What has frustrated me with RUclips videos about fly fishing is they tend to show the fish being caught but don’t show the type or speed of the retrieve. Thank you. Your explanation is pure gold.
Just re started fly fishing at a 15 year break! Thanks Rhys your videos are very informative and easy to watch. So much has changed so these videos are invaluable!
New to fly fishing and yours are the first video i have watched that ACTUALLY explain everything and i can understand it !!! Thank you. Im off to check out the washing line
Hi Rhys, Great vids, I am an older angler and probably slower to change. I'm having a awful time trying to fish late, dusk to dark. Big rise of fish, big hatches of green head buzzer 10 mm won't take adult, cdc, emerger, or suspender nymph, wild trout lake. Can hear a lot of sips and see many boils but only get the very occasional take. Its a chastening experience. My flies may not be the most exact but in the low light I don't think it should make a big difference 6/8lbs leader. Can you help.
It’s hard to decipher what’s going wrong without understanding more about your set up. What leader type and lb are you using, what type of fly size have you tried?
Another great video Rhys. Keep them coming because they are so helpful not just for me who's been fly fishing for years but for someone who has just started out in the wonderful sport of fly fishing
I don't usually comment on RUclips videos but I have to say your videos are really well put! Simple and clear but informative. I am relatively new to fly fishing and have been speaking to local fishermen/watching various guides however your videos have been the most help! This channel deserves a big following! Keep up the good work!
Another cracking, helpful video !! There ain’t going to be anyone blanking at this rate !! Great that you are taking the time to help your fellow FFM !! Thanks
Great video. Really well presented in terms of the fact that the method is spelt out - it’s almost a ‘buzzer fishing for dummies’ type presentation, but that’s so mo more useful than some really complicated videos I’ve seen.
Great video mate. I've always struggled to grasp the concept of how a buzzer, that is so small, can be so effective. Looking forward to putting these methods into practice 👍
Rhys, Again, a fine instructional video. In particular, a great description/explanation of straight line fishing. A bit unclear, however, when you talk about Bung fishing. You say "Don't move the Bung", then you mention a slow figure-of-eight retrieve, and then again you say don't move the Bung. Please clarify. Thank you. Cheers,
Thanks shannon. Predominantly keep it static. When we talk about slow, we're talking snails pace so slower than slow basically. Once you try it, with regularity you'll see how slow i mean. If the bung is displacing water then in my eyes thats often too fast. It should sit as static as a float👍
@@RhysFishes Got it. Do you use the Bung with Loch Style fishing? Or only Bank fishing or when anchored in a boat? If you use it in Loch Style fishing, in order to keep it static I presume you need to actively retrieve enough line to stay in contact with the Bung, but without moving it (albeit the occasional movement to possibly induce attention?)? Again, thank you. Cheers,
Hi Rhys love yous stuff,could you tell me why I end up in a tangle every time I catch ,I have a ten foot leader followed by ten foot of flora carbon with 2 droppers thanks Tim
Try to ensure that you're leaving enough room between your droppers (5ft is a good starting point). Thereafter it could be a casting issue if your still getting tangles. Try and ensure you let the line completely straighten out on the back cast before moving the rod forward on the forward cast.
Great Video Rhys... i took your counting method tips and fishing it slow like you said, as only its single fly water where i fish. Ended up with four fish to the net and a massive double figure carp ..im still buzzing that was three days ago cheers :) slow is the way to go.
Hi Brother, I'll learn these methods. Have you a video on how to actually do a figure of eight, I still don't know what to do with my retrieve hand/fingers believe it or not.. Cheers Bud 👍
Nice plain speaking video on buzzer fishing ..being new to this it gives me new hope of mastering this technique.?.I realise now I have been retrieving way too quickly ..
