Jon Boy

hi ray

thanks for posting the pictures

i think we can see it is a mistake to varnish the cat gut

when the water absorbs into the catgut it looks so much better

all the best

john

hi all

starting on dry flies for nest season

here a have klinkhamers in a few differents shades on size 16 kilinkamer hooks

i have some tied on 18s(not pictured)

what i will do also is tie some on 12s for searching on fast water

hope you all like them

all the best

john

stu

you can get these hooks from lakeland flytying

i think they are cheaper than salars

the only problem is that they only go down to a size 7

all the best

john

olliojamo i am thinking you work for eumer

i have used emur tubes

i think they are good

all the best

john

excellent as always

john

excellent tying bob

the more i see speys the more i want to tie them(lot more other styles to tie first though)

all the best

john

love seeing nice full tidy boxs

excellent tying Shaq

all the best

john

ray excellent tying as always

both zonkers without flaw

all the best

john

lovely ray

im wondering if you could wet those little beauties and photograph them to see differencr between wet and dry states

ps i havent forgot about articles i just cant get time at work to scan them

all the best

john

wow

that is serious production line flytying

all the best

john

ray

its for freshwater

all my salmon fishing is done in rivers

john

many thanks for the comments guys

hi all

the third long tail shrimp i have tied

this one is allys gowans orininal pattern from which so many variants came from

however the cascade would always be my first choice

in my mind they are for the same conditions

tied on a size 9 gold salar single

hope you all like it

all the best

john

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Jon Boy:

Allys Shrimp

hi all

another long tail shrimp i tied

i have never fished this one before but like the look of it

purple is a good colour for salmon

it is tied on a partride salar size 9

hope you all like it

all the best

john

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Jon Boy:

Silk Cut Shrimp

hi all

i tied some long tail shrimps about 2 weeks ago

the cascade is may favourite of all long tail shrimps

this is tied on a size 7 alec ackson gold spey hook

hope you all like it

all the best

john

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Jon Boy:

Cascade

hi ray

a lot of color and a lot of movement on this fly

i would use it with the thoughts if it doesnt scare them away they will grab it

i have not seen many atlantic salmon flies with this colour scheme ( even though you are probably using it for steelhead)

all the best

john

lovely

i really like the look of speys

must start giving them a swin

all the best

john

Excellent tying Jamie

There is a nice translucence in the yellow mohair

Just one thing you could help me out with?

I am not too familiar with mohair but i am just thinking will slim down maybe too much in the stream?

these type of flies were designed to produce a big profile in the water ?? Maybe Jens can answer this

keep it up

all the best

john

Excellent tying Ulf

i am wondering how you go about fishing this one?

all the best

john

very nice

never used pink on trout before but will give it a go this season

all the best

john

many thanks ray

maybe one of the reasons i did not catch many fish last season is cause i had no flies to use named after me now i do

i do like the red at the throat

hope its a killer

all the best

john

many thanks guys

paul the hackle i use is from a mallard wing Henphorpe Purple

no peacock spiders doh

Working from left to right from bottom to top they are called

Greenwells Spider, Williams Favourite

Henthorpe Purple, Partridge & Yellow

Winter Brown, Phesant Tail

Broughtons Point, Claret Hares ear

Partridge & Orange, Silver Spider

Hares Ear

Greenwells Glory

all the best

john