Peacock Flytying

07/09/2026

The Snake 🐍 Factory: Part 3
Step 1: Wet the finished , varnished snake lightly to smooth the fur out and dry.
Step 2: Quick blow dry…😂
Step 3: Nip off the front hook point (u can do this in a bag to stop em flying everywhere
And we’re done…Snakes take a LOT of prep and work compared to other flies if you want to make them well.
These are off to search the depths of Rutland and Grafham for big browns so let’s hope they bring our customer some tight lines. 👍
Special mention to Andy Lidstone at Barney's Trout Flies for supplying a fantastic olive chinchilla zonker pelt..🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇

05/09/2026

The Snake Factory Part 2 (contd from the other day)
Step 2: Attach the rabbit zonker to the rear of the back hook and add a dubbing noodle for the back body..
Step 3: The trickiest bit…with the zonker held back using a clip and magnet, double whip finish on the back hook eye whilst not tangling in the braid.
Step 4: Front hook, dumb bell eyes whipped and glued on, whip on your flash.
Step 5: Thread the braid up the shank, through the eye and back again and whip n glue.
Step 6: Attach the zonker again at the rear, add a dubbing noodle and tie off at the front. Quick whip finish before adding a dubbing noodle of synthetic Siman dubbing before again another whip finish. (This fly ain’t gonna fall apart like some do)
The FINAL part?……..to be continued
🦚 Peacock Flytying 100% UK Tied 🇬🇧

03/09/2026

Some Blue Flash Damsels using Neon Fritz in Army Olive. A nice 2 different olive shades within the Fritz itself. UK Tied and UK Dyed 🇬🇧

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

Learning to dye my own materials over the last 2 years has been one of the most tricky and secretive journeys I’ve ever been on….but there’s nothing like finding things out for yourself…No filters, no artificial light and definitely no AI here at Peacock Flytying! 🌈🌈🌈🌈 100% UK Dyed

30/08/2026

Bankside Reports 30/08/26: At last! After all of these heatwaves, we have report from the rivers. Across the Pennines in the Yorkshire Derwent, customer Lyam enjoyed some great sport using our Hotspot PTN and Perdigon style euronymphs to capture this escapee rainbow 🌈. More videos and photos in the comments…Well done that man 👍🐟

29/08/2026

Views from the Peacock 🦚 Laboratory…Stage 1 of Snake 🐍 construction. Braid whipped on the rear hooks using a knotless knot and then superglued…100% UK 🇬🇧 Tied

27/08/2026

A quick first basic attempt at the great Arthur MacDonald’s Bubble Minnow…a floating fry pattern with the foam in a loop to create a wake of bubbles 🫧🫧🫧 Natural mink and Chinchilla Mink with a gold Litebrite dubbing body and an underbelly of white mink. On their way to Grafham for the fry feeders…

27/08/2026

How to tell it’s Fry bashing season without even saying it’s fry bashing season….🐟🦈🐟🦈