A small packet came in from England..."High Heeled Hoppers"..

..what a surprise it was to find out one of my m8s from England is a 'pro tier'..Bob Holland..aka..Sunray, he enclosed in his package 5 very beautiful and different style of 'hoppers', that is for here in Canada. He calls them the 'High Heeled Hoppers'..however,he also sent a write up about them. And so I present my friend to you..

  ..sorry but had to make the pic in it's original size, otherwise you wouldn't be able to read the patterns.
 

New Video added...

..superb video, guess it could be everyone's dream...

Here comes another...

..Gbigtrout, emailed me with a pic of his latest, said i'll be getting it in a few weeks, and so I worked on his fly...another for the Fly Pattern section........

Oh wow...two more unexpected packages arrived..

..forgot about these chaps, do to a busy family month, birthdays [mine included], distant visits, and just plan old busy!
..anyways down to business...two packages arrived.. one from Glasgow, Scotland, a new tier to my list, please meet ' Shanksi ' a semi pro which you find ties some interesting patterns.
..And once again a wee treat all the way up North West in UK..from ' TK ', in Wales, some dazzling flies showed up between a package of ' picric French Partridge feathers ', that was surprise to say the least.
..some of his flies will be entered into the Fly Pattern section once he contacts me with names and of course the 'material list' in the order of tie but for now , please be my guest...

A new arrival from South Wales..

Let me introduce you to ' TK ' from South Wales, up in his area, ppl from all around the UK come to fish the 'seatrout', not the ones we here in NA are used to, especially on the west coast, for they are 'brown trout', spawning in freshwater, growing out in the ocean. 

..so go and have a peek at his flies in the 'Fly Pattern' section.

A package from over the pond..but from Whom!

..there was a knock at my door this morning, and the post lady handed me a package! Hmm, wasn't expecting a small package from anyone, or so I thought..

     ..it was from Tunbridge Wells , England , sent by..
  " Sunray" a new tier that I was waiting for..the package contain 3 each of two flies he created with Nantuc's fur.

..go have a look in the Fly Pattern section...

Two New flies from southern Ireland just arrived...

Top of the 'Mornin to you' came a message from southern Ireland..CO. Cork..was calling, it was Seanie asking me to check my mail box, for a wee package as he put it..and so while opening it up , two beautifully tied 'deer hair' pike flies fell out. I've put them in the Fly Pattern section for your enjoyment...have a look see under his name. 

I'm crazy for Hoppers..good eating as well if they are chocolate coated!

Hoppers...yep this little beast has me captivated, used them with super success..and so I decided to put up a few videos on how to tie them up, from to simplest to the sublime..

..go check out my "Video"section...

Bringing in the New Year ...

Well it is time to bring in the New Year with two new flies from British Columbia, from Vancouver Island.

..these two flies were made by the "Professori" of BC...please look in the "Fly Pattern" section.

Just thought I'd add a few more of Nantucs pics right here this morning!