A summary of recent and past news.
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Steve Thornton & Hans van Klinken in Italy. |
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Hans and myself (sitting on left) went to the Umbria flyfishing festival last weekend in Italy and had a great time. Plenty of named tyers tied over the weekend and stayed in a 12th century converted Abbey... |
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New Nymph Skin colours... |
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New 'match the hatch' colours of Nymph Skin are to be added to the 3mm range of colours this October 2010. The new colours have been tested by Steve Thornton at his tying bench and on rivers in the UK, Europe and America. The NEW colours are to imitate the natural colours of; Hydrosyche (caseless caddis larva like the Rhyac) called Dark Tan. Midge Red to imitate Chironomus annularis (midge Larva) and Caddis Grey to imitate Caddis pupa. Steve will post some new images of these patterns over the next few weeks. Join our newsletter for the latest news on these new colours and steve Thornton's tying photos. |
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Flytyers of the World Vol 3 |
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 See how Flytyers of the World Volume 3 is produced. Steve Thornton is revealling all, very interesting, have a look. Click here . |
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New Listen to the River Chapter Downloads |
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New addition to the downloads - The Ammonite Nymph. Steve Thornton's signature pattern. This version is the revised tying. It has less materials than the first version in volume 1 and is easier to tie. It displays better translucency and can be tied in a variety of colours by using Flexibody . The Ammonite Nymph is a recognised pattern for catching fish worldwide, by flyfishers world wide. (see image on right).
Learn to tie Steve Thornton's patterns from both of his books; Listen to the River, vol's 1 and 2, using high quality PDF downloads of individual step-by-step chapters for only £3.50 each.
The first 2 we launched where the Hatching Caddis and the Burrowing Mayfly Nymph (below left). And now the famous Ammonite (above). You can view all the pages by using our new viewer. Click or click and drag to turn the pages. Don't forget to sign up for our newsletters (on the left) for the latest up-to-date information when new chapters and news are added.
 
Collect your preferred chapters and tie in your own time. On our Free Downloads page you can collect free book covers and introductions from both books, which include forewords' by; Bob Mead, Mike Marinek Jr and Steve Thornton, plus an article about flytying by Steve Thornton. Collect these and bind them all together to make your own personal 2 volume book. |
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Flycasting art in Italy. |
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Whilst as a guest flytyers at the annual SIM flyfishing festival in Italy, Steve Thornton took an hour out and saw how the Italians take flycasting to another level. To watch this video and more click here . |
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Updated Caddis Wings. |
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 Yellow Olive |
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