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Listed are 125 + spinners flying c 10/15/20 g Mepps style Toby 12/15/18/25 g Kynoch Rapala style lure 10g sink Mepps style lure 6/10g Devon minnows float and sink with some mounts not shown all in a compartment case all hooks are good Some blades are a little tarnished but it’s only a few...

Picture taken after I dropped a few of my original yellow belly Minnows off to that well respected Tay Ghillie Colin McFadyen of Dalmarnock fishings a great beat to practice the art of the floating Devon. Thanks for the pic Colin. Tightlines from Tay Minnows. look

I have received some wooden blanks to make Devon minnows. Can anyone help with advising me the best way to cut the angles to fit the spinning vanes? Is there any sort of jig that anglers use. Any help will be much appreciated. Glyn

With the collapse of the numbers of salmon caught in Wales in 2019 and expecting that there will be new regulations for salmon anglers in 2020 how effective will traditional lures such as the devon minnow and variants be when armed with a single hook. Anyone with experience of using single hooks...

Hi folks, thanks for letting me in! I've been an angler for nearly 50 years and a fly angler for 40 but never fly fished for Salmon. The time has come for me to do something about it. I spend a lot of time in North Devon so will be looking to try my luck on the Taw and Torridge mostly. I hope...

We don't have a recognised salmon run on my home river so it was a bit of a surprise when this took when I was after a sea trout in a clearing river. And on its way. Colin.

Hi folks. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy the blades (probably not the right term) for a Devon minnow? Grateful for any advice. Cheers

Hi. I am Selling the following Salmon Spinners: Abu Tobies: 18g Landa Lukkis Devon Flying Cs Hook Protectors Some are new & some have been used. £15 Delivered Now SOLD, Many Thanks, :)

Devon minnows plus more (SOLD) Any interest. Over 150 devon bodies, load of mounts and load of mount making materials. ( wire, hooks, beads, tulips ) £75 posted (uk)

Many many moons ago, probably early 60's, on a family holiday to Devon, one of our daily outings was to Lynmouth. Fresh in my parents mind because of a flooding disaster a few years earlier, if my mind isn't playing tricks on me. My abiding memory of the day was of traveling up the extremely...

Im looking for floating devon minnows could anybody tell me where to get them from ive had a look and cant seem to find any cheers jason

Inherited a few Devon Minnows from my father. Most are unweighted and I fish with the bouncing Betty setup as shown on Chris Connoly's website. However I have a few with a copper? tube running through them. One or two of the very small ones are actually metal. Are these meant to be fished on...

Just wondering does anyone find a devon minnow lure good for salmon/sea trout.If so how do you fish it?

Box of Devon Minnows, 3inchish, about 20 bodies, about 12 mounts. Free of charge; postage at cost or welcome to collect.

In the good old days a huge number of Wye fish were caught spinning on a floating Yellow Belly Devon Minnow. I have a often thought about tying a fly to copy it. The Eternal Optimist has produced some fish in the past but I was not totally satisfied so came up with this one. I tried to copy the...

Just received my order of Devon Minnows off Chris connelly on the forum and they are brilliant quality all hand painted to the colours I wanted and no fuss or hassle would really recommend Chris if your after some top fella

I recently contacted one of our trade members on here Chris Connolly for some help. With the long term objective of getting my son and daughter into salmon fishing I thought that the Devon Minnow was an ideal method (with natural bait being banned on my local river) to develop their skills...

A post this evening by JACK POWER referred to a book by Sidney Spencer. I have most of his books and they are my absolute favourites from my small library. I lend them to no one! What has always intrigued me is who was Sidney Spencer... is the name a pen-name? What did he do other than...

Hi, i fish on the river devon in scotland between the camp site in dollar and Vickers bridge could anyone give me tips on good spots to catch salmon it doesnt have to be between these two points.