Grayling flies.

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Could some one suggest commercially available flies suitable for fishing for grayling.
Small rivers and weir plunge pools are the areas i will be fishing mostly. thanks .....

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Ow crikey Landsurfer how longs a piece of string?

Over the years i have caught well with the following.

In terms of nymphs. Anything with a beadhead works well, Gold, pink, copper & silver. Grayling are suckers for a bead. Czech nymphs in all forms are very good too, Even huge ones, I would think nothing of trolling the depths with a team of size 6 czech's.
I have found pink nymphs seem to work very well, combine that with a goldhead & you will have a killer combination.

On the wet fly side, A Black zulu with a red tag has caught me good numbers of Grayling.
The Greenwells, Black & peacock, snipe & purple all fish well.

On the dry side of things, (sad as i'am) i have records in my diary of Big Black Klinkhammers taking good numbers of fish, even in the colder months.

I also tied a form of Foam Ant. Very simple, This fly was my main weapon when the fish were on the surface. I shall look one out & post a shot of it latter.

Not that iam trying to put you off commercially bought Grayling flies, But there are a few of our own Forum members that have the ability to tie these flies to a much higher standard & are no doubt very good Grayling fisherpersons themselves & can supply you with their very own ' killer ' Grayling fly. This i would imagine would give a bulit in confidence for not alot of extra cost.

Stevie

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If you are looking for quality you'll be hard pushed to find better flies that those sold by Gareth Lewis fly fishing he's just opened a new shop on his blog, a googly search should see you right.

[leckie]

When does the grayling season officially start
The photos of the grayling recently posted on the forum look in great condition.

Alex

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There is no close season for Grayling in Scotland, it's classed as a coarse fish here for some reason. Not sure about elsewhere though ?

[Paul G]

Grayling season in England starts with the coarse fish season (16th June usually - can be subject to local byelaws though so do check!).

Tends to then run through to early/mid March (again subject to local variation).

They can be a superb summer species to fish for and I guess they've aquired their "winter" label from the fact that you can still fish for them once the trout season has ended.

The reason for the difference is, of course, that trout and grayling spawn at different times of the year although their fry can tend to emerge from the gravel at somewhat similar times. This is due to the fact that trout eggs spend a very long time in gravel (the whole winter) whereas grayling eggs tend to hatch out only a few weeks after being laid in spring.

[hobgoblin]

Landsurfer.
Learn to tie your own, I taught myself out of necessity.
There are lots of basics fly tying videos on You tube, or get a copy of Peter Gathercoles book from your local library.
Have a go, you will be surprised how easy most of the patterns are to produce.
hobgoblin

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On you tube checkout a guy called Davie Mcphail.

He's got to be one of the best flytyers i've ever seen. Very clear instructions from the simple patterns upto the most difficult. He's also tied a few Tenkara reverse hackle flies too.

Stevie