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Post by Simon on Feb 21, 2012 17:19:15 GMT
A quick work trip gave me the opportunity to fish with my brother for the first time since the operation. On the way down the weather became very wet so by the time we got to the river it had become very coloured. Started off with heavy shrimp patterns through some deep new pools untried before, no luck for either of us! Lost the flies on some submerged debris so this gave me a chance to try out my new level line, which I have never used before preferring my furled leaders. As from the posts I had coloured it with yellow enamel paint which shows up fine. The leader is around 20ft with 3 foot of Tippet, with a partridge and orange with a forward facing hackle. We were surprised at how well the leader cast, we decided that this leader would be great for across and down but not upstream dry? We were not expecting very much but to our great surprise a fish hit the fly just below surface catching me out so I was unlucky and did not hook the fish. We had been concentrating on the deeper runs but the fish hit the fly in the shallow dead water at the bottom of the run. As I said in Leckies post, the fish are starting to look up! Unfortunately I have to work for the rest of the week in Carmarthen.
Simon.
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Post by pedros on Feb 21, 2012 19:40:58 GMT
Spider fishing with long leaders... You'll be using a double spey as per Louis' instruction with the T next  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2012 14:54:19 GMT
Fished the Ely at Talbot Green a week ago in between rain when the river was fishable had about a dozen small browns (up to half pound) all on dry F fly. A tip I was given after catching fish wash any residue off fly and dry with tissue and then brush some frogs fanny into the fly (titter you not) it is available on line and the fly will float until the next fish.  |
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Post by custheyder on Jul 16, 2012 15:49:31 GMT
CDC and floatants ... I've never been a fan... Does the frog stuff work?
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Post by Simon on Jul 16, 2012 16:12:26 GMT
Hi Cust.
I am a convert to "Frogs Fanny", if you fish with CDC you really need this. With small CDC flies one fish and the fly will not float, a quick wash in the river, dry with a tissue and a brush with the FF and it's like a new fly.
Simon.
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Post by custheyder on Jul 16, 2012 16:56:36 GMT
Sounds good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 11:00:55 GMT
Best way to dry out CDC flies (or any dries) is to hook the fly onto an elastic band which is attached to your jacket,stretch the band and ping the leader so the band springs. This method knocks the water off the fly in seconds and there's no need for any floatant at all, perfect!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 11:05:53 GMT
I managed to find the video where I learned this technique:
(for whatever reason the youtube tags never work for me)
it's in Spanish but it's pretty easy to follow.
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Post by custheyder on Jul 17, 2012 11:19:20 GMT
That's awesome! Now all I need to do is bag'em up and sell'em for a £1 as a CDC restorer!
(...that's a joke by the way... I'm not that cynical.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 12:01:39 GMT
A genius little tip! & so simple. Thanks for that Troutfly.
Regards Stevie.
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