Fly Fishing Fly Shop
My former ebay store rated 100% positive
feedback!
My goal with "Tight Lines"
is for continued success offering all flies (UMPQUA) and those hand tied by me,
plus all products and photos are under a "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY
BACK POLICY", with free return shipping*.
*This
policy does not apply to Signature Rods which are covered under a separate
warranty. See signgature rod pages for complete details.
|
 Fully secure online credit card processing with
PayPal®!
Money Order/Cashiers Check,
Personal Check also accepted. Make payable to Dave Botelho and mail to Dave
Botelho c/o Tight Lines, 30 Jillian, Way, Westport, MA 02790. Please include
the total of your order plus $4.85 for shipping and handling for the first $10
ordered and an additional $2 for each increment of $10 over the first.
 If you are not sure how much shipping
to include please send an email to troutman_1@charter.net.
Return policy: IF NOT COMPLETELY
SATISFIED, SIMPLY RETURN THE MERCHANDISE WITHIN 7 DAYS, FOR A FULL MONEY BACK
REFUND, INCLUDING YOUR SHIPPING CHARGES.
All shipping is US Post Office
Priority Mail based on your order and handling. NOTE: For orders shipped
outside of the USA shipping and handling rates will be adjusted to $9.95 for
flies and to $21.95 for rods. Adjustments for international shipping order
payment will be forwarded via PayPal upon processing.Will
combine shipping on multiple orders of all flies, rods, reels, spools, photos
and fly lines.
|
The March Brown American -
Dry Fly - (Lot of 6)
 |
The March Brown American -
Dry Fly - (Lot of 6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #12, #14.
$7.50
|
The March Brown American - Dry Fly lot of 6
flies for $7.50.
It is peculiar that this pattern should include the
month of March in it's name since the natural insects are not confined to
hatching in this month. The March Brown likes large stony rivers just like
stoneflies. The March Brown pattern is one of the oldest angling flies around.
As far back as the 1600's it is recorded as being a fly pattern of choice in
England. The fly is known by many different local names like Brown Drake, Dun
Drake or Cob Fly. This fly pattern universally works when there are no hatches.
It seems to function as a universal attractor pattern for dark insects. The
nymph remains at the bottom of the river for over two years undergoing a series
of moults as it grows. A large Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear nymph or a Pheasant Tail
nymph is an ideal choice as a match for the March Brown nymph.
After
the hatches of tiny midges and Blue winged olives the March Browns are normally
the first large mayflies of the year. They always seem to hatch in cold rainy
afternoons. they can hatch from mid February and continue into May. Look out
for bird activity as a great indicator that the hatch has started.
 |
The Blue Wing Olive - Dry Fly
- (Lot of 6)
 |
The Blue Wing Olive - Dry
Fly - (Lot of 6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #14, #16, #18, #20 & #22.
$7.50
|
The Blue Wing Olive - Dry Fly lot of 6 flies
for $7.50.
" It's always a good time for Blue Winged
Olives"
The Blue Wing Olive is one of my favorite dry flies for many
reasons.
#1. Because the window of its fishing viability is extremely
long, it is one of the few flies that stays in my box all year long.
#2. It is easy to identify in the air.
#3. It catches Trout.
Blue-wings like soggy days. On some of those days the air seems to be
alive–almost electric, an excitement you can feel. The best fishing occurs
on those days. They can also come out in full sun, but heavy hatches of
blue-winged olives on bright sunny days are the exception.
Blue Wings
usually hatch in sufficient numbers to get the Trout interested and keep them
interested. The main thing is to be prepared for them. Be ready with a long
leader and spools of fresh 5X and 6X tippet, and because you might need a spool
of 7X, be ready with nymphs, cripples and emergers. |
The Royal
Coachman - Dry Fly - (Lot of 6)
 |
"The Royal Coachman Dry Fly" tied by Upmqua Tyers for a BUY IT
NOW in a minimum lot of 6 flies for $7.50.
|
The Royal Coachman - Dry Fly - (Lot of 6)
$7.50
|
The Royal Coachman is perhaps the most famous fly
pattern in American History. It was created in 1878 by a New York professional
fly Tyer named John Hailey as a more durable (and only incidentally, more
beautiful) version of an older pattern called the Coachman. It was given the
name "Royal Coachman" by L.C. Orvis, brother of Charles Orvis, the founder of
the Orvis fly fishing company which is prominent today.
