Flies

[Kelly]

Hi all, I have some great news, Gavin Hurley, host of On The Fly has asked me to make him some flies. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Cheers

[Hirdy]

I'd suggest giving him flies that you have caught fish on.

Clousers, Deceivers and Half & Halfs would be most appropriate.

Give him some crabs to round out his box and he'll have all he needs for a SW trip.

Those four flies account for most SW species.

[Andre Rossouw]

• Stick with the basic fly patters. Charlies, Clousers, Deceivers, Squimps and Gurglers. Fly patterns you have already tied yourself and have caught fish on.
• Find out where he wants to use them and what fish species he wants to catch. This will determine the fly size and colour combinations.
• Use only good quality hooks. Loosing a fish because the line breaks or knots failure can be blamed on the fisherman. But loosing a fish because the hooks bends or breaks will always be blamed on the fly tier.
• Use only good quality material.
• Tie a few test flies and see how they "swim". Making sure the motion/movement is correct and the fly sits the right way up.