Tough days = Small dries . Cant see them ? DONT panic ! .
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2023
- On the hard days small dry flies can often score above everything else . I LOVE dries tied with FOAM A little video to explain the basics and give you confidence in using flies only the fish can see !
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I caught just two on dries last week but, looking at your video, I got a few things wrong. Especially the greasing. You have made a huge difference to my lure and buzzer fishing. Now to sort the dry fly!
Thanks a million . I am glad these vids help . When you get it right , getting them on the dries is one of the quickest ways to build a bag ... not to mention the most fun !
Tim that was spot on mate. The approach and method used. Explaining the pressure which is putting fish off. I hope people understand this, as there are going to be a lot out there struggle in these conditions. And I don't want them going home thinking they have failed. You mentioned the easterly. Down with us on the west coast of Pembrokeshire Wales. We are experiencing the westerlies are as bad now as the easterly. That jet stream moving so far south means big changes for the UK. Anyway I hope this video gives every body out there the confidence to go with the small stuff. The only thing I hope they don't do is start fishing with a 4lb tippet on there 7# rods, and most certainly with the tip action. Oh I think this is a first for me to comment on your channel. Cracker mate. Take care. Shaun.
Thanks mate . Great feedback and I appreciate the support . Yea these weather patterns are getting harder and harder to cope with . Big extremes as you know kill the sport and that's exactly what we seem to get all the time now !
I took up fly fishing a year ago. I am a sea angler. It’s been a struggle to find videos to help with my journey into fly fishing. I’ve only just discovered your channel which shows that the CZcams algorithm is rubbish because in that year it’s only recommended two uk fly fishers and not your channel. But I’m glad I found it because it’s informative and brilliant to watch.
That's great . I'm glad you are finding it helpful . I still have no idea how this algorithm works but what's important is your here at last ! Thanks for watching .
Great advice as always Tim, thanks for sharing 👍🎣
Glad you enjoyed the vid . Thanks for watching
great video as usual thanks tim 👍
Thanks Dean , glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Tim. As usual your vlog is packed with useful information and perception.
Thanks for watching . Glad you enjoyed it
Love these videos. Concise clear well presented.thanks mate
Thanks for watching , glad your getting something from them .
Tim always a pleasure to see you fishing there is hope for me yet lol👍🏴☠️🏴☠️
Ha Ha .. Thanks for watching
Did this today after fishing for ages with little action and got a fish straight away. Put the same set up on my wife’s rod and she caught one too 👍🏻thanks Tim
Excellent to hear . It really can get you out of a tight spot !
Brilliant Tim really enjoying & learning from your videos.
Thanks for watching . I have a lot of fun making these .
What a lovely video Tim,that looks like a great way to fish I’ve just started fly fishing and can’t wait to give that a go
Theres nothing like watching a big trout sipping a small dry fly of the surface for pure adrenalin !
Great video Tim 👌great advice
Thanks Allen .
Interesting stuff Tim, I've not thought of going that fine before. Lakes looking lovely.
Works a treat . Makes a huge difference to presentation and as long as you pair it with the right set up you wont have any issues
I love watching your videos on my telly and sit down with my 5 year old son and he likes seeing the fish you catch and I was just out for a few hours yesterday and I was using a tiny black gnat fly and it was a great day nearly every cast the fish were jumping out of the water for the fly they were only small ones and i must get myself some of the gink you just reminded me thanks very much Tim 👍
Thanks for watching . I don't think you can beat the dry fly for pure anticipation and excitement ! It ticks all the boxes !
I always enjoy watching theses videos…what is not to like always well explained and very interesting…..
Thanks . Its always great to hear good feedback and I have a lot of fun making these vids !
Well done on a difficult day will be encouraged to try tying some small dries
Give them a whirl . Super easy to tie and there's nothing complicated about fishing them as you can see . A must have in every trout anglers box !
My favourite flies Tim. 👍
You and me both ! Cant beat a bit of foam ! Thanks for watching
Great Content as usual, Tim 👏 👌
Thanks mate , glad you enjoyed it
Just to let you know I tried the smaller top hats I tied them on a 16 which is the smallest iv ever tied and I took 5 in the first hour on my syndicate which has been really difficult just lately but I had so many missed takes and lost fish as rules are barbless hooks . Brilliant bit of advice that mate .
Fantastic . It really can change a tough day !
Great filming and explanation Tim, tried myself and had a great day. Cheers
Brilliant im glad you found it helpful
Good vlog, educational 👍
Thanks , im glad you enjoyed it
Great Video Tim as always, 👍🎣👏👏
Thanks 👍
Thanks mate
great tips and advice for when it's difficult, used this method 2 weeks ago on Elinor with great results, thanks for sharing Tim
More than welcome mate .. Yep its deadly on Elinor . They love a dry on there ! Thanks for watching
Another great tutorial
Thanks mate , appreciate the support
This is exactly what has been happening on my local fishery over the last couple of weeks. I'm relatively new to rainbow stillwater angling and am having difficulty in these conditions.