NOTE: THIS IS
DAVE BOTELHO'S "GO TO" DRY FLY, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS MATCHING THE HATCH. EVERY
FLY BOX should have a selection of these flies. |
The Royal Wulff
Coachman - Dry Fly - (Lot of 6)
 |
"The Wulff Royal Coachman Dry Fly" tied by Umpqua Tyers for a
"BUY IT NOW" minimum lot of 6 flies for $7.50.
NOTE: THIS IS DAVE
BOTELHO'S "GO TO" DRY FLY, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS MATCHING THE HATCH.
|
The Royal Wulff Coachman - Dry Fly - (Lot of
6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #8, #10, #12, #14, #16, #18, #20.
$7.50
|
| Lee Wulff did not create the Royal Wulff. He created
the Gray and White Wulff in 1929. Q.L. Quackenbush, an early member of the
Beaverkill Trout Club is credited with designing the Royal Coachman hair wing
dry fly. Lee Wulff developed his own series of dry fly patterns. Wulff noted
that dry flies with wings and tails of feathers get slimed up and are not very
durable. To Lee, the solution was obvious, use bucktail (deerhair) for tails
and wings. He found that the fish seemed to prefer the bulkier flies that
"looked more" like the naturals than the feather wing patterns. |
The Griffith's
Gnat Dry Fly - Dry Fly - (Lot of 6)
 |
"The Griffith's Gnat Dry Fly" "tied by Umpqua Tyers for a "BUY
IT NOW" minimum lot of 6 flies for $7.50
Midges or gnats are the stable
diet of most trout. These tiny insects are found on most rivers, lakes and
streams. This popular American Fly is used to imitate egg-laying adult midges
and emerging midges. George Griffith, one of the founding fathers of the
American Trout Unlimited, created one of the most important midge dressings.
The Griffiths Gnat is a simple fly. The beauty of it is how it floats half in
and half out of the surface film, representing something stuck, trying to
emerge from it's schuck. After having had some coverage in the British and
European Fly Fishing press it has now successfully crossed the Atlantic.
Hatches are normally during the evening and often prolific. |
The Griffith's Gnat Dry Fly - Dry Fly - (Lot
of 6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #16, #18 & #20. NOTE: LIMITED SUPPLY
$7.50
 In this photo,
that is me holding a beautiful Montana Bighorn Rainbow taken on a #18
Griffith's Gnat. My buddy is none other than Ed Lombardo, ESPN'S 1 Fly contest
winner. |
| NOTE: When I see sipping and can't see any insects, I
always succeed with a tiny Griffith's Gnat... Always. |
The San Juan Worm -
(Lot of 6)
 |
"The San Juan Worm" tied by Upmqua Tyers for a BUY IT NOW in a
minimum lot of 6 flies for $7.50 .
Contrary to the popular opinion, the
San Juan Worm does NOT imitate a garden-variety worm. Instead, it is supposed
to represent an aquatic worm.
|
The San Juan Worm - (Lot of 6) AVAILABLE
IN SIZES #10 & #12. COLORS: Red ONLY
$7.50
|
| For those of you who have never observed an aquatic
worm, I encourage you to obtain a nymph net and do some prospecting in a
portion of a stream that has a mixed sandy and muddy bottom. Some aquatic worms
can grow to about the size of a small garden worm,( see photo in listing ) but
most are small like the one pictured, in listing, that is smaller than scuds
and sow bugs. |
"The Ammonite
Nymph" - Thornton's Signature Fly - Wet Fly - (Lot of 6)
PHOTO
OF AMMONITE FLY SHOWN IS ACTUAL FLY TIED BY STEVE THORNTON |
The Ammonite Nymph is a great searching nymph and is now being
tied by Umpqua Fly Tyer John Kimani, and offered to you at a below retail
price. SELLING FOR: 6 FLIES FOR $7.50.
|
"The Ammonite Nymph" - Thornton's Signature
Fly - Wet Fly - (Lot of 6)
$7.50
|
Steve Thornton is a professional photographer, flytyer
and flyfisherman who travels the world on photographic assignments for
international magazines with a travel rod and reel stowed within his camera
bags. Steve also creates fine art angling photographs from his travels and are
hand printed for decoration in either the home or office. These can be viewed
and purchased through www.virtual-nymph.com. Steve Thornton is known throughout
the world for his photography and flytying skills. He demonstrates his original
style of realistic flytying at some of the biggest and most prestigious fly
fishing shows throughout America and Europe.
