A Mayfly Amuse-Bouche - Just a Taster of Our NEW Artisan Mayflies
A Taster for Mayflies?
As we've now started plotting Mayfly hatches on our Mayfly Tracker, we thought it was a good idea to give you the chance to try a "taster selection" of our stunning new Individual Mayflies, so you can see which ones work best on your local waters. It will not be long now until the trout start to realise exactly what they are missing out on and start to 'look up' in earnest.
Before I get into the real meat of this email, just one quick Parish Notice:
If you've visited our website over the weekend, you will have seen this pop-up at you:
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Now, back to the Mayflies ...
We have started to see the odd Mayfly up here in North Yorkshire, but nothing really to stir too much interest from the fish - we're hoping this nice weather will really spur them on. But up here, we don't generally get to cast a Mayfly imitation in anger until the last week of May.
We are continuing this Mayfly season with a taster selection of our Artisan Mayflies. Think of it as an 'amuse-bouche' of the fly fishing world, giving you a few of our wide range of mayflies, and allowing you to see which ones work best on your waters.
In total there are 6 patterns (covering each of the Mayfly lifecycle - from nymph to spent), supplied in our eco-friendly packaging, for only £12.50 (which includes FREE delivery to anywhere in the UK) - that's a 15% discount on buying them individually, just click on any image or button below for a closer look.
Towards the end of this email, we also have a very special set of Mayflies - we're calling it our Luxury Artisan Mayfly Selection which is stuffed full of our Artisan Mayflies and supplied in one of Jeff Jones' Oak fly boxes - hand-made in Wales.
The quality of these mayflies has to be seen to be believed, they are all tied on Ahrex hooks (the best in the business) - we're sure you cannot find better quality anywhere else!
We are supplying this Taster Selection of Mayflies as a selection of 6 flies, each one a different stage of the lifecycle.
We usually run out of Mayflies, but this year will be different, we are determined to have them available to you for the full Mayfly season - they are all in stock and our shelves are groaning under their weight, we literally have thousands of them - so fill your boots!
Why not grab a Taster Selection today, see which ones work on your water, then top-up your box throughout the season - at only £12.50 for the full Artisan Mayfly Taster Selection, they are a bargain!
Get them while you can, as we did run out last year!
So, What's Included?
One each of These:
Mayfly Nymph
Mayfly Emerger
A Mayfly emerger imitation in White/Cream & Brown (the natural colours) with a little foam tied in at the head to allow the fly to sit correctly on the water. These emergers are tied on Ahrex FW531 barbless hooks and correspond to the actual size of a Mayfly.!
Loop-Wing Emerger
A Mayfly emerger imitation in White/Cream & Brown (the natural colours) a little foam tied in at the head and looped wings, to allow the fly to sit correctly on the water. These emergers are tied on Ahrex FW525 barbless hooks and correspond to the actual size of a Mayfly.
Mayfly Dun
A Mayfly Dun imitation in White/Cream & Brown (the natural colours) with a grey poly-yarn sighter post. These Dun imitations are tied on Ahrex FW525 barbless hooks and correspond to the actual size of a Mayfly.
Crippled Mayfly
A Crippled Mayfly imitation in White/Cream & Brown (the natural colours) with a long hackle, some mayflies die when hatching, this imitates those as the fish hoover them up. These Crippled Mayfly imitations are tied on Ahrex FW531 barbless hooks and correspond to the actual size of a Mayfly.
Spent Mayfly
A Spent Mayfly imitation in White/Cream & Brown (the natural colours) tied with outstretched poly-yarn to imitate the dying mayfly - there are the go-to flies when fishing on an evening. These Spent Mayfly imitations are tied on Ahrex FW525 barbless hooks and correspond to the actual size of a Mayfly.
We are supplying this Taster Selection of Mayflies as a selection of 6 flies (imitating each of the Mayfly lifecycle stages). We have already stocked up on these Mayflies and they're available now, at only £12.50 for the Mayfly Taster Selection - which includes FREE delivery.
Go on, you know you want to!
Fancy A Little Luxury?
Why not treat yourself, or a good fishing friend, to a Luxury Artisan Mayfly Selection. A really nice hand-made (in Wales) Oak fly box, stuffed full of Mayflies:
Our Luxury Artisan Mayfly Selection is a selection of flies to imitate the full lifecycle of the Mayfly (nymph, emerger, crippled, dun & spent). We are supplying this full selection, giving you three each of our wide range of Artisan mayflies, allowing you to see which works best on your waters. In total, there are 18 Mayflies supplied in one of Jeff Jones' Hand-Made (in Wales) Oak Fly Boxes.
All of these flies are tied using strong Ahrex (FW525 & FW531) barbless hooks, in the appropriate size for the insect stage (sizes 10 & 14) using the best quality materials available on the market.
We are supplying this Luxury Selection of Artisan Mayflies as a selection of 18 flies (three of each of the Mayfly lifecycle stages). We have already stocked up on these Mayflies and they're available now, at only £65.00 for the Luxury Selection - which includes FREE delivery.
Our Mayfly Tracker ...
We are drawing upon the community we have built over the last 10 years, to ask you to supply us with Mayfly hatch information - essentially, as soon as you see Mayfly hatching on your local water, get in touch to let me know where, and I will then plot it on a live map for all to see.
If you wish to contribute, (and we hope you will) as soon as you see a Mayfly hatch on your local water, please get in touch, by sending me an email (richard@barbless-flies.co.uk) to let me know the hatch location, and I will then update the live map.
TOP TIP: Reducing Leader Twist - when fishing with flies which have large wings - like Mayflies, this will induce twist in your leader (there's nothing you can really do to stop it). The majority of Mayfly patterns (especially the spent ones) have wings which act just like helicopter rotor blades and spin when you cast them. The best way to combat this is to:
- Reduce the length of your leader
- Increase the diameter of your leader
Try shortening the overall length of your tapered leader to around 6ft and step up your tippet diameter - use 3X or 4X. Once the fish really switch on to the Mayfly they become indifferent to your tippet, so step it up where you can.
Generally, once the fish are confidently taking mayflies they will not be shy of leaders, try dropping your leader length right down and using a thicker diameter. Try removing your tapered leader altogether and just using 4ft to 6ft of 5X tippet direct to your fly line with some of the larger flies (like the Baz Mayfly).
Have fun out there!
P.S. If you would like to buy any of the above Mayflies individually - from only £2.25 each - you can find them all by clicking the button below:
