Having a long term veiw of this ,my first whiting must have come some time middish 70s ,wow it was great compared with the Indian ones I was using in those days .however compare that one with whats available today no where near the length or fibre count . It scares me how much cash i have laid out f...

The missionary has had an effect on some of my gotoo patterns
,most in use is my silkcut shrimp which features a tied flat wing purple tippet
also some smaller wets with flat wings
This style with a wobble as they sink bring me some extra fish .They also fish on the swing or retreive.

Lars, that is one fab pattern ,sort of irish shrimp fly ,goes 20th century .really good dressing mode ,lots of glue to make the fly last a la Dick walker .Sparse on the hackles with some meat in the dubbing ! Just wondering what the dubbings were are the ready made or custom ,my danish is similar to...

Paul
fishing and gardening the next few days as its gone mild for the time of year.
however temps set to drop ,so next week i can have a delve ,I am sure there are a couple that could wing your way !

Yo Gents, And what if I stand in deeper water? Should I buy a shorter line, longer rod or move wider? :) Cheers Angler Joe Falkus told me when using shorter rods and deep wading to gett the reel up by your ear. :yeahhh: Mind you thats a long time ago ,when a real speyline was a 40 yard DT. :whistle:

Lars I use both ,most of my fishing for trout is on a pair of 50 or so acre reservoiiurs that are deep. usually fishing teams of 3 nymphs/wets. if i want the flys down deep fluro is my go too ,if i want to fish high in the water nylon is the way to go . for nylon I like stroft gtm ,fluro is asso or ...

A 3/4 may well be arriving at highbury sometime soon,had a minor battle with my boy when he tried to "borrow" the HT #4 a few days ago .

We are very close on two 7’6 models

stop teasing , what line ratins will these be ??

Did he bring socks????

may every ones day be great.
and much more fishing to you all .
keep up the good work confusing me with the techie casting stuff,not hard!