Early season fly choice - rivers

[Anderoo]

The coarse gear is now stowed away until June 16th and in a few weeks I'll be venturing out again to the little stream where I had so much fun last spring. The trout there are only small and were not too tricky to catch on dries from May onwards, but I'd like to start earlier than that and try with wets and nymphs. What would you recommend? All I know is that later in the year there are plenty of sedges and mayflies, and in the gravel are loads of shrimps and tiny leaches.

 

Advise me up!

[greg long]

The coarse gear is now stowed away until June 16th and in a few weeks I'll be venturing out again to the little stream where I had so much fun last spring. The trout there are only small and were not too tricky to catch on dries from May onwards, but I'd like to start earlier than that and try with wets and nymphs. What would you recommend? All I know is that later in the year there are plenty of sedges and mayflies, and in the gravel are loads of shrimps and tiny leaches.

 

Advise me up!

 

small spider patterns and weighted hares-ear nymphs.

[salmo6934]

The coarse gear is now stowed away until June 16th and in a few weeks I'll be venturing out again to the little stream where I had so much fun last spring. The trout there are only small and were not too tricky to catch on dries from May onwards, but I'd like to start earlier than that and try with wets and nymphs. What would you recommend? All I know is that later in the year there are plenty of sedges and mayflies, and in the gravel are loads of shrimps and tiny leaches.

 

Advise me up!

 

Get yourself on to a salmon river that allows trout fishing and use the above mentioned flies, great brownies early on. (providing they allow it down there)

[Anderoo]

Thanks guys!

 

There are no salmon down here unfortunately - at least, not for the likes of me!

[Tony U]

Anderoo

 

Partridge and Orange, Snipe and Purple and a Silver March Brown or Silver Knicker (Invicta) on the point, fished across and down

 

Works for me.

 

Tony

Edited March 20, 2007 by Tony U

[Sportsman]

Can't argue with any of the previous.

My favourites are spider patterns, these are about as good as they get, and good value IMO

There is also a good guide to when to use them (click on which spider when)

 

http://www.fishingwithstyle.co.uk/northcountry.htm

 

Don't forget the PTN and Hares Ear nymphs, you will probably find that the 2 wt doesn't cast a weighted nymph too well.

Have fun and let us know how you get on with it

 

Dave

Edited March 22, 2007 by Sportsman

[Anderoo]

Cheers folks. I've got an 8ft 4-weight outfit which I'll probably use with weighted nymphs. I'll just use the 2-weight with dries probably. Should be fun!

[Moggy]

The coarse gear is now stowed away until June 16th and in a few weeks I'll be venturing out again to the little stream where I had so much fun last spring. The trout there are only small and were not too tricky to catch on dries from May onwards, but I'd like to start earlier than that and try with wets and nymphs. What would you recommend? All I know is that later in the year there are plenty of sedges and mayflies, and in the gravel are loads of shrimps and tiny leaches.

 

Advise me up!

 

Weighted buzzers...weight either with lead wire or goldhead beads...I usually tie them in black, claret, light and dark green, and fawn (as in Tup's Fancy). Wouldn't be without March Brown and Silver Invicta either at this time of year! The Czech Nymphs are something I'm going to look at this season too...they look the bizz!

Moggy

[fluff chucker]

The coarse gear is now stowed away until June 16th and in a few weeks I'll be venturing out again to the little stream where I had so much fun last spring. The trout there are only small and were not too tricky to catch on dries from May onwards, but I'd like to start earlier than that and try with wets and nymphs. What would you recommend? All I know is that later in the year there are plenty of sedges and mayflies, and in the gravel are loads of shrimps and tiny leaches.

 

Advise me up!

 

Hi Anderoo

I was fishing the small river Lagan at the week end

 

The flies that i used were a copper nympsh size 14 and when fish did begin to rise i changed to a size 16 peacock f fly .

I had a total of 7 fish between 10.30 am and 3.30 pm.

Of all the patterns i have used a size 16 or 18 peacock f fly has never let me down yet.

fluff chucker

[Anderoo]

Well, I've has three short trips to the stream now, and not a single trout! I've had one snatched take to a little wet and one to a small goldhead caddis, both fished across and down as they swung round, but that's it. Despite there being plenty of hawthorns and Alders about I haven't seen any rises. Presumambly they're hugging the bottom in the deeper water, but I can't get anywhere with them. Hopefully in the next week or two there'll be some decent sedge hatches and I can start catching on dries...

 

I'm blaming the curse of the new tackle! Not lack of skill, definitely...