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@simonharkness45224 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! The catching starts around 5:10 mins
@SpiralMoss2 жыл бұрын
Heading to the River Fergus in Clare later, it's only a few hundred yards from my house. Well done, I love wet fly fishing it's traditional and feels less cumbersome than nymph's and dries. Got my fly rod back from America needed to get the top half rebuilt, it snapped lifetime guarantee. The lake is full now, so Lough Inchiquinn in Corofin empties into the Fergus and it's crystal clear water and a dept of 4 ft nice flow perfect for the wets
@garypringle97073 жыл бұрын
Great video, I've only started fly fishing rivers this year, couldn't catch anything until I watched, since watching this I've caught trout almost every time I'm out now 👌 thanks
@fradrake11 Жыл бұрын
Well done a great video and real nice to see traditional wet flies being fished and catching too. I learned to fly fish using traditional wet flies and I'd still mostly fish wets .
@marypowell21345 жыл бұрын
Nice film. Good to see wetfly in use. It is currently out of fashion but I still use it because it still catches fish!
@Kevskiok5 жыл бұрын
Looks a great river....wish we had bigger rivers nearby.....your very lucky to be gifted with such a good river. Great Video. Tight Lines. Thanks
@bubnellflyfishers5 жыл бұрын
An excellent video - thanks for sharing - I have taken the liberty of sharing this to my fishing club facebook page - I hope you don't mind - I am the only angler that ever fishes wet flies on our beat and I hope to inspire some others to try something different - everyone is getting into Czech / Euro nymphing and forget that these traditional methods still catch plenty of fish - Cheers - Steve.
@simonharkness45225 жыл бұрын
Great to hear Steve. It's my favourite method all year round. Tight lines mate
@bubnellflyfishers5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Simon -
@minimal_enthusiasm59714 жыл бұрын
Great video mate! I'm just starting out in fly fishing.. you make it look easy 😂
@natureandfishing243 жыл бұрын
Great Video, Best Regards from Balkan (Macedonia)
@theangrybeardfishing7125 жыл бұрын
Sweet defo gonna give this a shot
@chrisobrien99325 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon, Great video. I'm a novice to river fly fishing so I'm on a steep learning curve. I always thought you had to fish upstream otherwise the fly will not act naturally? Or with wet flies do you feel comfortable keeping them hanging in the downstream current? Most of my fishing will be on rivers that look identical, if not narrower. Thanks, Chris
@simonharkness45225 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris,I like using both methods, but I stick to wet fly fishing as it's more traditional in my view swinging a fly. I used to upstream nymph fish but it was too boring to me!
@davidgregg67033 жыл бұрын
@@simonharkness4522 100% with u there
@conor00444 жыл бұрын
Great video and quite informative- not too many Irish river wet fly videos on YT. Just curious- do you allow a belly to form in your line during the swing? Judging by your mending I would assume not, and that you keep the fly line straight. Just curious as I'd like to know more about wet fly- on my local river I'm plagued by different speeds of current which make my line+ flies go all over the place during the swing despite mending. Happy fishing!
@simonharkness45224 жыл бұрын
Hi Conor. The purpose for mending for me is to slow the flies down . I dont like fishing too fast! The line will appear straight but I follow it with my rod tip so it actually does 'swing' at the same time. It allows me to cover the same ground but slower. I also fish for salmon this way
@simonharkness45224 жыл бұрын
In a slower section of water I will tweak the flies back at a steady speed, a tweak of 2 or 3cm every second
@conor00444 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much , best of luck for this season if you manage to get out! Conor
@Robert-yr4mx3 жыл бұрын
Few pulls of the line before you lift will enduce more takes. Good video
@conorlynch26822 жыл бұрын
What’s the lead fly called and how long is the dropper ? Nice fishing man👍😎🇮🇪🇺🇦
@FishingIreland7 жыл бұрын
Nice informative video buddy!👌👌
@stefang6213 Жыл бұрын
Can you explain your retrieve(if there is one)? Are you inching it back through the current, or just letting it swing round, hauling it back and going again? Many thanks.. I want to give the wet fly a go this season
@hotpoker42123 жыл бұрын
Great video, when you say mend the line, what do you mean,I'm just learning the trade,
@simonharkness45223 жыл бұрын
Flicking your rod upstream to turn the line over in a loop in the water to slow your drift down and to allow the flies to sink
@jadonx2 жыл бұрын
Swinging downstream must be imitating fish fry. I usually fish dead drift with nymphs casting upstream.
@phillewis6314 жыл бұрын
What wading stick do you use, and do you wear a life jacket?
@simonharkness45223 жыл бұрын
It's a snowbee one and no life jacket just due to this river being extremely safe
@pj-18885 жыл бұрын
I'm in Belfast mate looking for some good trout water what river is this .b4 I head to donegal
@simonharkness45225 жыл бұрын
This is the camowen. You should try the upper lagan or the Antrim six mile for trout
@conalcassidy50265 жыл бұрын
I'm from donegal myself and like to fish for alot of brown trout. Where you heading to and I might be able to give some advice
@jhmcmbam4 жыл бұрын
@@simonharkness4522 You'll get a great run of Dollighan up the Sixmile stretch come the tail end of the season... highly recommended. Great video Simon thank you
@darraghdeane57363 жыл бұрын
Do u let any line off as the fly swings downstream or is the line at a constant length
@neilmason1586 жыл бұрын
what rod are you using
@simonharkness45225 жыл бұрын
shakespeare oddysey.
@pc30466 жыл бұрын
What's the name of at river
@edwardcharles97646 жыл бұрын
Couple there seemed to have their lips ripped off!
@simonharkness45226 жыл бұрын
not uncommon, heavily fished area
@edwardcharles97646 жыл бұрын
Simon Harkness try barbless hooks!
@justFishing955 жыл бұрын
It's more spinners that rippe the mouths there is a way to removed a bared fly from a fish's mouth don't just yank it out
@patrickhannon41886 жыл бұрын
What flies were you on.
@simonharkness45226 жыл бұрын
march brown and bloody butcher
@martinrea85486 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! Was it early in the season, or can you use those flies all year round? Would it be fair to say that it's usually smaller trout you get in the faster waters, or can you get big ones casting downstream into a ripple like that too? Thanks and happy fishing to you.
@simonharkness45226 жыл бұрын
yea they will work year round. In April/May i use olives instead . You can find big trout in streams or slow pools