I found that switching to a goldhead nymph on a #12 hook, fished around 2ft under an indicator caught me a few fish last week when everyone else was struggling. I never seem to get round to switching over to a lighter tippet and smaller dries but will give it a shot on my 6 weight I think. Thanks for the advice on the channel.
Thanks for watching . Yep small dries like this get me out of a lot of tricky situations when the fish go off !
Great video Tim! As a Newby I'm always trying new techniques new flies. Was at my local the other day and fish were high but not taking buzzers, diawl bachs even dries! Put a couple of Shipmans on a washing line and mullered it. Goes to show keep switching until you find what they want.
Tight lines buddy and looking forward to more videos 👍
Thanks for watching . Glad you getting something from the vids . I do truly believe that small dries will get you out of a tight spot for most of the year . Its just having the confidence to try them !
As always really helpful. You make it look too easy 😂
I fish a Stillwater that is very difficult so I will try this - I’ve been getting some joy with a 16 or 18 hares ear buzzer or little green one fished just sub surface but they are even getting wise to that. Thanks for the videos Tim 👌
Thanks for watching . Yep we have to try and stay one step ahead all the time in this game lol
Good work Tim
I was there 2 weeks back, you were just leaving as I got there so I didn’t get a chance to say hello & ask for any advice on pattern set up for that afternoon.
By chance I did opt for dry fly that day as the fish were high in the water my kit not as light as set up as yours here but I did take four off the top with a smallish foam post fly, great fun and beautiful location.
Great video & thanks
for sharing.
Chris.
Shame I missed you ! The light fluro isnt a must have but when its very tricky and the fish are moody it helps . I normally use 6lb Ghostmode for all my small water stuff and regularly use 8lb on the reservoirs .
Excellent video again Tim….I had exactly the same issue yesterday at Llyn Fawr in Wales. Fish rising when the water was calm but couldn’t see what they were focused on as there was so much fly life. When the wind picked up they did chase a booby but mostly came short. I think this tactic would have worked if I had gone down to 5X and had a little more patience.
Yea it’s really sorts a few positive takes out on a tough session
Hi Tim look forward to seeing your videos as I’m a new fly fisherman could you recommend a quality floating line to help me cast a bit further please
Its not the line that does the casting ! But if your looking for a decent floater that casts well and has stretch ( steer clear of non stretch braided core floaters ! ) Then I can recommend the Wychwood Rocket , Snowbee XS or Cortland 444
Brilliant m8 thts defo one of the best videos uve done yet love how u always explain everything ur doing 👌 il defo need to tie a few these up 🎣 what floating line u using there m8 cortland?
Its a no brand floater mate , pretty close in all ways to a Cortland . Casts well and has that all important stretch .
Thanks for this Tim, very timely. Just experienced two very hard days with fish moving all over the place but loads of people blanking. Tried dries but on the last venue the minimum line weight was 8lb, so really hard to do a decent presentation. Really enjoyed the video and the insights though.
Thanks mate . Yes unfortunately some venues severely restrict methods . I get it , its for fish welfare but very frustrating for the angler .
Have a look at Rio Powerflex. I fish 3x on my 5wt and get good presentation as it is very thin for the 8.2lb rating.
Great video Tim. And there’s me thinking dry fly was all about fully winged, hackled flies? 🙄 I need to buy some smaller flies, 16-20 as not tying myself. Any suggestions where I can buy? Oh, last weekend on my local water, hardly anyone was catching from the bank. Two guys on a boat must have taken 30-40 fish each in about 4 hrs, all on tiny dry flies! What if I told you it’s an 8 fish catch limit, and the two guys are both very, very senior employees of a very well known angling company based in the U.K.! Most folks have something of theirs! It’s not wychwood! I was flabbergasted how they blatantly ignored the fishery rules, given their positions in the sport! Anyway once again, thanks for making this video as I’ve never had confidence in dries? But now I do! 😊
Im glad you enjoyed the vid mate . Craig at Flashattack flies does a great selection of dries on very good hooks .
Killed 40 fish ? That's incredible ! A very sad to hear !
Another professional and informative video Tim as always. Do you see the need for a tapered leader when fishing dries?
Thanks . If I were to fish any longer than 10ft then yes . In flat calms it pays to fish a long leader to get the fly away from the shadow of the fly line . Generally with todays weight forward lines there is enough energy in the cast to turn the flies over without the need of a tapered leader . When casting in tight short spot without the benefit of the fly line loading the rod i.e. small river work than definitely a tapered leader .
Great video Tim. Can I ask what diameter foam are using on a small top hat? (New to tying this year!)
Depends on the size of the fly but these small 16s and 18s are 3mm
Hi Tim gr8 video, im looking at getting another rod as i only have one, the 4wt that you used in the video looks good but i cant seem to find anywhere with it in stock, could you recommend an alternative. Thanks Russ
The flow rods are going through a re branding so will be off the shelves for a while .. the 10ft 4wt drift rod is an upgrade and not much more expensive
Hi Tim, I fished Chigboro last month. We had a fantastic acrobatic display of fish leaping all day, but very few came to the net.
You mention in this video that the fish are unsettled. What do you think causes this?
