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As a matter of interest guys, John Goddard is a old friend of mine from back home in the UK.
The Goddard caddis as you know it was in fact a fly that both Cliff Henry and John Goddard innovated, Cliff being a friend of Johns , who worked with him to publish a book called Trout
OK, Mick here is the info for midge fishing.
This was published in the month of March and April 2005. It is a very extensive article.
I believe you can get to it this way.
Go to the web site at.http://www.flyfishing-and-flytying.co.uk
If you have a problem, let me know.Davy.
Mike,
I wrote a very extensive article last year for a UK publication called Fly Fishing and Fly tying on the very subject of fishing midges.
It was a two part feature.I will post later the issues that it was in and how you can obtain that.
Midge fishing can be some of the most demanding of fly fishing skills for many reasons, one of which is that its often very visual , as you can see the fish surface feeding. but not always.
By definition
Thanks yo guys for all your kind comments.
Yes, for my part l have been in this game as a pro for near on 40 years. As some of you may know l am a transplant from Wales in the UK, dare, l say it the birthplace of fly fishing.
There are of course considerable differences between the two sides of the pond.Much of that of course has to do with the historical apspects of the evolution of fishing flies, the fact that there are so many different types of water systems there, that Brown trout were the indigenous species in those lands, the aspects of fly fishing tackle development and so on.
But here in the USA, there have been also considerable advances in many ways, be it tackle, ways of thought and new fly patterns.
In truth fly fishing is a world wide interest, and not too much will take place without some one in another land knowing it.
But hey, we are all in it for the pure enjoyment that fly fishing offers. It is one of those never stop learning curves. As much as l know having fished all over the world, developed fly fishing products and all else there is not a day that l do not think in a different way than l did before, be it techniques to fish, more effective flies and all else that goes with it.
The resouces that l have here in Arkansas, to some extent are way more than l had back in the UK, but l will admit l do miss not fishing the natural wild lakes and loughs of Scotland and Ireland. The natural un -stocked free stone rivers that are there.
They were for me, and still are the places that l learned my fly fishing skills.
As wild fish are very much a different deal to hatchery raised fish. True genetic strains if fish that have been there for 1000s of years.They differ so much from fishing for the stocked rainbows that are all so common now days.
If you guys need for me to answer any
Indicators.
I have to say, that coming from the UK, that the use of a indicator is more or less something that has generated in use here in the USA.
However the use of a dry fly as a second fly, all be it a indicator is something that was practiced way back in my homelands.Look at it like this. take away beadheads and indicators, that will leave many fly fihers to day with a big problem as for many that is the only way they know how to fish.
There are only 3 ways you can hook a fish
I, You see the indication that it has done so, either you see the fish take the fly, or you use some means to indicate to you that it has.
2. It more or less hooks itself on a tight line, as when fishing streamers and other flies against a tension between you and the fly.
3. By this means you just have a gut feeling that the fish has the fly, raise the rod and he is there.
But there are some circumstances that this does amount to a little more than that.I have not the space here to write at length, but you may find on theinternet works l have had published over the years related to this subject.
The fact of the matter is this. If you have not the means to know a fish has taken your fly, then you have little chance to hook it.
Back in the UK, we do have many techniques that are not so well known here to catch fish without the use of indicators as such. We when fishing international fly fishing events are not allowed to use them.
There is way more skill required to be able to effectively dead drift sunk flies without the use of a indicator. Way more line control is required and also a great deal more attention to how the rig is set up.
Then, you have to deal with relative distances from your stand point that make it possible to do it.
I can assure you, that fishing at longer ranges, up to 60 ft or more make fishing without some means of indication a very difficult thing to do unless you are very skilled.Hi there guys, new to this site to day.
Ok, my knot.
Zack, pleased that you have covered my knot.
The way that l tie it is some what different to the video.
More or less l make the first turn with my left hand, then l use my right to move the loop .I will try to explain it.
Pass the line through the hook eye.
Hold the eye of the hook and the two strands of mono, make sure that you do this just above the hook eye.
The mono ( TO THE FLY LINE) is held under tension in the 2.3.4 th fingers of the left hand.
Have the tag at the low side or toward you.
This allows for the thumb and index finger of the left to make the first over and under turn. Do this by nearside over and then under to ward you.The second turn is made by moving the right hand loop
