Newsletter

Hi All

Welcome to Flyshop's April Newsletter.

The days are certainly getting shorter, there's been the odd skiffs of snow on the hills, the leaves are turning, but generally fairly settled autumn weather has allows for the odd trip to the river to make the most of those stunning autumn days before the final closure of the main season and the onset of the winter chills. The good news recently from Mid Canterbury is the return of the 'Salmon' in good numbers particularly in the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers. Clients I had out on the Rakaia managed 7 fish over two days last month!! Lets hope it's a good sign for future seasons

In this issue;

New products being added

Fly Sale

Bulk Supplies

Casting Tip

New Fly Tying products being added now

I've been adding many new fly tying products to the website with more coming over the next few weeks.

Fly Tying Furs
Fly Tying tools
Fly Tying Feathers
Hackles
Beads/Tinsels/Wires
Dubbing Materials
Synthetic Material
Glues & Waxes
Body Materials

I'd welcome any feed back about useful products you'd like me to stock

Check them out

Fly Sale

I've still got many of the flies on sale, 10% - 20% - 50% off so it's a good chance to stock up and I've put others in the bargain bin

New Flies added.

I've added 3 new flies. I've been waiting for some time to get some better quality tungsten nymphs. These are NZ made, with plenty of extra weight added to really get them to sink fast. Tied hairy for that buggy look they're effective fish catchers. Tied on strong Kamasan hooks and note the large gap size which ensures good hook ups. I'll continue to add more variations with gold beads and different sizes etc.

The Green Caddis Emerger is a variation that works well. I've been testing it and liking the results. It's been taking those tricky fish that have been spurning the usual offerings. It's also is tied with a good amount of weight to sink it quickly


The Hare and Pheasant Black Tungsten BH	Hare and Copper Black Tungsten Beadhead	Green Caddis Emerger

Bulk Supplies

Anyone interested in bulk fly purchases for next season, also bulk hooks and standard and tungsten beads should contact me

Casting Tip.

This is a catching tip rather than a casting tip. Most fishermen understand the concept of 'side pressure' to help guide fish away from obstacle, to get them out of faster water, and then to land them quickly so as to enhance there survival chances when released. Really it's like riding a horse, keep your rod butt at 90 degrees to the fish, but hold it more horizontally, pull the fishes' head to the left and it'll go left or to the right to take it to the right. As a general rule if the fish is upstream of you, your rod should be held horizontally upstream of you, if the fish moves downstream of your position then the rod should be held downstream.

The other advantage with using side pressure as opposed to keeping the rod vertical is that you'll lose less fish. As it fairly obvious what can happen when the fish is below you and it opens it's mouth and shakes it's head.....and often the fly pops right on out. If you instead use side pressure a least you're pulling more from the side of the mouth and if the fly does slips its got a chance of reattaching itself into another part of the mouth. Certainly you'll loose fewer fish and land them faster using 'side pressure'

Many thank you to all those who have purchased from the website.

Tight Lines

Steve Gerard

Flyshop NZ
13 Cameron St
Methven
Tel 03 3028448
Fax 03 3028441
www.flyshop.co.nz
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