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

Please order now if you can to make sure you get some of these great new RS tubes as season 2025 is going to be super busy and you may have to wait

Opening day on the Helmsdale river 2025 is only 11 weeks away and Ron has designed a totally new Spring RS Cascade Alistair UV on the back of huge success with the new red version this autumn.

He has also upgraded his phenomenally successful Solar Monkey, check out our website homepage to read all about them and you should also make sure you order some for your flybox pre season as during the season we may struggle to keep up with orders for them both.

The stunning new RS Spring Cascade Alistair UV which is identical to the Red version which is having so much success this autumn. Buy here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-spring-cascade-alistair-uv

Rons upgraded Solar Monkey with the horizontal Solar beam and added UV in the wing - buy here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/new-rs-black-yellow-solar-monkey

We are also still selling these great autumn SuperDeal sets for a superb price under £30 which you can have additionally have boxed or bagged with tube doubles right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/autumn-superdeal-flies

Ron had increased the size range of these great new stunning copper tubes below to 1.5" for bigger cooler autumn water as they continue to catch salmon everywhere. See fishy pics below.

There are now 4 sizes and you can buy them right here and get your rod bent! - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/new-rs-red-uv-cascade-alistair-copper-tube.

We also have awesome new Solar Red Monkey Coneheads on our homepage. Ron's Solar range of flies is now making big news from a trial start a few years ago. The new solar Monkeys are tied differently and even better in our thinking for the fly profile, check them out and buy them here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-solar-monkey-red-autumn-special

Ron will be tying his most famous Black & Yellow Solar Monkeys for the Spring 25 season soon so order early to get your new stash!

The set of 4 sizes of our blistering New RS UV Red Cascade Alistair

Our new Red UV Solar Monkey which comes in 4 conehead colour options for you to choose.

Nick Warran on the Teith with a 24 pounder on our Red UV

Gary Scott with another on the Tay on the Red UV

The fly itself posing in its own success.

Hi there, we are just back from our annual holidays and hope that this has not caused too much disruption to your fishing. The Helmsdale season is over as we know and there has been little to shout about apart from a few weeks here and there when both water and fish have lined up.

Many rivers are still open and our flies continue to be enjoyed buy autumn anglers, and salmon. Our most spectacular fly design of late has been our new RS Red UV Cascade Alistair on coneheads but we now have taken it a stage further by making it available on copper tubes which are perfect for the cooler waters that are now running. This new fly design from Ron really has been a huge success as it seems to have everything for autumn salmon fishing so these copper versions will fish great, of that you can be sure. We knew this tube would be super popular as our standard RS UV Cascade Alistair is a constant best seller.

Check out this stunning new tube below on a 1" copper tube. There are FL head colour options too and you can order them right here right now - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/new-rs-red-uv-cascade-alistair-copper-tube.

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Hi All, there is only one highlight from the Highlands this week and it is the launch of what we think is our best ever autumn tubefly design, the RS Red UV Cascade Alistair.

This insanely great looking new conehead comes with either an Fl red conehead or Gold cone and it just screams autumn fly fishing. Including our stunning Cascade Alistair profile, lethal UV, a lush red badger hackle and real junglecock we have no more words to say other than "SNAP SOME UP QUICKLY" or join a very long que to get some tied up for you. Comes with a gold or FL red cone pictured below.

You can buy them here right now - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-red-cascade-alistair-conehead

As the season slides past it’s peak the general consensus seems to be that the grilse run did not quite hit the heights of last season but summer salmon were more prevalent, and they are still both running in respectable numbers.

All in all after a very slow start it has come quite good pretty much everywhere. So, as we move towards the latter phase of the season many rivers will be well stocked and up for further sport as long as temps cool and rain keeps topping rivers up. On that basis, we have developed one of our best ever autumn designs. A fly that has been a best seller for us all season and was ready for one of our famous tweaks. It will be launched next weekend so please watch this space for an absolute cracker which we know will be another massive hit.

Keep the fly orders rolling in, best to be ahead of the game and not last minute as the website is very busy.

The summer fishing has been decent and finally we have seen evidence of good salmon runs all over the country. Not so many of the skinny grilse we are used to but a better stump of fish everywhere with a mix of healthy summer salmon. The doom and gloom of spring fishing has eased for the moment and will an autumn run materialise? wouldn't it be nice for a change.

