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Mr Sandy Dickson

River Clyde Fishing — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:07:53 +0000

Good morning all … Mr Dickson paid a wee visit to our FlyTying club on Wed evening. Sandy shared some of his latest Salmon fly designs along with his excellent ‘Blank Busters’ Forum member ‘Scootavon’ & ‘ChrisGrayling’ also tied some bugs on the evening … Thanks again to Sandy for coming along, hope to see …

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Leeds FDG -9th January 2013

jerry — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:44:33 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Trout Fly Fishing

The next special guest speaker at the Leeds Branch of the FDG: Stuart Crofts Stuart is going to tie his latest flies and talk about dry fly fishing. If you want to know about Tenkara, Stuart will have the answers. More details: http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/

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RIP John Goddard

jerry — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:56:04 +0000

Categories: General Interest, Jerry Lee

Its with great sadness to learn of the recent passing of John Goddard. He was a great inspiration and source of knowledge to all anglers not just trout fishermen and entomologists. I had the greatest of pleasures sitting with him tying flies and talking fly dressing on the Guild stand in 2004, when he launched …

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Leeds FDG – 5th December 2012

jerry — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:53:31 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Entomology, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Fishing Techniques, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Step By Step Fly Tying, Trout Fly Fishing

The next special Guest speaker is Melvyn Wood talking on: “Lough fishing for wild fish in wild places and the fly’s to catch them”. This will be of interest to all of us who fish for Salmon, Sea Trout, and Brown Trout. West Park Rugby Club at 7:30pm, everyone welcome. More information: http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/

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Leeds FDG – 21st November 2012

jerry — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:51:43 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials Natural, Fly Tying Materials Synthethic, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Step By Step Fly Tying, Trout Fly Fishing

Beginners tying class: Plamered Hackles Griffiths gnat and Soldier Plamer Intermediate tying class: Ballon Caddis and Cutwing Caddis West Park Rugby Club, Bramhope. 7:30pm Everyone welcome http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/

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Leeds FDG – 14th November 2012

jerry — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:41:18 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Step By Step Fly Tying, Trout Fly Fishing

Intermediate Fly tying course patterns: Gosling Adams Everyone welcome. 7:30pm, West Park Rugby Club

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Small Salmon Flies

jerry — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:48:08 +0000

Categories: Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Salmon Fly Fishing

Been thinking about and tying some small salmon flies recently. What is the smallest size hooks you use for salmon flies and what patterns?

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LFDG- 7-11-2012

jerry — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:02:34 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Fishing Tackle, Fly Fishing Techniques, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Trout Fly Fishing

Tomorrow night the Leeds Branch of The Flydressers’ Guild will be hosting the second guest speaker of their winter season. Ben Dobson from Stocks Reservoir and bank House Fishery will be talking about aspects of reservoir fishing. Everyone welcome (£5 per person including a light buffet) West Park Rugby Club 7:30pm start. Further details available at: …

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Leeds Branch FDG Meeting about to start

jerry — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:30:35 +0000

Categories: Beginners, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Fishing Techniques, Fly Tying, Jerry Lee, Leeds Fly Dressers Guild, Step By Step Fly Tying, Trout Fly Fishing

Tomorrow evening the Leeds Branch of the FDG start their new winter programme . It all knick off with a special guest of Paul Procter (www.paulprocterflyfishing.co.uk), talking about flies that catch him fish. Everyone welcome. More information available at: http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/

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‘X’ Leader Sytem?..Tippet & Leader Comparison Table

The Durham Fly Fishing Company — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:14:00 +0000

Categories: Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Tackle, Fly Fishing Techniques, General Interest, Trout Fly Fishing

Tags: fishing, fly, fly fishing, fly fishing equipment, fly fishing gear, general interest, leader, leader breaking starin, leader diameter, nylon, stroft, tippet, tippet breaking starin, tippet diamater, tippet diameter, x system

I hope the following is helpful for those who get confused with ‘X’ ratings and tippet sizes? Stroft Tippet & Leader Diameter Table Tippet Size Tippet Diameter Approximate breaking strength in Stroft GTM/ABR (kilos/pounds) Balances with fly sizes: Inches Millimetre Kg lb 9x .0025″ 0.06 0.70 1.50 8X .0035″ 0.08 1.00 2.20 22 – 28 …

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