TYING THERAPY?

This time of the year, during the wet that is, when its difficult to get out between storms etc. some of us get a bit bored if we cant get out to fish as often as we might.  Darwin Harbour is great for the short trips and I will do a bit more on that later.  But the only therapy I have when you cant go fishing, other than a good red, is tying flies.    But even that can get a bit depressing when its pouring, so I download all those great old audio books and listen to them while I tie. But a bit more on flies...

Now a lot has been said about "The Best Flies" and there is some playful sledging going on between some of us.

I will try and get the instructions for tying all of these and send them out whenever possible..


There are the  "STIG" flies, Wayne Williams Sunday to Saturday flies (STS), the innovative KK (Krazy Krantz flies) and even my Dodgy flies that all work.  But which is the "best"?  Truth I think is, if it catches a fish, its the best fly, but some do really work well in slow or conditions when the most consistent "clouser" and its variations are not working. Liam Hatcher ties some great flies too and you can have a look at his site on http://www.hdflies.com/


 From the 'Stig'

The STS

Some  KK flies

I like to tie the 'special' dodgy' flies in bird fur or something similar like marabou etc.  The black with red metalic is one of Cathies Favourites, Lord Jim favours the yellow and white while I think the 'wild thing' in pink and green is the shot....

 Here is a bit of information on tying the "Wild Thing" (please excuse the spelling)