 4lb which took 40 yards of fly line and 50 odd yards of backing , never had a bass of that size fight so hard which was great fun. Then a smaller bass of 2lb, both returned to fight another day ..read more

After having time away for having a serious bad chest infection I got back out today. Hours worth of fishing and a stunning mullet ..read more