Thursday, 10 November 2022

The Silver Invicta

Tom Harland is a flyfisher based in Peebles by the River Tweed who contacted me recently to inform me that he admired my Hillend Dabbler fishing blog and flytying too.
Tom is also the author of a wonderful Scottish Fishing book called The Slver Invitca.
Tom very kindly offered to send me a copy of his book which I was more than happy to accept.
The title of his book pays homage to that well known traditional fly pattern which, Tom fooled his first ever salmon with.
I'll give the book a full review here on the Blog once Ive read it in full.
Going by the titles of the chapters I just know I'm going to enjoy it!

Monday, 7 November 2022

An Epic Short Film

Now the trout season is well and truly behind us and my flytying room is out of commission for a few weeks due to a total refurb and all my flytying gear is packed away in a cupboard I've been getting a little bit frustrated at the lack of vice time! 
As a result of these circumstances I've been doing a lot of reading and searching for good flyfishing videos for inspiration online.
However there is a lot of substandard stuff out there, but I do have my favourites that I look forward to watching and catching up with such as Davie McPhail, Martyn White, Tom Rosenbauer and Tim Flagler to name but a few. 
However I now have a new favourite Flyfishing YouTuber that I've been enjoying following for over a year now, Southside Fly-Fishing. 
His fishing videos are very professionaly filmed and produced and are a real treat to watch.
I reckon what appeals to me most about these videos is that the content of Sean's films who is based in the Southside of Glasgow, hence the name, is that most are of a Scottish angle if you would pardon the pun.
It's fair to say that Sean's films are among the best out there and its not just the Scottish content that I enjoy its the passion and enthusiasm that he has for flyfishing and the obvious talent he has for expressing and capturing it on film.
In his latest video he truly raises the bar as far as  Flyfishing  films go as he has created something here which is truly exceptional. 
Titled "Dream Stream" Sean truly captures the essence of Flyfishing for Scottish Wild Brown Trout in the best thirteen and half minutes you will experience today if you watch this epic short film.
Heres the link and don't forget to have a look at his other videos I can't recommend them highly enough.

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