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Rob Edmunds enjoys a bumper January session at Farmoor

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OR me the winter months are a time of reflection, thinking about the season that has passed, evaluating my successes and failures and trying to develop patterns and methods that will be even better for next season.

A number of times during the season I’ve wanted a pattern that’s just a little different, something large with a great deal of movement, even at low speeds, and a pattern that creates disturbance and excites the fish. A Humungus Booby would normally be my ‘go to’ pattern but with so many anglers using it the effectiveness has diminished!

For the last few seasons I’ve experimented with mink patterns that are highly mobile even at the slowest speeds in order to induce these often sulking, lethargic fish into feeding. I’ve had extraordinary success with fur patterns such as the Mink Wrap.

The movement from the individual hairs at low speeds is unbeatable; patterns literally come alive and pulsate in the water at your slightest touch.

Although the Mink Wrap is very effective, especially in one to three inch sizes, it has its limitations, especially when you want a really big pattern with maximum movement or are fishing hard on the bottom (it has a tendency to pick up weed – as will any weighted pattern). Also – like any fly with a long tail (Tadpoles, Minkies, Damsels) – a lot of takes, (and I estimate up to 50%), are missed as fish hit the tail end of the pattern during the retrieve.

The Snake’s prowess The Snake is a relatively modern pattern that has taken both the small water and reservoir scene by storm over the last few years. But it fi rst came to my attention as an unknown pattern back in 2005 as it was responsible for some double-figure browns at the top of Rutland’s South Arm. As with most patterns I’ve tweaked the concept to arrive at my own variations on a proven theme – my favourites being the Black & Silver Snake and Green & White Snake (Humungus or Cat’s Whisker colour schemes). They are perfect for big rainbows and browns and deadly both early and late in the season, ticking all the boxes needed to induce the take including movement, silhouette, target point, disturbance and colour.

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Testing in winter To be sure of its effectiveness I waited until the depths of winter – January 2016 – and to try a different venue, one I don’t really fish.

We’re having the fi rst serious cold snap of winter. Temperatures have dropped to minus 5 and there have been hard frosts for a week. The idea of a day’s fishing and getting up at 5am isn’t that appealing but it has created the perfect opportunity to thoroughly test the Snake Booby.

Farmoor is one of the only reservoirs open in January. I haven’t fished it for over three years and have no idea what’s actually going on at the water. I’m just going to turn up blind and apply the knowledge and skills that I use on Rutland and Grafham in order to be successful.

My Farmoor session At fi rst glance Farmoor looks like a featureless concrete bowl fi lled with water – a common misconception because Farmoor has features and fish-holding areas – you just need to work them out.

Farmoor has two distinct ledges, one approximately five metres from the water’s edge and one about 35 metres out. Fish will

always patrol drop-offs so it makes sense to concentrate on these two areas.

There’s a harbour, two towers, a floating pontoon, marker buoys and an inlet. All these features on my home waters would concentrate food and so hold fish. Again, I’d devote a good deal of time to these areas during the day.

To be successful at this time of year you need to be alert. This means staying warm. I cannot stress how important it is to wear the correct clothing, thermal layers, waterproof clothing and a good hat. Thin 0.5mm neoprene gloves (as used by sailors – £8 from eBay) provide protection to your fingers in freezing conditions with the great advantage being that you can also feel your line through them when retrieving and casting.

Cold winds and low temperatures mean that the fish will be holding in the bottom third of the water column, especially fi rst thing in the morning when the day is at its coldest. Nothing will be hatching and the water will often have a touch of colour in it, from any recent rain, pumping in. The stronger than average winds at this time of year mean nymphs will not be an option.

I usually fish a single fly now; it gives better presentation and makes any fish compete for a single food source, resulting in a more positive take. Also, when targeting large fish, you don’t want any weak spots on your leader in the form of droppers or knots.

Often you won’t get a second chance when a large fish runs, your tackle will be put under more pressure than normal and in the excitement you’re likely to make mistakes.

