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Fly Fishing Blog - Sunray
My leader / fly line / fly setups? Floating? Sinking? Micro Thin? Clear? By David Southall
nyone who has read my earlier Blogs, or my articles in Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine, will know that my passion is precise presentation of immitative flies, particularly dry flies, to trout & grayling, mainly in rivers. To achieve good presentation of the small flies that I generally use (typically size 14 to 30) requires light lines & long leaders (12’ to 18’) ending in relatively fine tippets (5x to 8x).
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Best flies and tactics for Grayling
In my November 2016 Blog I gave details of some of my favourite grayling flies (Orange & Pink Gamarus, Orange & Pink Utah Killer Bugs, Red & Pink Squirmy Worms, Bead-head Partridge & Hare’s Ear Spiders & Small Bead-head Nymphs). Here are some more that I have had great success with during the Autumn, Winter & Early Spring.
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New Sunray clear floating fly line review (1 weight)
I subscribe to the Italian style of casting which uses a line many times lighter than the rod rating. The 1 weight Prototype Floating line casts easily even on a 4 weight rod!
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Long fly rods versus short fly rods
oft rods are much more fun when playing small fish. However they are capable of landing big fish when required (I’ve successfully played & landed rainbows of just short of 6lb on my Sunray 10’ 6” Zero weight rod & brown trout just short of 4lb on my Sunray 7’ 6” 2 weight Microlite rod).
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Indicators. Good, bad and ugly.
I hate the big, super buoyant Bungs made of polystyrene, cork or hollow plastic. They are generally clumsy, big, create a lot of resistance to a taking fish & are either difficult to adjust the depth or if designed to be easily moved along the line some tend to easily fall off during casting.
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