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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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Charls Jardine spends the day with two anglers who have turned a passion into a lifestyle.
With the strengthening midwinter sun burning off vapour into columns along the rivers and streams threading their way through the Marches and mid-Wales, it seemed to be just about a perfect grayling day.
Andrew Cartwright and Paul Penllington are not just passionate about fishing the upper Severn - the river virtually consumes their whole lives. Living at Caerwys they are afforded that unique opportunity to blend and mesh with the river on an almost daily basis.
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John Wilson from Arkansas, USA, asked me recently, which leaders are now used for the Czech nymph? A very interesting question. I phoned some of my friends within half an hour and spoke to five of them, who should be able to supply some information. They answered in a straightforward manner and I do not suspect of them sought to mislead me.
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Time is precious and fishing trips often have to be planned way in advance, leasing you at the mercy of the weather. Simon Kidd was planning to fish dry flies in the sunshine but he was forced to change mind …
I decided that I needed to get some time in on a truly wild river. Time is precious at the moment with the World Championship looming and I could only spare one weekend at the end of May. It was then or never.
As the weekend approached, great anticipation turned to despair as the weather forecasts continued to predict forecasts of rain, showers and yet more rain. Strong winds were forecast all week, accompanying the showers, and temperatures were staying down, too. Typical!
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Peter Gathercole learns a radical new grayling technique that northern match anglers Paul Davison and Howard Croston say has improved their take detection by up to 500 per cent.
SNOW and ice freeze the banks and hoar frost still gilds the stark branches at midday. It's minus five degrees and most creatures with a pulse are well and truly tucked up somewhere warm - except for a few well-insulated fisherman brave enough to try their luck at catching that 'Lady of the Stream' the grayling.
Perfectly streamlined with that huge dorsal fin, the grayling is one of the most attractive fish in our rivers. The River Teviot in Scotland's Border region meanders from the hills to join the River Tweed at Kelso and is famous for big grayling, sometimes over 31b, and that's the mission today.
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When you are flyfishing with the wet flies or nymphs you often need to get down into deep and strong streams or deep pools where the biggest fish usually lie. For this reason we usually weigh flies in the body with lead or other types of wire and of different diameters, which we tie along the hook shank.
At the time of my active competition career, between 1981-82, I started using different body weights, which were the only variations possible at that period. About eight years ago I started using body weights of different shapes, which became part of the hook and which started to solve some existing problems.
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If you've kept your ear to the ground in recent seasons it won't have escaped your attention that Czech Nymphs have made something of an impression when it comes to trout and grayling sport on rivers such as the Welsh Dee.
These flies are cleverly tied to be ultra-heavy with a slim profile that represents various aquatic creatures. The point is they look right but sink right down, even in strong flowing water.
But now they're also being used to devastating effect on Hanningfield to catch the hefty trout that sometimes hold around the Essex reservoir's trout cages.
Our cameras were at Hanningfield to witness the method in action. It certainly proved highly successful with Phil Barker from Simpsons of Turnford tackle shop boating a 121b 4oz rainbow and Hertford angler Bob Woodford taking a brace of 10lb 8oz and 8lb 4oz.
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