Hi Rhys, great video! Managed to catch trout both straight lining and under a bung but couldn’t figure out the difference between two methods as my bung was right at the top of leader. Are the only differences between the two methods that 1) the bung is a bit easier to see than the end of fly line in the ripple and 2) you can fish shallower with the same length leader by setting the bung closer to flies? Seems like we want to fish both methods static and use pretty much the same flies.
Kind of yes. One fishes vertically and one fishes horizontally so straight lining offers you a little more flexibility in covering different depths quickly. Whereas with the bung your fish at a set specific depth.
Cheers Rhys! Never actually realised that the presentation under water differs. Thought both of them sort of curl down in an almost vertical line once you let them sink.
Hi Rhys, I’ve just started fly fishing this year and this video is so helpful. Thank you for the tips, can’t wait to try them out. One question though, with the bung, you said don’t move it at all but also to do a slow figure 8 retrieve after letting the flies sink for around 30secs. So I’m not casting out and just leaving it a while? Thanks, Stephen.
Hi Rhys, apologies an absolute beginner here! When buzzer/nymphing would you use floating or slow sinking line? I only ask because my local still water recommends floating line year round. Can you use buzzers with floating line?
Definitely very different across the pond isn’t it. We have some very large buzzers hatching on some of our big lakes and you’ll even go to a size 8 on some days
I fish an alpine lake with very very small buzzers. Like size 30. This water is very clear. What do you recommend to hang my flies from for cruising fish to intercept? I keep thinking some kind of moderately clear float. 🤔
Hi Rhys, your arm looks sore, gravel rash? When you talk about leader length, you never mention tippet length or thickness, any reason for that? Great content, very useful, thanks.
Do you think this will help catching more fish in the US? Everyone here says you have to use small nymphs like size 20 or smaller and i have a real hard time tying those little flies on. Thanks for the video and help your channel is awesome!!
depends on the water your fishing and what bugs are there i think the size 10 midges imitate crane flies and other large midges so depends on what midges are in your waterways im in idaho and it just doesnt work as good as size 20 midges
Hi mate, mick from Australia, have been using your tactics down here. No luck as yet. However becoming obsessed with these tactics. I know this is not just related to this video. However when using booby flies on a floating line, iv noticed that they do sink after getting wet. Am I meant to be using floatant on them ?. With 2 droppers say below the booby in our spring, should I use buzzers or nymphs ?
They will sink with some water michael. But don't overthink it. Often when the booby is just inches below the surface, the fish will take it with confidence. I never gink the booby/fab when fishing a washing line.
Could I fish the bung with a 13 foot match rod and centrepin. Also could I replace the bung for a waggler. This would give me the same effect but much more control of the buzzers?
have tried fishing like this with multiple flies , but after 3 ish casts all the flies ate tangled and tied up, i spend more time retying the pattern than fishing. so only use 1 fly. hoe do i stop the flies from getting tangled?????l
Stick to single fly or 2 fly casts until those become comfortable. With a 2 fly cast space 6ft between your flies and fly line. So 12ft in total. Over time you’ll get proficient and be able to fish with 3
Depends on fishing location mate. Rutland and Grafham are prone to buzzers as big as a size 8 hook. Small stillwaters - anything from size 10 and smaller.
Just returning to fly fishing after nearly 20 odd years, and I've found your videos and explanations to be top drawer, what happened to your arm, come off a bike?
@@RhysFishes Fair point. I guess I'm a bit old school. In the old days they had bubble floats ....but they were banned. Do most modern fly fishing venues allow these bungs? I know some don't allow boobies
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What has frustrated me with RUclips videos about fly fishing is they tend to show the fish being caught but don’t show the type or speed of the retrieve. Thank you. Your explanation is pure gold.
Just re started fly fishing at a 15 year break! Thanks Rhys your videos are very informative and easy to watch. So much has changed so these videos are invaluable!
New to fly fishing and yours are the first video i have watched that ACTUALLY explain everything and i can understand it !!! Thank you. Im off to check out the washing line
This is such great information for anyone like myself starting to try buzzer fishing. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍
Thank you Rhys, this is so well explained and not just a singular method. Thanks for sharing the many different approaches to buzzer fishing.
