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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)
Guest
Mention fly fishing to the average angler who has never done it and he thinks such methods are only used to catch trout, salmonor maybe grayling. To those of us who have spent time in many other countries and have caught many different fish on the fly, we know just how deadly the method is for a whole variety of species.
I am not sure of how many different species I have caught on the fly, but it's plenty, maybe something like 45, including several from saltwater.And certainlysome very big UK freshwater fish have been taken recently, especially zander, pike and perch.
In manyother countries of the world, especially the USA, Australia and South Africa, you will see large numbers of anglers in persuit of fish other than members of the salmon family with fly rods in hand. And the numbers are growing.
But what of fly fishing for species other than the salmonids in the UK? Maybe a handful of anglers try their hand for pike, or zander. Certainly you will not see many after barbel or perch or chub or carp or bream or roach or rudd or even dace,But I have caught all these fish on fly in my time. Great anglers of the past such as Peter Stone caught some of his biggest coarse fish, including bream on the fly, and **** Walker loved catching roach, dace and rudd like this.
So have you ever thought what species of fish YOU could catch with the fly rod?Why not try the method, you might surprise yourself and all of us just as anglers fishing a few of the trout reservoirs have done lately.
I am not sure of how many different species I have caught on the fly, but it's plenty, maybe something like 45, including several from saltwater.And certainlysome very big UK freshwater fish have been taken recently, especially zander, pike and perch.
In manyother countries of the world, especially the USA, Australia and South Africa, you will see large numbers of anglers in persuit of fish other than members of the salmon family with fly rods in hand. And the numbers are growing.
But what of fly fishing for species other than the salmonids in the UK? Maybe a handful of anglers try their hand for pike, or zander. Certainly you will not see many after barbel or perch or chub or carp or bream or roach or rudd or even dace,But I have caught all these fish on fly in my time. Great anglers of the past such as Peter Stone caught some of his biggest coarse fish, including bream on the fly, and **** Walker loved catching roach, dace and rudd like this.
So have you ever thought what species of fish YOU could catch with the fly rod?Why not try the method, you might surprise yourself and all of us just as anglers fishing a few of the trout reservoirs have done lately.