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No Fishing this week BUT........


 That is it I am fully back and committed to fly fishing

After much umming and ahhing I have (sensibly) decided that I need to be tieing my own flys. The fulling mill and fly shop flies that I have been using for the last year are fantastic but are only available in certain sizes and are getting costly as I go fishing more often

After much deliberation mainly centered around the number of flies that I am realistically going to tie over the course of a season (something less than 100 I think given that the number of trips is likely to be fewer than 30) and the fact that 30 odd years ago I managed perfectly well with the equivalent of a Veniard Super AA vice I decided to buy an Anvil Apex Pedastal Vice. I may regret this but really could not see what additional benefit an Anvil Atlas for an addtional 40 - 50 quid would give never mind the professional vices at £500+

Fully accepting that I will end up in the short term spending a lot of money on materials but they should last many years and instead of having to pay £1.40 per fly for a limited (not unreasonably) selection I will be able to recreate and tie variations of flies as I wish

Bought the Anvil Apex!! let the fun begin


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