Cookshill Fly Tying

I attended the latest monthly meeting of the Lakeland Fly Dressers Guild on Wednesday, where the guest speaker was Steve Cooper of Cookshill Fly Tying.

The evening began with a talk and slideshow by Steve on fishing in Iceland. The potential of thins untapped area is amazing. The fish that you can catch there are Brown Trout, Sea Trout, Salmon and Arctic Char. The Icelandic’s think that anyone who fishes for Brown Trout and Arctic Char are mad, especially if you catch and release. They treat these as food only and net them by the ton.
The Salmon and Sea Trout are the main reason most people visit Iceland and the cost of a day’s fishing is quite reasonable as you can expect to catch at least a dozen fish per day.
Brown Trout and Char fishing is even more reasonable and at about £5.00 per day with no restrictions on the amount of fish you catch and keep, you can see that it is good value for money.

The second part of the evening was a demonstration by Steve on skinning and preserving birds for fly tying. The whole process is actually quite easy and if you can get hold of a couple of birds it is a most cost effective way of getting the feathers that you will need in your tying.

Above is a picture of some capes that I got from Steve at the BFFI and also one I got on the night. As you can see the quality of his capes are second to none. I would highly recommend him for any tying materials that you need. There is a link on my side bar to his website where you will find all the materials that you will need.