Black & Peacock

The Black and Peacock Spider

No fly collection for North-West brown trout can be complete without a fly made from peacock herls. One of the best from this category is the Black and Peacock.
Tom Ivens developed this pattern in the late 1940's to imitate black snails of English reservoirs; incidentally materials and colours make it an ideal fly for our peaty waters.
Hook sizes 10 to 14 are best for this one.

Materials:

Thread - black
Body - peacock herl
Ribbing - black thread, to strengthen body, has no visual effect
Hackle - black hen or cock, fibres slightly longer than hook

A lead underbody transforms the Black and Peacock Spider into a first class heavy nymph.

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Flies for Ireland

Hilariously funny, seriously, this is angling's answer to "Last Of The Summer Wine"! .....Ray Robinson is a real life "Compo" who goes fishing with Dietrich Bohnhorst.....I give it 10 out of 10.....a must have DVD for all the family.
Roger Baker, Irish Angler Magazine

This DVD is a must for every fisherman who wants to learn the delicate art of flytying.
The beautiful scenery enhances the pleasure of this film, as does the dry humour of his eccentric English friend "the great Raymondo". Watch as they tramp the landscape, dressed as if extras in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, (which in a sense they are, in a fishy sort of way).

Great Entertainment for all the Family

114 minutes of fly-tying and fishing. Dietrich Bohnhorst's entertaining and practical guide for every game angler. On DVD for only EURO 20

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No Time

I was sitting on a stool at the bar of a well known pub of the region. It was a Thursday evening, so there were no other guests, but I was very contented with a pint in front of me, having a chat with the publican.
It could be regarded as a mild sensation that on this particular Thursday the door opened and another guest appeared, and a stranger at that. The way he spoke as he ordered a beer told us : yer man is from Mayo.
On a little holiday, yourself? asked the man behind the bar, pulling a pint.
No no, came the straight answer, I'm working up here, on the bypass, since last Monday.
And you are from Mayo, yourself? I
Westport, nodded the man, paying for his beer.
How is the fishing down there? I came straight to the point.
Oh, great, very good sea angling, Lough Mask close by and Lough Carra, not too far away from the Moy, just great. That river I crossed just now, at the main road there, is that any good? the man took a good bite from his beer.
Can be very good at times, I fish it regularly. When you have the right water it fishes very well, I explained.
And I have heard up there at the windmills is a lake that has good fishing? the man became lively and the conversation moved along.
Oh, can be mighty at times, but hasn't been too good lately.
And when you turn right there at the crossroads, just here at the end, you come along a couple of lakes.
Of course I knew which waters he meant: LoughNaman Finn and Lough Tamur,Aye, now, when you hit them at the right day, you can have real fun; the fish are not too big in it now.
You must do a lot of fishing.
He lives it, said the publican.
I had no time at all in the last two years, groaned the man from Mayo.
That's not true, I said astonished, you had exactly as much time as I had during the last two years.
There was a lengthy pause here, in which the Mayo man blushed, the publican lit a fag and I finished my pint.
I must head off now, were the next words spoken and the newcomer left without even finishing his beer.
The publican pulled a new pint for me, looks like yer man hasn't got his priorities right.
Aye, was all I said.

DEDICATION

In 1995 Dietrich Bohnhorst and Ray Robinson produced DEDICATION, a four part movie, following two dedicated fly-fishers through various entertaining and exciting expeditions on land and sea in the North-West of Ireland.
After DEDICATION was shown on European TV via French Station AB-Sat and in North America via a cable network it became somewhat of an angler's cult film.

All 107 minutes of DEDICATION are available for only €20 on DVD;