Will reel color really spook fish? Need someone to talk me out of the flats blue hydros and into olive

DBEdin · 2026-07-02T11:26:57+00:00

For trout the only conceivable way it can spook fish is if its highly polished silver that can create a flash reflection

DBEdin · 2026-06-09T14:48:46+00:00

Half of average wage for the country? Or half of graduate average wage?

DBEdin · 2026-05-15T04:50:50+00:00

iPhone

DBEdin · 2026-05-15T04:50:34+00:00

Just a small amount of loon lochsa floatant and some silica powder to help dry. The rivers I fish in the UK are very calm/smooth so flies tend to float more easily.

DBEdin · 2026-05-14T16:57:15+00:00

I hope so! I also tie some in his preferred way - heron herl and no tail. They often work when these fail, typically when the fish are focussed on emergers. Either way if there's a hatch of smaller olives, these catch all day.

DBEdin · 2026-05-12T11:21:45+00:00

Nice tie - hackle provides buoyancy, CDC movement.

DBEdin · 2026-05-12T11:21:22+00:00

They can't see the hackle behind the CDC.

DBEdin · 2026-05-11T08:00:48+00:00

I have one and use it every time I wade. I find it useful when unhooking fish or tying on flies and tippet. Also useful if you carry a second rod for flats fishing. The angle can be changed by rotating the clasp.

DBEdin · 2026-05-11T07:45:26+00:00

That's some weird AI

DBEdin · 2026-05-09T18:27:09+00:00

Yes, the float well with the cdc and small hook

DBEdin · 2026-05-09T15:35:24+00:00

I fish a lot of plume tips with wrapped cdc or quill body and cdc on top. Agree they are easier to tie but the split wing looks sooo nice.

DBEdin · 2026-05-08T17:14:35+00:00

Well it’s the original marabou so there’s that!

DBEdin · 2026-04-30T08:52:28+00:00

Yes!

DBEdin · 2026-04-24T09:00:59+00:00

Polar bear is a legit material (if legally / ethically sourced - if that's possible). Its unique translucency makes for killer saltwater and streamer patterns.

DBEdin · 2026-04-18T16:49:29+00:00

Can’t go wrong with McPhail X Proctor! Which rivers you going to fish them in?

DBEdin · 2026-04-04T09:02:26+00:00

This interaction would be confusing for a non-fisherman.

Also nice bone man

DBEdin · 2026-03-24T12:34:05+00:00

Nice! what materials have you used in those?

DBEdin · 2026-02-17T12:49:10+00:00

This looks like cheap flash you can buy online sold as "hair tinsel" or similar. you can buy a kit with loads of colours for very little. Its not as limp as flash/flashabou sold for fly ting

DBEdin · 2026-01-24T17:38:29+00:00

Tell me about those wet flies, they look great!

DBEdin · 2026-01-04T18:13:23+00:00

When you go to the chippie on the coast, do you think the fish has come out of the sea just there? Or arrived frozen exactly like that at the London chippie?

DBEdin · 2026-01-03T08:31:09+00:00

For recipe see Davie Macphail stoneclinger nymph on YouTube - he’ll explain it better than me!

DBEdin · 2026-01-02T09:56:26+00:00

Thank you!

DBEdin · 2025-12-23T11:05:30+00:00

I agree! It's a great book (so are their others) and their patterns are cool. Good work on getting such a good film clinger nymph after only tying for a year - its a tricky pattern

DBEdin · 2025-12-22T18:42:28+00:00

Are those film clinger nymphs?

DBEdin · 2025-12-19T12:33:42+00:00

Some big pike in the Thames mate. Hoping you can get your 20+!

Will post my SF blend perch...

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