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ChalkstreamAngler

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About ChalkstreamAngler

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  • Birthday 07/29/1975

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  1. Very sorry to hear about your accident. I wish you a full and speedy recovery.
  2. Hi all, CDC can be used for a variety of flies, some of which have proved very successful for me. My personal favourite is the very simple 'F' Fly, devised by Marjan Fratnik. The one I tend to use features a sparsely dubbed hares ear body and a few CDC feathers for the wing. The following web page has a picture of the fly and also tells a bit about the inventor: http://www.ribiska-druzina-tolmin.si/zanim...ulij99_eng.html I hope this helps.
  3. I carry Pheasant Tail Nymphs (regular and goldhead) in various sizes from 20 to 12 for subsurface fishing. A freshwater shrimp (scud for those of you in the US) imitation - usually heavily weighted). As for the dries, hmmmmm........ I personally like parachutes to represent the ephemeroptera at the dun/final emerger stage and I tie these with the relevant number of microfibbet tails (2 or 3) and a grey or white wing of siliconised polypropelene yarn as appropriate. Then I simply add a hackle of correct size and colour and dub a slender body of Fly Rite dubbing in the correct colour. These I tie to represent all of the ephemeroptera that I might encounter on the Chalkstreams of Southern England which means sizes from 22 to 10 (with the majority being 18's and 16's). As for the emergers, I like the hare's ear "F" Fly devised by Marjan Fratnick and I also tie reversed parachutes (inspired by Roy Christie) with polyarn wings etc etc to represent all the flies as above. Probably more flies than I need but I just enjoy tying them!
  4. For the Chalkstreams of Southern England that I fish it would have to be a Pheasant Tail Nymph as tied by Frank Sawyer. Probably tied on a size 16 or 18 dry fly hook. If I was also allowed a dry, I would probably peg for a Hare's Ear "F" Fly (CDC wing). However a reversed parachute large dark olive (inspired by Roy Christie) would be a close second. Both are emergers with the 'body' of the fly sitting in the surface film and this is where the ephemeroptera are at their most vulnerable and hence where the fish like them - in my opinion.
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