BFFI Weekend

The BFFI weekend is a superb event for anyone that is interested in fly fishing and fly tying, from fly tying demonstration and fly casting if you can brave the outside weather, so more intricate forums on trout and entomology, I was lucky enough to host a fly tying in focus theatre on traditional saltwater flatwings, as everyone must know by now I am a huge fan of Kenney Abrames' work and his book - A Perfect Fish, illusions in fly tying. this has been a huge inspiration and people sat and watched as i tied a moon tide flatwing (My Creation) based on Kenney's principles of tying. 

alongside this on fly tyres' row I was greeted by many a saltwater angler looking to get advice on tying, fishing tips and just a general chat and a catch up. I even taught a young lad how to finish off a BULKhead pike fly and of course I gifted it to him and inspire him as those before me inspired me to tie with bucktail. 

Tying with bucktail isn't hard, it just takes time to learn, the same everything else. what is hard though, is getting good bucktail. we started supplying bucktail by a happy accident but I am so glad we did, our bucktail is soft, long and tapered, unlike most of the stiff chemically treated stuff you find in most UK fly shops, once you learn thread control and density the rest is easy, obviously once its been dyed it's different but that's a story for another day 

anyway, the British Fly Fair International went really well, lot of people interested in The Big Fly Cartel Co. and some of our Products.  I can safely say I am now looking forward to this season where I will be targeting my beloved bass, pike and even barbel on the fly, as well as some new trout water with Stu... more on that soon.

Peace.