Grafham Water, August 2021 - A change of tactic pays off......

[@waikarimoana]

Great water and good fishing too, thanks for nice trip, thumbs up and greetings from faraway land of New Zealand,, Tony.

[@jonmilling703]

Another great vlog Nick. You’re using a 6ft tip here however i think most (including myself) are familiar with a 3. I notice airflo also produce a 12 ft tip in a range of sink rates too. Its all a bit confusing. Any insight into what influences your choice? Many thanks Jon

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Jon, Thanks for your comments and for watching my channel. It is a bit confusing but really the Airflo range is very comprehensive giving us loads of choice, but that's where it can be confusing. If you look at their website under Fly Lines / Freshwater you will see the range of tip lines. Basically I use the one that I "feel" is right for the conditions and also based on how quickly I intend to fish the flies. For a very slow retrieve a shorter tip is better (in general) and for a faster retrieve the 12 foot tip lines are great. You might also choose, say a 12 foot fast tip for getting down with a slow retrieve. It all depends on conditions and quite a lot of gut feel. Cheers for now and tight lines!

[@jonmilling703]

@@FanaticalFlyFishing thanks for the reply

[@ewanmacgregor3056]

Nice video once again Nick. Its been a while, keep your films coming. Edicational as always especially as a travelling angler to the Midland resevoirs. Well done. 👍😀👏

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Thanks Ewan, I am glad you enjoyed it. I guess the reason I have not posted anything new recently is because I want my articles to be interesting and on a subject that has not been repetitively covered by other folks. Let me ask you, what would you like to see from a new video, anything that comes to mind that has not been covered? Dries? Deep sunk lures? Cormorants? Thanks, I appreciate your feedback. Tight lines!

[@ewanmacgregor3056]

@@FanaticalFlyFishing Hi Nick, you dod a bank angling video a ew seasons bag which was great too. Perhaps a video on Floating fry again would be great. Its exciting, seeing fish hase the fly, although not an easy task to capture on film. Cheers Nick.

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

@@ewanmacgregor3056 Thanks for the reply Ewan, I will have a think about what is reasonably original that can be a good watch. Cheers and tight lines.

[@harryhudson5149]

Can you tell me the dressing for this fly. I recognise most of the materials but not sure of the long bits coming out the sides. Thanks

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Harry, thanks for your comments, I love getting feedback from viewers. The original dressing has olive seals fur for the body with a green/pearl flashback. The legs are pheasant tail tip fibres. The original has a gold rib but copper works well too. My lazy version of it uses the marabou fibres that are left tied in having tied the tail in place, I just wrap the fibres up to the front and then rib with gold or copper, this gives it a nice mobile body. Thanks for watching and tight lines!

[@harryhudson5149]

Brilliant thanks👍

[@trevorluft1763]

Maybe a coaching video from the bank were the camera is your client for the day, explaining tackle choice, flies,and tactics. And the why of it all.

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Nice idea Trevor, thank you. I will have a think about how I can make that work. Thanks again and tight lines.

[@ewanmacgregor3056]

Educational (Ooops)