(STEVE'S BOOK SHOULD
BE ON EVERY FLY TYER'S DESK! Contact Steve at
info@virtual-nymph.com and tell him
Dave Botelho sent you.) |
John Barr's Copper John Nymph
(Lots of 6)
 |
Upmqua Copper John Flies to you at below retail prices. Upmqua
flies are of the highest quality and are extremely durable. In 1996 John Barr
refined his Fly and it emerged in 2001 as the NUMBER-ONE-SELLER in the Upmqua
catalog, the successor to the Hare's Ear and the Prince as the first nymph
anglers pull out of the box. All I can say is this Fly is a KILLER!!!.
I Have been told and I have read (Fly Tyer Magazine-Winter 2004) that
this is the best selling Fly in the "World", and I have to agree.
|
John Barr's Copper John Nymph (Lots of
6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #12, #14, #16 & #18. COLORS: Green, Copper,
Black, Zebra AND Red.
$7.50
|
John Barr's
Copper John Nymph (Lots of 6) With Gold Beadhead and "Black" Rubber Legs
with Brown goose biot tails. AVAILABLE IN SIZES #16 & #18. COLORS:
Black, Copper, Green AND Red.
$7.50.
|
 |
John Barr's Copper John Nymph (Lots of
6) With Gold Beadhead. AVAILABLE IN SIZES #12, #14, #16, & #18. COLORS:
Blue, Red, Green, Black, Copper, and Zebra.
$7.50
|
The Randall
Kaufmann Stonefly - (Lot of 6)
 |
The Randall Kaufmann Stonefly" tied by Upmqua Tyers for a BUY
IT NOW in a minimum lot of 6 flies for $7.50
Stoneflies nymphs provide
fish with many high-energy meals, and imitations provide anglers with excellent
action all season long, but especially just before and during a hatch. This fly
should be weighted accordingly and fished dead drift or crawled along the
bottom.
|
The Randall Kaufmann Stonefly - (Lot of
6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #6, #8, #10, & #12. COLORS: Brown AND Black.
$7.50
|
"EVERY FLY BOX should have a selection of these flies
in various colors. Remember 90% of a trouts diet is below the surface.
|
Umpqua "Realistic StoneFly"
- (Lot of 6)
|
Umpqua "Realistic
StoneFly" - (Lot of 6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #8, #10 & #12. COLOR:
Brown.
$8.50
|
Umpqua "Realistic StoneFly" are of the
highest quality and are extremely durable.
Email received May 14, 2005: "Dave, Thanks for
the prompt response and the ultra-fast shipment! I'll be back. Hey, check out
the attached photo of this BEAUTIFUL 19" RAINBOW I caught on one of your
realistic stonies!
All the best!
Richard
Louisville, KY |
Ultra Shrimp,
Popovics - (Lot of 6)
 |
Umpqua Ultra Shrimp, Popovics at below an average retail price
of $4.00.
The Ultra Shrimp is sold in lots of 6 for $10.99.
|
Umpqua Ultra Shrimp, Popovics - (Lot of 6)
AVAILABLE IN SIZES #2 and #4.
$10.99
|
| The Ultra is the most realistic and successful grass
shrimp imitation in use along the east coast. You can fish it, deadrift, around
shoreline grass beds or under floating mats of eel grass. You can also fish it
in a current at a predetermined depth by attaching a strike indicator to your
leader and allow the Fly to drift along with the tide. This is a favorite
procedure of New Jersey Striper Anglers. A SUPER PRODUCTIVE technique is to
chum the water with grass shrimp. Throw only a few at a time every minute or
so, into the current, allowing them to drift with the tide, usually near inlets
or along jetties. After ten minutes, let your fly drift back into the slick
with the line taut to detect a pickup, but not enough to inhibit the drift of
the Fly. Weakfish and Stripers have succumbed to this technique for
generations. |
Umpqua Practical Salt Water
Fly Selection - (Lot of 6)
 |
Umpqua Practical Salt Water Fly Selection sold in lots of 6
each or mixed for $10.99
Lefty's Deceiver (Chartreuse/White
#2/0)
Clouser's Deep Minnow (Blue or Chartreuse/White #2/0) The
Sea
Habit Herring Bucktail (Herring Color #2)
Practical Fly
Selection for Salt Water
by Captain John A. Kumiski
"There is an expression used by scientists, Occam's razor. The idea
is that if there are two theories, each of which plausibly explains a
phenomenon, the other which explains it more simply and elegantly is probably
the correct one. Occam's razor explains my approach to Fly selection-KEEP IT
SIMPLE.
