Fly Fishing Help

[J Darcy 5,871]

This is a cracking nymph......one of my own make-up.....I've had an amount of troot on this one...

[J Darcy 5,871]

It's a 16 mate I think. I'm not one for big flies, I likes em dainty...

[jonnie bravo 572]

The aIre is a beauty for them. Great grayling sport too. Try the Bradford City AA book. Anything from steeton onwards is great. Carleton is stunning water.

[tomburras 2,729]

Wow JDarcy that trout is a bueaty. I have been getting a fair few on the aire with a small Toby lure to about 3 lbs but after fly fishing I think I'd be happier doing that and catching nothing ha ha!

[tomburras 2,729]

The aIre is a beauty for them. Great grayling sport too. Try the Bradford City AA book. Anything from steeton onwards is great. Carleton is stunning water.

The aire I'd my faveroute river, I spent half my childhood creeping around on its banks! It is a vastly underrated river. While talking to many fishermen on the canal they say don't even bother trying it. It's there loss. Thanks jonnie bravo I will have a look at the Bradford book, would be nice to venture a bit further. I'm a bit stuck for time and often it's a spur of the moment grab the rod and go type of fishing with me. I think this fly fishing is great and you can travel light and I bet it can become very addictive!

[J Darcy 5,871]

I think nymphs like this will get you the best trout, if you're using the fly that is.

[tomburras 2,729]

I think nymphs like this will get you the best trout, if you're using the fly that is.

Thank you I'm ordering some now. I was trying some gold head flys yesterday similar looking to those but it seemed like they where preferring the dry fly that day. I had a chub on one that looked like a shrimp on Sunday night I'll look for some more of them too. Cheers for the advice as you can probably tell I'm pretty new to fly fishing apart from the occasional trip to still waters so it's much appreciated.

[MIK 4,756]

As mentioned before your leader is very important you can match the hatch spot on but if the fish see your leader they will turn ...try fluorocarbon

[nakednutt 58]

as mik says line is important. try copolymer for dries. also presentation plays a huge part with dry flies. tapered leaders are great for helping you. if you are going to try nymping then keep it plain. weighted pheasant tails or hares ears will catch brownies all day long. have a look at jonathan barnes on youtube. he does some really good tutorials for rivers

[MIK 4,756]

I agree N regarding tapered leaders ...what I do on my trout lines is remove the loop on a braided leader and whip it onto the fly line so its permanent and turns over better ...I also have a line setup like this with a hover leader so when conditions are flat calm it pulls your floro just bellow the surface and it doesnt float on top very good when caenis are on

[defector65 27]

Im a bit of a traditionlisit and only use dry fly. I have fished many a small brook and river from linconshire to the scotish borders and I never fail to take a small grey duster with me and it is always my first fly of choice.This fly always catches for me and very often the only one i use out of the box.

Tight Lines

[tomburras 2,729]

Im a bit of a traditionlisit and only use dry fly. I have fished many a small brook and river from linconshire to the scotish borders and I never fail to take a small grey duster with me and it is always my first fly of choice.This fly always catches for me and very often the only one i use out of the box.

Tight Lines

I went again couple of weeks ago (same place) and the only fly I used was a black clinkhammer in size 16 and it was superb. It was the only fly I used for 3 days and at one point I caught 3 fish is 3 consecutive casts! Iv filled my box up with them now

[jonnie bravo 572]

F flies klinks and grey dusters... Are there any other dry flies out there?

[J Darcy 5,871]

F flies klinks and grey dusters... Are there any other dry flies out there?

A simple hawthorn will catch many fish throughout the season. I tie mine with a white wing to aid visibility in the shadows,.

[tomburras 2,729]

I'd love to add some experience with other flys but I'm only an occasional fly fisher! I baught some CDC black Knats in side 18 incase I needed to scale down but the klinkhammer in 16 was superb! I was fishing in water literally a few inches deep and last time I went the glides I fished where just dry rocks with no water over them - the extra water certainly helped. It's amazing where the fish where and a real eye opener! It's changed the way I think. Can't wait to go again!