Fished with Paul in Slovenia what a generous knowledgeable guy

There is a gentleness in this film that captures a world we seem to have lost, both in fly fishing and in the wider world.

American here. I am trying to incorporate ‘spiders’ into my repertoire. I’ve never seen anyone over here using spiders, so I acquired Dave Hughe’s book “Wet Flies” to help me learn. Excellent reference! This video is also a wonderful resource. I’ve added it to my video library saved for later studies. Thanks so much for making this classic video for us to enjoy!

@kinnellian

7 ай бұрын

'Incorporate' is probably your best way; a single one included with whatever method you normally use - whether on a dropper, behind a dry (or in front) or one behind a weighted nymph etc When fish start taking the 'Wet' - and at various depths - it will give confidence they actually work (and how) before jumping in to fishing a whole team of Wets/Spiders, and swinging them about haphazardly, in hope rather than expectation. Wets, and Spider-type flies on rivers never went away in Scotland (possibly because of their ubiquity when Loch fishing - though usually heavier dressed there) What you will find (as ever) is you have to disover what pattern works for your particular rivers. Some of the 'great' Wet Fly patterns' I don't have much success with (Snipe, and Purple, Partridge, and Orange etc) but I clean up with my own spartan, drab olive, and grey duns. Where a wing is used, I find very slim, rolled, and low - as opposed to pairs split, and high, to be the medicine - Clyde fishers would disagree... If in doubt, take your go-to favourite flies and just dress them Wet/Spider, and stick them on. 'Spartan' is the watchword - less is more dressing river Wets in my experience 👍 As an aside; observing trout taking Wet Flies high in the water, also led to my best fly dressing for head & tailers (or spooky risers sipping, especially on sluggish pools) a crippled wet fly , fished singly. Sparse olive rabbit dub/ grey partridge hackle (spider style, well marked) and a single, sparse, natural grey cdc wing - just enough to hold it in, or just below the surface a little longer. Is that a crippled wet, or a crippled dry? Well, intent I suppose - it's intended to be a 'Wet Fly' and dressed skinny as such - that's good enough for me! It still works when eventually well sunk, and fished truly 'wet' - though not quite as well as a slim, low-rolled heron wing (which I think probably causes less disturbance/pockets of micro bubble cavitations/erratic swim, which cdc might when sub-surface. Hooks: Personally I find short-shank, wide-gape better for Wets than trad. longer shank hooks. YMMV. 😎🍺

Just found this film. I makes a change to see Spiders being fished and the Bloa catching fish. Nicely shot in the Dales.

Love this program. I am in NSW Australia and fish spiders and other traditional wets all the time, along with nymphs as well. They are a delight to fish with and very productive. Fun to tie as well. :-)

What of Michael Theakston of ripon in the late part of the seventeenth century ? People tend to overlook him as one of the fathers of the north country spider

Spiders also work in New Zealand!

Johan has a very strange technique when playing fish ,weird