5 - Snipe Bloa

In this video I demonstrate pattern number 5 of the A Guide to North Country Flies Series, the Snipe Bloa found in my book: A Guide to North Country Flies and How To Tie Them by Mike Harding My intentions are to tie all 140 patterns and place them in their own playlist as a video library and bring these old traditional North Country patterns back to life. This fly is once again simplicity itself. There is definitely a theme here that almost embodies the stereotype of a Yorkshireman. Their fly patterns are not fancy, loud and pretentious. They quietly get the job done with an unspoken pride. They are minimalistic using as few materials as possible, therefore in terms of cost, not much "brass" is required to tie them. In many ways that makes this a great candidate for a beginners first tying as with most of the previous patterns featured in the series thus far. Once again, imitative of nothing yet suggestive of a lot of insects, I feel this pattern could be at home on a Stillwater as well as the river. Unfortunately I had my Buzzers stolen recently as I write and therefore, until I can replace them, the spiders are going to fill the void. They are also making a strong showing in my river fishing as of late, hence the purchase of the book. "Sometimes called the Light Snipe, this fly is reckoned by many fishermen I know from Wharfedale and Ribblesdale to be a really sure killer. The feathers for this hackle are the light, soft, grey feathers from under the snipes wing. There are only a handful of such feathers on each wing. Fishing one early morning on the Ribble, when fish were feeding voraciously but nothing I threw at them seemed to be interesting them, I tied on a Snipe Bloa and caught three large trout in ten minutes. A terrific fly. Thread - Pearsall's Yellow 4 Hook - Down-Eyed Wet 14-18 Body - Tying Thread Hackle - Snipe Underwing Covert" Quoted from A Guide to North Country Flies and How To Tie Them by Mike Harding Page 34 Pattern 5. The Book is currently available at Coch y Bonddu Books here: https://www.anglebooks.com/a-guide-to... The book is out of print and this is most likely a temporary listing of a second hand copy, therefore a search may be required to find it elsewhere once the above link has died.