[clark]

Hi guys, hadn't posted in a long time so i thought i would ask you a quetion that most people will be spinning thruogh their heads every time they go fishing over the winter months. What is your best catching winter fly ??? Now dont be keeping back the details like one fellow angler did to me last moth and said  " am usin nymphs mate"....... thats all he said 

[Mike Livingstone]

My favourite winter fly is the one I am tying at that time with a glass of whisky beside it!

I am not much of a winter fisher but when I do it is probably a size 16 tungsten goldhead hares ear.

[Jim Eddie]

As a traditionalist , I fish the traditional Cats Whisker 

 

Jim

[Barry Robertson]

Traffic light cormorant , closely followed by a Corneto 

[Paul Garrigan]

I have always done well with cats whiskers and boobies but recently i have been using aps bloodworms. They seem to pick up fish all year.
GRHE is always a safe bet too. Fished very slow on an intermediate. 

[Rob Brownfield]

A red hook with 3 to 8 turns of red wire, depending on the depth I want.

Will sometimes coat the whole thing in ultra violet reflective nail varnish for an extra pull.

[TROUT-SALMON]

My Favourite Winter fly is Aps bloodworm i do well all year round with this fly 
Tyler

[Jim Eddie]

Apps Blood worm works well for me at Haddo and Waulkmill , never had a touch on it at Braeside , though I have had Wild Brownies on it at Fedderate.

 

Jim

[GARYBOY]

probably cats whisker or yellow dancer   either that or my BRIGHT pink bunny leech

[Jay Scott]

A sunburst damsel 


Jay

[Iain Goolager]

In the absence of surface activity the Apps is a banker for me too.

[clark]

WoW ! I think thats the most replies i've ever had to a post before I must admit that and apps blood worm is also a really banker for me with hares ear and black buzzer close behind it 

clark

[Iain Goolager]

Just thought I'd make myself unpopular.........................

what's the story with the Apps (ok it's not an Apps but a variant) that has a beaded body - that's ugly and not cricket.

[clark]

I think its just to give that wee extra bit of attraction  Certainly the beads i use have a reflection shiny coatin on them which glistens when is in the water but who knows what was going on in the head of the person ??? we probably never know 

clark

[Jim Eddie]

Just thought I'd make myself unpopular.........................

what's the story with the Apps (ok it's not an Apps but a variant) that has a beaded body - that's ugly and not cricket.

Iain

Cricket is a game played in America I think, its a bit like rounders  Now I've clarified that for you  Here's  my take on the beaded bloodworm or any other similar variant fly which could cause angst.

1. If any fly or variant is banned from a Loch , River Beat or fishery absolutley no problem with that, stick to the rules.

2. If its not banned do what Jimminy Cricket says and let your consience be your guide 

3. Even I have my limits as to what I will and won't use  but I have a live and let live attitude to others who have their own limits   

 

Jim