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Public fishing in England

Bob,

There are lots of opportunities to fish much more cheaply than your 2002 trip, though I guess the Hampshire Chalk-streams would be a special once-in-a-lifetime trip.

The trout & salmon season is drawing to a close over here now, when are you coming over, and where would your stay be centred?
Wild trout season normally ends around end of September, salmon mostly mid October, though a few rivers stay open or re-open for January, I think. The public-water-supply reservoirs mostly stay open till mid-to-end of October. Put-and-Take fisheries stay open all year round.

Costs: reservoirs, around 15 pounds per day (usually 6 or 8 fish limit, no catch & release), with a boat costing perhaps 30-35 pounds for two anglers.
Salmon & sea-trout can cost a lot, but we have a good river locally (SW Egland) (the River Lyn) where fishing is about 20 pounds / day for salmon (but not fly, usually worm or spinner). For wild trout fishing on most rivers ranging from Yorkshire in North to Devon & Cornwall in SW, you can often get a day for between 5 pounds and 20 pounds. Free fishing is often only available if you know the landowner.

Best bet is to work out which rivers you'll be near, then search for info on the web. through the river name.

If you want specific info and you think I can provide it, send me an email.

Regards,
Les

Martin,

Thanks fo

Martin,

Thanks for the nice calm podcast.

I enjoy your work always

Matthias from Socal

i have not yet reall

i have not yet really tried fishing but reading this article makes me want to head to the nearest sea just to try few of the many that you have suggested.

Can't understand why

Can't understand why you would go through all the bother of making your own dubbing wax! At only $3.99 for a large container/tube you certainly not saving any money. By your own estimates [not counting time] the cost of making one's own receipe $6-14.40 plus a pot that has to cost at the minimum $4. What am I missing seeing here?

This site was a savi

This site was a savier for my son school project, about fishing. Let me tell you: Great site, that everybody can enjoy........Thanks a lot keep up ......

i cant belive they l

i cant belive they look like hooks

Hi Darryl

Lekker

Hi Darryl

Lekker pictures hey! Well done great class and techique!

Moreno
A SA Expat!

Re: Flylip (TM)

Fishing is quite OK. Can't complain. Can't complain about sense of humour either. 😄 - Do you have a cellar?

Flylip (TM)

Hey t.z,

No thanks. :) (TM)
I hope your fly fishing isn't like your sales pitching... :shock:

Rip Van (TM)

I only use a floating line

I only use a floating line when wading, sometimes I add a mini sink tip to get down to eight feet. If I'm fishing water during the day that is over 8 feet deep then I use a long section of T-14 on a floating head. The only time I use a fast sinking line is from a boat to deep water.
I mostly fish at night when stripers when stripers focus on the upper water column. Many of the patterns I use are between 6 to 8 inches and some much larger but when they feed on shrimp, isopods, juvenile crabs, worms, juvenile baitfish, then small stuff is needed right in the surface. And it is these smaller crustaceans that one will most often find in their stomachs. It is the most challenging fly fishing with plenty of room for creativity in tying as well as presentation.

Hi Thomas

Hi Thomas

Too true. I love the way CDC flies land on water. The fluttering fibers give a great sensation of life to the flies.

How do you use the cdc oil - when you tie the flies or even during fishing? In the past I have tried it while fishing but if you use too much it tends to "paste" the fibres together so I stopped prefering the natural bouyancy of cdc feathers. Then if it starts sinking all I do is change the fly - I usually have a good supply of the same pattern. Understandably changing to cdc from traditional flies can cause some concern but once you're hooked there's no turning back.

Ciao for now

Moreno

Hi,

Hi,

the oil does not make the fly ride any higher, the design of the pattern does. The oil helps cleaning the fly from fish slime though.

However, I like the use CDC for two things. One is the described lively characteristics with patterns that are sunk in the film a bit. One of the beste certainly is Hans Weilenmanns CDC & Elk. However, I also like the aerodynamic of CDC wings. These flies do land soooooo gently. More than once had fish on these when they were just hitting the water. I wouldn't limit that material to only one use, It has many.

I agree with Pike. I never

I agree with Pike. I never use any flotant on cdc flies. CDC flies work best when they are in the surface film. In my opinion high riding cdc flies completely defeat the object of CDC. If I need high riding flies, I prefer to use traditional cock hackles.

To dry the flies a few short false casts plus an amadou patch works wonders. I also us a good four ply kleenex tissue. Drying salts are also very useful

I would like to some

I would like to somehow get in touch with Wayne Luallen re: some flies he tied for me years ago

Re: Striper Humpy

Well, we're not the prime source on stripers, that's true, but we do have a bit on the subject. And with the help of posts like this we will get even more. Very interesting! I have never heard of dry flies for striped bass. The few times I have fished for them have been with heavy sinking lines and large flies. But if they are at all like our cod - often targeted with sinkers too - they will on occasion rise to the surface and take stuff there.

Great to hear about something different!

Martin

Any body have a LAW

Any body have a LAW vice for sale? E-Mail me @ FlytyerKevin@msn.com

Hi Thomas,

Hi Lino,

that depends on the pattern. I try use very little oil. It also seems to depend on the water. Some waters just have lesser a surface tension than others. Funny sometimes.

Yes, on the fly above I trimmed the bottom hackle in a V-shape to give the impression of legs.

CDC flies

Lino,

I do not use any floatant for CDC flies. Good CDC should float well without any floatant. Once the fish is caught, I always wash my fly in water and remove all remaining slime. After that I make some false cast to dry the fly. If the result is still not good, I use my Amadou pad (cheapest variant is a piece of toilet paper 😄 ). Then the fly is ready for fishing again

Hi Thomas,

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your reply.
How do you use the MP cdc oil? Do you just rub the oil into the cdc fly or do you just use drop of oil on the feathers?

Very nice fly. I can see the benefit of the use of hackle. Do you just trim the bottom hackle fibers?

Lino

CDC Oil

Hi,

I use Marc Petitjeans CDC Oil. When I have the sensational rare occasion that a fish takes "MY" fly I just wash it out and dry it with a few short casts.

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However, I have started to mix CDC and hackle which eases this process but also adds a bit more realisms to some patterns (just what I think of course - god knows what the fish think of it 😄 ).

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Bruce,

The feathe

Bruce,

The feathers are from the same skin: the marabou (Chick-a-bou) from the tail and the feather for the wing from the saddle. So you need only buy one pelt to get both types of feathers - which also delivers the marabou dubbing.

Martin

Hi,

I am a comple

Hi,

I am a complete novice at bonefishing, but have researched the subject.
Going to Aruba soon where I saw a bone caught in the flats a few years ago and now excited to give it a go myself.

Will be wading on my own and taking onboard your comments.

Rod

Re: Cap

So it's brand new .... just worn in so to say 😄 - Get 10 years more live out of it with the special flylip(TM) 😄 😄 😄

Cap

Hey Kasper,

My hat has 6 years of sweat, salt, various fly cremes, mud, fishy smells and other stuff embeded into it.

A trade for a crisp, clean GFF cap?

No. :?

Drag it around behind your car for a month or two in winter an I'll consider it! :shock:

Maybe I should make a picture of my hat in "Scratch and Sniff". :P

Later...

Rip