Where you live and what you fish for most of the time will
color your choice of flies, of course. In spite of this, some flies are so
universal in their appeal to gamefish of all types that they need to be by
almost all saltwater flyrodders. In my travels, I see the same classic patterns
in the Fly boxes of all the good Fly Fishers it's been my fortune to meet.
|
Umpqua Practical Salt Water Fly Selection -
(Lot of 6) Mixed Lot. NOTE: YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 OF EACH FLY (TOTAL 6
FLIES PER SALE).
$10.99
Lefty's Deceiver - (Lot of
6) (Chartreuse/White #2/0)
$10.99
Clouser's Deep Minnow - (Lot
of 6) (Blue or Chartreuse/White #2/0)
$10.99
Sea Habit Herring Bucktail -
(Lot of 6) (Herring Color #2)
$10.99
|
| |
LEFTY'S DECEIVER is a superb example of this
universal type of fly. With it's shape imitating that of so many different
types of baitfish, it's ability to be adapted and modified to fit differing
conditions, and because it can be tied in sizes ranging from two inches to over
ten inches in length, Deceivers can be and are used to catch everything from
panfish to billfish. ALL Fly Fishers need a selection of these Flies in various
sizes and colors.
BOB CLOUSER'S DEEP MINNOW is another example of a Fly
that ALL fish will eat. A simple tie of lead, steel, and bucktail, more than
fifty different species of fish have been taken on Clouser minnows. They are a
standard on everything from bass to bonefish.
The SEA HABIT HERRING
BUCKTAIL, adds so much enjoyment to the Fly Fisher's life.
|
Dave's Signature
Fly
Custom tied by Dave |
| "The Sinking Inchworm"-
Dave's Signature Fly- (Lot of 6) |
The
King Salmon in this photo was caught with "The Sinking Inchworm" (For Salmon).
This fly is on Display at the Catskill, N.Y. Fly Fishing Museum and is
published in Poul Jogensens' Wet Fly Patterns for the New Millennium due
out soon. |
"The Sinking Inchworm"-
Dave's Signature Fly - (Lot of 6) AVAILABLE IN SIZES #10, #12, and #14.
NOTE: LIMITED SUPPLY
$7.00
|
The "Sinking Inchworm" a wet Fly, was created
by Fly Fisherman and tyer, Dave Botelho. After studying trout in a feeding
frenzy on the naturals, he created this incredible fly, and on the first day he
caught and released 29 trout. It has been used on all species of fresh water
fish and all over the world with fantastic results. Every fly box should have a
few. They are DEADLY all year long. A set of diagramed fishing instructions are
included with purchase and when followed, HOLD ON!!!.
|
Dave Whitlock's
Matuka Sculpin - (Lot of 6)
 |
Dave Whitlock's Matuka Sculpin tied by Upmqua Fly Tyers. This
fly is a deadly producer in any stream or river for all species of fresh water
fish, especially
Trout. Nothing more left to say about this Trout candy
except, tie one on and then "HOLD ON". BUY IT NOW in a minimum lot of 6 flies
for $8.50.
|
Dave Whitlock's Matuka Sculpin - (Lot of 6)
AVAILABLE IN Gold, Black and Olive SIZE #6 with realistic looking eyes.
$8.50
|
 Photo: Travis Tyrrell (An aspiring Fly Fishing
Guide) with Fly Fishing Legend Dave Whitlock on Arkansas's White River. Travis
and his father Chuck met and befriended Dave while attending his Fly Fishing
School. Check it out at www.davewhitlock.com
NOTE: Dave Whitlock has been
kind enough to give his permission to use his photo on this site as a visual
aid and not as an endorsement of this site and I thank him dearly. |
"Dressed Classic Salmon
Flies"- (Single Fly or Complete Set of 28)
 |
A
SINGLE FLY, sells for $ 2.75 each.
ALL 28 of MAJOR TRAHERNE'S FLIES ARE
IN STOCK. They are beautiful and you can order the complete set of 28 for
$75.00.