The fish will be lethargic, not wanting to waste energy and unwilling to chase a brightly-coloured lure. I use a pattern that will induce the take through movement and disturbance, has a colour and silhouette that will stand out in the coloured water or when fished at depth and most importantly won’t scare resident fish.

Robust outfit I need to use a short eight-foot leader of a stiff fluorocarbon, in this case 10lb. Fulling Mill fluorocarbon allows a larger fly to turnover well. Remember the water’s slightly coloured and you’re fishing at depth, so

The Snake Booby My reasoning is simple because the Snake is such an effective lure. Just take the best elements from the Humungus Booby and the Snake and combine them into one pattern – so in the winter of 2014 the ‘Snake Booby’ was born.

It proved deadly on all the Anglian waters, especially when fished on a fast sinking line with a six to 10-foot leader. A slow figure-ofeight will see the pattern undulate in an enticing motion – a fast figure-of-eight or roly-poly and it dances back causing massive disturbance. Fry feeders can’t resist it and it can stimulate a response when others fail!

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Rob sets up two rods but it’s the Di-8 line that suits the day perfectly.

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WHERE TO FISH

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Spotlight on top overseas and UK fisheries to visit

Chris Bassano finds success among the ghost gum trees in Tasmania!

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Flyfishing down under John Horsey visits Tasmania and New Zealand where he finds some of the best yfishing on the planet

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cast into a headwind Expert Paul Procter shows you how to get decent turnover casting into the teeth of the wind

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N flyfishing terms casting is often described as the ‘indispensable skill’, for without it we’re unable to deliver our fly correctly.

Granted, it’s fair to say with a basic grasp of fly casting, an imitation can be landed on the water, in a fashion! However, like any hand-eye coordinated sport the better your understanding the more likelihood you have of making that telling cast, especially in more testing conditions.

Considered the Achilles heel, blustery weather is what plays havoc with distance, accuracy and turnover when flyfishing.

Where possible, most anglers will seek sanctuary against a stand of trees or leeward shoreline (upwind, sheltered bank), which in certain circumstances actually assists with the likes of straightening out fly-line and leader. Sadly though, it’s not always the best of positions, because chances are the trout will be off feeding elsewhere on many occasions.

It pays then to develop your skills so you can deal with whatever is thrown at you.

By the same token this doesn’t necessarily mean you have to practice casting until your fingers bleed either. Though stringing up a rod and throwing a line backwards and forwards on a playing field for 20 or 30 minutes once or, better still, twice a week is bound to up your game.

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DON’T FORCE THE FORWARD CAST PERHAPS the biggest hurdle is coping with a head-on breeze – something all anglers can expect, especially during early season. One major fault here is overpowering the forward cast, which, believe me, we’ve all been guilty of.

Those who come into flyfishing from a coarse, or sea fishing background will know exactly what I’m talking about here. The ‘pendulum effect’, is when a given weight (leger bomb, copper spoon, or sea angler’s Breakaway lead) has enough impetus to pull out thin monofilament line from our reel when casting. Naturally the more force we can apply, the further our terminal tackle tends to go.

Artificial flies weigh virtually nothing, so the fly line becomes our weight that is levered backwards and forwards by a flexible lever (the fly rod).

Obviously a bending rod helps cushion the thrusts of a tethered fish during the battle.

However, one reason why rods have varying degrees of flex is so that a straight line path of the rod tip can be maintained when casting, which helps us realise the desired loop shape on delivery (diagram 1).

This is done by a steady, even acceleration of the rod hand during a cast. In simple terms, overpowering everything on that final cast often shocks the rod tip, causing it to dip below the desired ‘straight line path’ (diagram 2) that frequently results in a momentary loss of tension.

Worse still, as maximum speed of our rod tip is reached shortly after the start of a forward cast the rod begins to straighten, which in turn causes a tailing loop (diagram 3).

