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I know it's Saturday, and I don't want to interrupt your Cornflakes, but I wanted to give you a heads-up on a fly pattern which we've had loads of feedback on over the last couple of weeks (especially from Stillwater anglers - which really took us by surprise). I've also used them both with great success over the last few days on my local beck here in North Yorkshire, they are ...

It's still a little chilly (and damp) out there, I'm hoping this email will give you a niec warm feeling. But first ...

I'd like to thank all of you who bought one of our Hoodies (or Sweatshirts) earlier this month (they're available here) - it really does mean a lot to us, especially at this time of year.

You know the old saying:

"If you want to get ahead, get a hat"

Well, I've always thought it was decent advice. Though I suspect whoever coined it wasn't thinking about the temperatures we experience when fishing up here in North Yorkshire.

A-lure-ing Flies Morning, Here in the Barbless Flies household, we have an informal family motto: " si unus es habiturus, magnus es" which loosely...

Just a short one for you today ...

I thought you may like to know that we have just received new stock of a few "Winter Bankers" (or should that be Winter 'Not-Blankers') for both stillwaters and rivers.

There are some new colour variations and a few of our old faithfuls - which are virtually guaranteed to catch something ...

Quick question: when was the last time you tied on a Rhyacophila imitation?

If you're scratching your head, wondering what I'm on about, you're not alone.

Most anglers can rattle off their favourite sedge patterns, point to a box full of shrimp imitations, and wax lyrical about their preferred PTN variant.

But Rhyacophila? The free-swimming caddis larvae that trout and grayling absolutely hammer year-round?

While we're all obsessing over the sedge hatch, these aggressive little predators are crawling/swimming across the riverbed 365 days a year, and the fish know it.

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