Major John Popkin Traherne (Aug. 28, 1826 - Jan. 28, 1901) was
probably the most aesthetically gifted Salmon Fly Tyer of the nineteenth
century. He served in the army, reaching the rank of Major, and retiring in
1865. At the World Exhibition in London in 1833, Major Traherne won the title
with a box of 18 of his salmon flies.
Fly Fisherman and Tyer, Dave
Botelho has obtained the tying recipes of all Major Traherne's 28 Flies and has
had the MAJOR'S DRESSED SALMON FLIES DUPLICATED PRECISELY by UMPQUA FLY TYER
JOHN KIMANI. |
"Dressed Classic Salmon Flies"- (Single Fly) PLEASE
SPECIFY WHAT FLY/FLIES YOU WANT WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER. HURRY-LIMITED
SUPPLY. NOTE: These flies are tied on a size 2 Hook.
$2.75
"Dressed Classic Salmon
Flies"- (Complete Set of 28) A COMPLETE SET OF ALL 28 FLIES. HURRY-LIMITED
SUPPLY. NOTE: These flies are tied on a size 2 Hook.
$75.00
|
For details about Major John Traherne's Salmon Flies visit
http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/
trahernes_salmon_flies.htm
NOTE:
These Classics are tied on a # 2 Black hook with no gut eye and imitation
jungle cock is used to perfection. |
Scandinavian Classic
Salmon Fly Collection
|
Scandinavian Classic Salmon
Fly - (Single Fly) PLEASE SPECIFY WHAT FLY/FLIES YOU WANT WHEN YOU PLACE
YOUR ORDER. HURRY-LIMITED SUPPLY. NOTE: These flies are tied on a size 2 Hook.
$2.75
Scandinavian Classic
Salmon Fly Collection - (Complete Set of 6)
$16.50
|
A SINGLE FLY, sells for $2.75
each.
Complete set of 6 for $16.50
The British salmon fly
tying traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries that used exotic materials and
complicated patterns were exported to the countries the British exported and
occupied. In North America and other parts of the world, gradually these
pattern were changed and new ones designed to make use of the more easily
obtainable local animal skins and feathers. They were also designed to suit the
different natural conditions and local fish. Hairwings were used instead of
brightly colored feathers from tropical birds. They worked as well if not
better, Hairwing salmon flies have now become the norm and the traditional
feather-winged patterns are now more commonly found as framed works of art that
hang in gentlemen's studies and behind bars.
The Silver Doctor is one
of the fully dressed patterns much loved by salmon anglers of the 19th century
and early 20th century. The dressings of these patterns were extremely
complicated and included many exotic plumages from endangered birds. Modern
substitute materials have enabled the Silver Doctor still to be fished,. It is
one of the flies that the British took to Norway and Canada at an early date
with great effect. James Wright was its designer back in 1850. The silver body,
red and blue coloring make this fly distinctive.
Fly Fisherman and Tyer
, Dave Botelho has obtained the tying recipes of these Scandinavian Classics
and has had them duplicated precisely by Umpqua Fly Tyer John Kimani.
NOTE: These Classics are tied on a # 2 Black hook with no gut eye and
imitation jungle cock is used to perfection. |
Hairwing Scottish Fly
Selection
 |
Hairwing Scottish Fly
Selection - (Single Fly) PLEASE SPECIFY WHAT FLY/FLIES YOU WANT WHEN YOU
PLACE YOUR ORDER. NOTE: Size #2 double black hook
$1.85
Hairwing Scottish Fly
Selection - (Complete Set of 7)
$12.95
|
A SINGLE FLY, sells for $1.85
each.
Complete set of 7 for $12.95
This selection of Salmon
Flies, in size #2 double black hook are a blend of the old and the new in
Scottish salmon fly fishing. Old favorites like the Stoat's Tail and Monroe's
Killer claim their well deserved place in your fly box alongside the new breed
of patterns like the Cascade and Ally's Shrimp, which have proven so effective
in recent seasons. This Hairwing Salmon Fly Selection offers practical variety
for Summer and Autumn salmon fishing. The smaller, darker patterns will, in
general, be of the most use in low, clear or warm water conditions while the
larger, brighter patterns will come into their own in high, cold or colored
water.
Fly Fisherman and tyer, Dave Botelho has obtained the tying
recipes and has had the selection tied by Umpqua tyer John Kimani. |
|
| | |
