Archive

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August

RS Red Alistair doing the business

Not many highlights on the fishing front apart from the fact that some rivers are fishing quite well due to some fresh fish still hitting the system like Ness, Spey and Tay. I also hear that the Nith, Towy and Tyne are fishing pretty good too. Most of the Highland rivers would still benefit from more water and some proper spates to get them fully charged again.

However, on the fly front, one or two flies are standing out for us at the moment. Our new range of Baby Tds are selling like hot cakes with the added option of buying with trebles, doubles and single tube hooks to suit, anglers are really taking advantage of the choice of hook with each fly, you can ofcourse purchase these little beauties without a hook.

The RS Red Alistair seems to be getting better as the season goes on which is no surprise, red/black always scores well as the water cools and Simon Mellard proved this fishing the Tyne last week at Bywell. He was part of a 5 rod party who caught 20 fish for the week between them. Simon grassed 11 of the 20 fish to his own rod and 10 came to our Red Alistair conehead pictured below. A great result for Simon and another stunning example of the power of the Red Alistair.

We currently have tubes for sale on plastic and copper and will soon add the exact conehead version that was so successful for Simon on the Tyne.

Simon with one of his Tyne fish on the red Alistair.

Simons deadly Conehead Baxters Babe Red Alistair, still in decent shape after doing battle with many fish!

20

August

New RS Baby TDs have arrived

Our long awaited new Baby Tds are now available online and we have for the first time added 6 hook options for each tube so you can order with a hook or without on all 8 new patterns. RS Baby Td Willie Gunns have been one of our top sellers so Ron has expanded the selection to offer a superb and unique range which you can see and order below. This is a stunning selection of tiny and deadly tubes tied to the highest spec and using real Jungle Cock. The range of colours covers the whole season apart from early spring which requires bigger weighted flies. Grab some of these when you have the chance or you may miss out.

As you will see, the hook offering with each tube covers almost every option you need from wee tube trebles to singles which means that you can fish them on any river.

Please let us know if you think that offering the appropriate size of hooks is a good idea? We may then add hook options to all our tubes. You can see our full hook selection on the bottom pic attached to Black & Yellow Tds. This will show you how your fly will look if you order with hooks.

Please click here to buy your Baby Tds which are exclusive to Helmsdale Co, Tell your friends too! - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/

RS Baby TD Willie Gunn.

RS Baby TD Silver Stoat

RS Baby TD Orange & Gold

RS Baby TD Lightning Chartreuse

RS Baby TD Cascade

RS Baby TD Kinermony killer

RS Baby TD Black & Yellow

RS Baby TD Alistair

Hook selection

13

August

New RS top 10 (autumn)

RS Red Alistair copper tube, you can buy it right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-red-alistair-pro-choice.html

Tactical salmon anglers know when to switch to the "Red" zone towards the back end of the season, this unique fly selection chosen by Ron will give you a real professional edge and maximise your chances of hooking up. This set of superb flies has it all, from the spanking new breed of tubes featuring the Zelda fly, Frances tungsten bomb and Rs Supersquid Red to long standing most popular flies such as Red Frances, RS Ruby SuperSnaelda and Red Flamethrower. This is the inside track on the best flies built on decades of priceless experience and you cannot get better value than that. A mix of Tungsten, copper & conehead tubes & doubles to cover all conditions. A tip for more success - fish these on a selection of sinking tips which you can also purchase here online.

We can also box these or any other sets of flies as gifts for birthdays or Christmas presents, just email or call us and we will deal with it or simply just chose from our superb selection of deadly fly sets and order online. We can custom any selection and add tube doubles, nylon and sinking tips to give you the complete business end setup.

And check out one of our absolute top sellers below, the RS SuperSquid Ruby red tube. One from Rons new collection that has worked and sold incredibly well. Fly design and quality is what Helmsdale Co is renowned for and Ron wanted a very special blend of materials involved when he created a stunning tube for autumn fishing.

RS SuperSquid Ruby red, available in lots of deadly sizes right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-supersquid-red.html

10

August

Steady fishing

The river produced over 30 fish last week plus a sprinkling off the local water. There are still fresh fish running and some very big fresh fish have been spotted jumping for the time of year. The low water conditions are not the best right now but the next spate should bring very good fishing. As usual in these conditions an array of tactics can work, hitching and dibbling with small tubes and doubles would be your best bet at the moment and we have all the killers you need including the tiny tube doubles and trebles required.

Watch out here this week for some stunning new flies and the release of our best ever autumn set, including our favoutite Red Alistair pictured below which is a real fish producer as the season slides into autumn mode.

Check out our gorgeous Blue Elver flies also which are just back in stock. These flies vanish very quickly due to the rarity of availability and feathers so grab some fast if you want a few. A brilliant fly for salmon & seatrout in salt or frech water. (pic below)

RS Red Alistair now available in copper and plastic tubes.

RS Blue Elver