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Flies for brown trout

  • 13-03-2013 11:50am
    #1
    toof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭


    Hi I am hoping people can help me out. This will by my second season fly fishing and I would like some help with flies. Which are the best to use on rivers in your own experiences. Any help will be highly appreciated.


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  • #2
    madred006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭madred006


    toof wrote: »
    Hi I am hoping people can help me out. This will by my second season fly fishing and I would like some help with flies. Which are the best to use on rivers in your own experiences. Any help will be highly appreciated.
    How long is a piece of string?.Each angler will have their own various favourites for each method ,I mainly use nymphs hung under a clink hammer and find it works for me . Olives spinners and clink hammers are must have flies tied up to size 20 -24 are must haves IMO and nymphs tied in various sizes weighted and unweighted will also be required ,tight lines .


  • #3
    coolhandspan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭coolhandspan


    wet fly or dry fly op, early season flies??


  • #4
    toof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭toof


    coolhandspan wrote: »
    wet fly or dry fly op, early season flies??
    Wet flies and dry flies if possible. I have mainly used wet flies in past experiences myself. Yes I suppose flies for around march/april.


  • #5
    coolhandspan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭coolhandspan


    if fishing a big river, early season try black spiders bibios etc size 12/14 fished on a floating line with greased leader. if there is an early season hatch almost any dark fly 12/14 will work. butchers invicta etc on point are also useful.


  • #6
    toof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭toof


    coolhandspan wrote: »
    if fishing a big river, early season try black spiders bibios etc size 12/14 fished on a floating line with greased leader. if there is an early season hatch almost any dark fly 12/14 will work. butchers invicta etc on point are also useful.

    It will be more small fast flowing rivers. Why is the leader greased and what length leader do you reckon? Thanks so much for the reply.


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  • #7
    coolhandspan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭coolhandspan


    pm sent.


  • #8
    realrebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭realrebel


    coolhandspan wrote: »
    pm sent.

    Greenwells spider, black and silver spider and black pennell all small sizes


  • #9
    Flysfisher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Flysfisher


    One of my favourite methods for early season rivers is a leaded heavy cased caddis or peeping caddis, pretty long about 20mm or so fished along the bottom of the river. Fished upstream under an indicator. It must be close to the bottom. Can work really well and accounted for four nice ones yesterday ;)


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