UK BASS at the Sportfish Open Weekend

BUG-BOND has been stocked by Sportfish for quite some time now and I am grateful for their support. At the recent Open Day at the Sportfish, Reading store, UK BASS were attending with their fantastic stand...

The Field Sports Channel TV filmed the event and filmed BUG-BOND team member Jo Stephenson tie a bass fly using BUG-BOND... Its a great video and a nice little fly as well!

Well done Jo!

The River Test 'One Fly' - BUG-BOND on film!

A few weeks ago I wrote that Chris Sandford and 'The Dream Team' retained their winners' title on the River Test. Chris' wife Gelly has put together a rather nice short film covering the day... plenty of fish action!

Enjoy...



If you would like to find out more about Chris and his STUFF... do visit www.chrissandford.com

Fly Fishing in Salt Waters - Exmouth 2

Photos of Gary Jennings courtesy of Jono Shales

So what do we get when we add saltwater, tuna, Jono Shales and a client with a fly rod and place them in Exmouth, Western Australia? Well I think the answer is a pretty stoked and happy client. Don't you think?

This is another of those great opportunities that I am fortunate to get. I had a call from my pal Jono Shales who runs Exmouth Fly Fishing a couple of weeks back to say that he'd been guiding Gary Jennings from Fly Fishing in Salt Waters magazine and that they'd been whirling up some BUG-BOND candies for the tuna... well day 1 for tuna was a no show... it happens. Day 2 on the tuna, well... I got a message from Jono with some photos... if you think Gary Jennings is happy in that photo, believe me I was doing cartwheels in the UK... that BUG-BOND fly is just where it should be!

I am really pleased for Jono who has worked hard on his guiding service... and I'm pleased also for Gary Jennings... great fish! Thanks for sharing...

For more information on Exmouth Fly Fishing... Just hit the link!

A rising star joins Team BUG-BOND!

 

I'd like to welcome a rising star to the BUG-BOND team... his name is Ilan Evans, he's 18 and aside from tying flies he works in the family business "Y Gywniad" which is a fishing tackle shop in the town of Bala, not far from the shores of Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) in North Wales. 

Ilan Evans is a young professional fly tyer and has been tying  flies and fishing since his primary school days.

In 2011, Ilan represented his country as a member of the Welsh Youth Fly Fishing team at Loch Menteith in Scotland. The Welsh Team came 2nd out of the 4 Nations.

Ilan has tied flies at the Welsh Fly Fair, North Wales Fly Fair, the Irish Fly Fair in Galway at the Angling Expo in Dublin. He also demonstrated his skills on the UK Fly Dressers Stand at the British Fly Fair International 2012, and will be tying again this year at the BFFI on the fly tiers row.

Ilan is an active member of the Fly Dressers Guild and attends weekly sessions, he also teaches fly tying to members of Bala Angling Association.

His specialty flies are – competition and river flies, and ties micro flies (size 32).

Welcome to the team Ilan...
 

 A team of Ilan's Bug-Bond Beetles ready for action!

Chris Tarrant and the Dream Team win the ‘One Fly’

…but only just!

This year’s Dream Team of Chris Tarrant, Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Sandford managed to defend their winning title from the last ‘One Fly’ competition, by coming joint first with the ‘Fly Fish Map’ team, each with an equal 1510 points. 

Organiser Simon Cooper sent off ten teams of three from The Peat Spade in Longstock, to 30 different chalkstream beats. All participants knew that they could fish with only one fly, and if they lost it, they were out!

In the last ‘One Fly’ competition, the winning fly was Chris Sandford’s ‘Ducking Feadly’. This time he presented his team with his new, ‘Bee-Bee-Gee-Bee’ (The ‘Bug Bond Glass Bug’). Said Chris, “My first job was to design a fly that is virtually indestructible, heavy enough to search those deep runs, but also stay within the rules of the competition”

Chris Tarrant commented… “I’m thrilled to have won it again! It was a really difficult windy day and we all found it tough, but I’m sure the ‘Bee-Bee-Gee-Bee’ made a big difference!”

When Geoffrey was asked to comment on his role in the winning team, he said.  “Can I go home now?”

Stars of TV and Radio, Geoffrey Palmer, Chris Sandford & Chris Tarrant

photo courtesy of Guy Gragoe www.gragoeandcamera.co.uk

Permit me to entertain you! Exmouth Part 1

I have some good friends in fly fishing and it is fantastic when I get an email to say that they've hooked up and the result is a great trip for all. 

One such email was from Jan Bach Kristensen from Denmark (yeah... you recognise the name... Tapam... THE tarpon film). Well Jan had been to meet up with my pal Jono Shales who owns Exmouth  Fly Fishing in Western Australia, Jono is acknowledged to be one of the finest saltwater guides there is and the results are there for all too see on the Exmouth Facebook page... Amongst the Tuna and the Gold Trevally that Jan and his fishing partner Nico Eriksen caught there was one standout shot for me and that was Jan with his Permit. As Jono reported, Jan had tried in in 4 countries to land a Permit but it wasn't until this trip he succeeded in landing this much sought after fish!

Talking to Jan about the capture he asked me whether I'd like a copy of a photo of the crab fly as he'd tied it using Bug-Bond. It's another win for BUG-BOND... I don't mind fishing vicariously guys - honest!

Thanks for the photos Jan and congratulations on such a great capture!

My mate's STUFF

My good friend Chris Sandford has released Episode 2 of Stuff on his website www.chrissandford.com

Enjoy!