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Flie’s for Art!

May 27th, 2012 Ronan Creane

After enjoying some of Will Shaw’s art on his Sexyloops front pages a notion occurred to me. Maybe I could swap some flies for a piece of his work! I sent Will an email to run the idea by him and the wheels were in motion. I got to work and so did he. I tied a range of flies inspired by what I’ve learned both in Ireland and in NZ and loosely based on the type of fishing Will is doing at the moment. Will chose a photo of a Tasmanian brown from one of my blogs to work his magic on. Its a fantastic piece of art and one I’ll always treasure. Hopefully it’s a reasonably fair swap but I think I may have got the better end of the deal! My Dad, Joe Creane, will also tie a few so that should even things up a bit. Thanks Will! Tight lines with these..

Ronan..

: Size 10 Woolley Bugger. There should always be a few in your flybox.

: Golden Dabbler. One of the best bob flies to fish lough style in a rolling wave. Size 10

: This Bumble pattern is also good in a rolling wave. Either on the bob or in the middle. Size 10.

: This is my basic dry. Effective in any size and works regardless of whats hatching. Try tying them in a range of colours and sizes.

: Damsel fly nymph. Size 14 long shank. This is my favourite colour for this pattern.

: This is good on Lough corrib when the Danica is on the water..

: This is a lethal fly for lake edge cruisers in NZ. So good it’s in my list of essential flies for NZ. Can be fished static or moved. size 14 with a little lead in the body.