My version of the Mallard and Claret is a variant using light mallard breast as a rolled wing and silver oval ribbing instead of gold with a dubbed wool body. Tried it as an experiment and caught my largest sea trout on it! Weather has really warmed up here in the past few days but 2-5 cm of snow is predicted Sun nite to Monday morning! Would not be the Victoria Day long weekend here without some crappy weather! It’s tradition! Some of the best trout fishing of the year here usually happens now for the next few weeks! Good luck!
It should be high time for trout fishing here too, but due to the low temperatures the mountain lake trout don't wanna know really, but next week the weather is supposedly getting a bit warmer, really looking forward. As a rib for the Mallard and Claret I use copper wire and find that very effective, since it gets the fly that bit further down. Take care and tight lines, Mike.
Ahh Dietrich, your experiences with the wild trout are mirroring mine so far this season. It's as if they are hibernating. Very strange, we should be having great sport by now but it's not happening anywhere (same in Co Antrim too). But it's still a pleasure to beable to get out! Tight lines to you, eventually!
As always Dietrich, great entertaining video. As Cuan would say “ awesome “ . Enjoy watching the tomato plants getting bigger, as they do the fish will get bigger. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Dietrich. Wonderful video. You have some great fishing friends and your videos and adventures are always really enjoyable. Hopefully you'll catch a few big ones as the season goes on. That's a beautiful piece of music in the film which sets the mood regarding the curious absence of Insects and of course the bigger fish. All the best from Galway.
At 67, I am not as spry as I once was and wouldn’t be rock jumping on that cliff either! Once I could have scrambled over those rocks like a mountain goat with ease! Slip and fall in a spot like that and it likely could be “call the paramedics”! What a place to get someone out of! Might need a helicopter rescue! Wise decision Dietrich! Not worth it for a potential pollack! Stay safe! Tight lines!
Thank you, Mike. Am from 1954 too and intend to stay a bit longer, therefore the climb down the rocks was definitely not on. All the best and take care.
Ah ya soon the fishing will get better for you,must be too cold there! Down here I've been catching plenty of trout I had a beauty 2lb brownie the last day in the river, one of my biggest river brownies so far!! Hopefully you'll have better luck soon!! Tight lines! 👌🎣
Thank you, Sir. It seems to be much too cold for the time of year, up here anyway. Great that you could catch such a big river trout, that's the stuff man; take care and tight lines.
It's said that insect life is disappearing the world over. even here in Australian the hatches are nowhere near as big as they were in my youth. Back in the day, you could not breathe for the caddis, as they crawled into your eyes and mouth. Nowadays the hatches are weak and getting later and later into the evening.
Was thinking about that, but then, the nights are still too cold here to trigger good hatches. We'll see what happens when the heat evenyually comes, hopefully. Take care Gary and greetings from Donegal.
@@DietrichBohnhorst When I check the stomach contents of trout here, these nymphs can be a main food source in some of the lakes I fish. May be worth trying a Muddler or similar in a size to match the locals.....I have had good success with this approach. A dragon fly nymph is always a nice meal for a hungry trout!
@@mikelundrigan2285 That's right, Mike. Cuan uses a big streamer like thing, which could be mistaken for a dragon fly nymph, and he catches relatively small mountain lake trout with it. But I am an Old Timer and it is somehow difficult getting away from the Bibio. Take care.
Tried it a few times, but never any luck, they just weren't interested in my flies. A mate caught one, many years ago, on a Greenwells though. Take care Rossa and stay safe.
