Tying & Fishing the Griffiths Gnat

[@springerspanielful]

The simplest tie for a brilliant fly....

[@jamesvatter5729]

Thanks for sharing, George. "A fish is a fish and it's all good fun." Couldn't have said it better!

[@springerspanielful]

My pleasure!

[@patrickdevine1085]

So glad I found you page, I’m an Irishman living in the US this 35+ years and an avid fly fisher.

[@springerspanielful]

Fáilte romhat..

[@kennethmidwinter982]

Once again George another master class on fly tying….brilliant. Kind regards Ken. (Rutland).

[@springerspanielful]

Appreciate it Ken, thanks a million.

[@grahamallison2990]

Most enjoyable to watch, health stopped me fishing years ago, but I still find it facinating. Thanks for posting.

[@springerspanielful]

Very welcome...

[@waikarimoana]

Great video and simple and great tie George, we use a close looking pattern of this fly in New Zealand and it works well too.Tight lines and thumbs up from Down Under,, Tony.

[@springerspanielful]

Cool, thanks

[@david1888walsh]

That was a great night we had on the dries George 🎣🎣🎣👍👍

[@springerspanielful]

An ceart agat Daithí,iontach.

[@karlnoonan5597]

Great video, George, thanks. It really is a great pattern, no fly box should be without it.

[@springerspanielful]

It sure is!

[@jamescassidy5946]

Great channel and videos George .. Kept me going through a covid isolation week 👍

[@springerspanielful]

Great to hear!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Hello George! Nice fly, well done.

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks for the visit

[@brianscully6227]

Great stuff George

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks Brian.

[@robertgreen5217]

Fantastic , a favourite of mine.👍

[@springerspanielful]

Many thanks!

[@ret1975]

Thanks for another great video I've just started fly fishing this year and not having a great deal of luck but I thought it might be the weather and the lack of water in the river but I did see a kingfisher on Saturday morning that has made the not catching all worth while

[@springerspanielful]

You can do it! a few hours instruction would go a long way.

[@oreilly6365]

Its a top fly and always have a few on me, ill need to try the smaller sizes 👍 Ive been using the grey duster lately too, v good search pattern, fish cant seem to leave it and simple to tie as im sure you know. Excellent fly fishing as usual 👌

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks a million.

[@kevd2908]

Great stuff ☘

[@springerspanielful]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@martincorcoran8263]

Great stuff

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks a million Martin.

[@Tjk186]

Great video and simple small, sparsely tied flies George...so helpful during this year of little rain /low river levels... thanks for sharing...may I ask about how you achieve your delicate presentation using a long leader and light fly i.e. what length / tapered leader size + length and size of tippet you use...also do you need to apply any dry powder floatant to the fly, or does it dry out from false casting....many thanks

[@Tjk186]

Apologies George, just found one of your previous videos on the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5yzpZivZrWch6M

[@springerspanielful]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gerardmurtagh8998]

Hi George another great video do you use a barbles hook when you are tying this one

[@springerspanielful]

Sometimes,the Tiemco hook used in the video has a tiny microbarb.

[@davidgregg8757]

Hi George just wondering what your thoughts are on barbless hooks? I always use barbed, used barbless a few times and thought I lost a lot of fish over it, but I catch and release anyway. Are u a barbed or barbless man

[@springerspanielful]

I use barbless almost exclusively,as you say and I agree,a few more fish are lost by their use,however I think overall it's a positive initiative in terms of fish welfare.

[@fiestamans]

What's the leader setup here George?

[@springerspanielful]

12' 5x tapered leader and 3' of 7x tippet.

[@brianhoover2294]

My problem with fishing a griffiths gnat is how do you see it? Do you use a high visibility indicator line, similar to upstream nymphing? Or do I just have poor eyesight? Ha ha

[@springerspanielful]

It's not always necessary to see the fly,if you know approximately where it is and see a rise strike,this works well for those like myself with less than perfect eyesight.

[@michaelforde4373]

Listened to the podcast on weed , great stuff, I fished the navan boyne 1990s same thing happened there , I lamented leaving the club , I blame the opw for much of the ruin of irelands rivers , I fished the rye river 1970s same result , the opw ruined the clare River also , and a drainage job on my local river dunkellin galway ruined in the name of housing development . This country does not give a dam about natural, watercourses, between farming eutrophication, same in lough atoric galway once full of rising trout, now full of rudd roach hybrids . I'm a similar vintage but will be soon hanging up my rods for good, lived in UK for 30yrs , they have managed rivers better however changing too . One thing I learned is when you complained you got nowhere .

[@springerspanielful]

No good news to report I'm afraid,it gets worse every day.

[@patrickdevine1085]

Leave something for the young lad to catch.😂

[@springerspanielful]

I'm trying to inspire him...

[@kennethsanders963]

I don't like how you tie on your hackles. At all.

[@springerspanielful]

It's clear to see in this and many other of my videos.