Morning all,

We finally got back to the office late on Sunday night - after a fantastic weekend at the BFFI with our Feathersmith Kits - thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello.

It's always great to meet our customers face-to-face - one of the worst thing about running an online company is that you never get to actually meet 99% of your customers - you only know their names - which is why attending these events is such a great pleasure.

Here's one of the 'fly fairies' (Jack), looking suitable tired on Sunday morning!

In our office's 'safe storage locker' was a delivery which arrived on Friday - one we've been eagerly expecting for a while.

It contained lots of our early-season trout goodies - which we've lined up to be photographed, but also included, within the depths. were just a few of a really popular nymph - one which you've been emailing me about since we sold out (within 1 hour) late last year, it's the:

Nested 'Hot-Spot' Nymph Selections

&

Endrick's Spider Selections

Both of these selections are perfect for targeting late-season Grayling and early-season Trout (for those of you who like to plan ahead, as it's only a few weeks away now).

Let's start with the Nested 'Hot-Spot' Nymphs ...

As I mentioned above, we originally launched these Nested 'Hot-Spot' Nymphs late last year and they sold out within 1 hour!

So it was only right that we asked our tyers to squeeze a few more for us, and here' they are.

Please Note: Those of you who asked to be notified on their return, should have already received emails allowing you to grab yours.

I believe these nymphs are some of the most innovative on the market today - I've never seen any others tied with a similar bead configuration - and they catch fish!

It all started in October 2023, when one of our most innovative tyers contacted me to say he'd been playing around with a few ideas and wanted to run something past me ...

We all know that when fishing heavier nymphs you want to get the fly to the river bed quickly, especially true when you are targeting Grayling, but adding more weight generally means you need a bigger hook - when the nymphs we are trying to imitate are quite small, this is difficult.

He had the idea of nesting one bead inside another - you first add a small bead (in our case we've used a 2.0mm Orange tungsten one), then you slide on a larger tungsten bead backwards (in these nymphs we've used a 3.2mm silver one) - this allows the smaller tungsten bead to sit half inside the recess of the larger one - clever eh!

Here are a few close-ups to give you an idea:

I loved this idea and earlier last year I tied a few up for myself and headed out to the water. Now our part of the Yorkshire Derwent is not really known for its Grayling fishing, so I wasn't expecting great things - but on the 2nd lob (I was Euro Nymphing) I had a small Grayling - result!

I carried on fishing for the next hour - it was freezing cold - and I had a further 3 fish - all a similar size. For our river, that's a good return of Grayling!

I also sent a few to a friend who regularly fishes on a stillwater, for him to test out ... he had similar success fishing these on the drift under an indicator.

So they work well on both Rivers and Stillwaters - that's a bonus!

With the result fed back to our tyers, we decided to go for them in four different body colours - Hares Ear, Black, Olive & Peacock - the regular colours and styles that take the majority of fish anywhere in the world.

We've now got them back in stock again, but unfortunately we only have 20 selections to go around (and a few available to buy individually) - so you will need to be pretty quick off the mark!

To say that our tyers have done us proud is an understatement - considering they are pretty fiddly to tie these are exceptional.

You can see from the images contained in this email that the bodies are all the correct proportions, and the Hares Ear one is a little scruffy - just how the fish seem to like them.

Here we present our Nested Tungsten 'Hot-Spot' Nymphs, the selection contains four different patterns:

• Hares Ear
• Black
• Olive
• Peacock

We are making these available to you only as a selection. The selection contains 3 (three) of each pattern - in total, there are 12 Nested 'Hot-Spot' Nymphs in the selection - all tied on size 14 barbless hooks with 3.2mm and 2.0mm tungsten bead heads.

The Nested Tungsten 'Hot-Spot' Nymph Selection is now available again for only £22.00, supplied in our eco-friendly packaging.

 

*** We only have a small number of these available (20 to be exact), so you will need to be quick I've already got mine safely stashed away in my fly box, otherwise, we would have had more!***

 

The Endrick's Spider

- The Early Season Trout Special!

This fly pattern was originally devised by John Harwood, and used extensively in the larger sizes on the river Endrick (hence the name) to tempt Salmon and Sea Trout.

Most anglers now recognise this pattern in the smaller trout sizes, it is a fantastic pattern to use in the very early trout season (March & April), either as a part of a team (used as the point fly on a Spider rig) or as a single nymph to explore pocket water.

It's just so life-like, and really comes into its own when fished in faster water.

Here we present our Endrick Spider Selection, the selection contains three each of sizes 12, 14, 16 & 18 - all tied on strong barbless hooks.

As we're pretty anal about our nymphs, we've even weighed them:

• The Endrick Spider in a size 12 weighs 0.15g
• The Endrick Spider in a size 14 weighs 0.11g
• The Endrick Spider in a size 16 weighs 0.09g
• This Endrick Spider in a size 18 weighs 0.07g

That's a total of 12 Endrick Spider's at a heavily discounted price of only £15.00 (bought individually these would be £18.00), supplied in our eco-friendly packaging and includes FREE delivery to anywhere in the UK.

 

Get out there, keep warm, lob around some nymphs around and have fun!