Three Tenkara Varivas Flies

[Donald Nicolson]

Here are three Tenkara Varivas Flies
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[TyroneFly]

Donald,

For the silk, do you treat it with wax and if so what brand and type do you use?

[EdD]

Donald, as an indicator of what sort of "bad influence" you've been on me, I've got Trout Flies in New Zealand by Keith Draper being shipped to me.

Regards,
Ed

[Donald Nicolson]

Tyrone,
Yes I do use wax with silk, silk threads are not waxed and need some
at the beginning to grip the hook better. Also it helps grip materials so that
not so many turns are required to hold them. I also use wax to change the colour of
silk bodies. I use a lot of different waxes, hard wax from Veniard, BT's tubes, and others
I have forgotten the names.

An excellent book Ed, there are a lot of really good streamers in it.
There is a much newer book, with more modern patterns. I'll dig it out and give you
the author and title, Ron Eagle Elk will tell you, I'm hooked on books, and pass on
the addiction at the slightest opportunity.
I really like the Matuka wings and Zonkers, although I don't get the chance
to use them much these days.

[EdD]

Donald,
You might try using pine squirrel zonkers for very small Matukas. They might work on your small streams. Every time I watch Last of the Summer Wine and see those streams I wonder if they hold fish and wish I could wander them and find out. I realize that's a bit to the south of you and across that fearsome border, but I have been told that Scotland has areas like the Yorkshire Dales as well.
Stay well.
Ed

[AlanB]

Ed,
I hale from just over the border (Lancashire, can't bring myself to name the other side) from "Last of the Summer Wine country" and I can assure you that stream does hold trout. Getting to fish it though is a different matter. A few miles south of there though is a length you can fish for free. Had a great day on there a few years back catching both brown trout and grayling.
Cheers,
C.