A Barbless Bonus + A Mayfly Restock
The fish up here in North Yorkshire are now starting to take the hatching (and spent) Mayflies - I watched a few small fish confidently taking Mayflies on Tuesday teatime. It was a pretty busy day for us (thank you), trying to get all of the Mayflies and other orders out to everyone in time for the weekend - we are now down to our last few Bosnian Mayflies, if you'd like some click here.
As it had been a hectic day, I took a little time out on the way home from the office, and sat beside my favourite pool on the Derwent, just to decompress and have a little 'time to myself' - it made my day to sit for 15 minutes, listening to the running river and watching numerous fish taking returning Mayflies. I did have my rod in the back of the truck, but thought I would leave them to enjoy the banquet on offer and see if they are still holding station at the weekend!
The fish up here in North Yorkshire are now starting to take the hatching (and spent) Mayflies - I watched a few small fish confidently taking Mayflies on Tuesday teatime. It was a pretty busy day for us (thank you), trying to get all of the Mayflies and other orders out to everyone in time for the weekend - we are now down to our last few Bosnian Mayflies, if you'd like some click here.
As it had been a hectic day, I took a little time out on the way home from the office, and sat beside my favourite pool on the Derwent, just to decompress and have a little 'time to myself' - it made my day to sit for 15 minutes, listening to the running river and watching numerous fish taking returning Mayflies. I did have my rod in the back of the truck, but thought I would leave them to enjoy the banquet on offer and see if they are still holding station at the weekend!
Do You Fancy A Barbless Bonus?
Then read the very end of this email!
Just a quick heads-up, that we will be including one of our very own "Trout Bumper Stickers" in every order we receive today (they are not available to buy separately) - see later in this email for more details.
Also, as I write this we have just taken our 59,930th order, it looks like we will hit our 60,000th order on the day you receive this email - if you place your order today, and it's order number BF#60000 - you get it for FREE - see below for details.
On my local, once the fish start confidently taking Mayflies, I've found it best to fish from around 7pm well into the dusk - so only a few hours - but recently the sport has been good, and can only get better now the weather looks to be a little more stable.
This is the time of day when "spent" mayfly patterns are usually king.
As a quick reminder - the majority of Mayflies only live for one day. During this time they:
- Hatch
- Mature into an adult
- Mate; and then
- Die
It's the ones that have had their fun and gone to the river in the sky that we are trying to imitate on an evening. When a mayfly expires they float on the water with their wings outstretched, as below:
Earlier this week (Tuesday) we received a restock of all our Mayfly patterns. We don't usually re-order Mayflies part way through the season, but with the info that our Mayfly Tracker was showing it looks like the Mayfly season will be longer than usual - so we thought we had better stock up again.
You can find all of our Mayfly Individuals & Selections by clicking either of the buttons below:
As we now have full stock of everything, we are focussing this week's email on a few patterns which you may find useful in the coming weeks. I've picked out the ones below as the current favourites - so far as repeat sales go (each of the patterns below can also be bought in packs of 5 at a reduced price):
Spent Mayfly
If you see spinners dancing above you, pay very close attention to the water for softly rising fish, and look for dying Mayflies caught in small pockets of dead water behind rocks or debris. If you find any, pick them up so you can get a good idea of their size and colour and then select an appropriately sized pattern.
Mayfly Loop-Wing Emerger
If you arrive at the water a little earlier, then you're going to need a good emerger imitation, there is no better than this one - it presents really well on the water, with a smaller (size 14) hook.
Mayfly Loop-Wing Emerger
Some Mayflies die as soon as they hatch, these are an easy target for trout, sometimes they actively target these in preference to the hatching flies. In which case the above Crippled version is the go-to fly. A classic mayfly imitation, super buoyant and tied to exacting standards. This pattern imitates those mayflies which die hatching or after mating. One of the most effective Mayfly imitations when spinners are on the water.
Get them while you can, as we did run out last year!
All of our individual Mayfly patterns are available now (from stock) from only £1.50 each - which includes Free Delivery to anywhere within the UK - in our Eco-Friendly packaging.
Go on, you know you want to!
Fancy A Barbless Bonus ...
Then Read on McDuff:
We've had some more of these stunning car bumper stickers made, from weatherproof vinyl - would you like one?
Well, these are not for sale - but, we will give you one for free, just place an order with us today and we'll pop in one of our car bumper stickers for FREE - until stocks last (we have a couple of hundred of them, so we should have enough for today)!
* I know, the truck needs a good wash!
And, as an added bonus...
It's Nearly Our 60,000th Order ...
As mentioned above, as I write this we have just taken our 59,930th order, so it looks like we will hit our 60,000th order today. We love to celebrate success, so, if you place your order and it's order number BF#60000 - you will get it for FREE - essentially, as soon as I see order number 60,000 appear I will automatically refund it and put it on a Guaranteed Special Delivery to you - for delivery the very next day - we can't say fairer than that!
Have fun out there!
