Sea Trout Tube Flies (Night)
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haptonlad
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I'd be happy to hook a fish like that if I'm honest.
It's when your out & nothing touching your flies at all, I start getting the feeling that my flies aren't fishing properly.
Everything goes through my mind, are the flies to big, not big enough along with not going down deep enough etc...
With all this weed that's about on the river at the moment, I've only fished a floating line so far to avoid latching onto it every cast.
I haptonlad, I have not seen your flies, however, what I have seen is your wonderful enthusiasm.
You will get fish when they are present in numbers.
I sometimes question my flies, however, as a top river keeper informed me, 'anything black and silver'!
One bit of advice Paul is never forget the surface lure. You can guarantee the fish know it is there and can stir them up nicely as well. Advice I need to follow more myself - I was thinking on the walk back to the car the other night that the surface lure must be my most successful sea trout fly based on the amount of time I spend fishing it.
haptonlad
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I did fish with the surface fly backing up the pool, but didn't get any interest on it.
I'm another that should fish it more than I do.
I find it a poor hooker myself, when I do get a take, unless it turns out to be a chub or a big brownie. I can't say that I've ever landed a sea trout on a surface lure, I've hooked a few but they always seem get off very shortly after.
It's probably my own fault by not setting the hook in the first place.
I'm certainly going to fish it more often this season & get the hang of it properly ?
funny I’ve not really had hooking issues. You do get the fish that splash at it but usually if you feel something It’s when the fish is hooked. I fish the ‘mouse’ deerhair style on a single but with small flying treble at the back
phl
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I haven't had problems hooking fish with a surface lure, even with a single hook. However, my success with it is patchy; I've had the odd fish, but never found the fish getting really excited over it.
Paul
Paul
haptonlad
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I think my problem is, I hesitate & half heartly strike instead waiting for the take to go solid...
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It is quite a hit and miss tactic but if you think of the hours we fish wet flies without a take and compare to the half hour or whatever as a last resort for the surface lure, it’s performance is pretty good for me! I’ve even started taking 3 rods to the river now with a surface lure on one ready to go so there’s no excuse!
haptonlad
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Sometimes I take 2 rods to the river & even then I've been known to not even give the second rod a cast or maybe only use it for the last 5mins before I call it night.
It all depends on how my luck is sometimes...
I very rarely have a good session if everything is not going my way at night, ie tangles, miss hooking good takes etc. We've all had these nights...
I can't ever remember having a bad start & ending up having a good session, maybe because I throw in the towel before I give it time to see if my luck will change later on in the night?
Hi Alwyn, please give your opinion on these tube flies.
Cheers T7
Cheers Alwyn.
lostangler
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Perfectly proportioned tubes. I'd eat one too.
Cheers lostangler.