Trout Fishing with the Washing Line Method 

Thanks Martin, not easy getting out at the moment as you know, but hope to do one on old against new i,e see how some of the old patterns stack up against the new ones?

@@troutwithleigh4503 yes indeed, not easy at all, sounds like a plan ref the old patterns vs new, can't wait! Keep safe and thanks again!

Thanks Ethan glad you liked them,every time me and Trevor do one we seem to get a bit better,down to Trevor's filming and editing more than my fishing prowess lol we both enjoy making them, got a new one being shot soon at Draycote i believe, i have also just set up a guiding service and accommodate beginners and improves alike so if you know anyone how fancies a day out to tighten up there game or just have a memorable day out pass my number on Leigh 07774999958

thank you Paul Quite a devastating result when we first tried it!!!!

have just launched a film on the hair rig buzzer on our you tube channel, check it out!

thanks for checking us out, got one ready to publish about 'hair rigged buzzer'!! different concept and take on presenting the fly! check out the end of my Washing line vid!

Leigh Pond no problem leigh, top vidio, top bloke, Hope Married life is suiting you well!!!!! Good luck to you both. Come up to Norfolk sometime soon. Mike Saul

normally fishing from a drifting boat so always have the wind behind you so no problem really! if no wind i don't cast a full line and stop it short to push the fly's forward or use a double haul to increase my line speed, it's a bit daunting at first airalising such a long leader but with practice is no problem ,netting a fish caught on the point fly can sometimes be a problem with such a distance from the point fly to the last dropper! seen anglers dangerously standing on the seat at full stretch or hand lining them in!!! can be tricky at times!! hope this helps? Leigh

wow what a great time to be on these waters! buzzers will always catch fish on all these waters all year round but especially that time of the year! strait line nymph will possibly out fish the bung fishing a team of 4 flys with a heavy weight buzzer on the point,if at Pitsford try a Green Cruncher great fly on there this time of year. I have just been on Grafham fishing the England Qualifier there and while Nymphs paid a large part in the match Cat bobby was the best fly for me on a di 3 if you need any flys go to Flash Attack flys run by Craig Barr one of my team mates,you can call him and he can get you the hot patterns at the moment! Craig is on 07921335197 or go to Flash Attack web site, message me nearer the time and i should be able to give you a good idea which one of the waters is fishing best,defo Rutland at the moment! its on fire!!!!

Leigh, Thank you so much for the info, I dress all my own flies but, keep my options open. I will certainly give Craig a call if needs must. I will contact you again next week for the update on the waters offer. Thank you so much you have been a great help. I checked out your other videos, brilliant We have rented a small cottage in Edith Weston so hopefully we are in the middle of it all.Really excited, Good luck with the England qualifications. Cheers for the moment. Alistair

Depends Martin if you are off the boat or bank really? Off the bank in a few months defo shrimp patterns but also killer fly is the green snake which imitates roach fry around then, slow glass line rolly polly deadly, have you seen my first film on the killer shrimp a few years ago it has the shrimp patterns in it? off the boat i would still probably fish 12ft slow tip with a washing line, small fab on top dropper size 12 then 2 off size 10 black diawl backs and a small 12 booby on the point to start as there will still be fish in open water, best drifts for me that time of year deep water point willows. would be worth investing on a guiding trip on there as you will learn as much in a day as you would in several years lol have a look at my web sit 'Leigh pond-fly fishing services' but anything else i can help you with just let me know? Leigh

i It was a Hardy fleece think you can still get that design? the bib and brace was grey's cheers hope your seasons going ok? been on Grafham a lot lately in fact I am on there tomorrow guiding well worth a visit if you have not been there lately my buddy had 3 over 5lb today fab fishing!

yes normally fished on a floating line,but can be on any line really! mostly use midge tip or ghost tip lines with it,not so much on the fast sinking gear! you could use a dry fly but i always use a booby with it normally,if you want to fish a bit deeper just use one booby on the point instead of two, hope this helps

Great, thanks Leigh.

no use 8lb Fulling Mill floro carbon very hard wearing strait through!! needs to be quite brutal for the large waters i generally fish and if you get a double up stand more chance of getting both in!!! also floro is supposed to be invisible under water! hope this helps?

