Thankyou Peter and Alec for all the tips and advice in this production. Will be trying them out to the best of my ability next time out. Cheers, Arthur.
Hi Alec, so enjoyed your videos, and fly tying tutorials, I’ve adjusted your nothing fly by using a size 14 jig hook, and chartreuse offset weighted bead, fished deep in hot sunny days, and bingo, slow figure of eight retrieve, just wanted to say thank you very much and keep them coming 👍👍 Les Thomas in Somerset.
I was fishing there that day and they both make it look so easy. It was great to see both of them discussing tactics with everyone around that day. Personal thank you to Alec for the x2 nothing flys. I’ve not had a chance to use them yet but I’m up Chatton on Wednesday evening, I’ll keep you posted 👍🏻
My local water Alec set in a stunning location. The owner James understands what the fisherman wants and I have to say he has provided just that. Cracking fish with the chance of a double interspersed with some stunning brownies and occasionally tigers. Not too easy at times as Peter said but this is how we improve because we have to use methods we perhaps aren't familiar with. Some great advice from Peter and yourself about scaling down and fishing slow. When fishing the platform I always find it easier to walk the fish back along it and net them in the shallow water. 👏👏
Hi Glyn, it's a lovely Fishery, plenty of options to fish different methods, I bet as the summer goes on it gets some great evening rises and the dry fly fishing willl be fantastic 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec from sunny Dumfries and Galloway. This is just fantastic viewing and tips. You say in your film it takes you ages to work out how to fish flies ,like the apps slower in the warmer months. How admirable to share your knowledge after all yhe hard graft working it out. So I've a question for you 🤔 😄 when you fished the size 16 Top Hat (that I copied from you buddyand have had great success) I've never fished that size. Would you recommend black or white for the hat and which size of foam would be best Alec ???? Look forward to many more vids. Much obliged Jim.
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying Hi Alec ,thank you so much for speedy reply. Again that's so interesting in the change of colours due to how light or otherwise. Brilliant 👏 many many 😊
Seriously, if you want a really hard small still water fishery, try Tan Y Mynyd. It's far harder than the lake you were fishing as he hardly stocks it and it's some small lakes that are absolutely hammered. I blanked there couple weeks ago and consider myself to be a pretty good flyangler.
I don't think I will bother doing a 9 hrs round trip plus fuel to a still water where there is a good chance of not getting a take , I will give that one a miss , thanks 👍🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying But isn't your mate in the video some kind of UK champion on small Stillwater's? It would be good test for him. I won't bother going to this fishery again as the few times I've been it's always a struggle. I don't want to sound big headed but I consider myself to be a good flyangler......I've only been twice to GrIagweld and seemed to be catching more than anyone else and people started coming up to me wanting to know what flies I was using. But it was more my presentation......static or very slow. Like your mate in the video says. You look around and everyone pulling their flies back in repetitive quick strips. The trout have a pea brain but quickly learn that biting anything that moves like this in the pond is bad news. And most natural food creatures move very slowly.........but I blanked at the Tan Y Mynyd. I think only fishing tiny buzzers and dries ( like size 20 ) would work.......but would be still tough going.
Brilliant as always. With the controlled pulling on apps does Peter add in a few faster pulls also and is it an equal spread of each or mainly slow? Saw him do some faster pulls on the video but not sure if it was just because he was at the end of a retrieve? Cheers!
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying thanks mate, last question, once felt resistance do you then watch the line for movement before striking or wait to feel it? Thanks for all the help, really appreciate I’m trying this out tomorrow hence this last question😀 Edit..noticed I asked the last few questions on wrong video…I meant to post them on the one about feeling resistance before they bite 😀🙈
Why the hell would anyone need instructions for fishing a small, over stocked square?? I've only fished here twice ( that was enough ) and was outfishing everyone else, to the point people where coming over to see what fly I was using ( but more about my presentation). I found it embarrassing. I wouldn't class my self as an ' expert ' just an intermediate angler with commonsense.
Jonathan we do the videos for fun and if the tips and methods we use help anglers catch more fish then that's great, not everyone can be as good as you obviously are as you were catching well on that fishery. I only hope you helped the anglers who were struggling to catch that day and gave them the benefits of your great experience and skill 👍🎣🐟🐟
Thankyou Peter and Alec for all the tips and advice in this production. Will be trying them out to the best of my ability next time out. Cheers, Arthur.
Thanks Arthur, much appreciated 👍🎣🐟
Great video Alec and Peter!
Thanks Rhys. Hope all is good with you.
Absolutely great instruction for me. I will definitely be trying these methods.
Cheers Pauline, they definitely work 👍🎣🐟
excellent video and some great tips
Cheers Tosh, pleased you liked it, much appreciated 👍🎣🐟
Another great video Alec and Peter, keep em coming mate!
Cheers Alan, pleased you liked it 👍🎣🐟
Peter Appleby is the man, no doubt about it.
Your not wrong Jonny 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec, so enjoyed your videos, and fly tying tutorials, I’ve adjusted your nothing fly by using a size 14 jig hook, and chartreuse offset weighted bead, fished deep in hot sunny days, and bingo, slow figure of eight retrieve, just wanted to say thank you very much and keep them coming 👍👍 Les Thomas in Somerset.
