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Black Gnat Dry Fly Imitation for Dance Flies
I find that a size 18 Black Gnat works as well as any other fly when trout are taking the occasional Dance Flies.
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Daddy Long Legs - The Daddy of Dry Flies
Dry fly fishing can be exciting when Daddy Long Legs are hatching. David Southall talks us through the best leader for dry fly fishing, when to use the Daddy as a dry fly and if sunken Daddies are effective. Good as a dry fly or a wet fly, daddy's can catch rainbow trout, brown trout and other species on the fly.
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Hawthorn Flies & Black Gnats - Terrestrial Flies
Late April is the start of ‘Terrestrial Time’. The 25th of April is St. Mark’s Day, the time when the Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marcii) traditionally appears. Some years there is a glut of these relatively big gangly-legged Bibionids: at such times, on sunny, breezy days clouds of them may be seen taking shelter behind bankside tree-cover.
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Large Dark Olives for dry fly fishing
Grayling have been rising to microscopically small midges & I’ve usually had to drop down to size 30 CdC flies to consistently tempt the fish. This has necessitated the use of soft actioned light-line rods
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Competition Fly Fishing in Winter
One big brown of about 5lbs hit the back of my net which meant I avoided the blank but the whole side of the lake seemed to be void of fish! Although, the quality of the fish made it worth it.