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We all know how effective the popular Apps Bloodworm can be especially on small stillwaters where fish are regularly stocked. Fished under the bung, on the point of a team of flies or stripped on a floating or sinking line, these flies have the movement and colour to attract even the most finicky of trout. If you haven’t yet tried them, I suggest you follow … Continue reading Apps Bloodworms
Over the last week Facebook has told me that anglers around the UK have started to see the very first of the Mayfly! This is an exciting time of year, when the mayfly start to hatch trout seem to change their finicky ways and attack the mayfly with anger and excitement, splashing at the surface either taking them or drowning the fly to make it an easy … Continue reading It’s Mayfly Time!
It’s about time the Mayfly started to put in an appearance on the surrounding south Wales rivers – And there’s nothing worse than being caught out without any ammo! It’s completely obvious when the fish are feeding on the adult from the surface… large head and rail rises at the back ends of the pools mixed with a few splashy over excited fish with eyes bigger than … Continue reading How to tie a Mayfly Nymph
With the intention of doing more fishing on the midlands lakes this year I thought it was about time I got the Grafham Killer Shrimp out of the way… Below is one of my early attempts at a shrimp pattern. The foam back creates a great, full segmented effect and gives the fly some buoyancy, great for when you need the flies either close to … Continue reading Killer Shrimp
Like most anglers at this time of year I’ve spent a lot of time at the vice filling up the fly boxes ready for the up and coming season. Early season usually means fishing deep with fast sinking fly lines and lures. On the other scale, midge and buzzer patterns fished static throughout the layers can also produce some great results, especially as the weaither starts … Continue reading Some recent flies…
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