This is a great fly to fish in the corners of commercial fisheries- but will also work down the edge on venues like canals. I 'd fish it almost static. Just let it settle and watch the leader closely. Every few seconds, give a lift and let it settle again. It works very well with either a tiny indicator- or you could try a very short leader of as little as three or four feet combined with floating line. Watch for nudges on the end- takes aren't always dramatic. Hope you get on well with it. If you have a small day ticket lake near you, I'd scout out any margin areas with fish moving and drop it close to them. The closer to the bank you can fish, the better control and the more easily you'll see the bites. Best of luck and glad you enjoyed the vid!
I'm not a fly angler Dominic, but I was wondering if it would be worth giving a bloodworm like these a try on a SUL lure set up. I've caught Rudd before on passive micro soft plastics with a lightweight sliding tungsten bead on my leader of around 0.4 grams
Hi Peter, sorry missed this first time round! You could give it a go on very light lure gear, why not? The honest answer is that I've not tried bloodworms fished this way. I'v'e used other flies, however, such as nymphs and streamers with presentations like dropshot and split shot and it's worked quite well! Let me know how you get on if you try it- and thanks for watching.
Hi Dominic. Great video. Any tips on the best way to fish this fly? Depth? Retrieve? Etc. Thanks so much
This is a great fly to fish in the corners of commercial fisheries- but will also work down the edge on venues like canals. I 'd fish it almost static. Just let it settle and watch the leader closely. Every few seconds, give a lift and let it settle again. It works very well with either a tiny indicator- or you could try a very short leader of as little as three or four feet combined with floating line. Watch for nudges on the end- takes aren't always dramatic.
Hope you get on well with it. If you have a small day ticket lake near you, I'd scout out any margin areas with fish moving and drop it close to them. The closer to the bank you can fish, the better control and the more easily you'll see the bites.
Best of luck and glad you enjoyed the vid!
@@domgarnettfishing literally running to the grand Union right now with my bloodworms and 3wt! Thanks for the reply
I'm not a fly angler Dominic, but I was wondering if it would be worth giving a bloodworm like these a try on a SUL lure set up. I've caught Rudd before on passive micro soft plastics with a lightweight sliding tungsten bead on my leader of around 0.4 grams
Hi Peter, sorry missed this first time round! You could give it a go on very light lure gear, why not? The honest answer is that I've not tried bloodworms fished this way. I'v'e used other flies, however, such as nymphs and streamers with presentations like dropshot and split shot and it's worked quite well! Let me know how you get on if you try it- and thanks for watching.
Another nice simple tie. What size hook is this on?
Thanks BBF! This was on a 14- but mainly so you could see the tying more clearly! I'd usually tie on an 18.