Saturday, 22 January 2011

Bertie Dastard

The Bertie Dastard was designed by me, it originally had the hair from my terrier BERT in the wing but as it got more popular I had to change it because he was getting bald!! This fly is a must when fishing the Dee its Black & Yellow combination and sparse dressing make it perfect for the Spring on Deeside. Again this fly is a big hit on foreign shores accounting for fish in Norway, Sweden and Russia.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Smith's Shrimp Salar Double.

The Smith's Shrimp Salar Double has now become firm favourite on Deeside, over the past couple of years it has proved itself to be a great fish catcher. It comes into its own from around early to mid April and continues to catch fish all year. It is also now gaining a reputation for catching outside Scotland, it did well in Norway in the summer and in drought conditions in Russia but did particularly well when fished in Iceland last year, even out-fishing one of my all time favourite flies the Red Frances!!