Hi Howard,

Just wanted to say thanks for your guidance and patience yesterday,and that Anita and I enjoyed it and are very keen to carry on.Also apologies for running over time,but it fly’s when you’re having fun! I’ll be in touch soon to take things a stage further.
Regards,

Russ.

I did manage to skive off  this afternoon and so fished into the evening. I was rewarded with two Browns and two rainbows. I lost count of how many fish I missed?  At least a dozen anyway. All on black buzzers again. Fished slow and deep.

And I considered having a lie in?? Pics of 2 cracking fish landed today. Check out the Golden Rainbow Trout.

My first day back on the club waters after my trip to India.  I took the afternoon off yesterday and went to my local club fishery with fishing buddy Dave Peach. Prior to that I heard that fish had been taken on buzzers so I tied up a selection of black black and green patterns. From the first cast I started getting takes from fish in 10 to 12 feet of water but failed to connect until I found my timing. Then I  hooked a fish which tore off and leaped out of the lake twice and tore off fly line down to the backing.  After a long scrap I landed a a cracking 5.5lb rainbow followed by several good size fish including a nice Char. These two fish I returned but took two smaller fish for the table. After cleaning the fish I inspected the stomach contents and found they had been feasting on large black buzzers. Just goes to show that buzzers are on the menu throughout the year.  Top Tip: When fishing in deep water try fishing a team of 3 buzzers tied at 4 foot intervals, let them sink to the bottom then use a sink and draw retrieval so the flies rise and fall through the layers. Keep in touch with the flies so as to be ready for the slightest take. As they say “Tight Lines”

Howie

Waiting for the fish to arrive so sat back with a King Fisher and was shortly rewarded with a nice little Travally.

A story to one of my trout lakes recently. To say the least it was bloody hard going. Nothing much rising and not one hook up by lunchtime. So me and my buddy Dave Peach trudged back to the car for lunch and a nip of brandy (purely medicinal on a cold day you see) We concluded that the only real fly hatch that morning were Dragon flies and midges. The later which fed on us.  I had one fly in my box which was something like the one in the picture which was about 1.75 inch long. It can be tied up to 2.5 inch. The first cast resulted in a hard slam as the fly dropped through the water. In the next hour or so I had landed 4 clonking browns and one rainbow that tore off fly down to backing. Also lost several more fish before it all went quiet again.  Dragonflies can hatch all through the year on any water so I suggest carrying  a few nymph patterns in green and brown colours. The pattern I tie is scruffy but shapes up when wet. It needs to be bulky in the body to simulate the natural nymph so tying off the marabou near the end of the tail does the job. Watch out for savage takes so step the leader strength.

Howie’s Dragonfly Nymph

Hook:  Medium size 10 Kamasan B170  or same

Thread: as body colour

Eyes:  I like glass beads or black plug chain.

Body and tail: lots of marabou with felt tip painted stripes

Legs: Rubber Silli Legs, knotted

Wing case: Pheasant tail fibers. Varnished

Tight Lines. Howie

Now…..we all have good, bad, amazing and “unlucky” days fishing…. I suggest that the selection of rod, reel, fly line, leader setup, the right fly, a couple of hours casting practice will give you the edge over luck. To me, this practice is the norm. If I choose the lucky option then so be it.   My mate Glen (complete novice) was very certain he wanted to get to grips with fly fishing. I suggested a morning’s casting practice and water craft then on to the trout fishery. Hope the pics say the rest?The pics speak I think? Nice when it all comes together. By the way the killing fly was a natural Daddy. Tight ines Howie

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Introducing new anglers to the art of fly fishing is a great job to have, especially when you get positive feedback. It is amazing what is possible to learn in just 3 hours tuition. Absolute novice, Christian Drewett purchased a  beginners, session gift voucher for his father Brian but decided to joined in as well.  At the end he was casting nice tight loops and laying out 20 meters of fly line. Well done guys and tight lines.

At last, it’s stopped raining. So I go and visit my local lakes to try out the new rod,reel and line. I purchased a very slow sinking line which is great for those flat calm days. You can work the flies just under the surface without causing a wake on the water. The idea paid off as I was rewarded with three nice rainbows one to a daddy on the point and the other two took a diawl bach on the dropper.