Heading to the River Fergus in Clare later, it's only a few hundred yards from my house. Well done, I love wet fly fishing it's traditional and feels less cumbersome than nymph's and dries. Got my fly rod back from America needed to get the top half rebuilt, it snapped lifetime guarantee. The lake is full now, so Lough Inchiquinn in Corofin empties into the Fergus and it's crystal clear water and a dept of 4 ft nice flow perfect for the wets
Great video, I've only started fly fishing rivers this year, couldn't catch anything until I watched, since watching this I've caught trout almost every time I'm out now 👌 thanks
Well done a great video and real nice to see traditional wet flies being fished and catching too. I learned to fly fish using traditional wet flies and I'd still mostly fish wets .
An excellent video - thanks for sharing - I have taken the liberty of sharing this to my fishing club facebook page - I hope you don't mind - I am the only angler that ever fishes wet flies on our beat and I hope to inspire some others to try something different - everyone is getting into Czech / Euro nymphing and forget that these traditional methods still catch plenty of fish - Cheers - Steve.
Hi Simon, Great video. I'm a novice to river fly fishing so I'm on a steep learning curve. I always thought you had to fish upstream otherwise the fly will not act naturally? Or with wet flies do you feel comfortable keeping them hanging in the downstream current? Most of my fishing will be on rivers that look identical, if not narrower. Thanks, Chris
Hi Chris,I like using both methods, but I stick to wet fly fishing as it's more traditional in my view swinging a fly. I used to upstream nymph fish but it was too boring to me!
Great video and quite informative- not too many Irish river wet fly videos on YT. Just curious- do you allow a belly to form in your line during the swing? Judging by your mending I would assume not, and that you keep the fly line straight. Just curious as I'd like to know more about wet fly- on my local river I'm plagued by different speeds of current which make my line+ flies go all over the place during the swing despite mending. Happy fishing!
Hi Conor. The purpose for mending for me is to slow the flies down . I dont like fishing too fast! The line will appear straight but I follow it with my rod tip so it actually does 'swing' at the same time. It allows me to cover the same ground but slower. I also fish for salmon this way
Can you explain your retrieve(if there is one)? Are you inching it back through the current, or just letting it swing round, hauling it back and going again? Many thanks.. I want to give the wet fly a go this season
@@simonharkness4522 You'll get a great run of Dollighan up the Sixmile stretch come the tail end of the season... highly recommended. Great video Simon thank you
Great video, thanks! Was it early in the season, or can you use those flies all year round? Would it be fair to say that it's usually smaller trout you get in the faster waters, or can you get big ones casting downstream into a ripple like that too? Thanks and happy fishing to you.
Thanks for watching! The catching starts around 5:10 mins
Heading to the River Fergus in Clare later, it's only a few hundred yards from my house.
Well done, I love wet fly fishing it's traditional and feels less cumbersome than nymph's and dries. Got my fly rod back from America needed to get the top half rebuilt, it snapped lifetime guarantee. The lake is full now, so Lough Inchiquinn in Corofin empties into the Fergus and it's crystal clear water and a dept of 4 ft nice flow perfect for the wets
Great video, I've only started fly fishing rivers this year, couldn't catch anything until I watched, since watching this I've caught trout almost every time I'm out now 👌 thanks
Well done a great video and real nice to see traditional wet flies being fished and catching too. I learned to fly fish using traditional wet flies and I'd still mostly fish wets .
Nice film. Good to see wetfly in use. It is currently out of fashion but I still use it because it still catches fish!
Looks a great river....wish we had bigger rivers nearby.....your very lucky to be gifted with such a good river. Great Video. Tight Lines. Thanks
An excellent video - thanks for sharing - I have taken the liberty of sharing this to my fishing club facebook page - I hope you don't mind - I am the only angler that ever fishes wet flies on our beat and I hope to inspire some others to try something different - everyone is getting into Czech / Euro nymphing and forget that these traditional methods still catch plenty of fish - Cheers - Steve.
Great to hear Steve. It's my favourite method all year round. Tight lines mate
Cheers Simon -
Great video mate! I'm just starting out in fly fishing.. you make it look easy 😂
Great Video, Best Regards from Balkan (Macedonia)
Hi Simon,
Great video. I'm a novice to river fly fishing so I'm on a steep learning curve. I always thought you had to fish upstream otherwise the fly will not act naturally? Or with wet flies do you feel comfortable keeping them hanging in the downstream current? Most of my fishing will be on rivers that look identical, if not narrower.
Thanks,
Chris
Hi Chris,I like using both methods, but I stick to wet fly fishing as it's more traditional in my view swinging a fly. I used to upstream nymph fish but it was too boring to me!
@@simonharkness4522 100% with u there
What’s the lead fly called and how long is the dropper ? Nice fishing man👍😎🇮🇪🇺🇦
Few pulls of the line before you lift will enduce more takes. Good video
Sweet defo gonna give this a shot
Great video and quite informative- not too many Irish river wet fly videos on YT. Just curious- do you allow a belly to form in your line during the swing? Judging by your mending I would assume not, and that you keep the fly line straight. Just curious as I'd like to know more about wet fly- on my local river I'm plagued by different speeds of current which make my line+ flies go all over the place during the swing despite mending. Happy fishing!
Hi Conor. The purpose for mending for me is to slow the flies down . I dont like fishing too fast! The line will appear straight but I follow it with my rod tip so it actually does 'swing' at the same time. It allows me to cover the same ground but slower. I also fish for salmon this way
In a slower section of water I will tweak the flies back at a steady speed, a tweak of 2 or 3cm every second
Thanks very much , best of luck for this season if you manage to get out! Conor
Great video, when you say mend the line, what do you mean,I'm just learning the trade,
Flicking your rod upstream to turn the line over in a loop in the water to slow your drift down and to allow the flies to sink
What wading stick do you use, and do you wear a life jacket?
It's a snowbee one and no life jacket just due to this river being extremely safe
Can you explain your retrieve(if there is one)? Are you inching it back through the current, or just letting it swing round, hauling it back and going again? Many thanks.. I want to give the wet fly a go this season
Swinging downstream must be imitating fish fry. I usually fish dead drift with nymphs casting upstream.
Do u let any line off as the fly swings downstream or is the line at a constant length
what rod are you using
shakespeare oddysey.
I'm in Belfast mate looking for some good trout water what river is this .b4 I head to donegal
This is the camowen. You should try the upper lagan or the Antrim six mile for trout
I'm from donegal myself and like to fish for alot of brown trout. Where you heading to and I might be able to give some advice
@@simonharkness4522 You'll get a great run of Dollighan up the Sixmile stretch come the tail end of the season... highly recommended. Great video Simon thank you
Nice informative video buddy!👌👌
What's the name of at river
What flies were you on.
march brown and bloody butcher
Great video, thanks! Was it early in the season, or can you use those flies all year round? Would it be fair to say that it's usually smaller trout you get in the faster waters, or can you get big ones casting downstream into a ripple like that too? Thanks and happy fishing to you.
yea they will work year round. In April/May i use olives instead . You can find big trout in streams or slow pools
Where is this
Northern Ireland
Couple there seemed to have their lips ripped off!
not uncommon, heavily fished area
Simon Harkness try barbless hooks!
It's more spinners that rippe the mouths there is a way to removed a bared fly from a fish's mouth don't just yank it out
Was it the 6 mile
not far
Ok