Cheers gary!
Welsh are the best fly fishers change my mind, amazing vlog buddy learnt something new that I was never taught 😅
Thank you, glad you found it helpful!
Bryn jones-- Thanks Rhys wish i had this information when i was younger -but better late than never,
I dont know how I missed seeing this video Rhys? Spot on with youre buzzer set up
Cheers Stuart
Hi Rhys,
Great vids, I am an older angler and probably slower to change.
I'm having a awful time trying to fish late, dusk to dark. Big rise of fish, big hatches of green head buzzer 10 mm won't take adult, cdc, emerger, or suspender nymph, wild trout lake.
Can hear a lot of sips and see many boils but only get the very occasional take. Its a chastening experience.
My flies may not be the most exact but in the low light I don't think it should make a big difference 6/8lbs leader.
Can you help.
It’s hard to decipher what’s going wrong without understanding more about your set up. What leader type and lb are you using, what type of fly size have you tried?
Fantastic video. Ive really been struggling and Im going to use these hints and tips! im loving your vidoes, please keep them coming.
Another great video Rhys. Keep them coming because they are so helpful not just for me who's been fly fishing for years but for someone who has just started out in the wonderful sport of fly fishing
Glad to help
I don't usually comment on RUclips videos but I have to say your videos are really well put! Simple and clear but informative. I am relatively new to fly fishing and have been speaking to local fishermen/watching various guides however your videos have been the most help! This channel deserves a big following! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your kind feedback!
Another cracking, helpful video !! There ain’t going to be anyone blanking at this rate !! Great that you are taking the time to help your fellow FFM !! Thanks
Excellent video lots of useful information and tips thank you
Great video. Really well presented in terms of the fact that the method is spelt out - it’s almost a ‘buzzer fishing for dummies’ type presentation, but that’s so mo more useful than some really complicated videos I’ve seen.
Glad it was helpful!
Nicely explained again Rhys! 👍🏻
Really helpful video. One thing that has always confused me is how, with such a long leader you land a fish hooked on bottom fly.
There’s a bit of skill and luck to it but generally it’s doable
And subscribed, thank you for the excellent information.
Thanks
Great video mate. I've always struggled to grasp the concept of how a buzzer, that is so small, can be so effective. Looking forward to putting these methods into practice 👍
Well..I've been watching all of your video.. Great knowledge about still water mate. You deserve 10k subscribers!!
Thanks Matti
Hi Brother, super video mate. Are you fishing a floating line for all the buzzer methods here. Cheers Bud 👍
excellent video
Rhys, Again, a fine instructional video. In particular, a great description/explanation of straight line fishing. A bit unclear, however, when you talk about Bung fishing. You say "Don't move the Bung", then you mention a slow figure-of-eight retrieve, and then again you say don't move the Bung. Please clarify. Thank you. Cheers,
Thanks shannon. Predominantly keep it static. When we talk about slow, we're talking snails pace so slower than slow basically. Once you try it, with regularity you'll see how slow i mean. If the bung is displacing water then in my eyes thats often too fast. It should sit as static as a float👍
@@RhysFishes Got it. Do you use the Bung with Loch Style fishing? Or only Bank fishing or when anchored in a boat? If you use it in Loch Style fishing, in order to keep it static I presume you need to actively retrieve enough line to stay in contact with the Bung, but without moving it (albeit the occasional movement to possibly induce attention?)? Again, thank you. Cheers,
Hi Rhys love yous stuff,could you tell me why I end up in a tangle every time I catch ,I have a ten foot leader followed by ten foot of flora carbon with 2 droppers thanks Tim
Try to ensure that you're leaving enough room between your droppers (5ft is a good starting point). Thereafter it could be a casting issue if your still getting tangles. Try and ensure you let the line completely straighten out on the back cast before moving the rod forward on the forward cast.
