Stamps and Flies

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I have bitten the bullet and branched  out into Salmon flies.  I have identified  25 different patters of which 10 are on display with no availabilty, whilst the flies are tied and  I have enough to put out on the site.   Initially I will be offering Size 4 and 6 sizes in Single Double and Treble hook versions.  Single will cost only £0.85, Doubles £0.95 and trebles at £1.10.  I have also extended the hook sizes across many of my Trout patterns.  Another new killer patterns to be added to the range will be the terminator’s 1 and 2 recently showcased in Decembers Total Flyfisher and complaints in this months February magazine as they were so effective that bag limits were reached in only 45 minutes!!!!!!!!!!    They will be on sale by the end of the month at only £0.40peach .  Don’t forget to bookmark the site.  Another new pattern to be added will be the Hotspot Spider, another cold day wonder pattern.  I have also added a number of excellent value reels, an additional vice and 1L stainless steel flask into the tackle section.  A lot of my sales recently have been on ebay(at the same prices as the store)  Please see the excellent feedback and 100% satisfaction of the quality and timely delivery of all items.             My ebay id is stampsandflies.

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Tight Lines to everyone and a Happy and fruitful new year.

Kevin

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I took a novice fishing for his first trip the other day. The destination was the bottom lake at Heathcote Fisheries, Warwick. I arrived a couple of hours before him and faced a difficult challenge. The waters were quite heavy with algae, there was a strong wind and intermittant heavy showers . I fished without a break until he arived with no fish and no knocks, I had tried all my favourites which have produced on this lake previously, but to no avail. My friend arrived and we spent 20 minutes learning to cast. After that I added a Green GH Montana to his line and I tried a orange Blob to mine.

Success first cast on the Blob a 1 1/2 lb rainbow in fantastic condition. We changed my friends lure to an orange Goldhead Fritz. And after ten minutes (and another fsh for me) he caught his first ever trout (1 1/2 lb rainbow). This was followed up about an  hour later by a second fish. I took my bag limit (5) on various orange patterns .  My friend had 2 nice rainbows on his first outing.  A very successful trip.

I have added a number of good quality  lines to my tackle range which come with free backing and a tippet  (they have just won a number of TROUT Fishermen magazine best buy awards).  I have a number of new flies I will also be adding by the end of this month.  I just have to organise taking the photos and adding them to the database.  The new flies include a number of  TRICO patterns and some Sulphur coloured dries as well as some new epoxy buzzers including  yellow and bloodworm variations.  I have also increased the hook sizes range across a number of patterns.  If you see a pattern you want, but its not in the size you want.  I will increase the range where ever possible.

I have also decided to add Salmon flies to my range.  I have identified  10 differnt patterns to date  and will be stocking them in Single and Double hook versions before the end of November.  I am not a Salmon fisherman, however if you are and would like to help me by suggestlng any patterns you use or would like to see.  Please email me with your suggestions. 

Well thats all for now.

Thanks

Kevin

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Visit my store www.stampsandflies.co.uk . where I offer top quality flies at very competitive prices on the web, Buzzers, Dry flies, Nymphs and Wets from 25p , lures from 30p.

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I have had a couple of succesful weekends fishing the great pool at Packington. Rainbows up to 3 1/2ibs cuaght on Zonkers, Nobblers, Minkies and the Modern Black buzzer. Which thanks to my last two orders I am now out of size 12. This stock will be refreshed shortly. Tight Lines. ><> ><> ><>

Visit my store www.stampsandflies.co.uk. Buzzers, Dry flies, Nymphs and Wets from 25p , lures from 30p.

My third trip out this season, what a fantastic day. The weatherman forecast rain but I am pleased to say the BBC got it wrong and I had glorious sunshine with only the occasional cloud passing by. I arrived at 10:00, the location as usual was Packington Lakes near Coventry. A short drive through the deer inhabited grounds brought me to the first of the big member pools, Hall Lake, where there were 2 people on the lake and a further two just setting up as I arrived. They headed to the top of the lake near the dam wall. I followed them up. A slight breeze did not impact casting but gave a nice ripple on the surface. I could see the other anglers were slow retrieving nymphs and buzzer fishing. I went for my favourite painted eye nobbler, black, retieved fast. After three casts I caught my first Rainbow; 2 1/2 lbs and a fantastic fight. I quickly released the fish and continued to cast. 5 minutes later I hit a big fish on the same lure, but to my annoyance it snaped the line and unfortunately kept the lure. I had debarbed the hook so hopefully it would soon loose the lure. Disaster then struck, I had only brought one painted eye nobbler. I was so annoyed, it’s not as if I don’t have over 60,000 different flies, buzzers, nymphs, wets and lures in stock!!!!! I tried another similar lure which had silver nymph streamer eyes, but no luck. After 15 minutes I went back to the fly boxes and found an old short-shank, leadhead lure with the painted eyes worn off and with a blue flash in the tail. Immediate results with a smaller rainbow just under 21bs safely netted and released. I hooked another a few minutes later but lost it off the hook. Within the half hour I had a further 2 1/4 lb fish. It then went dead for about 50 minutes, no knocks at all. Time to change lure again. Last year I fished the main public lake and like everyone on the water caught nothing despite changing patterns every fifteen minutes. We stopped for lunch and went back to the hut for a hot drink; back out after lunch I tried a white Zonker for the first time. Immediate reults and after 4 frantic hours we had reached our catch and release quota. So I decided to try it on this lake. A quick hit signalled two hours of great fun with fish to 3lb. Unfortunately I deep hooked 1 fish and it would not recover so I took it home for tea. In total I caught seven good Rainbows in 4 1/2 hours and home by 3pm with time to spare to cut the lawns.

Tackle 10ft 7/8 Sonik 4 piece rod Vision reel floating line with a 5ft sinker lead with a 10ft 61b leader.

Tight lines.

Visit my store stampsandflies.co.uk/shop . Buzzers, Dry flies, Nymphs and Wets from 25p , lures from 30p.

A great selection of Parachute flies have been added this week. These quality flies are available in hook sizes 14 to 18. They include Emerging caddis, Grey Duster, Olive Quill, Red Quill, Greenwells Glory, Coachman, Tups, Golden Stone, Olive Hares Ear, Black Ant, Hares Ear and Sulphur. The old Parchute favourites have also been replenished and include; Black Gnat, Blue Dun, Royal Coachman, Blue Winged Olive and Light Cahill. New dries added includue the Pale Watery Dun, Cowdung and Blue Upright.

The Mayfly selection has aslo had new patterns along with the firm favourines I have added 3 Cripple varieties : Callibaetis, Green Drake and Limestone and two emerger patterns; Olive Biot and Black Biot.

Photos for all they above and other additions will be taken this week and added shortly. Thanks for looking and as usual Tight Lines <>< <><.

Kevin