Tactics & Tying
“Competition improves the Breed”
Mercredi, 26 Novembre 2008 00:00
In motor racing it has often been said that “competition improves the breed” and this is equally true of fly fishing where the Czech-manufactured “Hanák Competition” fly hooks have dominated national and international fly fishing competitions including the FIPS-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championship which is held in a different country each year.
Now, Hanák Ltd, brings to this year´s Christmas market an innovative series of seven new fly rods that demonstrate the same world-beating quality and performance.
The “Hanák Competition” fly rods are the result of several years of intensive research, testing and development assisted by leading members of the Czech team which has dominated the World Fly Championships for the past decade.
Got the bug?
Samedi, 22 Mars 2008 00:00
SOONER or later winter brings high water levels, or a severe cold spell, both of which see us delving into boxes of weighted bugs and nymphs to scour the streambed. Nomadic by nature, grayling are considerably free-ranging especially in a given pool when modest flow rates will see them readily move to preferred feeding lies. However, a big spate, or Arctic temperatures often restrict their movements to more comfortable stretches of a stream. In real extremes this might mean only one or two key places. For example, in a raging flood the inside bend of a river offers protection from battering flows (Diagram 1) Equally, a deep depression/hole provides sanctuary in either spate or freezing conditions (Diagram 2) With this and the fact that insect hatches generally ebb during winter months, grayling initially seek food close to the streambed.
Catch the bug
Mercredi, 10 Janvier 2007 00:00
Sorry, removed by request of Mr. Bowler, editor of the magazine Fly Fishing & Fly Tying.
Hooks for Czech nymphs
Dimanche, 23 Juillet 2006 00:00
Among all river fly fishing methods, the highest demands on hooks occur when nymphing . We watch the resistance of their points, as the point comes into contact with the bottom of the river so often. Using the top quality products, helps the survival, from frequent contact with the river bottom. We can recommend the use of hooks made of stronger wire, though the nymphs tied on it do not always produce as ellegant a body as on thinner hooks. Where bigger fish occur using stronger wire would be essential.
All to shot
Samedi, 26 Novembre 2005 00:00
Sorry, removed by request of Mr. Bowler, editor of the magazine Fly Fishing & Fly Tying.Low-down streamers
Samedi, 26 Novembre 2005 00:00
Sorry, removed by request of Mr. Bowler, editor of the magazine Fly Fishing & Fly Tying.
Yes, it’s that easy!
Mercredi, 06 Avril 2005 00:00
THE GRASS is greener on the other side - how true a saying in the angling world.
You start fishing a stillwater and see a lot of activity on the other side of the lake, so you relocate, only to see the place you've moved from come alive. Or, on the riverbank, the next pool always looks so tempting and far fishier than the one you're in.
50 minutes on the Eamont
Mercredi, 06 Avril 2005 00:00
Sorry, removed by request of Mr. Bowler, editor of the magazine Fly Fishing & Fly Tying.
Nymphs on a bungee
Dimanche, 19 Décembre 2004 00:00
I suppose it’s the competitive element in me that is always on the look-out for something different that is still within the tradition of fly-fishing yet will give me an edge. And, if it works, I like to pass it on. There are no secrets with me.
We often see various types of "floating" indicators the likes of wool, etc. used for visual takes when the trout or grayling accepts your Nymph on the river; here is another which is easily seen and not prone to be missed when fishing turbulent water.
Czech nymph fishing technique
Dimanche, 14 Novembre 2004 00:00
Secrets of Czech nymphing
Mercredi, 01 Septembre 2004 00:00
The efficiency of Czech nymphing could be said to lay in the ability of the fisherman to select the right part of a river, set up correctly his rod and leader, lead the correct flies, at the correct depth over the fish lies. It is also very important that the fisherman behaves quietly at all times. These all have a direct bearing on the number of fish to be caught.
I have used the Czech nymphing on a wide range of waters, from Wild mountain streams, to the calmer parts of the bigger rivers. I consider the faster flowing rivers from 10m to 20m wide and quite indented with natural banks (not the modified or man made banks) to be the ideal waters. I have fished these with both DT and WF lines of the AFTMA classes 4-5 and with the rod of the same category, with a length from 275-290 cm. In the majority of cases I fish with three weighted nymphs. Only where there are big water turbulence, caused by the river bed structure, I will weight down the middle fly or the end fly more in order to improve its exact operation and presentation.
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