Another fantastic video rhys 🎣🦟
Thanks 👍
Very insightful, thank you
Great Video Rhys... i took your counting method tips and fishing it slow like you said, as only its single fly water where i fish.
Ended up with four fish to the net and a massive double figure carp ..im still buzzing that was three days ago cheers :)
slow is the way to go.
Good going!
Great tips 👏👏👏👏
Thanks dean
Great tips thank you Rhys 👍👍👍
No problem 👍
Quality as always mate keep them videos coming
Thanks, will do!
Great info here thanks!
Hi Brother, I'll learn these methods. Have you a video on how to actually do a figure of eight, I still don't know what to do with my retrieve hand/fingers believe it or not.. Cheers Bud 👍
Really well done Rhys. Take care. Shaun.
great explanation!
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Nice plain speaking video on buzzer fishing ..being new to this it gives me new hope of mastering this technique.?.I realise now I have been retrieving way too quickly ..
Glad it was helpful Lomoto!
Wish I seen this video before today, attempting to buzzer fish (to fast apparently) on the bung, washing line, straight line etc etc
Great video, really helpful thank you.
Solid, clear information yet again Rhys. Thank you. That arm looks like a slip on a Bass mark to me! Savlon mate 😉.
Nail on the head there Darren. Rogue wave!
@@RhysFishes easily done mate. Stay safe. 👍
Hi Rhys, great video! Managed to catch trout both straight lining and under a bung but couldn’t figure out the difference between two methods as my bung was right at the top of leader.
Are the only differences between the two methods that 1) the bung is a bit easier to see than the end of fly line in the ripple and 2) you can fish shallower with the same length leader by setting the bung closer to flies?
Seems like we want to fish both methods static and use pretty much the same flies.
Kind of yes. One fishes vertically and one fishes horizontally so straight lining offers you a little more flexibility in covering different depths quickly. Whereas with the bung your fish at a set specific depth.
Cheers Rhys! Never actually realised that the presentation under water differs. Thought both of them sort of curl down in an almost vertical line once you let them sink.
Great video pal.
What about when it's cold I'm in Scotland man.
Great vid, subbed!
Cheers Carl
I'll be trying this at the weekend
Great vid bud!
Hi Rhys, I’ve just started fly fishing this year and this video is so helpful. Thank you for the tips, can’t wait to try them out. One question though, with the bung, you said don’t move it at all but also to do a slow figure 8 retrieve after letting the flies sink for around 30secs. So I’m not casting out and just leaving it a while? Thanks, Stephen.
Yes stephen! Static is the name of the game with the bung
Are u using tapered shop leaders or just a piece of fluorocarbon and attach buzzers. Thanks
Straight through fluorocarbon for this method
Hi Rhys, apologies an absolute beginner here! When buzzer/nymphing would you use floating or slow sinking line? I only ask because my local still water recommends floating line year round. Can you use buzzers with floating line?
Yea. Floating line is what I use for 99% of my buzzer fishing
dang im over in america fishing size 20 midges and you guys in the uk use size 10? thats very rare here but cool to see the differences
Definitely very different across the pond isn’t it. We have some very large buzzers hatching on some of our big lakes and you’ll even go to a size 8 on some days
Great, thanks !
I fish an alpine lake with very very small buzzers. Like size 30. This water is very clear. What do you recommend to hang my flies from for cruising fish to intercept? I keep thinking some kind of moderately clear float. 🤔
Try a bung 👍
Great vid mate very helpful cheers ps stay of the falling down water lol
Hi what make of floating line do you recommend for this type of fishing thanks.
A floater with no coils. I use a white new haylie floater (available on Facebook)
@@RhysFishes thank you mate
Nice one mate. I’ll give this a try.
Hope your arms ok? Looks a sore one.
Hi Rhys, your arm looks sore, gravel rash? When you talk about leader length, you never mention tippet length or thickness, any reason for that? Great content, very useful, thanks.
