speyghillie Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Hi Guys, All seems quiet , anybody out swinging flies on the Spey rod ? , or is the weather freezzzzzzin. Gordo. Quote
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 i have been tossing lots but the fish have not wanted anything to do with my stuff. Right now im just working on casting really good for BC and Costa Rice. How has it been for you? Quote
maxwell Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 got 12 days in last month dude 8 of em on teh bow! only one day this month tho. freakin work! Quote
FlashGordon Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 i have 10-12 days on the Bow in January and every day so far this month....weather has been very decent and the fish not so bad either all spey but i'm rarely flickin more then the skagit head,makes light work of it with the 12'6 been playing with the sink tip and the streamers,shooting a cpl rods lengths at a 45 down river,need some work in that area but it's doable if i get in the rythm Quote
speyghillie Posted February 6, 2009 Author Posted February 6, 2009 Well, just loads of Snow here, well for us its loads of snow and -10 at night so the fishing this week is no go, but its all good the Spey opens in 5 days , so its a BBQ woth about 40 other crazies, will be good to get some time on the Spey with fresh fishing running. Quote
bhurt Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I have done a little bit of swinnging flies haven't had alot of success a few bumbs here and there, mostly just practicing my casting so not really fishin. Hey gord when you come over you better bring me some good scottish whiskey then I will show you how to drink, lol Quote
birchy Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I have a total of 0 days since September '08. Anywhere. You all suck. In a nice way of course.. Quote
speyghillie Posted February 6, 2009 Author Posted February 6, 2009 Well we are getting Snow like you guys would be proud of, still snowing, England has ground to a halt.. Ha ha.. and more forecast for the weekend. so no castin for me.. got loads of study work so thats good.. well sorta good. Will be on the Spey no matter what the weather next week. Hey gord when you come over you better bring me some good scottish whiskey then I will show you how to drink, lol Will bring some of the good stuff for sure, not the tourist stuff ,and we will see how you get on bhurt .. see if you can walk the walk. Gordo. Quote
bhurt Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Well we are getting Snow like you guys would be proud of, still snowing, England has ground to a halt.. Ha ha.. and more forecast for the weekend. so no castin for me.. got loads of study work so thats good.. well sorta good. Will be on the Spey no matter what the weather next week. Hey gord when you come over you better bring me some good scottish whiskey then I will show you how to drink, lol Will bring some of the good stuff for sure, not the tourist stuff ,and we will see how you get on bhurt .. see if you can walk the walk. Gordo. Hehhehehehehe, I know I can keep up the only thing is can you keep up with me! Also when you get up here I will teach you (LOL) how to use the so called Ladies stick and how to hunt the elusive bow river browns! Quote
speyghillie Posted February 19, 2009 Author Posted February 19, 2009 Ok Guys, Whaaaaats Up, is the weather any better, is anybody out fishing the Bow or other rivers ? , i am sure Toolman will be out no matter the weather, so was just checking to see if Calgary is baskin in sunshine and the fishing are jumping all over the place ? The snow is all gone here, apart from a little on the mountains so its looking good for the Spey for the next while anyway. I really hope i can get back sometime and see all you ladies castin I have a couple of flies i want to try on the Bow that are so deadly i have to tie them on behind a tree . Gordo. Quote
toolman Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Hey Gordon, weathers been reasonable so far in 09'...The fishin's been easy, as always and of course our girls are much prettier than those bowed legged, Highland lassie's you've been courtin' all winter... ps. You've got tree's in those hills?...We've got mountains...real ones...hahaha! Quote
speyghillie Posted February 20, 2009 Author Posted February 20, 2009 Hey Toolman, Nothing wrong with the girls in Calgary, and yes they are pretty, but i do feel sorry for them because all the good lookin guys are in Scotland. I wish i had time to come over and show you guys how to do some nymph fishin on the Bow. Scottish style Nymphing, its called guddling. Toolman is true you have mountains and we have little hills, and you do have lovely girls in Canada... well some anyway, but to my amazement i just found out that, and i know you won't believe it.................................. ICE HOCKEY was invented in SCOTLAND. Gordo da Poka. Quote
acurrie Posted February 20, 2009 Posted February 20, 2009 Hey Toolman, Nothing wrong with the girls in Calgary, and yes they are pretty, but i do feel sorry for them because all the good lookin guys are in Scotland. I wish i had time to come over and show you guys how to do some nymph fishin on the Bow. Scottish style Nymphing, its called guddling. Toolman is true you have mountains and we have little hills, and you do have lovely girls in Canada... well some anyway, but to my amazement i just found out that, and i know you won't believe it.................................. ICE HOCKEY was invented in SCOTLAND. Gordo da Poka. Then why aren't the Scot's any good at it? LOL Quote
ogilvie Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Hey Toolman, Nothing wrong with the girls in Calgary, and yes they are pretty, but i do feel sorry for them because all the good lookin guys are in Scotland. I wish i had time to come over and show you guys how to do some nymph fishin on the Bow. Scottish style Nymphing, its called guddling. Toolman is true you have mountains and we have little hills, and you do have lovely girls in Canada... well some anyway, but to my amazement i just found out that, and i know you won't believe it.................................. ICE HOCKEY was invented in SCOTLAND. Gordo da Poka. Now Gord///you must be talking about Scotland or should we say New Scotland/Nova Scotia! And the girls might be pretty even there.....!!??a lass at last! Quote
lethfisher Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 When you are swinging flies do you mend the line at all? Should your line be above the fly in the current or when you swing it do you make like a backwards 'J' and when the line straightens out the fly swings through quickly at the end?? Quote
ogilvie Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 When Swinging flies there is typically a mend move initially in the cast. If you are able to Stack Mend you can also put extra line into the swing allowing the fly to creep along very naturally without too much influence from the moving water impact on the line. When fishing for Steelhead I am a firm believer in letting my fly stay in the ZONE for as long as possible...this is also true for Trout of kinds. Many times I will swing my fly well into the backing as I would if I were using gear. The change in fly speed encountered during the change of Direction at the end of the swing many times encourages a strike . This particularly holds true when using a larger minnow pattern... Something more important to a swing is the time it takes to get the fly down into the Zone,whatever that may be depending on Species. having worked with weighted Tube flies over the past 3 to 4 years has opened my eyes to the need to get the fly down "NOW"! More hook-ups C Quote
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