Hi Alec just subscribed to your channel what a great way to tie the top hat started doing it the Way you show on your video gĺad i found your channel tight lines Rob from south Wales
Cheers Rob , we are catching lots of fish just now off the top using the top hat and the NOTHING fly , check my video on tying and fishing with that fly , tight lines Rob 🎣🐟
Like the fact you are showing how effective these simple flies can be......3/8 ths of an inch is perfect size.....no boobies, bungs, blobs, bung boobies and who knows what. Hate that junk. Every water butt is now full of buzzers.....check em out. Even if you cut the foam too short and they slowly sink it still imitates the natural at the surface. Just give it a slow draw then let it sink a foot. Great films big thumbs up from me.
Hi Alex i sent for some black foam, i only had yellow so i tied some to see how they work. do you think it would work putting a little ice dub on the thorax maybe a different colour to hot spot it or am i just gilding the lily?
Only the fish will tell you if flies work Paula , we all have to try different things with flies , that's the fun of tying , go for it and test them out the next time you are out fishing 👍🎣🐟
Trevor it's always tricky with caenis, one the fall on the water and the fish are chomping you can catch them, you need to keep your fly skating and popping along the surface to get the tryouts attention. Did you see my video on my little popping caenis fly?? 🎣🐟
Great dry fly, Alec. Thanks.
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Thanks , much appreciated 👍 🎣 🐟
One for the winter to tie up Alec . Good video !!
Definitely, it's good from April onwards into the summer 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec just subscribed to your channel what a great way to tie the top hat started doing it the Way you show on your video gĺad i found your channel tight lines Rob from south Wales
Cheers Rob , we are catching lots of fish just now off the top using the top hat and the NOTHING fly , check my video on tying and fishing with that fly , tight lines Rob 🎣🐟
I find I have luck with even skinnier than this. great fly when they're sipping.
Yes , that will definitely work too 👍🎣🐟
I’ll be tying a few of those this afternoon, had a canny 4 hours at sleekburn yesterday with the top hat buzzer , thanks for sharing 👍🏻🪰🎣😎
No problem, pleased you caught fish on them 👍🎣🐟
Hi pal, hello from sunny Dumfries and Galloway 😁love that instruction and fly. Will def be giving that a go. Thankyou 😁👏👏👏
Cheers James 👍🎣🐟
Good tie mate . Just a good old sussie buzzer up my way 😂👍
Yes they all work well 👍🎣🐟
Like the fact you are showing how effective these simple flies can be......3/8 ths of an inch is perfect size.....no boobies, bungs, blobs, bung boobies and who knows what. Hate that junk.
Every water butt is now full of buzzers.....check em out. Even if you cut the foam too short and they slowly sink it still imitates the natural at the surface. Just give it a slow draw then let it sink a foot. Great films big thumbs up from me.
Cheers Lee 👍🎣🐟
Nice fly. Used a white killer last night and got two with it, still to get the technique right.
Nice one Robert 👍🎣🐟
This is great for a beginner, thanks.
Thanks Gérard, have you seen my video with Peter Appleby on how to fish the top hat dry fly method?? 🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying no but I will now thanks
working with white top hats, hoping for ocean perch...
That's great , let me know how get on with them 👍🎣🐟
Thanks. Great video. Do you prefer black, white or yellow foam?
I use black foam mainly, but I find white can work well especially at dusk 👍🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying Thanks.
Hi Alec. Excellent video, would it make any difference if I used a white top hat. Vision over distance isn’t great. Many thanks. Derick.
Thanks Derick, I normally use black foam during the day and while ones as its dusking in .
Hi Alex i sent for some black foam, i only had yellow so i tied some to see how they work.
do you think it would work putting a little ice dub on the thorax maybe a different colour to hot spot it or am i just gilding the lily?
Only the fish will tell you if flies work Paula , we all have to try different things with flies , that's the fun of tying , go for it and test them out the next time you are out fishing 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec, love your films.Was wondering what tool you used to cut out the foam for the tophat?
I use the Upavon tube cutters in a hand drill John and high density waspi foam blocks 👍🎣🐟
Thank You. Will try to get one.
Why would you varnish on the thread before you tied in the dubbing 🤔
For extra grip of the dubbing , keeps the body tight 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec any tips for when the caenis are on the water please?
Trevor it's always tricky with caenis, one the fall on the water and the fish are chomping you can catch them, you need to keep your fly skating and popping along the surface to get the tryouts attention.
Did you see my video on my little popping caenis fly?? 🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying yes mate I’ll revisit it thanks.