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November

Limited Edition New RS Yellow Andy Torrish fly sets

This is a very unique upgrade on a legendary traditional highland salmon fly, the Yellow Torrish. Tied many years ago on singles and more recently on doubles, this fly made its name standing out in the peaty waters of the Scottish Highlands catching salmon for fun all through the season. 
Now, as well as legendary salmon flies, there are legendary salmon anglers and 2 in particular jump out especially due to their notability as very successful spring anglers, Mr Willie Gunn from Brora and Andy “Torrish” Sutherland from Helmsdale who perfected their craft on two magnificent spring rivers, the river Brora and Helmsdale where opening days have produced many sparkling springers. 

Andy Sutherland has just celebrated his 70th birthday, ( Nov 2024 ) and this was the perfect chance to design a salmon tube to commemorate the skills of yet another highland legend with a huge connection to the Torrish estate on the river Helmsdale where he spent many a day working there and of-course still regularly fishes there. The Yellow Andy Torrish tube is a superb new version of the old classic which is perfectly suited to spring fishing. This trendy modern tubefly has the potential to spar with the Willie Gunn for top spot in spring in its highly desirable black & yellow dress. But, then add the magic! Andys brother Ron has been at the cutting edge of fly design for the last 30 years and he has also caught many January springers. Taught flytying by the great Megan Boyd, Ron has an insatiable drive when it comes to salmon fly design, relentlessly pushing the boundaries to create that ultimate fly. He has taken the Willie Gunn and many more to so many new levels with his incredible skills using a blend of tradition and new flytying materials and he has now done it with this latest Yellow Torrish.

So, we have designed and put together a series of monthly sets of these unique flies which will grace any fly collection and give you a fantastic chance of catching an iconic spring salmon. The first set is ofcourse owned by Andy Sutherland and you now have the chance to grab a piece of history and purchase a set for yourself.
The set consists of 10 tubes, 6 copper and 4 coneheads in sizes ranging from 2” copper to 1/2” conehead. Stunning quality, unique to Helmsdale company and exclusive to only 3 very lucky set owners per month. As the fishing season moves on fly sizes will decrease until we tie some up on silver Partridge Patriot double hooks for summer. Sets are boxed in our favourite "Perfect" tubefly boxes and come with 6 x tube doubles.

Dont miss out on these historical rare boxed sets, hit the button to see if you have been lucky enough to secure one for yourself this month. Buy now right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-yellow-andy-torrish-full-set-boxed.

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November

New RS UV Yellow Andy Torrish tube

With Christmas and the new season fast approaching we have been very busy designing and tying some stunning new salmon flies. Some just needed an upgrade like all our Solar tubes to give them better balance and an even more visible presence. Other new tubes have come onto the scene with great results through the autumn like our red UV Cascade Alistairs which we have now turned into spring colours.

The latest stunning new design is our new RS UV Yellow Andy Torrish which you can see and order below. Also we are very excited about our new Chartreuse & Yellow Monkeys which are a beautiful blend of the two best selling colours.

Most of these flies are in our Premium fly Category but they are also scattered around their other appropriate categories, you will certainly be able to find them if you want them.

One very pleasing thing for us is that anglers are popping in pre-season orders which allows us to get flies ready well in advance of the "madness" of all the opening days of the season ahead. It makes sense to pre order with us as you may otherwise need to wait for those cherished new flies.

One last thing, we have cracking fly selections available now for Christmas gifts with each order coming with 6 FREE flies right up until the Christmas last post. So please have a good look around for some stunning new flies and great Christmas gifts for your fishing friends

We have the quality, reliability and best atlantic salmon flies in the world, grab some for your friends and also stock your box for 2025.

The stunning new RS UV Yellow Andy Torrish tube which you can buy here along with our new Solar Chartreuse & yellow Monkeys and perfect boxed Christmas fly selections - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/index.php

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November

New RS UV Solar Monkey Chartreuse & yellow ( must have fly for 2025 )

Hi there,

The 2025 salmon season is only a matter of weeks away, 9 as I write today. And boy do we have a stunning new RS Monkey online now for you. The new RS Chartreuse & yellow UV Solar Monkey which is a blend of our 2 best selling colours, but, this is the first time they have UV in the wing and they are also our new Solar Monkey design.

These stunning new tubes are available to buy online now in 2 sizes and they are also available in our new Spring Pro sets and Supersets - awesome Christmas presents for all your fishing friends!

Check out the new Monkeys (below) and buy here - New RS Chartreuse & Yellow UV Solar Monkey

Our new Spring pro sets ( below ) and buy here - RS Spring Pro Sets 2025

Gift vouchers are here also if you want to spoil a client or fishing friend with a trip to our website to stock up on our superb flies - Send Email gift voucher to someone here.

Enjoy your fly selecting! and Christmas shopping.

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Spring Pro set with our new RS UV Solar Monkeys included

Spring Pro set boxed