Although it goes against our very nature, especially when trying to penetrate a nagging headwind, it’s far better is to start the forward cast slowly and continue accelerating to a definite stop. This ensures our fly-line is initially pulled straight and remains under tension at all times. So you see, it’s timing and not so much ‘effort’ that’s required to punch a line into a wind.

DIAGRAM 1: STRAIGHT LINE PATH OF ROD TIP ACHIEVES DESIRED LOOP SHAPE

Straight line path of rod tip

Even acceleration during casting stroke

DIAGRAM 2: OVERPOWERED CAST CAUSES THE ROD TIP TO DIP

Dipped path of rod tip

Overpowered casting stroke

DIAGRAM 3: TOO MUCH SPEED RESULTS IN A TAILING LOOP

Closed or tailing loop

A steady, even acceleration of the rod hand during a cast achieves the desired loop shape.

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OPINION: OVERWINTERED FISH

Grown-on TALES

Catching fish is always nice but there’s something about catching one that has evaded everybody else. Peter Cockwill looks at the cachet of the grown-on trout and how you go about getting one

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Overwintered or resident fish have regrowth on the edge of their tails.

Silver rays on the tail are another sign of a fish that’s been in the water a long time.

On semi-wild trout the tails are much sharper than on freshly-stocked fish.

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NEW GEAR

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The latest gear is put through its paces by our independent tester Robbie Winram who has tested 1000s of tackle items over his 30-year flyfishing career. Expect honest reviews!

Smoothness & power in one package Vision Vipu rods from £109.99 www.guideflyfishing.co.uk Tackle TesterÕs Choice

“This powerful outfit’s ability to perform really smooth roll and switch casts took me a little by surprise.”

THE Vipu series of nine rods are Vision’s most affordable starting at £109.99 for the 6ft 6in 3wt through to £129.99 for the 10ft 7wt. Plus there are three Vipu ‘competition’ models (9ft 6in 3wt, 10ft 4wt and 10ft 8wt), all featuring stealthy antiglare matt blanks.

I had the standard Vipu 9ft 6in 7wt and the competition 10ft 8wt rods for review.

Starting with the 9ft 6in 7wt loaded with a WF7 floating line, the initial lift and load was very smooth and after only a short while it was very apparent that it had a very easy medium to fast action. When lifting short and medium lengths of line I could generate a nice tight loop and the delivery onto the water really was smooth. As I worked with longer and longer lines all that was needed was a slightly longer arm stroke allowing the rod to do the work and everything felt tight and well balanced. Even when trying to deliberately punch lines across and even into the wind, I could actually lean quite deeply into the blank, generating a lot more power.

Jumping to medium to fast sinkers ranging from 3-7ips I could definitely feel the blank working a lot harder, but I just altered my timing and arm stroke to suit. With floating lines I think this rod is perfectly matched to its 7wt rating, and with the sinkers I’d either opt for a 6/7wt or a 7wt as a 7/8wt just overloaded it a little too much in my view.

This is a nimble rod, which is equally suited to overhead casting styles as it is to continuous motion casts such as the roll and switch.

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Casting rhythm Onto the 10ft 8wt competition rod which still has a medium to fast action, but it does feel as though it has a lot more power. This was very evident when lifting long lengths of line off the water when I wanted to try and hit those fish feeding at distance. I could actually pull back quite hard into the back cast and also lean a good deal harder into the forward cast with this blank without upsetting its rhythm.

Although the overall outfit does feel heavier in the hand there was certainly no excessive fatigue after a long session on the water.

Again its line rating is spot on although I did find for my casting style that a longer rather than shorter head on the floating line gave me the best distance and presentation.

When it came to sunk line work the rod coped really well, never did I feel the blank was going to let me down and I just felt that it could keep lifting, aerialising and shooting lines all day long. When it came to using the shooting head style of lines it was formidable and it was nice to see all the running line streaking out through the rod rings. This rod also has a deeper action and this powerful outfit’s ability to perform really smooth roll and switch casts took me a little by surprise.

