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Many anglers use the following flies during April at the Fishery
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| Suggested flies to use at the fishery during April |
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4th April 2010
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Flies to use in April are:-
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Flourescent Green Buzzer.
Now is the time to begin to use buzzers of all sorts, colours and combinations. From now on and throughout the summer they can be deadly. An example is shown left.
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CDC Emerger
The CDC (Cul De Canard) feather has wonderful floating capabilities and one of its best uses is in the CDC buzzer. This is a deadly pattern whenever buzzers are hatching. Use it on a floating line, cast out and either wait for a trout to take the fly or cover a rise with the fly. Alternatively pull the CDC under the surface of the water and allow it to resurface with the buoyancy of the CDC feathers, which can be a deadly method of fishing?
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Matchstick Buzzer
The matchstick buzzer is a simple, awesome fly for stillwaters. A very basic buzzer pattern that gets its name from looking like a match with a slim body and rounded head. There are many colour variations for this fly, but the most common are black or red body and heads in fluo green, fluo orange, red, pink or yellow.
Wide gape hooks patterns in larger sizes are usually favoured and believed to aid hookups. The rib can be wound in tight or wide turns and it is worthwhile to keep a few different rib variations in your box.
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Black Gnat
This is a really deadly fly and an ideal fly when the real insects or anything small and black are on the water. This fly can be either a dry fly version or tied as a wet fly.
For the Dry Fly, if the fish are refusing it but showing interest in it, try clipping the under hackle so that the fly sits lower in the water.
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Black Pennel
The black pennell is a great fly for the trout. It should be fished on a floating line. Tied small it represents a small midge. Also, tied with a plain silver body and fished about 3ft deep on a slow retrieve can be very deadly.
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Dawson's Olive with fluro pink tail
A very popular stillwater and reservoir lure in the UK. The Dawson's Olive is best used in warmer months when trout start feeding on Damselfly nymphs. Try close in to the banks where trout are picking up this food.
Use a floating line and long leader with a slow figure of eight retrieve. The rest of the year can produce using an intermediate or sinking line with a varied rate of retrieve.
The Dawson's Olive can be tied with different coloured marabou for the tail. A slight difference like this in the design of the lure can prove very effective.
The Dawson's Olive pictured is tied with Straggle Fritz rather than the traditional Chenille Body and a thorax of Olive Ostrich Herl to give a bit more pulsating movement at the head.
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Bibbio
The bibio, also known as the Hawthorn fly. Fish it by twitching it or pulled with it just under the surface to imitate the fly. Also fishing it with a long pull through the waves on a windy day. Use a floating line and long leader; 1- 1.5 times he length of your rod.
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Natural Hare's Ear
The Hare's ear patterns are very simple, highly effective and can be tied very small to simulate tiny midge pupae or very large for cased caddis larvae.
Best fished on either a dead drift or twitched using a slow figure of eight retrieve. Be careful as they are sometimes taken "on the drop" as it falls through the water.
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Montana Nymph.
A good all-round nymph/lure in the popular green & black colour combination. Worth trying in both weighted (gold head) and non-weighted varieties.
The Montana works well in many different conditions. Best fished on a floating line, long leader and retrieved slowly. The chenille thorax can be varied in colour, orange and yellow are other colours that fish well.
We recommend only using small hook sizes such as #14 or #16. Also, try different colours such as a Red Montana.
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