Great video and simple and great tie George, we use a close looking pattern of this fly in New Zealand and it works well too.Tight lines and thumbs up from Down Under,, Tony.
Thanks for another great video I've just started fly fishing this year and not having a great deal of luck but I thought it might be the weather and the lack of water in the river but I did see a kingfisher on Saturday morning that has made the not catching all worth while
Its a top fly and always have a few on me, ill need to try the smaller sizes 👍 Ive been using the grey duster lately too, v good search pattern, fish cant seem to leave it and simple to tie as im sure you know. Excellent fly fishing as usual 👌
Hi George just wondering what your thoughts are on barbless hooks? I always use barbed, used barbless a few times and thought I lost a lot of fish over it, but I catch and release anyway. Are u a barbed or barbless man
I use barbless almost exclusively,as you say and I agree,a few more fish are lost by their use,however I think overall it's a positive initiative in terms of fish welfare.
Great video and simple small, sparsely tied flies George...so helpful during this year of little rain /low river levels... thanks for sharing...may I ask about how you achieve your delicate presentation using a long leader and light fly i.e. what length / tapered leader size + length and size of tippet you use...also do you need to apply any dry powder floatant to the fly, or does it dry out from false casting....many thanks
My problem with fishing a griffiths gnat is how do you see it? Do you use a high visibility indicator line, similar to upstream nymphing? Or do I just have poor eyesight? Ha ha
It's not always necessary to see the fly,if you know approximately where it is and see a rise strike,this works well for those like myself with less than perfect eyesight.
Listened to the podcast on weed , great stuff, I fished the navan boyne 1990s same thing happened there , I lamented leaving the club , I blame the opw for much of the ruin of irelands rivers , I fished the rye river 1970s same result , the opw ruined the clare River also , and a drainage job on my local river dunkellin galway ruined in the name of housing development . This country does not give a dam about natural, watercourses, between farming eutrophication, same in lough atoric galway once full of rising trout, now full of rudd roach hybrids . I'm a similar vintage but will be soon hanging up my rods for good, lived in UK for 30yrs , they have managed rivers better however changing too . One thing I learned is when you complained you got nowhere .
The simplest tie for a brilliant fly....
So glad I found you page, I’m an Irishman living in the US this 35+ years and an avid fly fisher.
Fáilte romhat..
Thanks for sharing, George. "A fish is a fish and it's all good fun." Couldn't have said it better!
My pleasure!
Once again George another master class on fly tying….brilliant. Kind regards Ken. (Rutland).
Appreciate it Ken, thanks a million.
Most enjoyable to watch, health stopped me fishing years ago, but I still find it facinating. Thanks for posting.
Very welcome...
Great video and simple and great tie George, we use a close looking pattern of this fly in New Zealand and it works well too.Tight lines and thumbs up from Down Under,, Tony.
Cool, thanks
That was a great night we had on the dries George 🎣🎣🎣👍👍
An ceart agat Daithí,iontach.
Great video, George, thanks. It really is a great pattern, no fly box should be without it.
It sure is!
Great stuff George
Thanks Brian.
Great channel and videos George ..
Kept me going through a covid isolation week 👍
Great to hear!
Hello George! Nice fly, well done.
Thanks for the visit
Thanks for another great video I've just started fly fishing this year and not having a great deal of luck but I thought it might be the weather and the lack of water in the river but I did see a kingfisher on Saturday morning that has made the not catching all worth while
You can do it! a few hours instruction would go a long way.
Fantastic , a favourite of mine.👍
Many thanks!
Its a top fly and always have a few on me, ill need to try the smaller sizes 👍
Ive been using the grey duster lately too, v good search pattern, fish cant seem to leave it and simple to tie as im sure you know. Excellent fly fishing as usual 👌
Thanks a million.
Great stuff
Thanks a million Martin.
Hi George just wondering what your thoughts are on barbless hooks? I always use barbed, used barbless a few times and thought I lost a lot of fish over it, but I catch and release anyway. Are u a barbed or barbless man
I use barbless almost exclusively,as you say and I agree,a few more fish are lost by their use,however I think overall it's a positive initiative in terms of fish welfare.
Great video and simple small, sparsely tied flies George...so helpful during this year of little rain /low river levels... thanks for sharing...may I ask about how you achieve your delicate presentation using a long leader and light fly i.e. what length / tapered leader size + length and size of tippet you use...also do you need to apply any dry powder floatant to the fly, or does it dry out from false casting....many thanks
Apologies George, just found one of your previous videos on the topic ruclips.net/video/MkPtey1PiQA/видео.html
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi George another great video do you use a barbles hook when you are tying this one
Sometimes,the Tiemco hook used in the video has a tiny microbarb.
Great stuff ☘
Glad you enjoyed it
My problem with fishing a griffiths gnat is how do you see it? Do you use a high visibility indicator line, similar to upstream nymphing? Or do I just have poor eyesight? Ha ha
It's not always necessary to see the fly,if you know approximately where it is and see a rise strike,this works well for those like myself with less than perfect eyesight.
What's the leader setup here George?
12' 5x tapered leader and 3' of 7x tippet.
Listened to the podcast on weed , great stuff, I fished the navan boyne 1990s same thing happened there , I lamented leaving the club , I blame the opw for much of the ruin of irelands rivers , I fished the rye river 1970s same result , the opw ruined the clare River also , and a drainage job on my local river dunkellin galway ruined in the name of housing development . This country does not give a dam about natural, watercourses, between farming eutrophication, same in lough atoric galway once full of rising trout, now full of rudd roach hybrids . I'm a similar vintage but will be soon hanging up my rods for good, lived in UK for 30yrs , they have managed rivers better however changing too . One thing I learned is when you complained you got nowhere .
No good news to report I'm afraid,it gets worse every day.
Leave something for the young lad to catch.😂
I'm trying to inspire him...
I don't like how you tie on your hackles. At all.
It's clear to see in this and many other of my videos.