Was using my Lomas distance 8 weight, bit of a beast for what we were doing but when competition fishing have little time to change over rods and generally fish the same rod weight all day! would be best with a 7 weight rod for this style of fishing, always use 10 ft rod when boat fishing as you can hang the flys out from the boat better,hope this helps, have also recently set up a guiding service check out 'Leigh pond fly-fishing services' if you know anyone that needs and tuition or and improvers that want to learn a few new methods Leigh

@@leighpond5928 thanks very much for your reply, great help

thank you so much,the tying is a a little involved with the body made from a cut down hook with black flexy floss whipped on, then fill the body out with tying thread finish off with black varnish,you can tie breathers on top and bottom or supa glue if you wish,go back to the thorax and finish off by tying in some orange cheeks finish off with some Sally Handsons hard as nails,hope this helps

have launched a new film on our channel which shows you how to tie and rig the hair rig buzzer

@@troutwithleigh4503 Thanks for your help with this - much appreciated.

thanks for watching Paul,normally have my droppers at about 8 inches don't like them too long myself as they do twist round, can be difficult from the bank sometimes especially if your casting into the wind or its coming over your wrong shoulder!!! i sometimes only use one fly with these conditions! but with the wind behind you no problem casting a team of 4,practice makes perfect! so they say!! love Draycote great dry fly fishing there,have not fished it this season how did it fish this year? What was you not sure about the pod of fish?

Hi Leigh Thanks for the info, Draycote has fished very well up until the past few weeks with the level down considerably its pushed the fish in to deeper water hard to reach from the bank. The evening sessions have been good though with some nice hatches with buzzers and hoppers doing well. Its a struggle on a windy day from the bank though and last Tuesday there was a lot of algal bloom in suspension......that didn't help matters. As for 'A pod of Trout' the collective noun for trout is school or shoal........not important just pointing it out............great videos all the same so keep up the great work and tight lines!

Yes indeed they do! big Brown's coming out at the moment, have you had a chance to have a go at them?

Yes Ethan no reason why not !! i have devised another twist on this method by fishing the same concept with a shuttle cock !!! great results with this too!!

yep but when they go down i would use 10 foot fast tip line and 3 heavy buzzers close together to get them down quick! cast it out on a long line and let the lot go down,pulling the fly line right down into the water and just wait for it to go tight!!!

always fluorocarbon normally fulling mill quite big diameter but very strong and dependable and good price, fish are not as cleaver as we think they are sometimes!!lol

we did shoot one at Rutland earlier in the year but have not pieced it together yet!!! we will be doing one soon at Grafham off the bank on the weed beds but plan to do one at Draycote next year off the boats

Got a small one on dry's at Rutland out about a few months ago, and one we shot at Thornwood springs about a week ago! have you sub'ed us yet Ethan?

we have done one,just needs some editing before we put it out there,thanks for viewing

have just launched a new film on the hair rig , how to tie it , rig it, and fish it, on our you tube channel

The hair rig buzzer described at the end of the vid is my own tying, we are just about to put out a tying film on how it goes together, not that difficult but a bit time consuming or the other one was a black dawl bach with jungle cock eyes, is this the one you are talking about??

It's a diawl Bach ,its a Welsh fly and it means little devil, nige from wales

why would it be illegal Phil?

Leigh Pond because Virginia DGIF has ruled against using more than two flies on a line.

wow that's a shame really restricts you to what you can use,most of the time we use 4 at a time!!

He wet his hands so whats the issue

Never could speak Welsh very well!!! lol

As long as it catches fish for you, what the hell, tight lines mate good luck

sure try buoyant dry fly's with plenty of gink on them! that will do it and you will get bonus fish on the dry's too!!

We used to do a similar method 40 years ago using a ginked up muddler minnow on the point - you could substitute the boobies for muddlers if boobies are banned where you fish ??