Hiya, just wanted to say im really enjoying your fishing tips and what a peach of a trout at dusk!! I fish the river Kelvin in Glasgow and dusk is my favourite time and also when the river is low. The bigger fish seem to move into shallower water at dusk I find. Well done Sir!!
G'Day George, Always enjoy watching and learning from your videos. My favourite small stream fly rod is a 6'6" 3/4wt--cant recall the make. It is perfect for getting into tight spots with roll and other tricky dickey casts. Merry Christmas and Cheers Steve.
Great video George. You are right on about the LL series from Sage. I have a 389 LL graphite III and in my opinion it's still the best dry fly rod Sage ever made.
Your opinion please, was fishing a small size 18 silver sedge last night, must have had 8 or so takes but never connected with one. So trying to figure out the problem as i was quick enough on the lift with these upstream fish. i tied these myself and wondering could the problem be too much hackle? or in other words should i cut away more hackle underneath to help with better hook up or just go up to size 14 instead? Just found it very strange not to even hook up on one. Thank you.
I think given what you've described you have already diagnosed the problem,most likely too much hackle covering the hook,give them a trim and let us know how it goes.
Great question John, it can be either or all of the above at times, but mostly caused by big powerful fish either reaching weeds or not getting them onto the reel in time to utilise the drag system.
@@springerspanielful one other quick question, you will be sick of me, is there a difference using the reel or landing a fish by hand, i always go by hand, just wondering if there is a difference i never use the reel, just wondering , i love the feel of a fish bringing him in by hand, but i regularly see guys in nz and the us using reels to land monsters , just curious
@@jctralee It's always preferable to get the fish on the reel, especially if it's a fish of any size, otherwise a strong fish making a sudden run will likely break you if you are handlining as demonstrated in this video.
The Greenwells is a tried and well tested pattern that has produced millions of trout in both it's dry and wet fly guises,however I would venture that there are newly developed patterns that are even more productive,eg the Sparkle Dun.
Thanks for sharing George. Great introduction and I like your approach to dry fly fishing with short casts.👍
Glad you liked it James,short cast is one of the secrets to successful flyfishing.
Nicely done George! Great little pattern.thanks for sharing
Appreciate the positivity Mike, tight lines.
Hiya, just wanted to say im really enjoying your fishing tips and what a peach of a trout at dusk!! I fish the river Kelvin in Glasgow and dusk is my favourite time and also when the river is low. The bigger fish seem to move into shallower water at dusk I find. Well done Sir!!
Thanks a million Reilly,glad you enjoyed it.
A beautiful summers evening fishing for wild brown trout what more could a man want great video.
You got that right!
Beautiful fish. Beautiful country. Well Done, as always!!
Thank you very much!
G'Day George,
Always enjoy watching and learning from your videos. My favourite small stream fly rod is a 6'6" 3/4wt--cant recall the make. It is perfect for getting into tight spots with roll and other tricky dickey casts.
Merry Christmas and Cheers
Steve.
Good man Steve,love small stream fishing,really testing.Merry Xmas to you and yours.
Another master class on the dries George with stunning great fish and the sage LL has some back bone in it.
Absolutely Ger and thanks a million.
Quality video George well put together 👍👍👍👍
Thanks a million Pat.
Good day George, awesome video ad good footage and excellent fishing, thumbs up and greetings and regards from a Kiwi in Down Under.
Thanks, you too!
Great video George. You are right on about the LL series from Sage. I have a 389 LL graphite III and in my opinion it's still the best dry fly rod Sage ever made.
Thanks for sharing
Great video can't beat dry fly action pure bliss
Absolutely
Your opinion please, was fishing a small size 18 silver sedge last night, must have had 8 or so takes but never connected with one. So trying to figure out the problem as i was quick enough on the lift with these upstream fish. i tied these myself and wondering could the problem be too much hackle? or in other words should i cut away more hackle underneath to help with better hook up or just go up to size 14 instead? Just found it very strange not to even hook up on one. Thank you.
I think given what you've described you have already diagnosed the problem,most likely too much hackle covering the hook,give them a trim and let us know how it goes.
Nice fish there, great job 👍
Yes, thanks
Very nice.
Thanks a million.
Great video george, quick question when they break off the fly is it cause the leader isnt strong enough or a bad knot or is it something else??
Great question John, it can be either or all of the above at times, but mostly caused by big powerful fish either reaching weeds or not getting them onto the reel in time to utilise the drag system.
@@springerspanielful one other quick question, you will be sick of me, is there a difference using the reel or landing a fish by hand, i always go by hand, just wondering if there is a difference i never use the reel, just wondering , i love the feel of a fish bringing him in by hand, but i regularly see guys in nz and the us using reels to land monsters , just curious
@@jctralee It's always preferable to get the fish on the reel, especially if it's a fish of any size, otherwise a strong fish making a sudden run will likely break you if you are handlining as demonstrated in this video.
@@springerspanielful ok thanks, cheers for the videos, love them
What's your opinion on the greenwells glory?
The Greenwells is a tried and well tested pattern that has produced millions of trout in both it's dry and wet fly guises,however I would venture that there are newly developed patterns that are even more productive,eg the Sparkle Dun.
@@springerspanielful would you recommend it for lake trout?
@@tiernanwearen8096 Yes,it will often produce when standard lake flies fail.