Anyway, The success of our range of UV salmon flies has been stunning and now has a very large following. RS UV Cascade Alistair, RS UV Willie Gunn Legend, Pearly Ally’s shrimp, UV Classic Alistair to name just a few, we can’t tie enough of them with demand. But, this never ends the relentless hunt for evolving new designs and here is another from a twist on our gorgeous and hugely popular Kazcade conehead. Ron has been inspired to tie up a double of that fashion incorporating a beautiful but deadly hint of our electric UV through it.  So, here we have the first batch ever up for grabs tied on Patriot doubles as a very special "Limited Edition" boxed set. Zoom in on the pics, especially the one of the fly underside to get an idea of the wonderful vibrant blend of colour.
The boxed set consists of 3 x 8s, 4 x 10’s & 2 x 12’s and is now available on a first come first serve basis so hopefully you are the lucky angler who gets the first click in to secure your rare set ( see pics below )

You know the script when it comes to our limited edition flies, you need to click and buy right away to have any chance. 
Tight lines and watch out for 2 of our best ever design Autumn fies which we will have online very soon. 

And, we are now more than ever encouraging customers to place winter orders to get their favourite flies tied in advance. The reason for this is that we are having to turn away orders that require tying which are placed in prime time summer when we can only tie a very limited number of flies, business is too busy so please think ahead, what do you need? Micro hitch? Classic Alistairs? Baby TDs? Whatever it is please contact or you may loose out when you get your fave fishing booked up next year. Thank you, we are already quickly receiving advance orders for these.

If you want any sets like this for Christmas presents or general gifts please email us, or also you can please orders well in advance for next season.

A quite stunning set of RS UV doubles, buy now right here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-cascade-limited-edition

Apologies for the lack of reports recently but it has been the busiest fly tying season for Helmsdale Co in years, we have never seen orders like it! All good news as obviously anglers are liking our flies especially all our stunning RS range which can only be purchased right here from our website.

The fishing has been patchy recently everywhere with very few grilse appearing in June so things are looking a little on the late side as fish start to arrive now in more numbers. This is not a bad thing as it may extend the summer run into August for fresh runners.

So, make sure you have your supply of Classic Alistair tubes and Cascade Alistair Jc tubes as there are no better summer flies for the highlands - apart from the deadly Pearly Allys Shrimp. Fishing Helmsdale style with a Pearly Allys on the dropper paired of with an Alistair tube as your tail fly you cannot fail to hammer summer salmon! However watch out for yet another very special RS "Limited Edition" fly coming online next week which we think is one of our best ever for summer salmon fishing.

RS Cascade Alistair JC - buy here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-cascade-alistair-jc.html

RS Classic Alistair - buy now here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/classic-alistair-plastic-tube

RS Pearly Allys - buy here - http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/allys-pearly-shrimp.html

It is no secret, we now definitely need rain to get the fishing back on track. There are fish around but they are getting a little laid back when it comes to hitting salmon flies at the moment due to the bright dry conditions unless you are prepared to get up very early and fish the late shift.

Since there are not great catches to report, we are going to direct you to our "testimonials page" this week where we have lots of great feedback on our flies from anglers who have fished far and wide with them. These are true stories based on memorable catches and anglers who want to share their success with us. This is great motivation for Helmsdale Co and it is what makes us tick and keep pushing the boundaries of fly tying so we can keep offering you an awesome variety of stunning patterns that just keep catching. Read out testimonials here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/testimonials.html

One of the favourites has been our Cascade Alistair which you can see below in the most popular versions. it has to be without doubt our most successful fly locally, nationally and internationally, not many salmon flies have that appeal or power.

RS Cascade Alistair JC plastic tube - 1/2" 0r 1/4" buy here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-cascade-alistair-jc.html

RS UV Cascade Alistair conehead, also available on copper tubes, many sizes ( this is our long standing original version ) buy here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/cascade-alistair-conehead.html

RS UV Cascade Alistair JC conehead, buy here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-cascade-alistair-jc-conehead

RS UV Cascade Alistair JC Copper tube - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-uv-cascade-alistair-jc-copper-tube

The Helmsdale has been fishing well recently with settled conditions and a steady run of fish. Smaller flies are working well and we have another 2 of the best right here for you from Ron.

There is a story behind the first one as Ron first trialled it on the beautiful West cost river Ewe and had one of his best spells on a river with 5 salmon in a matter of hours. Salmon hit this fly in every pool fished off a 6ft intermediate tip and from that day onwards we knew we had another very special fly here, The Kazcade conehead was born and Ron is offering it mainstream again and tying it himself for you.

RS Kazcade conehead, order now here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-kazcade-conehead

Our other summer sensation is based on our super popular Baby TD philosophy of turning large favourites into tiny summer killers. The Monkey tube has a huge following based predominantly on spring and autumn fishing, well now all Monkey lovers have a stunning tiny summer option right here.

RS Mini summer Monkey with a little touch of Rons favourite UV in the wing., order now here - https://www.helmsdalecompany.com/rs-mini-summer-monkey-tube.