This is a pattern we used last year for the May fly here in Ireland a marvellous wee pattern.To dress the fly follow the following stepsstep 11 Tie in 4 strands of cdcStep 2 split the wing into a vee shapestep 3 Tie in...
With the fly tying season well into stride, my fly tying classes featured a week on using CDC.The students were amazed when I did the powerpoint presentation which showed close up views of the cdc, which enabled them to ...
It has been many a year since i fished Lough Arrow, and if i recall the last time i fished it was in 1982.It was with an old work pal Ian Matchett who came down with me to fish the May fly.I will always remember that wee...
Earlier in the year we came up with the ides of incorporating dyed cdc in traditional May fly patterns instead of the normal cock hackle.This was an idea i had messed around with over the past 2 years as when fishing on ...
With the season well into full swing,the past 2 months have seen a massive rise in the interest in fly dressing in Ireland and for myself it has been a busy season carrying out fly dressing classes and demonstrations aro...
Last year i was lucky enough to meet up with an old friend of mine Mark Patterson a fellow game angling instructor.After a long chat about teaching fly dressing it was put to me about becoming a fly dressing Instructor w...
With the Season here in Ireland well on its way we now begin what is called the duck fly season,this is a small chironomoid that hatches mid May on the irish Loughs and is a fantastic second only to the May fly hatch.My ...
The Strangford eel was designed by me a couple of years ago for hunting sea trout on Stengford Lough which is situated on the East coast of Northern Ireland.Tied on a no 6 deep water nymph hook it is also a great pattern...
Yesterday saw our first outing to Lough Sheelin in county Cavan, the weather was perfect with a small north west breeze we ventured out of Kilnahard pier and made our way to Orangefield where we saw fish rising.It was ti...
in 2012 saw Lawrence brought onto the Irish fly team to design patterns for the Loughs competition on Lough Sheelin.To say the least it was four hard days designing patterns and field testing these, but the success was t...
