Question for Donald Nicolson

[Betty Hiner]

Donald,
There was an excellent reference site for North Country flies, http://www.SnipeandPurple.co.uk , that I enjoyed visiting. The last couple times I tried to open the site, I got bizarre messages, and no pages of history, or flies. Would you know if it is no longer a source, or has it changed names?
Betty

[Donald Nicolson]

Hi Betty,
I have looked at the site in the past, but not recently, it looks like he has withdrawn the site but the address is still open.
There are a few other sites, I'll do a bit of research and post a list.

I did a quick search of my bookmarks,
http://www.wetfly.co.uk/

http://www.mike-connor.homepage.t-online.de/index.html

http://www.spidersplus.co.uk/home.html

http://www.fishingwithstyle.co.uk/northcountry.htm

The last two are commercial sites, but they can give you ideas.

[Betty Hiner]

Wow!! Fantastic!! Thank you Donald!! You and the others on your UK sites have aided and abetted this spider addict for years now. The thought of losing one made me slightly frantic!! But I'm better now, thank you.

[Spiders Plus]

Hello Betty,

Just to add to Donald's reply - the Snipe & Purple website was run by Robert Smith of Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Robert (and his Wife!) had a baby over a year ago and he found that the addition to his family made life rather busy, hence the reason for dropping the website.

Kind regards

Phil.
www.spidersplus.co.uk

[Donald Nicolson]

Well there you are Betty, you can't blame him for concentrating on the more important things in life.
Any other sites I think you might like, I'll pass them on.

[DrRob]

As Phil said my wife gave birth to our second child last year, a boy who we've named Joshua, or as he is know in our fishing club "Little Snipe" So I am sorry to say I decided to let the website die a gentle death and concentrate on family matters. Happily since I stopped tying flies semi-pro i have had more time to get out and fish and am currently in the process of writing a book about fly fishing and have a publisher lined up. I may get round to starting up the old website again as i have thousands of fishing photos old and new that need a home.
Regards Rob.

[Betty Hiner]

Excellent!!! Congradulations on "Little Snipe"!! I look forward to your book coming out.

I will, indeed, check out the other sites for North Country Spiders, and know I will enjoy them. Thank you Donald and Spiders Plus!!

Happiness reigns!

Phil, Thank you for the awsome website!! And the FAOL welcome!! That was really kewl. The rest of you FAOL'ers should check this site out!

[Spiders Plus]

Hello Betty,

Many thanks for your kind words in respect of my website.


And to all FAOL'ers, although I assume that many of you tie your own flies, IF you make a puchase from my site, add the promotional code FAOL to the order form to gain a 15% discount - exclusively for forum members.

Kind regards

Phil.
www.spidersplus.co.uk