I was catching well today on them off the surface size 18 👍🎣🐟
I was fishing there that day and they both make it look so easy. It was great to see both of them discussing tactics with everyone around that day.
Personal thank you to Alec for the x2 nothing flys. I’ve not had a chance to use them yet but I’m up Chatton on Wednesday evening, I’ll keep you posted 👍🏻
It was nice to meet you David, you will definitely catch on them Nothing flies a Chatton, I did well on them today 👍🎣🐟
Some session there Alec also on plenty different methods great angling pal.All the very best 👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴👍🏻🏴
Cheers James, pleased you enjoyed it 👍🎣🐟
My local water Alec set in a stunning location. The owner James understands what the fisherman wants and I have to say he has provided just that. Cracking fish with the chance of a double interspersed with some stunning brownies and occasionally tigers. Not too easy at times as Peter said but this is how we improve because we have to use methods we perhaps aren't familiar with. Some great advice from Peter and yourself about scaling down and fishing slow. When fishing the platform I always find it easier to walk the fish back along it and net them in the shallow water. 👏👏
Hi Glyn, it's a lovely Fishery, plenty of options to fish different methods, I bet as the summer goes on it gets some great evening rises and the dry fly fishing willl be fantastic 👍🎣🐟
Hi Alec from sunny Dumfries and Galloway. This is just fantastic viewing and tips. You say in your film it takes you ages to work out how to fish flies ,like the apps slower in the warmer months. How admirable to share your knowledge after all yhe hard graft working it out. So I've a question for you 🤔 😄 when you fished the size 16 Top Hat (that I copied from you buddyand have had great success) I've never fished that size. Would you recommend black or white for the hat and which size of foam would be best Alec ???? Look forward to many more vids. Much obliged Jim.
The foam is high density 1/8th of an inch, we use black through the day and white as it comes in dusk 👍🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying Hi Alec ,thank you so much for speedy reply. Again that's so interesting in the change of colours due to how light or otherwise. Brilliant 👏 many many 😊
Seriously, if you want a really hard small still water fishery, try Tan Y Mynyd. It's far harder than the lake you were fishing as he hardly stocks it and it's some small lakes that are absolutely hammered. I blanked there couple weeks ago and consider myself to be a pretty good flyangler.
I don't think I will bother doing a 9 hrs round trip plus fuel to a still water where there is a good chance of not getting a take , I will give that one a miss , thanks 👍🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying But isn't your mate in the video some kind of UK champion on small Stillwater's? It would be good test for him. I won't bother going to this fishery again as the few times I've been it's always a struggle. I don't want to sound big headed but I consider myself to be a good flyangler......I've only been twice to GrIagweld and seemed to be catching more than anyone else and people started coming up to me wanting to know what flies I was using. But it was more my presentation......static or very slow. Like your mate in the video says. You look around and everyone pulling their flies back in repetitive quick strips. The trout have a pea brain but quickly learn that biting anything that moves like this in the pond is bad news. And most natural food creatures move very slowly.........but I blanked at the Tan Y Mynyd. I think only fishing tiny buzzers and dries ( like size 20 ) would work.......but would be still tough going.
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I was there yesterday and had my first double hook up! That woke me up. A venue that's a bit different and worth the trouble of getting there.
Its a lovely Fishery Michael, with some cracking fish in it 👍🎣🐟
Excellent video 👌
Thanks Allan, hope it helps people catch more fish, Peter makes it look easy though 🤣🤣
Thanks for the great video chaps, can I ask what make of hooks do you use for the very small buzzers ?
Cheers Mark, Hanak 230Bl and Guru MWG 👍🎣🐟
Brilliant as always.
With the controlled pulling on apps does Peter add in a few faster pulls also and is it an equal spread of each or mainly slow?
Saw him do some faster pulls on the video but not sure if it was just because he was at the end of a retrieve?
Cheers!
Cheers Chris, yes he puts 2 or 3 short sharp pulls in now and again 👍🐟🎣
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying thanks mate 👍
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying forgot to ask mate, presume same tactics will work controlled pulling apps as single fly?
Yes definitely will work single apps worm, 👍🎣🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying thanks mate, last question, once felt resistance do you then watch the line for movement before striking or wait to feel it?
Thanks for all the help, really appreciate I’m trying this out tomorrow hence this last question😀
Edit..noticed I asked the last few questions on wrong video…I meant to post them on the one about feeling resistance before they bite 😀🙈
Why the hell would anyone need instructions for fishing a small, over stocked square?? I've only fished here twice ( that was enough ) and was outfishing everyone else, to the point people where coming over to see what fly I was using ( but more about my presentation). I found it embarrassing. I wouldn't class my self as an ' expert ' just an intermediate angler with commonsense.
Jonathan we do the videos for fun and if the tips and methods we use help anglers catch more fish then that's great, not everyone can be as good as you obviously are as you were catching well on that fishery. I only hope you helped the anglers who were struggling to catch that day and gave them the benefits of your great experience and skill 👍🎣🐟🐟
@@alecharveyfishingandflytying Why should you or I help them? That's the whole satisfaction of flyfishing is working it out yourself.