The Ginger Tom - Version 2

As you may be aware, I've more than a passing interest in fishing books. Whilst perusing the 'Grayling Section' of my bookshelf, I came across a book which I bought ages ago but had not had much of a chance to read it thoroughly - other than flicking through the pages to see if any patterns caught my eye.

The book in question is Steve Skuce's "Grayling Flies" (available from all good fishing bookshops - if you've even a passing interest in all things 'Grayling', then you should add this to your Christmas list):

I don't know Steve (and to my knowledge have never met him), but he certainly knows his subject - in this case Grayling flies.

There was one fly which really caught my eye - it wasn't the image of it, it was the accompanying text:

"Every so often you come across a fly that is just sheer magic."

This is a fly, which is one of Steve's very own creations (designed for fishing in the clear waters of Southern England) and one which we already stock - The Ginger Tom:

However, whilst I've always found that the version of the Ginger Tom that we supply works wonders for trout, I've never personally found it as successful for Grayling - especially on the coloured waters we have up here in North Yorkshire.

So, one day early last month I set about refining it (very slightly) for our more northern river conditions ...

For me, I always prefer fishing Grayling nymphs on a jig hook - so that was the first change.

The next change was to try and make the fly stand out a little more in coloured water - so I added some ginger flash to the body material, and "Hey Presto", we have the Ginger Tom v2.0 ...

Just before Storm Babet did her thing to all of the rivers around the country, I got the chance to get out on the riverbank to target some Grayling with a 'hot off the vice' revised Ginger Tom.

In coloured water, they were (as Steve says) "sheer magic". I even caught a Grayling on one where I never even thought they existed - I was only testing the fly out to check how fast it sank and a fish took it near my feet - and no, I didn't land it as my line was wrapped around my leg at the time!

We've just received the finished pattern from our tyers in all the usual sizes (12 to 18), so our shelves are now groaning under their (tungsten) weight - and they're all looking for a new home.

So here it is - our Ginger Tom v2.0 Selection (and best of all, they're only £15 for the full set of 12):

Here we present our Ginger Tom v2.0 Selection, the selection contains three each of sizes 12, 14, 16 & 18 - all tied on barbless jig hooks (in total there are 12 tungsten Ginger Tom's v2.0's in this selection).

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

• The Ginger Tom v2.0 in a size 12 weighs 0.44g
• This Ginger Tom v2.0 in a size 14 weighs 0.30g
• This Ginger Tom v2.0 in a size 16 weighs 0.25g
• This Ginger Tom v2.0 in a size 18 weighs 0.17g

That's a total of 12 Ginger Tom v2.0 tungsten jigs at a heavily discounted price of only £15.00 (bought individually these would be £19.80), supplied in our eco-friendly packaging and includes FREE delivery.

*** We only have a small number of these selections available (40 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! ***

Next Week ...

We know that once we get towards the end of the month, your inboxes will be full to the brim of special 'Black Friday' offers - so we are going to go early.

With the launch of our ... Black Friday Barbless Bonanza (we do love an alliteration):

We know that once we get towards the end of the month, your inboxes will be full to the brim of special 'Black Friday' offers - so we are going to go early.

For all of our email community we will be running our Black Friday offers all through next week - we're calling it the Barbless Bonanza:

We will send you a very short email each day (except Tuesday, we've got something a little special planned), outlining the offers available - all offers will be time-limited and in very short supply so you will need to be quick, with new offers appearing each day.

We've set up a special hidden page on our website where all the daily offers will appear - we'll give you the link on Monday.

We've got some really special deals planned - and something a little different - so keep an eye on your emails next week!

 

Get out there, lob some tungsten around and have fun!

P.S. To read more about Grayling fishing, why not pick up our new book on Grayling Fishing - available now: