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@@mackenziedyche-brookes4548 hey man, I personally use an 8wt, you can go as low as 6 and up to a 9wt but I find the 8 is a good balance of casting power for bigger flies and still being fun to play the fish. My leader is 5ft of 35lb fluorocarbon with 3ft of 15lb tippet, I sometimes go down to 10lb tippet if it’s really calm 👍 tight lines!

@@andykjohnsonjohnson7622 good for you buddy, not everyone is blessed with your experience though and it can be new and fun for others 👍

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@@dwardz1 hi mate, I fish the coast between Southampton and Chichester 👍

@@thereel7071 nice, I thought I recognised a few areas. I've always wanted to try fly fishing for bass but just don't know where to start. I'm only 5 minutes from Hayling.

@@dwardz1 Hayling is definitely a good place to start, have you got any gear/ fly fished before?

@@thereel7071 oh yeah, I'm a keen fly fisherman but still waters typically.

@@dwardz1 I’d say fishing for bass definitely has some similarities. The majority of the time you are stripping in flies in a similar way to fishing lures for trout. The tide introduces flow which you have to contend with but it’s all part of the learning curve. If you have a 7 or 8wt rod then you could use that to give it a try. I keep leaders super simple, 6ft butt section of 35lb fluoro and 2ft of 10 or 15lb tippet, I scale down to 10 if it’s really calm. I’ve done a video on bass flies that covers everything you’ll need to catch fish, which isn’t much, I’ve caught all my fish this year on 2 flies 😄 The thing that’s going to make the biggest difference is finding a good mark and fishing it at the right state of tide which has taken me nearly 3 years to get the hang of consistently. A general rule of thumb is to fish 2 hours either side of high or low tide as the fish should be moving in or out as it floods/ ebbs. Then as I say in the video, keep moving and look for bait fish on the surface, birds diving, structure and flow, these are all clues that bass will be nearby 👍 sometimes you find one of these things, sometimes a combination. Most important thing is to stay safe, you’ll need some wading gear and an awareness of the tide as there are places where you can get cut off if you’re not careful. And a line tray is a must as the tide, rocks and loose fly line don’t mix well 😄 It’s really good fun and addictive! Feel free to give me a shout if you need anymore advice, Tight lines!

@@colejfishingadventures cheers mate 😊 I will check that out, glad you’re enjoying the videos 👍

@@dutchflyfisher thanks very much 😊 best of luck, it is great fun!

@@fishdisco3107 thanks Lincoln ☺️

@@Fishnbrathas thanks man 🙏 likewise!

@@MrHenry366 cheers Henry, too kind! 🙏

@@oppes0815 thank you ☺️ glad you are getting something useful from the videos 👍 tight lines for your trip!

@@leeroberts1860 thanks mate 😊

@@Pablofishes thanks mate, means a lot 😄

@@stevedolling1998 thanks man 😊 if you’re just after bass I’d go for an 8wt, you need a powerful rod to throw the larger flies and 8wt isn’t too heavy that smaller fish are still fun to catch 👍

@@stevedolling1998 thanks man 😊 if you’re just after bass I’d go for an 8wt, you need a powerful rod to throw the larger flies and 8wt isn’t too heavy that smaller fish are still fun to catch 👍

Cheers man, yeh it is great fun when it all comes together! Definitely worth a go! Tight lines

Thanks man 😄 hopefully more pike coming this Autumn 🤞

@@thereel7071 yes I’m looking forward to the anticipation of that whack on a fly/ lure or 5he dip of a pike float. I am up in north Devon, are you aware of any pike waters up my way, good or bad I am interested to take on the challenge

@@1conkers1 it might be a bit of a trek but pike fishing I know of towards that way is the Somerset levels, great for pike generally and fly fishing as the banks are quite clear. The River Parrett and the King Sedgemoor drain are worth a look 👍

@@thereel7071 appreciate that matey. Tight lines!

We do get sea trout, but they tend to run up the rivers fairly quickly as far as I know and don’t hunt on the coast. There are places where catching one would be possible but very unlikely. I must admit, watching coastal fishing for sea trout was part of what inspired me to try the coast here, albeit for different species.

@@thereel7071 Interesting. Here in Denmark we catch a lot of them. I have a bunch of videos showing what the fishing is like. The Bass on the other hand is on open north sea coast only.

@@maaj58 I know of coastal sea trout fishing in Scotland which is similar, it’s interesting as we have plenty of rivers on the UK south coast that the sea trout run up but you don’t hear of them being caught in the sea unfortunately.

@@thereel7071 Yeah. It's strange they have so different behaviours. Some of the areas you fish looks very muddy. Places like that we usually with very brackish water we catch them in winter/early spring usually from January to midt March. Around the first full moon in March we have ragworms spawning and it's like the mayfly hatch for sea trout.

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Thanks man, getting up for sunrise definitely helps as I’m never very far from civilisation but can definitely escape it! If I don’t catch I still feel great afterwards 👍

It can be hard work sometimes but it’s great fun when it all comes together!

Thanks man 🙏

Not me buddy…

@@thereel7071 I have fished with DM in the past, but not for a very long time. Flyfishing for bass puts most other types of fishing in the shade.

Thanks man 😄

Not yet, still got lots of areas to explore. Sounds good, would love to get in to some mackerel. Cheers 😄

Thanks very much 😊

Thanks Lincoln 🙏😊

Cheers buddy 🙏

Great fishing 👍🏻🗿👍🏻 I don't think I could ever sumon up the confidence to fish a surface fly😅

@@powermanagement2619 thanks man 😄 it’s definitely not for the faint hearted!

