Sandbagged!

Sandbagged!
Photograph by Steve Barnett

Monday 2 April 2012

Fly Box



Just a quick post giving an image of what passes for the contents of my fly boxes these days...

The links to the recipes are in the panel on the right.  Just scroll down and click the ones you want.

There will be a brief post later this week about the rather difficult opening day your faithful correspondent experienced on the 2012 All-Fools'-Day...

Regular Rod

POSTSCRIPT

Hugh kindly posted a link in his comment about the Double Badger (middle fly on the top row above) and its efficacy when put to good use in New Mexico.  Here's the picture of his friend's Rainbow Trout caught in the San Juan river.  I wonder just how far afield some of these Derbyshire Flies can bring good results?

7 comments:

  1. Lovely "buggy" flies that covers a lot of ground for a fly fisher. Thanks for sharing this with your readers!

    Have fun on All-Fools'-Day,
    M.O.

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  2. Fear not Rod, those flies will turn some fish. Thanks for posting.

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  3. Dear RR:

    Tied some double badgers for a friend who fished the San Juan in New Mexico yesterday..... The double badger worked a treat!! Derbyshire Entomological Impressionism works everywhere where trout rise to the fly.

    http://www.flyforums.co.uk/photos/data/500/medium/San_JuanRB_DB.jpg

    Best

    Hugh

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  4. You can add Luxembourg and France to the list as the Double Badger and Sturdy's Fancy have caught in both countries!

    Take care

    Terry

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    1. You guys have no concept of how happy you make me feel when you report back this kind of news!

      Thank you so very much for letting me know. It is very, very much appreciated...


      Regular Rod

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  5. I took up fly fishing 2 seasons ago and have now decided to start tying my own flies . I fish the DCAC waters . Can't wait to get tying and have bookmarked your pages to use as an index . Think I may have met you once whilst fishing with my Brother Mick(trugg) at Bakewell. Thanks for the gold mine of information you have provided here , very much appreciated . Derek Martin

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    1. That is most kind of you to say so Derek. Thank you.

      RR

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