Cheers Bob. Just took a fall on a reef at night, all healed now though. Generally i only fish with 6/7/8lb depending on the method and venue. 👍
Do you think this will help catching more fish in the US? Everyone here says you have to use small nymphs like size 20 or smaller and i have a real hard time tying those little flies on. Thanks for the video and help your channel is awesome!!
depends on the water your fishing and what bugs are there i think the size 10 midges imitate crane flies and other large midges so depends on what midges are in your waterways
im in idaho and it just doesnt work as good as size 20 midges
but a size 16 might work
Hi mate, mick from Australia, have been using your tactics down here. No luck as yet. However becoming obsessed with these tactics. I know this is not just related to this video. However when using booby flies on a floating line, iv noticed that they do sink after getting wet. Am I meant to be using floatant on them ?. With 2 droppers say below the booby in our spring, should I use buzzers or nymphs ?
They will sink with some water michael. But don't overthink it. Often when the booby is just inches below the surface, the fish will take it with confidence. I never gink the booby/fab when fishing a washing line.
Hi mate, can I ask a really simple question, what knot do you use for your droppers and what length of dropper do you tend to use?
3 turn water knot. 8 inches as a general rule👍
Is indicator fishing with a buzzers a good tactic? I mean can you fish an indicator instead of a bung fly?
An indicator and a bung are the same thing
Like 6 lg die Angler.🎣 🐟 Petri 👍 like
Hey - How do you attached your leader to your flyline? Which knot? I thinking a double davy but what about breaking the welded loop?
Always the double davy, hasn't failed me yet 👍
Does Buzzer fishing only work on flat still days?
Not at all. Buzzer fishing works good in almost any conditions, but some are more successful than others
Could I fish the bung with a 13 foot match rod and centrepin. Also could I replace the bung for a waggler. This would give me the same effect but much more control of the buzzers?
Or get a pint of maggots and some bread feed ffs!
have tried fishing like this with multiple flies , but after 3 ish casts all the flies ate tangled and tied up, i spend more time retying the pattern than fishing. so only use 1 fly. hoe do i stop the flies from getting tangled?????l
Stick to single fly or 2 fly casts until those become comfortable. With a 2 fly cast space 6ft between your flies and fly line. So 12ft in total. Over time you’ll get proficient and be able to fish with 3
What I like about your teaching is you make it so easy to follow .what flies would recommend using on reservoir in autumn
Depends where you are but I can recommend foam daddy flies tweaked across the surface or humongous flies fished a bit deeper…
Thanks Eric. Check out my new Autumn flies for trout video from this week!
Can someone tell me how long a dropper should be on a washing line please
6 - 8 inches for me personally
@@RhysFishes thanks very much for the reply.
May I please ask what size the buzzers would be on 8lb line?
Depends on fishing location mate. Rutland and Grafham are prone to buzzers as big as a size 8 hook. Small stillwaters - anything from size 10 and smaller.
Is this with a dry or intermediate line?
Dry
How do you play a fish with flies on such a long leader?
Takes some practise but easily doable once you get the hang of it 👍
Great video mate, that arm looks sore
Just returning to fly fishing after nearly 20 odd years, and I've found your videos and explanations to be top drawer, what happened to your arm, come off a bike?
Thanks Edward. Took a fall on the coast whilst bass fishing. Nothing serious and fully healed 🙂
What happened to your forearm mate?
Took a fall on the coast. All healed now 😀
What happened to your arm??
Fell on some rocks out on the coast!
What the fuck did you do to your arm? Escaping from the baliff?
Fell on the open coast after a being hit by a rogue 🌊
Fly Fishing? Using a bung? That's float fishing
And I love a bit of float fishing 👍
@@RhysFishes Fair point. I guess I'm a bit old school. In the old days they had bubble floats ....but they were banned. Do most modern fly fishing venues allow these bungs? I know some don't allow boobies