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Since the official trout fishing season opened in north-west
England on 15 March there has been no rain and cloudless skies,
with afternoon temperatures reaching 15C, have dominated proceedings.
On the rivers hatches of large dark olives, together with
a few stoneflies, have occurred between 11am and 3pm (in more
typical years they start at 12.30-1pm). But I talked of rivers
last time...how about lakes?
The warm weather has encouraged great hatches of midges, including
the relatively early arrival of the largest species, Chironomus
plumosus. I have enjoyed three great hatches, using two flies
on the one leader.
On the dropper I have used an olive Suspender Buzzer:
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Hook:
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size
12, either wet fly or a curved grub hook* |
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Thread:
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olive |
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Abdomen:
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olive
herl (heron in picric or dyed goose if you have no heron) |
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Rib:
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fine oval gold tinsel |
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Thorax:
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peacock
herl |
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Head:
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Float
a large polystyrene bead in a piece of old tights material |
That fly is an old favourite and takes trout feeding on buzzers
resting in the surface film.
On the point I now use the Crisp Packet Buzzer. This is an
essential:
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Hook:
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size
10 or 12 wet fly |
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Thread:
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black |
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Abdomen:
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olive
herl (heron in picric or dyed goose if you have no heron) |
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Wings:
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buds
thin strips cut from the hot orange packets of
Doritos Tangy Cheesy flavour corn crisps |
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Thorax:
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built
up using thread |
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Overbody:
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4
coats of Sally Hansen's 'Hard as Nails'. |
I used a 12' Rio tapered leader and water knot 4' of fine
Rio Fluorocarbon (5X=4lbs test), leaving the last 4"
of leader as dropper. The Suspender holds the Crisp packet
Buzzer and, besides catching fish itself, acts as an indicator,
bobbing under when a fish takes the deeper fly.
Of 22 trout caught this last fortnight on these, seven took
the Suspender and 15 the Crisp Packet Buzzer. During any buzzer
hatch, I do not think you can better this fly combination.
Incidentally, as the season progresses and the real buzzers
get smaller, keep using size 10 and 12 Crisp Packet Buzzers,
but tie smaller suspenders. The trout will take the Crisp
packet Buzzer no mater what size of real buzzers. But when
really titchy buzzers appear on warm summer nights, I use
spider wets....and I'll tell you of those later this year.
If you want a superb week's fishing with dry fly for really
big grayling in Sweden, and some great daytime fly-fishing
for pike, big perch and ide, why not join me at Gimdalen from
29 June to 6 July this year.
Contact:
Go Fishing Worldwide,
2 Oxford House,
24 Oxford Road North,
London W4 4DH;
Email: info@go-fishing-worldwide.com
www.go-fishing-worldwide.com
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