Hi, yep my indicator was a piece of packing foam tied on a hook, the mullet probably mistook it for bread which was kind of my thinking when tying them. The indicator was actually sub surface when the mullet took it as well. Cheers, tight lines!

Thanks man 😊

Thanks man, hopefully more bass videos on the way soon 👍 subbed you back 🫡

Thanks mate! A 6wt will be fine but stick to smaller flies to make casting a bit easier, small baitfish patterns up to an inch and a half should cast ok and bass take shrimp style mullet flies as well which might be worth a go. I haven’t fished Dorset but I imagine you will be able to find some spots where the 6wt will work and it will be more fun catching them on lighter tackle. I fish an 8wt most of the time for bass but mostly so I can throw bigger flies. Leader wise to start with I’d use 5 ft or so of 35lb fluorocarbon as a butt section with 2-3ft of 15lb fluoro tippet just to keep it simple and easy to cast 👍 Tight lines!

Thank you for the help dude. Tight lines

Thanks Matt, appreciate it 👍🏻 Yeh at the moment I’ll look at the tide and go where I’ll be able to fish as a lot of my local marks are quite muddy, which means low tide can be tricky as it rules out a lot of places. I went back to the estuary mark in the video last weekend and found an inlet that’s quite gravelly so I can fish it around low now. It’s going to take a while but I’m slowly building a picture of hot spots and bassy looking areas at different states of the tide so hopefully my success rate will slowly improve too 😄 Tight lines!

Cheers Gary 👍 Will do 😄

Thanks man 😊

Thanks man 😊

Thanks man, it's worth all the hard work when it comes good!

@@thereel7071 hi yes sure does I’ve been lucky enough to go out with Graham from G’s tight lines really good guy very helpful got me onto my first proper river brown trout and a bonus grayling first ever for me so absolutely stoked check him out good fly fishing videos along with sea angling LRF etc www.youtube.com/@GsTiteLines

Cheers Andy, it’s my favourite spot now 😄

Thanks mate 😊 yeh it happens all the time, sometimes I miss the line totally or it slips where my hands are wet 😄 it could well have been what made the difference.

Thanks man, for bass I generally use an 8wt which I find is enough to punch out the flies but still enjoy playing the smaller fish. Definitely do some research on fly lines as you want one designed for casting bigger flies, the Airflo 40+ would be a good place to start 👍

Thanks for replying. I picked up a dirt cheap 7wt just to start my journey. Matching floating line. No idea there was so much to it. Will see how my technique improves before changing any equipment. Might have a lesson.

Noted on the line...👍

@@jonsmith1226 a lesson will definitely make more difference than a specific rod or line 👍 it’s something I’m going to invest in this year to improve my casting. The bass in this video wasn’t caught on a particularly long cast though, sometimes they can be right under your feet so cover the margins before you start casting at distance and you might pick up a fish you would have spooked otherwise. Good luck and tight lines!

I want to give mullet a go as well. Casting up and down the bank to not spook them. Agree with you on the fish being close in. Was told that 30 odd years ago... did I listen.....? Nope 😂. Keep up the posting. Sub from me.😊

Easy buddy 😄 I appreciate they are 'bass', I've been using 'sea bass' to help differentiate my content from American bass fly fishing content, which I think is helpful to potential viewers. When I search, I find it helps to get the results Im looking for so did the same here.

It is a beautiful place but don’t be fooled, it’s a hard venue to fly fish, or at least it has been in my experience. I’d love to catch a mature gilt on a fly but it will take some nifty thinking from the shore or wading. I fish the Hampshire and West Sussex coast mainly so still a little way from Weymouth, not as far as Cornwall though 😄 In all honesty I’m still learning a lot of this stuff myself, it sounds simple but time on the water has been the thing that has given me the most progress.

@@thereel7071 plan to really get more experience this year I’ve been told I’m wasting my time with thick lip on the mullet but I’m determined to catch on fly or lure I’ve caught two with lure but no skill involved pure luck but I’ll keep plugging away great videos tight lines bud

Thanks man, I must admit fly fishing for bass and mullet has been a pretty tough journey so far. My first year I debated switching to lures for bass but that wasn’t my dream and I stuck with the fly. Last year things clicked a bit and that mullet in the video has set a bit of a blueprint for me that I can hopefully recreate this year. Cornwall in theory should be a great place to fly fish and I know of a few guys that have a lot of success there. The best advice I can give is stick with it! My first year I didn’t catch a single fish over 12cm ish and the following year I had several decent bass and the mullet so it can happen, just got to take the good with the bad and learn from both. The thick lip in the video was caught on a bread fly, could be a good place to start 😉

I’m from north Cornwall and as a seasoned fly angler have also turned my attention to the sea and the one thing that’s changed my success for bass is fly size. I started using the larger clouser type but when I switched to small flies for mullet started to catch bass. I’ve now realised the importance of matching fly size to imitate what size they are eating 👍

@@paulsalmo7070 good shout, definitely lots of guys catching big bass on mullet tactics, makes total sense for a lot of places, small shrimps, crabs and rag worm likely make up an equal part of a bass’ diet as baitfish do 👍

Very lucky to have the coastline that we do, so many different places that vary so much 👍 tight lines!

​@@thereel7071yes I wish I had a coast like this nearby. Especially having mullet is incredible.

@@anubius81 they are a great fish, hoping I can get back out for them soon 🤞

Thanks mate, I was really pleased for him, if I take the kids we usually do something a bit more relaxed in warmer conditions 😄 like fish maggots on a little match fishery. I wasn’t sure if he was ready to be walking miles and having to deal with snags and the possibility of not catching for a whole day but he blew me away with his perseverance! Him catching one was the icing on the cake 😄