[Jim Eddie]

Fished Waulkmill today , took me a while to find out what they were on , they were taking flies off the surface but being very selectivee.
Actually it was the old boy fishing next to me who sussed it , he put on an  dry Iron Blue Dun 16# and had a couple so I followed suit.
Only frustration today was the amount of break off's I had, I'm sure I'm like everyone else and hate it when this happens.
I  use a figure of 8 knot for the droppers , have done this for years , Berlin (Carl Hutchison) did a step  by step on the fly Fishing forum years ago.

Don't know whay suddenly I was getting snapped off at the dropper knot    no excuse but some of the fish today were so powerful I just had to let them run.

Maybe I'll change my tippet material and go back to a water knot.

 

Jim

[Irvine Ross]

Jim

I've noticed once or twice they liked to come up with the sun behind them so, if you are standing back to the sun, they are heading away from you as they take the fly. If they are lying deep and coming up in a hurry that can put a bit of a strain on the tippet and the knots.

Have you given up on the leader rings?

Irvine

[Jim Eddie]

Hi Irvine

Now there's a thing , not given up. tied a leader with them used it for a while and kind of forgot about them (note to self) look out the safety pin with the rings on.

Thanks for jogging the memory Ivine.

 

Jim