By Chris Taee, a Member of Meon Springs Fly Fishery and a regular on the Meon Beat I’ve probably had more than my fare share of time on the catch and release waters at Meon Springs this year, which has been a lot of fun - even if it can get a touch frustrating at times. Firstly, thanks to Brian Richardson for his advice to go small. I rapidly armed myself with plenty of barbless 18, 20 and 22 nymphs, which have been by far the most effective way of catching fish, rather than just practising my casting! Picture attached of my fly box which might give some folk a bit of help when choosing types of fly to use. I think pretty much most all of these have caught fish. Some of techniques:
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Phil
7/20/2018 12:08:07 pm
Please tell me from whom you obtain your size
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Tim Richardson
7/20/2018 01:48:41 pm
I think he got them in the US.
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Simon Dickinson
7/20/2018 08:35:46 pm
You can get a good selection af very small nymphs from barbless-flies.co.uk and they are really good quality.
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Jamie ButlerJamie is joint owner of Whitewool Farm in Hampshire. Tim richardsonTim helps run Meon Springs, the non-farming brand of Whitewool Farm. Archives
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