Question:
What are the flies most
likely to interest the sea trout and any other thing i should be aware of?
Answer:
Try a selection of flies in black and silver, in various sizes, it does not
really matter which ones, as long as they are black and silver. Often an
all black fly is successful.
Sometimes a fly with a touch of red will do the trick, a "Peter Ross" is
very good. Fish at night. Do not start fishing until full dark. Fish the
flies slowly. If you are fishing pools, do not cast, feed line out. Do not
shine any lights on the water, or light up cigarettes etc near it, this will
put the fish down for the night.
Do not make any noise or vibration, the fish are just as spooky in the dark.
Fish the darkest places you can find, under trees, bushes, undercut banks
etc. Fish on dark nights, either with no moon, or full cloud.
Do not use leaders which are too light, the fish will simply break you, and
as this is likely to be the only one which will take that week, this is a
major tragedy. The same goes for rods which are too light. A six weight is
minimum.
Reconnoitre the water very carefully in daylight, and make sure you know
exactly where you can wade, ( which you should not do if you can possibly
avoid it), land fish, enter and leave the river etc.
Trees and bushes come alive at night, and casts which would not even have
reached the bank in daytime, will be ruthlessly grabbed by them before they
are even half over the river, another reason for not casting.
If you are obliged to fish during the day, try a "Teal blue and silver" in
various sizes. Start with a size ten, and gradually increase to a size six
until you either get a take or fed up.
As an alternative, try some "shrimp" or "prawn" flies, such as the "General
Practitioner".
Seatrout are very difficult creatures to catch, not for nothing are they
known as the "fish of a thousand casts". If you avoid casting as I said,
you can reduce the odds somewhat, or at least the statistics are different.
If you don¡ät cast, then you wont need a thousand casts to catch one.
On warm balmy nights fish a floating line for the first couple of hours,
then go deep. If the air temperature is markedly less than the water
temperature, fish deep. If mist starts to rise, pack up and go home.
If you are of a nervous disposition, liable to heart problems, or similar
ailments, do not fish at alone at night.
Do not despair, eventually you will catch one.
Impossible est un mot que je ne dis jamais.