High water temps mean low Oxygen saturation this unsettles the fish . High water temps also mean the appearance of Argulis lice on the fish . Both of these manifest as jumping ,stressed , uncomfortable fish often seen leaping about and swimming in tight shoals often in a circular motion . You can see it at every small water during the heat of the summer . Very little can be done to stop this behaviour during a warm spell and is the reason a lot of small waters shut their doors and don't stock through the summer .
Tim when you are fishing dry flies do you use a tapered leader ?
Thanks Stephen
Not as a rule , I dont find the need for tapered leaders unless using very long leaders on calm days when turn over is an issue . A 8 - 10ft straight through fluro leader shouldnt have any turn over issues .
Great video Tim if you use a size 14 or 16 what size foam post do you use and when you cast you can't see the fly do you just keep in touch with the line cheers
Have a bit of slack in the line.
3mm foam is fine for the post . I will do a top hat tying vid soon . Just pick up the slack but not to tight to the flies you dont wat to move them ! As long as you have a rough idea of where your fly is just lift when you see the rise , as long as the fish can see it you dont have to ! In ideal conditions fish the fly nice and close to yourself so you can see it .
Tim , I’m shocked lol😂 I try to tie ally sorts of fancy mayflies , buzzers, emerges damsel and daddy flies and I look at what you used 😢 16 hook , thread , dubbing and a piece of foam , possibly a rib all very sparse on the hook. I also fish chigborough being my local from Wickford. I’m going to tie a batch of these patterns now in half the time lol😂
lol lol ... give them what they want ! lol .. These small emergers are just a suggestion of many different aquatic insects in the trout's diet and most importantly they sit nice and low in the surface film where they want them . Thanks for watching and I am sorry I have tainted your fly box ! lol
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 I’ll show you my sparse fly efforts when I’m over next , great videos
@@roybush1 Look forward to it
Great film!!! Is that a Hunts mud degreaser or a homemade? Thanks!!
Thats home made . Very simple and cost effective . I have a vid on it if you search my page .. fullers earth ..
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 I will. Thanks!!
If you hooked into a big one would you be confident of landing it with your setup? Thanks.
No problem at all , The kits well balance , the rod has plenty of flex , the floating line is mono core so stretches ( never buy a non stretch floater ! ) . Fluro is good quality and not over stretched so has great knot strength and I tie the flies on small but very strong wire hooks . With a set up like this you would easily land trout into double figures .
Very informative video Tim thanks for sharing, Quick question though Why use fluorocarbon if you need to degrease it to sink it why not use a copolymer for the last couple feet of your cast?
I like the stiffness of fluro you get good turn over , and there's no need to put an extra weak spot in the leader . Its just what seems to work best for me and small dries .
Thanks for replying Tim, also I'm not sure if you covered it in the video I may have missed it but do you fish the top hat static?
Tim please could you tell me what type of hooks do you use for those small flies and what size is foam post ?
Foam is 3mm hooks barbed are Kamasan 175 16s ans 18s . Barbless as in the vid are Dohiku 302 18s . Will do a tying vid as soon as I get 5 mins !
Excellent thanks
I tim is the truefly ROD a good ROD for fishing brenig and clywedog
Its a very good rod at a very good price ! I use them all the time !
I tim I can buy a New truefly fly rod w 8 but all my lines are we 7will they be ok on a w8 rod
Not really , you can use a heavier line on a lighter rod but not the other way round . You ideally want to match the lines and rods .
What make is your Fly line
The one in this video is a no brand line from ebay . cost £15 ... have a look about there are some real bargains to be had . You dont need to spend fortunes to get a good line now days . I will always recommend the Wychwood rocket floaters but they dont go down to a 4wt
Hi Tim why lure mode rather than ghost mode?
Its slightly stiffer and I wanted an amount of turnover with the lack of wind .
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 clever thinking, personally I’d be in two minds about using relativity stiffer material thinking it could effect presentation with such small flies, but then again it didn’t stop you from catching in difficult conditions.
I tim my husband has broken the tip of his Wychwood rs competition fly rod it was accidental would you know where he could buy a tip section from Wychwood say you can not get the sections as the rod is discontinued the rod is 10ft w7it is 9months if you could help please
If Wychwood dont have them at source then your only real chance is a post on social media . The RS lines were discontinued some years ago , although you can still pick them up online and manufacturers generally don't continue to produce spares more than a couple of years after this . I will email a couple of the guys and see if they have anything in the warehouse .
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 thank you very much
Were you fishing just one fly?
Yes ... I have every confidence in the single fly approach on small waters .. especially when the fish are spooky .. would go as far to say I only ever fish a single when dry fly fishing small lakes .. less is more !
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 thanks Tim
There are some dreadful videos posted these days -poor technique and poor production values. Thank you for your posts,which are informative and professional - and this is no exception.
Look forward to your vids also cupcake
Thanks , that's always great to hear . I'm glad you enjoy them as much as I do making them !
@@dangermouse00 Thanks for watching and supporting the channel
Another cracker Tim! 👍👍👍🍻
Thanks 👍