VERDICT: Marketed as Vision’s “affordable” medium to fast action rod range, it actually has a lot to offer not only entry-level users, due to its ease of casting,

The standard Vipu rod with the gloss blank (top) and the matt competition version.

but also experienced anglers. The rods have a really nice action that brings all the blank into play, both when casting and playing fish, and they are really nice to use. Fittings and finish are very good quality.

TECH-SPECS MODEL: 10FT 8WT VIPU COMPETITION Price: £129.99 Weight: 5.2oz (146gr) Sections: 4 ■ Full wells cork handle with one-inch composite cork fighting butt; anodised black alloy self-centring reel seat with double uplocking rings ■ Matt brown blank with gloss sections just above handle, with matching whippings and yellow highlights ■ Two lined stripping guides, eight high leg snake rings, tip and keeper ring ■ 34.5-inch brown cordura covered zip-top tube with sections inside, fixed carry handle MODEL: 9FT 6IN 7WT VIPU Price: £129.99 Weight: 4.7oz (133gr) ■ All other tech specs the same except it has a gloss blank and a 32.5-inch rod tube

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INVESTIGATION: ’GREEN ‘FISHING LINE Words: Jeffrey Prest Pictures: Peter Gathercole, Jacques Portal

Bankside -up nign lemapa CCa 2016

600-year DEATH TRAP We all know the threat posed by discarded fishing line (how long that threat lasts may shock you) and we know that too many anglers still don’t care. So why is the obvious solution left hanging…?

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NEWS & VIEWS

LETTERS

Send your letters to: Trout Fisherman, Bauer Media, Media House, Lynchwood, Peterborough PE2 6EA or email: beverly.winram@bauermedia.co.uk

Your letters covering a variety of flyfishing topics with replies from the editor

C&R POORLY HANDLED WORKING at Raemoir Fishery, one of the biggest things that I have to pull anglers up for is handling fish wrongly.

Why anglers must handle them on catch and release tickets anyway, unless under extreme circumstances, is beyond me. How many times have I watched someone hold a fish in the air, for what I’m sure is an eternity for the fish, while photographs are taken, or let it bounce about in a net or even on the bank?

The reality is that most people don’t realise just how fragile trout are. When I try to explain or educate people in simple terms about the protective slimy coat that covers a trout’s skin, I am usually met with disbelief, suspicion or I’m just seen as a moaner.

The usual responses are, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know that; thank you,” or, “But they do it in all the magazines…”

Now, as a regular reader of Trout Fisherman, I have to concede that the second statement is sad but true. Even now, looking at the front cover of the November-December issue, I note two stunning trout being held aloft for the benefit of the camera. Were these fish dispatched or returned?

Within the pages of said issue I count a further 45 fish being held aloft. So, in part, you are responsible for poorly-educated anglers.

If novices have not already done so, I have suggested to them reading your magazine, as it is extremely informative and educational and aimed at all levels.

If these pictures are also being seen, however, then anglers, novice and experienced, are just going to accept such fishhandling as the norm. So why not have an educational article on the do’s and don’ts of catch-and-release and how to treat fish with

Boxed in by flies IT’S December 27, Christmas is all but over and thoughts of a new season fi lter into the consciousness.

In the calm after the family had left for home, and while caressing my wife’s Christmas present of a new Stillwater Clearview Storafly Fly Box, I treat myself to my unopened subscription copy of Trout Fisherman issue 478 and look forward to this month’s fly-tying section.

What a wake-up call, then, to read Mike Garner’s letter on page 84 [‘Tyers – Support Group Needed’] Having been tying for over 30 years,

respect, before the start of the fishing season? You could cover such topics as why trout have a slimy coating on their skin and why it is important to debarb your hook.

