I wasn't sure whether to post this on the general fishing thread, thought it might get overlooked so thanks for the replies. I have made a list of the flies suggested, I have got a tackle shop nearby that has a good stock so I should be able to get them. Its nice to have a bit of a start instead of buying blind. Its not a matter of best choice Greenie, the fact that these have worked helps me as a start up.
One venue is a canal about 3/4ft deep and about 30ft wide covered in weed, some very good Rudd in it. I have not seen any fish rise to flies here so I expect it will be something fished in the first 6 inches but I am not sure of what fly to try.
There are also Tench; I tried to catch a tench here conventional method last year and failed. Met a bloke last year who said he had plenty but they were all on the far bank by the reed beds. I know tench are not a fly fish but I wondered if anyone has caught tench on fly and what would be best fly. Again it would have to be something fished just under the surface or am I being to ambitious! Some Carp in here as well.
The river is deep in the middle but it has a weed bed in the margins which I am thinking of fishing just the other side of in about 6ft of water. Its very slow moving in the summer, Tench, Roach, a very few Carp, Chub and Mullet but no Rudd. I am thinking of something fished deep at about the 6ft but what or how I am not sure off yet. The Mullet can be anywhere but often swimming around near the surface all over the river in groups.
I will get the rod in about 2 weeks apparently. Its carbon and looked good enough for my purposes but I only noticed it was a 4 piece after I had bought it. I am used to seeing them as 2 piece but Graham says its OK so thats good. At least it will pack away nicely in the bag. It has only cost £7, cheap but if I really get into it I can always upgrade.
Quite looking forward to it, thanks for the help all.
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We used to catch mullet by accident sometimes in Christchurch Harbour when fly fishing for sea trout, so it is possible to catch them like this.
Mike Ladle seems to be an expert at this however. If you Google Mike Ladle's Diary and go back through the entries you find loads of info and photos about fly fishing for mullet with "maggot flies". At certain times you get loads of weed washed up on the high tide line. It gets infested by flies and the maggots come pouring out and washed back into the sea on a high tide. The mullet love them!
Even if you don't get round to fishing like this, it's interesting reading.
I live on the coast Rob and I see this in hot weather on the beach, the problem is its a wide open beach and spotting where or if the Mullet are close in feeding on them would be a bit hit and miss whereas in Christchurch harbor they are confined and easier to spot.
But this has got me thinking, a maggot on the fly, is this cheating, I have heard of this and it makes the fly more attractive I hear and probably frowned upon among the trout purists but coarse fish? And would an artificial maggot be a good idea? Not keen on it, rather catch a fish on fly only, more satisfying but if pushed for bites, would it be acceptable?
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I did fish these out of my pile of fishing junk Robrake which I bought some months ago from a junk shop, I think I only paid about 3 quid (bit of an unhealthy obsession, I canoot help it). However I have no idea what they are or if they will suit coarse species. If anyone has any ideas (the pics might not be clear enough) are they wet or dry flies?---