Most reels have a line capacity stamped on them showing line diameter and how much of that line the spool will take.

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Black and silver flying C Spinner is the most popular but there are many different colour combinations that also work well.

Two reasons, if it floats it creates surface movement and fussy fish will see it, second when under the surface it doesn't show too much sheen off the line as it's been treated with mud and makes the flies sit up nicely. To be good at dry fly fishing there are 2 main rules, keep the tippet treated with mud and the fly treated with gink or floatant constantly that way you catch more fish.

Thanks for the comment.

Thanks Barry but you should have seen the amount of trout moving on mayfly and don't remind me about the ones we lost. Will have a second video up soon not many trout due to very blustery conditions but a big one on dries. Tight lines.

@@MrKingfisher3 I was out on it, weather was crazy most days.

True but that's corrib it's either too much wind or none at all. Still great lake to fish, you never know how big the next take will be. Tight lines.

That's a pity Vincent it's a great day out. Did another session last week didn't have the quantity but had trout to 5lb on dries, video will be up soon. Tight lines.

Yes

I have many rods in 10gr to 40/50/60gr sizes but the one in this video is an Abu 10ft 4 piece 10 to 40gr.

Thank you! Cheers!

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Check out my salmon spinning set up on this channel everything you need to have for successful salmon fishing is there, there's even a short version as well with my spinner set ups for different water height. Tight lines and if you need more help just text.

Glad you enjoyed it

True but I really didn't do much last year, this year I'll get some videos up if more people subscribe.

I have a video showing my salmon spinning set up on this channel.

Yes it's very important because there's alot of moving parts on the flying c's that I fish so the swivels especially the bigger chrome swivel takes out the kinks otherwise it'll be birds nests all day. Braid can tangle very easy so using the chrome swivel and long casting every 8 or 10 casts reeling under tension helps stop the vast majority of tangles.

@@MrKingfisher3 understood, thanks for the help ill certainly use a swivel then. Ill be fishing the Moy this June 😀

Nice river and a good time to catch salmon and grilse there. Enjoy.

Spiders can be fished upstream like dry fly, across and down following with the rod oliver Edwards style but also wet fly style casting 45 degrees across and slow figure of eight retrieve rod high especially on seams the takes are very aggressive but high sticking allows the rod to take the shock rather than ping off trout, figure of eight retrieve keeps you in contact with the flies at all times.

Sorry Dave missed the text, just to keep upto date on my fishing reports etc go to my MrKingfisher3 Facebook page all the upto date information is there plus yesterdays opening day Salmon fishing reports on the laune.. Tight lines.

@@MrKingfisher3 I was on the laune Wednesday taught I seen ya I helped a fella out of the water who got stuck I was wondering was it you .

No it was'nt me but it's good that you were able to assist another angler in need.

Thanks

Probably better to use a switch fly rod set up, I have a video for that as well on my channel. I only use my big 9wt 13.9ft scandi rod for early season big water but after April change over to my 10ft 7wt switch as it can cover everything else..

Thanks for the comment and sub. Best part is all the fish were safely released and hopefully will grow bigger maybe to be caught again.

Still at it Lawrence where I met you, loads of small fish but with the odd double thrown... Still looking for new ground as most areas are heavily fished now. Tight lines.

Thanks for the comment and hope they help you going forward. Tight lines. Paul

Any tippet on a sinking line has to be 3ft because if its any longer it's not staying down at the depth you want to achieve, now if you want the fly higher up then go with a longer leader. If I'm using anything deeper than 2ins per second sink polyleader /versileader etc then it's 3ft 20lb trilene or 15lb G3 fluorocarbon because if I want to go deeper again I'll swap the fly for a small bullet tube and I'll need the stronger fluorocarbon for turnover of the tube. Tight lines. Don't forget to sub.

Thank you Paul @@MrKingfisher3

Firstly thanks for the sub, it was just above normal high water but the 3 sills were open so it wasn't the height but speed it was moving. Size 4 flying c normally is perfect for the dam at high water but sometimes they push more water through so to hold bottom a size 5 blade is needed.

Both, upstream mostly as you can cut the salmon lies through fishing at different angles and depths. Tight lines. Don't forget to sub.

That's an easy answer, fish your most productive pattern in size 14 or 15 in low water then maybe 10 in higher coloured water also the tube is good for high water but I'll let you into a secret I fish 15 all the time just brighter in early season dulling down in late season or very low water / old fish. Tight lines don't forget to sub.

Firstly thanks for subscribing as I'm only answering subscriber comments and secondly for the nice comments. Hopefully anglers watching my videos will respect the future of their sport and release most of their catch to ensure that the new generation of anglers enjoy it like we did.

I'd go with a stronger stiffer fluorocarbon or copolymer as ur fishing deep it won't really matter. I use G3 fluorocarbon as its nice and stiff.

Thanks for the comment more to follow. Tight lines.

Just below. But club waters now.

I keep saying to people put in the hard days, start of season, wet, cold, windy, floods etc it's all practice for the good days as it improves your understanding of the river, casting, approach to flies and techniques but most of all how precious catching and releasing a spring salmon is. Tight lines.

Taimen wading jacket.

Mostly around Cork harbour.

It usually picks up around mid February onwards but the Flesk river holds fish as they just run through the Laune up the lake and enter the Flesk and it can be good in January.