It's been a warm one ... 🔆🔆🔆

by Richard Fieldhouse

It's been a warm one ... 🔆🔆🔆 

In our previous 'Artisan' email a few weeks back, I mentioned that we were the sole supplier in the UK for these fantastic flies. We have already started to receive our 2025 fly orders from them, ready for the beginning of next year's fly fishing season - it always pays to plan ahead!

As a part of these pre-season orders, we had planned a 'Spring' Selection (containing 8 dry fly and 4 nymph patterns) - ideal for those warmer pre-summer months.

Looking at the weather for the coming weeks, these patterns are also perfect for the conditions we will be experiencing - if the forecasters are to be believed - so rather than wait for 6 months until we let them loose on those unsuspecting trout, we're releasing them six months early, and calling them our Artisan 'Indian Summer' Selection**.

** I know the true definition of an Indian Summer is a spell of unseasonably warm weather after the first frost, but these flies will be perfect on both rivers and stillwaters until the end of the season - and I like the name!

All of the flies contained within this selection are superbly tied - using top class materials and attached to AHREX barbless hooks by a master of the tying art.

 I'm sure you can tell the quality from the images above and below:

As you will be no doubt aware this type of quality does not come cheap, these flies cost us quite a bit more than we usually buy flies in at - due to the very best quality materials and hooks - but we just couldn't resist, the quality is that good:

"The highest quality flies, tied with the best materials and hooks money can buy."

The last time we offered flies from this tyer the response was the best we've ever had from any of our flies, so here we present to you our Artisan 'Indian Summer' Selection:

The Artisan 'Indian Summer' Selection

Our Artisan 'Indian Summer' Selection consists of 24 flies, 2 each of 12 separate patterns:

Dry Flies:

  • Green Dream - Size 18 - Ahrex FW525
  • CdC Midge - Size 18 - Ahrex FW525
  • Mosquito - Size 16 - Ahrex FW503
  • Fluttering Little Black - Size 16 - Ahrex FW503
  • Fluttering Little Olive - Size 16 - Ahrex FW503
  • Sparkle Sedge Pupa - Size 16 - Ahrex FW541
  • Kayleigh - Size 16 - Ahrex FW525
  • Freebird - Size 18 - Ahrex FW503

Nymphs:

  • Caddis Larva (Tan) - Size 12 - Ahrex FW511
  • Caddis Larva (Olive) - Size 16 - Ahrex FW541
  • Little Olive Stone Nymph - Size 16 - Ahrex FW531
  • Snowfly Stone Nymph - Size 16 - Ahrex FW531

These flies are all tied on one of the best barbless hook ranges in the business, AHREX.

Please Note: We only have a limited amount - 40 selections - they take ages to tie to this quality. They will sell pretty quickly, so if you would like a selection you will need to be quick!

We are supplying 2 of each of the above patterns, that's 24 flies in total for a price of only £40, which is outstanding value for the quality - I know these are some of the more expensive flies we sell, but the quality has to be seen to be believed, and at only £1.66 per fly they are fantastic value.

Please Note: On the product page, you also have the option to include one of the fantastic Tacky Daypack silicone fly boxes (for only £15), bringing the total for flies and a silicone box to £55.

Our Artisan 'Indian Summer' Selection is very limited - we only have 40 available.

Just click on any image or button in this email to view details and buy your selection.

If you would like a set, you will need to be quick off the mark!

Here are a few more detailed images to really tempt you:

Detailed images (and specifications) of each fly contained within this specially curated selection can be found on our website, here.

Go on, you know you want to!

Warm Weather & Fish Welfare

The majority of fishing within the UK is Catch & Release, which is the reason for the popularity of barbless flies, the hooks just fall out of the fish once they are in the net.

When fishing in warmer weather, always keep the welfare of the fish at the forefront of your mind and adhere to the main Keep Fish Wet principles:

Minimise Air Exposure - Just like humans, fish need oxygen to support essential bodily functions and keep them alive. What’s different is that fish get their oxygen from the water (it is dissolved), not the air. Fish respiration (“breathing”) involves moving water into their mouth and over their gills, whether by pumping it or when swimming with their mouths open.

Eliminate Contact With Dry Surfaces - Fish have a layer of protective mucus (slime) and scales that protects them from disease. Contact with dry, hard, or rough surfaces (such as hands, rocks, sand, and boat bottoms) can remove slime and scales making fish more susceptible to diseases, especially fungal infections. Keeping fish in or over the water, and holding them with clean, wet hands or a soft rubber net will help keep their slime layer and scales intact and the fish disease free.

Reduce Handling Time - Fish are wild animals and handling is stressful for them, whether they are in your hands or in a net. Most fish that are brought to hand are still amped up based on the release of glucose to fuel their ‘fight or flight’ response to being caught. It can take hours for a fish to physiologically return to normal once it is released.

The longer you handle a fish, the more stressful it is for them, which compounds the stress associated with capture. You can read more about the ‘Keep Fish Wet’ principles here: www.keepfishwet.org

Tight lines, have fun & Keep Fish Wet.

P.S. We also just received a restock of our Artisan Summer Dry Selection, you can find those here:

 

 

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