CHRIS R

try using a belt round your wrist (there are gadgets to buy but a belt works just as well) you will have to put a hole in the belt to get the right tightness unless you have got a very small waist and fat wrists

we can fish in scotland without paying as well but we call it poaching

this sort of thing is happening every where !

you will need some flies but you can get them at any water you go to but it is cheaper to get them before you go , (just ask most people will help) or as a new idea you could tie your own . good luck with the fly fishing , dont give up it is a little bit different to start with but its worth the hardship in the end

GIVE IT A TRY WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE (YOUR SANITY?) GOOD LUCK

not to confuse or go into a debate about the sea trouts origins a sea trout is the same shape as a brown trout but depending on how long it has been out of the sea its colour is bright silver . as for your fly gear preferably 6-8# weight single handed trout rod will do the damage

no it is braid. he atatches ten feet to his braided loop which goes to a seamless ring to which a dropper and line to his point fly ,the second line is mono he has fished like that for years and his catches are very good he out fishes the rest of the boat a bit different but it works well for him dont know why he wont say ,a bit hush hush i think

I WAS TALKING TO A MATE AND WE GOT ON TO THE SUBJECT OF SET UP ( FROM FLY LINE TO FLIES)AND HE WAS TELLING ME HE USES BRAID TO HIS FIRST DROPPER THEN USES MONO FOR THE REST HE USES THE DROPPER RINGS WHAT KIND OF SET UP DO THE REST OF YOU USE AND DOES ANY ONE KNOW OF SOME ONE ELSE THAT USES BRAID ?

WILD BIG FISH ARE WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE FOR , NOT FORCED FED STEW POND FISH THAT ROLL OVER AND DIE THAT FIGHT LIKE PULLING IN A PLASTIC BAG

GOOD LUCK WITH THE FLY FISHING, YOU WILL LOVE IT IF YOU STICK IT OUT LONG ENOUGH TO CATCH YOUR FIRST FISH ON THE FLY . IT CAN BE VERY UPSETTING AND THE AIR CAN GO :mad: :mad: (BLUE) UNTILL YOU GET THE HANG OF THE CASTING . TIGHT LINES

perch are predators with a very large apatite

a net over the pond at least 12" off water

got fud up sitting waiting for the fish so went after them rising, the fly was the answer and that was ten years ago the bait rod hasnt seen the light of day this side of 1995 probably never will tight lines boys /girls (to be p.c) :cool:

there is a very simple product on the market called seamless rings these are used where the dropper would be tied when you change flies the lenth of the dropper gets shorter and shorter well with the rings you cut off the dropper and tie on a new lenth . the rings are tied on with what ever knot you want eatch ring will have three knots on it the one from the line side the one to the next ring or your point fly and the one for the droper. they are very cheap about £2.50 for a pack of 10 and you can reuse them as long as you dont lose them i keep mine on a very large paper clip keeps them all to gether . worth a try and they dont get birds nests tight lines and have fun :cool:

snap same story same item if you payed it by credit card get on to the credit card company you have insurance on this sort of thing thats what i have had to do they must have known when they took our money

if you have fished the bubble and flee you will know its not a chuck and wait the flees have to be moved and in a very windy day you can actualy put the flees further than the rod tip :mad:

WELL THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO LADS LOADS TO LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT CHRIS

is there any one trying out or even doing salt water fly fishing ? or pike fly fishing if there is what type of flies work best on pike, poppers or wets. i have tryed pike with very limited sucsess .I got a 2lb jack (while trying to get it in i was convinced it was a double) i have spent hours trying for a springer on rivers with one or two in the bag for all of my money and time and here is a very worth while sport fish which is very badly thought of that can grow to masive sizes biger than anything you will catch in a pond or loch and the best of it all is the cost to go fishing for the fish of a life time on a rod and you can say the pull back just a bit !!

THE SIZE OF THE WATER DOES NOT MATTER ,IF THERE IS FISH HUNT THEM OUT

try pike they hang on a bit with a fly rod, well worth a cast

see this months trout fisherman

I HAD A FEW CHAR FROM LOCH LUBNAIG LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS APRIL ,I WAS FISHING THE BOTTOM FROM THE BANK WITH SOME DOCING GRUBS