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Post by davidthompson1984 on May 17, 2011 18:32:32 GMT
Going to have to stock up on some classic spider patterns, might even dedicate a small river box to them, lol half the flies in my box have attracted the angler and not the fish!!!
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Apr 30, 2011 12:05:35 GMT
Good place for watching the fish spawn at the season end
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Apr 30, 2011 12:00:53 GMT
I'll be honest here, i use very few flies in a season because the ones i do use....work! Obviously the way you fish them is another matter. Here are 5 of the must haves in my box excluding davys spider he posted! Dunkeld: A fly i would tend to use in peaty water off a fresh or when going for Dollaghan. Had so much success with this fly that i would never leave the house without it! Pheasant tail Nymph: This works all year round for me. Would catch mostly trout on this fly and i would tend to fish it off the back of a stream for the sport of catching tiddlers! Exactly the same results with a hares ear nymph too! Greenwells Glory: Love this fly...wet or dry it works well. I would tend to gink the underside of the wing of the wet if the fish aren't taking the dry properly. Suprisingly it works! So presenting the fly to the fish is obviously a big plus. Works all year round too for all fish. Elk hair Caddis olive: There are other versions of this fly but for me the Olive version is the one i have more success on in the warm summer evenings when the sedge comes. Fishing this off the back of a stream can give you some scary takes, and the odd dollaghan around the muckamore stretches! Grey Duster: This as well as the greenwell glory, an olive dry and maybe a red spinner would be the main dries i would work with over a season. I enjoy the grey duster because it seems to work most of the season. It doubles up as a good fly to use when the sedge are hatching too but during almost any rise the fish are partial to a snatch at it, til you suss out what they are taking! I have obviously left out a few obvious flies but i will come back with another 5 soon
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Apr 30, 2011 11:41:33 GMT
I feel left out! i now want one! lol
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Apr 30, 2011 11:40:32 GMT
one fly i end up having to replace every season, it gets mangled!! Fish love it
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Mar 20, 2011 10:55:09 GMT
Caught this at Muckamore, 10 years ago which caused a stir at the time. 1lb 13oz Brownie. Taken on a dunkeld wetfly dropper on a calm summers evening. It was just after the foot and mouth and the fish were taking really strangely on the night. So this evening i ginked the underside of the wing on the wetfly, leaving it to float almost like a cdc emerger and started pulling in fish left right and centre. Heard the deep plunk as the fish took, as it ran, my reel jammed! So in order to give it line i had to run up and down the bank! I was also aware of a very nasty tangle on my leader. Eventually after 10 minutes i was able to get it in. Of course this was well before the times when catch and release was a common practice of which i think i have killed maybe one or two fish since and at that its because they havent recovered. Not aided by the fact i was young at the time and a fishing trip wasnt successful unless u brought something home! A few members tried to discredit the achievement in saying it was a dollaghan but remember seeing Abby and Bill on the same evening and them saying it was a lovely brownie and to enjoy the achievement! There are big fish in that river and not necessarily all at Dunadry Attachments:
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Post by davidthompson1984 on Mar 18, 2011 0:31:29 GMT
credit to ya thats a lovely fish
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