Kenny Mcguire, by email Editor’s reply: We do cover correct catch and release but not as often as we should. It’s difficult because in order to see a fish in all its glory it’s best photographed from the side while being handled in some way.

This beautiful brown trout would not stay still unless handled slightly.

actively tweaking many standard patterns and creating some of my own ‘specials’, I fully empathise with Mike’s predicament regarding proliferation of flyboxes in his ownership. Been there, done that and still struggling.

Over the years I’ve discarded hundreds of fl ies that became unsuitable for modern trends or my current fishing style.

Realistically, this has been but a sop to the need to use up the hundred’s of pounds worth of hooks, feathers, furs and other sundry impulse purchases from my local tackle shop, and I am now faced with what is to be done with the new box.

On reflection, is the problem that Mr Garner and I are both called Mike? Perhaps some of the John’s, Harry’s and Bert’s out there will comment. There again, I do know a Richard who has the same problem but with only 500 fl ies at his disposal, he’s really just a beginner….

Mike Towers, Preston

Stick to the rules…and relax

Can we have too many fly boxes? Really?

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I WAS interested to read Jeff Prest’s interesting article on mixing fly with coarse fishing [‘Culture clash’, TF 476] and the response it prompted.

Having grown up trying to catch roach

and chub on the Nene and Ouse in Northampton and Bedford, and being recently astonished by the size of fish that Bob Church wrote about in his wonderful book ‘Memories and Reflections’, I think we should respect each other. The great man ‘invented’ the Rudder Method on reservoirs. I used to troll for barracuda in the Indian Ocean using the same technique...

In the past month I’ve fished with fl ies at two well-known big fish waters in the south of England. What’s the difference between these and lures and spoons?

I fished for grayling on the Frome using the ‘Klink and dink’. Not a million miles from long trotting. Indeed, friends caught sea trout whilst long trotting on a different stretch of the same river. I’m sure there’s just as much skill and technique using a nicely engineered centrepin on a swollen river as double hauling at Avington.

So Jeff, I think you’re right, but please, let’s all stick by the rules. When we’ve bought a grayling ticket on the Test, let’s fish for them, not surreptitiously and ‘accidentally’ catch brownies on fl ies that no self-respecting grayling would even look at twice.

Tim Smart, by email

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In with the old(er) I USED to flyfish as a teenager over 50 years ago and resumed it five years ago, when I discovered Thornwood Springs Trout Fishery virtually on my doorstep.

Throughout the UK there is an organisation called University of the 3rd Age (U3A for short). It exists for retired or semi-retired to expand their knowledge in many subjects and learn new skills.

I contacted my local U3A and suggested a Trout Fishing Group. They asked me to start one and now we have five members, most of whom have never held a fly rod in their lives.

We’ve held practice casting sessions on grass and now after four outings at Thornwood Springs, all of us are catching fish, with the help of Peter Thurston, the owner. Obviously I try to encourage them to pay for expert casting tuition to improve.

There are over 700 U3A centres in the UK, so I suggest that some of your older readers attempt to start a group in their area, make new friends and enjoy the banter.

New fisherman don’t have to be youngsters, some pensioners have the time and some money to support the small venues.

Mike Kay, Epping, Essex Editor’s reply: When we interviewed the French tackle designer Marc Petitjean in TF 468 he said that flyfishing shouldn’t obsess too much over bringing youngsters into the sport as there was also great potential in people in later life returning to something they tried as a child or simply taking up a brand new hobby. It’s great to read your vindication of his thinking and I hope some of our readers take up your suggestion.

Tight Lines, not hot-lines YOUR article on popular rants made interesting reading, and you thankfully suggested solutions to the complaints raised.

Such complaints should be no more than niggles, though. If we let them become problems, we should perhaps give up the

Recommended read AS a regular reader of Jeff Prest’s exploits and column in TF I thought he and your readers may be interested in a wonderful book that I’ve read.

My daughter bought me a copy of ‘Fishing Wit’ by Richard Benson which, although no longer in print, can still be tracked down on the Internet.

