Let's go fly fishing

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Ron Troversial Clay

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I do not apologise for putting this thread in the General Section.

At this time of the year I start looking forward to springtime, and to me that means fly fishing for trout.

During the past 3 years I have done little fly fishing, mainly because I have been involved with other species. I have perhaps spent too much time after barbel on the Trent. Sure i've had successes, best fish 11lb 6oz together with quite a few doubles.

But somehow there is not the fun in this sort of fishing. I discovered the other day that I am missing my fly fishing. After all I spent nearly 15 years of my life doing little else.

So starting this next April I am after trout, and sea trout, and who knows maybe a salmon on the fly. I shall be fishing a whole host of different waters, from local lakes to reservoirs to Derbyshire and Yorkshire streams. I hope to venture also to Scotland, or even Ireland to catch seatrout and salmon.

Most of us on FM have , I feel aspirations to be all-round anglers.

You can never consider yourself to be an all-round angler if you have not caught a hard fighting trout on the fly rod. Come on guys, give it a go.

You will never know what you have missed if you don't.

Our Graham seems to be getting the bug.

I've had the bug since I was 14.
 
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Keith Hacking

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hope you get your salmon on the fly Ron,I have only caught one on fly,nearly thirty years ago now ,still remember it as one of the best fighting fish i have caught,
it was about seven pounds in weight,and i caught on a six weight fly rod,fishing for sea trout,i was on the river hodder a tributary of the ribble,happy days.
still fish fly for them,but no luck yet.
lack of confidence in the method i think,if i'm confident in the way i'm fishing i usually catch,hav'nt got it with fly fishing for salmon though.
 
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Fred Bonney

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Up to 5/6 years ago I was taken regularly on freebees to a beat on the Test, with a business aquaintance.
Had a great deal of fun and success with Grayling and Rainbows.
May well give it another go,unlikely to be on the same beat or come to that, river though!
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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I've never done any proper fly fishing--I did have a mess around but kept cracking the flies (like a whip)off so never bothered again.......
 
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The Monk

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I`ll have a go with you Ron, I taught the girlfriend to cast a fly last year, shes pretty good now, got about 8 fly rods in the tackle room and all the gear,plus a full set of tying gear, vises etc not used most of it, used to love the old graying on leaded nympths. (cant beat a nympth thats what I always say)?
 
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Stephen Mc Cormack

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Seeing as the monk likes nymphs so much does that make him a nymphomaniac ?

Really though I can't wait for the new season to start over here in March as I'm getting a new 8' weight 5 rod for the upper reaches of the Liffey and a couple of other smaller rivers, and I'm also going to try my hand at some still water nymphing if I can get the chance.
 
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Jon Moores

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Ron - best of luck with the salmon & sea trout. As I've mentioned on another thread I can recommend the South Esk for the sea trout and a chance of salmon. If you can get hold of August's Trout & Salmon there's a bit about the river by Ally Gowans. However, if your going to Ireland then that has to be your best chance of a salmon.

On the fly I've had 4 salmon plus a number of grilse and it's probably because I've had only a few that I find the take of a salmon on a fly to be, in a very understated way, one of the most special moments in fishing. It's generally unexpected and because it is so gentle it's hard to believe what has happened, followed by a realisation that you really have hooked one that sets the heart pounding.
 
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I'm not new to flyfishing, but had a lay-off from it for several years. My hernia op earlier this year forced me to return to it for fly gear was about the heaviest I could carry.

I enjoyed it so much I don't intend to stop again, but mix it with coarse fishing for big and small fish, match fishing, etc. I'm sure I could just as easily take to sea fishing given more opportunity.

It's simple as far as I'm concerned, I just love fishing.
 
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The Monk

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probably Steve, glad I`m not a women, I`d have a right name?
 
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The Monk

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The fly is lovely on the Ribble Graham for Chub and Dace, traditionally we would catch Dace on the old Greenwells and Chub on anything with a big bushy hackle like Zulu`s, real Crabtree stuff, nice and light, roaming about the meadows in the Summer evenings waiting for the hatches, its a lovely way to fish
 
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I must try that next summer Monk. Sounds good.
 
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The Monk

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you`ll love the change Graham, I like to leave the bivvy behind occasionally
 
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Ron Troversial Clay

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Cakey,

I taught fly casting and fly tying as well as techniques on both river and stillwater, semi-professionally for amost 15 years I guess. I have taught some top South Africans who are now in the government there, Cyril Rhamaposa and Vally Moosa come to mind.

To you I'll give a couple of lessons for nowt!!

Get yourself a 9 to 91/2 foot fly rod that will throw a #6 line. No need to spend a fortune either, although don't buy cheap rubbish.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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I want lessons too.......
I'll be a good boy (for a scouser)...... honest
 
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Dave Rothery

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i'll lend you some kit cakehole. stopped cos fluffchucking was soooo easy.
 
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Ron Troversial Clay

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Dave, anyone who relegates fly fishing to "fluff chucking" needs drawing, hanging and quartering.
 
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Ron Troversial Clay

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Come one Dave you know why.

For a start, a lot of the flies we cast are not made out of "fluff".
 
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