[Liam Stephen]

Noel, I have tried that olive wooly bugger you gave me a few times. With nothing, how do you fish them again? ???

Thanks

[Noel Kelly]

Noel, I have tried that olive wooly bugger you gave me a few times. With nothing, how do you fish them again? ???

Thanks

Alright Liam Glad to see you have been getting some fishing. If you keep up that level of effort you will be out fishing us all in a year or 2.
I fish the wb up and across first cast and let it sink and swing. Next cast more across and less up and so on until I'm casting straight downstream. Then take a few steps upriver and start again. Vary retrieves until you get a take. Slow steady pull was working today.   
Doesn't work every day. If I don't get a take within 20 mins or so I would try something else. 
If that makes no sense I will show you next time I see you. 

[Liam Stephen]

Okay thanks, hope to see you on the river soon Noel.

Thanks

[Iain Goolager]

Gavin/ Liam,

Add this to your list.................Hackle isn't very good, I've a Keough cape on which the stems are prone to twisting.



Size 18 Klinkhamer Extreme BNX hook

Iain

[Ben Dixon]

I recognise that one Iain, try it on a #12 when there is naff all doing.

Cheers

Ben

[Matt Henderson]

an evening for learning last night.  Firstly a casting lesson with Mr Dixon and then met a certain Goolager for a lesson in trout fishing.  Not a huge amount of fish on the go but that was never going to stop our Iain. 

I watched and learned and had a go at claiming Noel's crown as forum photographer, as you can see below I'm well on my way.....  with a nice photo of Iain landing a fish



cheers

Matt 

[Noel Kelly]

Matt you seem a bit confused. I can understand the casting lesson from Ben. A fishing lesson from Iain ???
As for your PM's asking me for a photography lesson......join that long queue buddy.

[Iain Goolager]

No, that's not a thong I'm wearing it's my wading staff

[Matt Henderson]

A fishing lesson from Iain ???

And a very good one it was too!  Obviously worked as I went out tonight and caught and landed my first river brownie on a dry fly.  Very pleased with myself.  Cracking fish about the size of three fish fingers. 

[Ben Dixon]

Nice job Matt,

Hope you got a few pics, regardless of size it is something worth taking a pic of.

There were a few on the go tonight, I was out casting the 18'er and deliberately did not take a fishing rod down.  There were a lot of fish moving and a lot of fly about.

Iain, that thong looks more like a strap on

Cheers

Ben

[Iain Goolager]

Well done Matt 

You were unlucky with some larger fish too 

Iain

[Matt Henderson]

Hope you got a few pics, regardless of size it is something worth taking a pic of.

I was wading at the time and didn't want to get the camera out in case it went for a swim. 

Iain, that thong looks more like a strap on

He didn't get it out so I cannot verify it was his wading staff...

[Sandy Nelson]

Iain, that thong looks more like a strap on

the beauty of the forum, an experts opinion

sandy

[Euan Innes]

I know I've not been on here for a while but I was sure that Ann Summers never did wading staffs. Oh how things have changed.....

 

[Matt Henderson]

Has anybody else noticed that many of Ben's post have a common theme in them?