Totally agree PTN is no 1 and like yourself its my go to fly on the point and a snipe and purple or partridge and orange on a dropper, deadly combination on free stone dales rivers. The PTN was first fly taught to tie and been tying them for over 50 years
Have never fished with nymphs george, started flyfishing at 11yo and only ever fished wet flies, but watching your videos next year gonna give it a go, will give a shout to learn the technique, enjoyed our chat recently keep the videos coming, patsy
Hi George, sorry to hear that you've had to suspend operations, I was really enjoying the interview sessions. Hopefully, it won't be too long before they return. This video on nymph patterns says it all really.........the simplest are more than often the best. Thank you
Hi George great old school nymphs there we fish them all here also in Australia keep up the great work your doing to keep us all entertained were still in lock down keep safe Paul McDonagh 👍🎣🍻
Well George I have just stumbled on this one.Not a first timer on your films which I have enjoyed.I just wish I could carry all my favourite nymphs in a box that size.Lost cause i am afraid especially on the reservoirs.
Have to agree George... The pheasant tail nymph and dry flies are brilliant flies, along with the caddis 👍.. BTW, you tied me a red and yellw twin wire nymph that got me a lot of trout..
A great set of nymphs there George, very similar to my own traditional take on flies. I've tied up a few of yours, but sadly - thanks to covid - i haven't tried them yet. Let's hope next year is very different ... Take care - Shaun
Great selection for your top five George. I'm surprised that there wasn't a shrimp pattern among it. Maybe they're more biased towards Grayling who absolutely love them. A mate of mine and l took over 100 Grayling with Ben Bangams Disco Shrimp pattern a couple of years back casting into the "beast from the east" on the Test with the snow blowing parallel to the water into our faces. I know we could have taken more but eventually the cold got to us! Are there any Grayling in your neck of the woods? Cheers!
That was a very special "red letter day". The action was so good that l didn't feel the cold until the late afternoon then it got really cold really quickly. 'Cos we were wading in a chalk stream the water wasn't temp wasn't that bad. Just the tips of the fingers though 🌬❄🌨 It's so unusual for two guys to find two shoals so close together as we did that day. The cold weather of the preceding days had caused the Grayling to shoal so it did us a favour.
Pheasant is good and I've been nymphing for years but I came up during that time 4 nymphs that out work almost all flies and 2 that would put the pheasant to shame
Everyone seems to have different materials in the same nymph pattern I'm new to tying nymphs suppose it's all down to its profile and movement in the water,
