Its that time of year again when we start preparing for a new season. My thoughts are already on the salmon and the season starts again in just a few days time on the 15th January where I fish on the Tay. I am preparing for my first outing with Intruders a steel head pattern from …
For the last few years I have been lucky enough to get an invite to a fly dressing master class that Paul Little runs in the lead up to the British Fly Fair International. There are normally a dozen or so tiers present from the UK and the USA. The USA sent Marvin Nolte and …
The Milngavie Fly Dressers decided on the 16th January 2014 that they would become a branch of the Fly Dressers Guild. This is great news for Glasgow as the original Glasgow Branch ceased in approximately 2002. The attraction was the ability to participate in the Guild’s Bronze, Silver and Gold awards scheme. Everything else at …
Its that time of year again with our fishing coming to a close. Our fly dressing group will start to meet on Thursday evenings from the 3rd October. We welcome tiers of all levels so if you are a complete beginner we will try to get you started and if you are experienced come and …
A couple of weeks ago it was the penultimate day of our winter calender for the fly dressers. At very short notice we managed to secure a demonstration from Jim Miln of the Alloa Angling Shop. Jim has developed some very effective realistic wings which are now supplied by Veniards and are called oddly enough “Jims Wings”. These wings …