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YEA THE TEAM GOT OUT
finally after what seemed like an age the team got out
to throw some flies after green meanies the weather was looking ok
although somewhat on the cold side but we really needed to get out
my boat box had been in and out of the cave at least
half a dozen times to add a few more flies check lines making sure I
hadn’t forgotten anything you know how it is before a trip men and
there toys , so the day before all the rods were out and everything
was ready to go and to be honest I was slightly excited to be hitting
the water …....
well that was until I got a phone call saying the boats
had not yet been put in the water because the road to the venue was
still blocked with snow and had only been cleared that morning oh
bugger , rather than cancel the trip we just decided to stick some
waders in the car and fish from the bank , although this would cut
down the amount of water we could target I did feel quite confident
about us catching .
I
spent quite a bit of
time in the area above which is usually good for a few jacks although
casting is somewhat limited because of trees behind me it was a case
of getting in the water and side casting the bank and let me tell
you the water was bloody freezing luckily ive had all the children I
could ever want which is probably just as well because after today im
sure I wont ever have anymore
talking of trees the destroyer was having some fun
getting caught up them and I got this shot of him having retrieved
his fly from the branches it wasnt till I got home that I thought it
reminded me of something and well there you go mystery solved
….............
we fished fairly hard around the banks that we could
access but we didnt have so much as a pull I was getting the feeling
that the fish wernt playing ball but we carried on anyway aint gonna
catch if your fly isn’t in the water but it was still bloody cold
….
we continued to fish round the banks with not much going
on so I decide to head to a corner near a valve tower on the dam wall
for no other reason than I hadn’t been there yet I also changed my
fly to a pike sized gummy minnow in silver with a green back , just
to try and spark a response as these flies have a great wiggle and
flash to them and second cast I had a small jack swirl at it just
under the surface , this was enough to get my focus so I got another
cast out in the area . I then a few cast later had a large brown
trout around 5 or 6 lbs follow my fly and roll away pretty much 6
feet away from the rod tip …..
this was enough to shout the destroyer over as there was
obviously a bit of activity around this area and there was plenty of
room so without asking twice he was round in a flash and within a few
casts he was into a fish , however it wasnt a green lump it was more
of the stocked rainbow trout varity
although it wasn’t our intended target to be honest it
was just good to get a pull on a day like this to be honest and conan
was more than pleased as it was his first of the year I think by the
end of the day we must have hit around 40 odd fish between us and
great fun
ive got flies bigger than that
lovely colours and fin perfect not you average stockie
the destroyers fishin wagon also passes as a mobile
recycling plant
I mean really am I supposed to sit amongst all that
although to be fair I think one item maybe mine , so with that we
fired up the in car entertainment and pumped out so metal although
the plan for today didnt quite work out how we wanted it was still
great to get out and throwing flies and hell theres always next week
and before we know it, it’ll be summer again and we
will be in among all sorts of craziness again , the weather is
still playing havoc a bit and even the best laid plans are going a
bit to pot but the thing o love about fly fishing is even if you cant
get out there’s always flies to tie speaking of which
VICE
NEWS
as always im forever at the vice trying new things and
playing with old patterns well this week has been no different and
having finished a private shop order I got back on it for me and his
destroyerness again with my ties you can click on the links within
the recipes to go to the site selling it or you can souce it from
wherever you like
a simple little baitfish to make this one and consists
of nothing more that supreme hair from deercreek a bit of flash and a
touch up (oh er Mrs) with a marker pen
hook – owner stinger 6/0
thread – phantom
thread
belly – chartreuse supreme hair
back – olive supreme hair
flash – magnum flashbou (gold)
eye – hookeye
and fly 7.5 mm
hook – owner stinger 6/0
thread
– phantom
thread
eye – piketrek
8mm
hook – tactical
lazer 6/0
thread – phantom
thread
belly – fluro chartreuse ep fibre
back – olive ep fibre
flash – chartreuse angel hair
hook – tactical
lazer 6/0
thread – phantom
thread
body -white ep fibre
flash – white angel hair
flash gill – red angel hair
eye – hookeye and fly 8mm
thread – phantom
thread
body – 3d mullet ep fibre
flash – angel hair peacock
eye – gator
eye 8.mm
hook – owner stinger 6/0
thread – phantom
thread
body – olive ep fibre
flash – peacock angel hair
eye – pike
trek 8mm
all my flies are whipped off and sealed with diamond
hard tack free uv
so with that I bid you tight lines till next time enjoy
mcfluffchucker
(a cave in Scotland)