Fulling Mill Guide's Choice Wiggle Tail Selection

Fulling Mill Guide's Choice Wiggle Tail Selection

If you’re fly fishing for predators, the ideal decoy is one that imitates the diet of your prey so perfectly it proves irresistible to it. It’s with this in mind that the Fulling Mills Guide’s Choice Wiggle Tail Selection was designed by Italian fly tyer Paolo Pacchiarini and manufactured by Fulling Mill, providing a selection of pike flies that have proved lethal when it comes to pike and predator fishing.

Fulling Mill is one of the leading international fishing fly companies and has a reputation for producing high-quality flies. Its roots are in 1930s Kenya, where the business that was to eventually inspire Fulling Mill was started by fly tying hobbyist Denis Whetman. Today, Fulling Mill is a global company that employs over 300 skilful artisans in its manufacturing facilities in Kenya and Sri Lanka and has distribution hubs in the UK and the US.

Despite this growth, Fulling Mill still focuses on the quality of each individual component, sourcing materials from around the world and tying every fly in-house to ensure they meet the company’s high standards. It also continues to develop thrilling, inventive new patterns that will appeal to the modern fly angler.

This drive to innovate is undoubtedly reflected in the Guide’s Choice Wiggle Tail Selection, a combination of three pairs of ground-breaking Wiggle Tails from Pacchiarini that have challenged pike fly fishing convention encased in a Fulling Mill fly storage box. The selection is made up of two of Paolo’s Wiggle Tail White & Red, two of Paolo’s Wiggle Tail Fire Tiger, two of Paulo’s Wiggle Bunny Black & Blue and the Fulling Mill Xtreme Fly Box.

The concept of the Wiggle Tail was devised by Pacchiarini as he looked for a decoy that was irresistible to predators, a streamer that would still attract fish at night and in muddy water, and a fly that would create vibrations that would stimulate the lateral line sensory organs of predators without being so bulky and heavy it affected casting.

After experimenting with a range of materials, he developed the Wiggle Tail in 2004, a very effective way of adding lots of movement to fly patterns that’s irresistible to predators. There is little else like them on the market, which is why these tails, which are available in several colours and sizes and are durable enough to be used repeatedly, have become a must-have for the modern fly angler.

The included small Fulling Mill Xtreme Fly Box certainly doesn’t let the package down when it comes to quality. Made, rather aptly, in Italy, this Fulling Mill fly box is IP67 rated, which means it offers full protection from dust and can withstand being submerged in up to 1m of standing water for up to 30 minutes, guarding your Wiggle Tails from grime and moisture no matter what the conditions at your swim. It features a slit foam insert that can comfortably and safely hold large hooks.

One of the secrets to successful fly fishing is making your fly visible no matter what the water is like or what time of day or year it is, and with the Fulling Mills Guide’s Choice Wiggle Tail Selection you can be sure you will be getting a range of rigorously-researched pike flies that will provide masses of motion and vibration without having a negative impact on your casting, together with a durable, secure fly box that is ideal for both predator and saltwater fishing.

This excellent combination of Fulling Mill’s cutting-edge, lethal flies and bestselling fly box could form a vital part of any contemporary pike fly angler’s set up.