It is a collection of ‘quips and quotes for the avid angler’, which, to my mind, demonstrates beautifully the ups and downs of fishing.

One lovely, random quote: ‘The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it’.

(Chinese Proverb.)

On another more mundane matter, how about an article on the use of the drag on a reel when playing a fish?

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pastime. My mantra is to enjoy being here, and let any slight irritations be outweighed by the pleasure of being out with a rod in a great location.

For all this, however, I’ll admit to one thing that does bug me – other anglers noisily chatting on mobile phones. Okay, we may have to be contacted in an emergency, but I have fished within earshot of both inconsiderate Del Boys and Upper Class Twits of the Year bringing their office with them and closing deals for all to hear.

Could venues not insist on a quiet zone policy?

Alan Avis, New Malden, Surrey

Timing plea WHEN reading featured articles on where to fish etc. I would fi nd it useful to know the actual date that the event took place. Other than vague references to certain events, Storm Desmond ravaging the north of England in the Apps’ Bloodworm article this month, for example, there is rarely anything that puts a date on when the fishing in your features actually took place.

In this month’s Peter Cockwill feature on where to fish, for example, I can fi nd no mention of when Peter actually fished but by looking at the trees in the background there are plenty of leaves on the trees so it seems likely that it was November or thereabouts.

Maybe it makes no difference at all but personally I would fi nd it interesting to know when the fishing occurred.

Alan Austen, by email Editor’s reply: The problem is that we can’t always produce features relevant to the on-sale date (although the tactics used are relevant).

This is particularly tough for months where the seasons change – e.g., we work on the May issue through late March and early-to-mid April when the leaves are only just returning to the trees.

When May comes and the magazine’s on sale, everything’s in full bloom! We do have articles ready a year in advance but not always. So, we don’t like including dates for fear of criticism.

I don’t think I have ever seen this covered before [Ed – see next issue 481].

I know that this would be easier to demonstrate using a video but I feel sure that the skills of one of your contributors could overcome this.

Mike Hudson, by emai

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What’s the best fishing related Christmas present you had?

■ Jim Gormley – A Trout Fisherman subscription. Happy days...

■ Andrew Gallagher – A 7/8wt fly rod with one reel and three spare spools and three lines, plus a carp rod, reel and accessories.

■ Michael Pierce – Fly-tying kit so I can learn something new about the sport.

■ Paul Washuta – An engraved wooden fly box from my grandson.

■ Tony Nickerson – Cortland Classic 444 from the missus.

■ Neil Kirby – I now have a magnifying daylight lamp. So much easier to tie size 16’s and I can now see so much more!

If a biodegradable fishing leader came onto the market would you buy it?

■ Mark Williams – I think it sends out the wrong message. Yes, we occasionally lose a leader on a snag or fish, but if people thought the stuff was ‘disposable’ they’d just dump it on the bank like the other plastic junk.

■ Ian Akers – Not sure. I wouldn’t want it to degrade in my pocket or on the shop shelf before I buy it. But something has to be done to clear up the waste anglers leave behind.

■ Brian Key – Biodegradable means it rots, therefore useless for leader material! It’s so easy to wrap around two fingers and snip into short bits, something I have done with any lengths I find left lying around.

■ Steve Jones – If it was as thin, as strong and no more expensive than the brand I use now, then yes.

What’s the most exciting thing about flyfishing?

■ David Todd – Casting to rising fish with your own-tied dry fly and a trout taking it nicely off the surface. The trout instantly makes a big run, screaming your reel. That does it for me!

■ Billy Scott – Hooking sea trout or grilse in the saltwater, canny beat it.

■ Ben James Fox – The constant change and evolution in tackle, tactics, waters, flies and flyfishing as a whole. The new challenges the changes bring and the improvements they make.

■ Erhan Cinar – Getting away from normal life. Everything just slows down when I’m on a river/lake.

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