Plans Change & A Barbless Birthday 🎂🎂🎂
As fly anglers, we have to learn to adapt and like any good business we have to be pretty nimble and adapt to changes happening all around us.
Here at Barbless Flies we generally plan our emails at least two months in advance - it's the only way we can make sure we provide content that's relevant, interesting and hopefully sometimes amusing.
Take this week as a case in point - We were all ready to showcase some of our smaller Summer-specific patterns - Green Dream, Sparkle Pupa etc., which are ideal for late Summer conditions on both rivers and stillwaters - when up popped our local weatherman and told the population that we'd be needing jumpers rather than suncream this week.
That put a spanner in the works ...
We always pride ourselves on providing info that is up-to-date, accurate and at just the right time. So we've jiggled things around a little and today's missive is all about how to get the best from these unseasonable conditions.
The best way to tackle these 'Indian Spring' conditions is to approach it as if it were actually Spring - the same insects will be making a re-appearance (Blue-Winged Olives & Iron Blues, March Browns etc.):
Your 'Indian Spring' line of attack should be with similar flies, using similar techniques to that of the Early Season and fly presentation is key.
To me, the presentation of the fly is the most important aspect of fly fishing. The presentation of the fly means different things depending on what stage of the life cycle you are aiming to imitate.
If you are fishing nymphs or spiders, presentation means that you need to be presenting your fly at the right depth of water where the nymphs are actually swimming.
When fishing dry flies, you need to present the fly so that it moves around naturally in the different currents on the surface of the water.
Remember - an incorrect imitation well presented will more than likely catch, whereas a perfect imitation presented badly will not.
The majority of late-season success will be sub-surface in the mornings and then dry fly from noon onwards, that's the reason our 'Match The Hatch' selection have been so popular since we launched them - they include the full lifecycle, nymphs, emergers, dries and spinners/spent.
As it's my birthday today, I've a special offer for you on our most popular 'Match The Hatch' selections which are perfect for the coming weeks. The first 20 orders for each of the 'Match The Hatch' selections will get a 20% discount on each set:
Match The Hatch Selection - Blue-Winged Olive
£20.00 Regular price £25.00
Match The Hatch Selection - Iron Blue
£20.00 Regular price £25.00
As a reminder, each of our Match The Hatch Selections contain:
15 Flies - Three flies for each of the five main lifecycle stages we are trying to imitate for the Blue-Winged Olive.
Full Insect Information - Access to a hidden webpage which provides information on the Blue-Winged Olive, it also outlines in detail each of the patterns supplied, giving information on when and how to use them.
Luxurious Presentation Box - Each of our Match The Hatch fly selections is delivered in a luxurious presentation box - the ideal gift?
*** That's right - A Special Offer on flies you actually want, are in season and will catch you fish now! ***
Your 'Match The Hatch' Primer
The more successful anglers are the ones who can successfully translate what is happening around them to tactics when on the water (be it Rivers or Stillwaters), a major part of that is deciding which fly to present to the fish.
This is where matching the hatch comes into play - where possible, you should always try to offer up an imitation which closely resembles the insects the fish are expecting to see at the time - hence 'Matching The Hatch'.
We wanted to be a little different and add much more value ... In each of our Match The Hatch Selections we have included a QR code (which you scan with your phone/tablet), this takes you to a hidden page on our website which is dedicated to the selection of flies you have just bought, for example:
On this page (sample above), you will find lots of information on the insect you are trying to match - how to identify it etc, a list of all the flies contained within the selection - including hints and tips on when, where and how you fish each one of them.
Over the past few months we have worked very closely with our Artisan Fly Designers and produced a full range of 'Match The Hatch' Selections - all tied with the highest quality materials on the best quality hooks available (AHREX). Each of our 'Match The Hatch' selections contains patterns which cover the full lifecycle of the insect in question (Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner etc).
We've also presented them in a really nice box, pretty neat eh ...
As I mentioned above,this was a bit of a last minute substitute to our previously scheduled email - I'm sure the weather will revert to type next week, and regular service will be resumed + we've a very special Bosnian set of flies we are releasing on Thursday, they are being delivered to us today and I'm fishing with them tonight - so stay tuned!
Tight lines, don't forget your thermals and enjoy the outdoors.
