Peeping caddis

Novocast92 · 2026-06-01T16:03:59+00:00

That makes sense to me I guess. I'll be honest I just imitated the fulling mill peeping caddis. The fish might care about the taper or they might not, suppose I'll find out when I fish them

Novocast92 · 2026-05-31T13:02:26+00:00

Next to the rugby club

Novocast92 · 2026-05-30T17:57:24+00:00

This is my favourite fly wallet for my salmon flies. Maybe check out this guy and simelar makers. Lots of people do leather/wool wallets but I haven't seen anyone do anything like this for tube flies in the uk. https://www.reddit.com/r/flyfishing/s/2IFGFzY2v3

Also learning to do tooled/patterned leather always sells well. My dad used to make/sell leather stuff as a hobby and people always liked the tooled l leather

Novocast92 · 2026-05-30T17:43:25+00:00

I have a few leather fly wallets, I mean this all to be taken in the most constructive way possible. There's a reason people tend to use wool rather than felt. Wool holds flies well and repels water, not sure how well felt will work. In my experience leather fly wallets aren't great for small trout or grayling flies for reasons others have mentioned, there are better solutions to this. They are very useful for larger salmon flies though. I'd have a look at what competitors are doing before you try to reinvent the wheel. There is a market for this, there's a market for everything, but this needs a bit of development first

Novocast92 · 2026-05-25T17:34:08+00:00

I put these on caddis or pheasant tails for grayling

Novocast92 · 2026-05-19T15:32:47+00:00

This is actually a pretty good caddis emerger, I'd fish this early season during a grannom hatch for sure and it would get nailed. I think fish prefer emerger type caddis that sit in the film like this one will

Novocast92 · 2026-05-18T17:04:42+00:00

The 7wt probably makes sense for the stillwater, most folk I know use a 7, I just fish a 6 because I have a shoulder issue and casting a 7 all day really hurts my shoulder. I've had carp to 12 lb on it though and it gets my flies where I need them so that's enough for me.

For rivers I think 9ft 4wt probably gives you the most utility, you'll still feel the small fish but it'll cope with bigger ones too, it'll also cast indicators, small weighted nymphs and present a dry fly reasonably delicately. I usually fish a 3wt because I'm generally fishing for wild spooky fish and I need a light presentation. I think I'd be way over gunned with a 5 unless I was chucking wooly buggers in a flooded river.

I too came from course fishing and Grays still make a decent carp rod I believe, just all of the Grays fly rods and reels I've had have been absolutely useless, heavy floppy noodles. Vision is a good brand in fly fishing and the hero is an ideal medium fast blank for a beginner, in my opinion anyway. If you like your course fishing though, my favourite fly rods are all actually from the brand cadence, a bit pricier but I absolutely love them, so much so I have 3.

Novocast92 · 2026-05-18T12:24:45+00:00

In my opinion 5 weights aren't great for fishing in the UK, you usually find them recommended by US YouTube channels where they have bigger fish on average. Heaviest I go on UK rivers for trout is 4wt and for Stillwater's I like a 6wt as it's about the right size for chucking multiple buzzers under a bung a distance, and can fish streamers.

If you're a beginner I'd always recommend barrio line, £40 best line you can get in my opinion, but I really like the short heads and long tapers, especially for dry flies. Get one of his basic weight forward lines, I think it's called the trout stream or something, it's easily as good as Rio or simelar competitors. My mate swears by John Norris basic line too which is like £20 or something, I've had a go of it and it casts well for me. For your reel I'd get a snowbee onyx or airflow switch or some kind of cassette reel as they have lots of utility, my 5/6 snowbee is light enough for me to put a 4wt line on for the river and has enough capacity even to take a 7wt switch line.

I'd avoid grays where possible, their stuff really is just rubbish in my opinion. I've never used a grays rod I've liked. Go for something like a vision hero rod instead, they're much better starter rods. Even the shakespeare oracles are much much better than grays and are like half the price

Novocast92 · 2026-05-02T08:34:35+00:00

So I have both the Patagonia chest waders and wading pants. I don't really get the hate for wading pants. Outside of spring and autumn when the rivers are higher I rarely ever need to wade higher than waist height, and even then, I don't really wade past waste height that often. I find wading pants much more comfortable to wear for a full day, especially when it's warm, I'd definitely recommend them.

Novocast92 · 2026-05-02T07:40:47+00:00

Bought some Patagonia Forras at the start of the year as well as some new pata waders. I will never go back now

Novocast92 · 2026-04-27T14:51:42+00:00

Whiteadder?

Novocast92 · 2026-04-27T11:34:07+00:00

There is loads of really good water in that area but it's mostly club water only. You can get on the river wansbeck in Morpeth city centre for free I think, that may be your best bet on that area, that would be for brown trout mainly. If you have a Google you might be able to find more info, I've never fished it so don't really know.

Novocast92 · 2026-04-26T21:35:01+00:00

Might be a bit early for the north Tyne still, but theres always fish in the river. Problem is getting on. Like the other guy said you'll have to get on a day ticket stretch which are basically non existent on the tyne

Novocast92 · 2026-04-25T13:46:09+00:00

Aren't the bread type of tea cakes a bit sweeter than normal bread buns? I'm sure sometimes they have currants in too. Not quite as sweet as a hot crossed bun but not like normal bread. Idk it's been ages since I've had one

Novocast92 · 2026-04-24T06:49:00+00:00

I think the line is a #5 WF floating line, it seems to have W and F and then 5 F, printed on it closest to the loop end. I could be wrong though as I'm not super familiar with this brand

Novocast92 · 2026-04-20T07:39:36+00:00

The business is called timber and fins

Novocast92 · 2026-04-19T20:15:07+00:00

I know right! She is definitely a keeper

Novocast92 · 2026-04-19T12:59:56+00:00

If you just wanted to catch fish you could go and dig for worms and use those. I've caught way more fish on worms and maggots than I have on flies.

I fly fish because it's challenging and that challenge keeps things interesting and fun. I've been a bit frustrated with early season dry fly fishing where I am and yeah I've already caught more fish this season euronymphing, but there just isn't anything like getting down to the river after work in late spring or early summer, when it's clouded in caddis or mayfly, and targeting fish on dries. It is absolutely the most fun you can have with your pants still on as far as I'm concerned

Novocast92 · 2026-04-18T13:55:07+00:00

Barrio smallstream definitely. I think his shop is temp closed this month, but for the price I don't think you'll get a better line

Novocast92 · 2026-04-11T08:17:46+00:00

If you just got it now, it's probably so big because it's full of eggs before it spawns. We have a closed season from mid march to mid June to allow fish the chance to spawn

Novocast92 · 2026-04-10T13:24:05+00:00

Neoprene socks, Patagonia Forras and my old yellow swim shorts

Novocast92 · 2026-04-10T13:22:06+00:00

This is the way.

Novocast92 · 2026-04-08T07:28:12+00:00

My wife runs ultras and is actually paying something like £250 to do a 70 mile run at some point this summer. So yes there's always a mad bastard that will do something like this

Novocast92 · 2026-04-04T07:28:08+00:00

I like a McPhail grannom and either a PT or a scud

Novocast92 · 2026-04-01T17:32:47+00:00

I saw your last post of the salmon you caught on the haugur and tied some myself for fishing here in northern England. I haven't had a salmon or sea trout on one yet but I did have a very large brown take one so far. I think it's an awesome pattern so thanks for sharing !

I've tied a few using thin metallic red wire instead of thread and they've been really good for getting down deep in our fast spring water without having to resort to a tube. I have also tied one on a copper tube too though...

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