Flecktarnfisher

By all means Triplef carry on! Its nice hearing how everyone started and I'm glad my flies looked good enough to trigger a memory for you, a compliment indeed. Lloyd

I've never tried any coarse fish because in the UK many fisherman are catch and release due to the EA laws imposed upon us. This is because the rivers got so polluted and cruded up during the Victorian era fish populations fell dramartically and rivers became really polluted. Also, why eat c*** coarse fish when you can have trout? Much tastier! I know one or two people who eat pike occasionally but thats about it really... Most lure fisherman use an underhand chuck on the river I fish, public footpaths and a lot of tree cover don't mix well with treble hooks! Lloyd

Flafly do you mean Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing? Darn sarf is how the bods from the Midlands usually refer to us blokes from the southern counties 'cos apparently we talk funny: I think its the other way round! Darn sarf refers to counties like Hampshire, Dorset, Sussex etc. Fly fishing for coarse fish isn't too much different to going for trout and other stuff its just easier and a LOTTTTT cheaper where I'm from (The Itchen isn't a cheap river to fish for trout, nearly £400 a day. Thats about $550!) FlatsRoamer, My blog is http://trainticketfisherman.blogspot.co.uk/ Its only small really and I'm hoping to update it every week or so with tying or a trip out. All the best, Lloyd

Hello all, I'm new here and thought I'd share some of my flies I've tied recently. They're for coarse fish in the rivers near me: Roach, Rudd, Dace, Perch, Trout and even a Salmon! (I've seen one) Small mayfly imitation Detached body fly using a split teal feather for the body. This isn't cast really, its more lowered into the water and left to drift down over the fish. Top row: Marabou damselfly nymph, PTN Bottom row: Hackle point adams variation This is an American pattern I learnt from a book called the Alaskabou I think. Its for steelhead but I've been using it for jack pike and other predators. Sorry for the poor quality photos but they were taken on my phone at the desk quickly. Any feedback about the flies I'd welcome greatly as I'm here to get advice and learn even more! Many thanks, Lloyd

Hi everyone, I'm a student from darn sarf of the UK and have been fly fishing a year and a bit now. I've only been fly-tying since Christmas for my DofE award and its now sort of become a hobby.....ooops! I've learnt all of my skills fishing the slow moving chalkstreams (not the expensive bits, the cheap bits and free bits in city centres) and reading very VERY old books as they're cheaper to source and way more interesting so if any of my skills seem a bit odd, we will put it down to that! I also keep a blog which I've started about fishing on a student budget in the UK. So yeah...Hello! Lloyd