CudaFly Question – What happens if what I order is not in stock?

Although we have most items in stock for immediate delivery sometimes we cannot get the item you have ordered from our supplier. Unlike most fly tying web sites we do not back order outstanding items unless we have been requested to do so from you the customer. This means that if we do not have the item we will reimburse your monies before the order is shipped via Paypal or Nochex. This gives you the customer complete peace of mind and does not result in waiting an excessive amount of time for your products.

April May Prize draw winner

Congratulations to Mr Anns of Northants who was randomly drawn this month winning 6 hard boxes of Turrals flies. As ever the response was high so to all those who didn't win thank you for the entries and better luck on the next draw.

Fly Tyers Wanted - Earn Extra Cash

The success of the Steve’s custom flies section of the CudaFly website has been phenomenal. Unfortunately due to time constraints I find it difficult to keep the stock maintained and especially tie new patterns for the site. We at CudaFly are looking for proficient fly tyers who may want to sell their flies through our site. What we propose is that a complete section of the site will be devoted to your flies under your name with the backup of all the barracuda sites. This means that your flies will be advertised not only through CudaFly but also through the blog, barracuda Guiding and when completed a new site for steve’s custom flies. What we at CudaFly propose is that your flies will be bought in batches of ten at a wholesale price which can be paid either through paypal, directly into you bank account or by cheque. We will then sell at a retail price to cover our costs. When we have a minimum of 5 patterns on sale we will then give you an account on the CudaFly site with a HUGE discount to increase your profitability. We will discuss this discount over the phone. We do have plans in the future to produce flies commercially on a wholesale basis to the trade. When we have enough patterns and we begin this process you will be given the opportunity to have these produced in a large scale with a percentage of those flies sold given as royalties on a monthly basis.We do have high standards to which flies will be put onto the site. If you have never tied commercially before do not be deterred as you maybe surprised that you will meet the standard. Initially please contact Cudafly through the contact form with a list of the flies that you would like to submit. We will then contact you to confirm that the chosen patterns could be commercial. Then send two flies of each pattern to the address below so that we can check the standard. Those patterns which are not accepted will be returned. Those that are will have to be kept for reference purposes and a tying procedure submitted. This is in readiness for the future when the flies are produced commercially. Once we have agreed on a price we will then accept delivery of your flies and future patterns can be submitted as you wish. Once we have received your flies we will send monies asap usually within 1 week as per your desired payment method. We will then photograph your flies and put them on our sites. Once your flies begin to sell we will re submit orders as required. Fly TipsBoth flies of each pattern submitted should look the same. Heads should be small, wings in proportion to the fly and any ribbing equidistant. If the patterns submitted are not standard make a name that you would like the fly to be known as such as ‘Steve’s Buzzer’. We will not accept flies that are currently on our site however variants are more than welcome.If you any further questions please use the contact form.
__________________Tight Lines - Steve http://www.cudafly.co.ukhttp://www.cudafly.comhttp://www.barracudaguiding.co.ukTelephone 01516653371

Salmon Fishing Report River Dee Wales May 5th 07

I'm afraid it's bad news again for us Salmon anglers, Steve from Barracuda Guiding had a recent salmon fishing trip on the river Dee in North wales. Unfortuntely due to the lack of rain fall the river is running very low and hence not much to report. After talking to local anglers a couple of salmon where seen earlier in the week at Duncan's pool when the water levels where higher. Hopefully with the fresh rain this week (at time of writing) the salmon should start to run.
On a positive note the trout and grayling has been alot better with stocking to commence within the next few weeks.
To obtain tickets to fish the river Dee, they can be purchased from Watkin and Williams. 4 Berwyn Street Llangollen LL20 8ND Tele 01978860652

Meadow Fisheries report 22nd April 07

I apologise to all for the late posting of the fishing report, this has been due to commitments on my other sites. As ever the fishing has been great this last week at Meadow Fisheries, Chester, despite the changable weather. Fishing this venue for only 3 hours produced great sport on Orange Glo Floss Diawl Bachs, see Barracuda Guiding for tying desription. Fishing the Diawl Bach in combination with black buzzers on a floating line, simply keeping up with the wind drift produced amongst others this cracking Blue Trout which you can see is in excellent condition. As the water was still cool a sinking line approach with damsels and nymphs would have brought more to the net, however as you all know I just love fishing the buzzer and nymph combination on a floating line.

When you fish Meadow Fisheries, the centre lake has plenty of blue trout jumping which really gets the heart pumping. This week the fishing conditions have been fairly good with most catches being produced with some cloud cover. Once this happens the trout wil rise to CDC dry's and emergers with black buzzers (Size #12-14) and damsel all on floating lines being a good alternative. At other times its best to fish clear internediate lines with a variety of lures and nymphs. The weeks biggest fish goes to Mr Leo Winstanly with a trout of 5lb 6oz.


If You have never fished Meadow Fisheries, CudaFly and Barracuda Guiding Highly reccomend this venue. We have known the proprietors John and Chris for many years. They both have lots of fly fishing knowledge and do their uptmost to ensure an enjoyable day at their fishery. There is also a well stocked tackle shop combined with friendly advice, stocking such great products from Vision, C&F, Sage and GLoomis.

Treemeadow fishing report Cornwall april 24th 2007

Here's the latest fishing report from Treemeadow trout fishery, Cornwall. With the warming climate Buzzer hatches are increasing and the trout are taking these avidly. Due to this both lakes are producing very good catch results to black buzzers (size #10-16) either drifted or retrieved slowly. As ever due to the huge Damsel population in both lakes any form of damsel nymph fished slowly on a floating line or rapidly twitched on a slime line (clear intermediate) will always do the trick. The water quality on willow lake is as ever exceptionally clear. This week orange stalking bugs have had the biggest catches with a 13lb 4oz Rainbow Trout falling to one of these bugs. The largest fish on sedge has been a 6lb Rainbow Trout succumed by a damsel. Approximately 10 days ago a brown trout was caught in the sedge lake weighing a massive 14lb which was returned unharmed ( fishery policy all browns to be returned). This is impressive in itself but for those of you who have not fished treemeadow, sedge lake is where the smaller fish are! Keep up the great work John (Fishery owner)
For more information on Treemeadow fishery look at these web sites
http://www.treemeadow.co.uk
http://www.barracudaguiding.co.uk

River Tyne Salmon Fishing Report

Last week John Hodge of Treemeadow trout fishery, Cornwall, fished the river Tyne at Bywell. Unfortunately it's bad news for us Salmon Fly anglers out there. The water is so low that for the week no fish where caught on the beats that John fished. Knowing how keen John is it won't be long before those bars of silver are on the bank side. Better luck next time John.
Steve