Salmon on the Dry fly

[johnmac]

A guy that i used to work with began fishing "dry flies" on the Forth and Teith a few seasons ago. He's only a young guy but has had very good success, he basically fishes flies that are like large muddlers, skimmed across the surface, especially in at overhanging banks. On one day at the tale end of the season he took six fish on this method, all returned......

Maybe a good method to try, but i'll look to get one or two on the fly before trying new things!
He has since moved on to pike on the fly, which has also given him great success!

[johnmac]

and as for the black pennel, a guy i went to college with was fishing the River Ae in Dumfries six or seven years ago and took three Salmon in one afternoon on an 8ft trout rod, fishing with a size 12 Black Pennel.... he took a few Brownies too, not bad considering he only wanted Brownies!

[Bogyoch]

My very first salmon 25 years ago was taken on a small black pennel. I was invited to go out with the ghillie in a boat on a loch on Harris (or was it Lewis?) and all I had was a trout rod and this black pennel. It was late in the season and all the fish had been milling around for ages waiting for water at the river's mouth. Nobody had caught anything all week and that Friday morning was going to be my only chance as the other rod had gone off for the day. We rowed around the loch to all the fishy places, but nothing. We came back to where these fish were milling, and at 12.45 I hooked one that went completely berserk. Not only tearing line off but leaping several feet several times. By 1.15 the ghillie was keen to get this fish in as it was past his lunchtime, so I started to apply even more pressure with the poor trout rod. Finally after 45 mins the fish was netted. It was only 7lb 8oz, but very memorable all the same. What was even more memorable, was that the hook hold was so slight that all that was between the fish and freedom, was a small slither of skin on the jaw. A second or so more, and the fish would have been lost.

[salmonfly]

admin said:

I was talking to a someone the other day and they said they catch all their salmon on either dryfly or small black pennell type flies.He fishes small spate rivers exclusively and he seems to have a fair amount of success with this method of fishing i was just wondering if anyone else had heard similar stories?

Colin I fish bombers in the summer and it is great fun to see a salmon take a dry fly off of the surface, give it a try and I am sure you will have this look on your face when you get a bite.

[corky]

Hi all,
Im a newbie and do a lot of lurking ,picking up great tips in the posts,sorry for barging in on your post lads ,but could someone please direct me to a pic or the dressing of a Bomber please,
Corky

[hans]

Fishing dry flies for salmon is one of the most exciting things in the world. Sometimens you see the fish coming, and just boiling the fly, without actually taking it, this can be done a few times.... changing down one or two sizes can help in this case, and if the fish finally takes, man, the adrenaline rush! Best thing in the world....
Hans.

[salmonfly]

Silver stoat, thanks for the link, I think that I will tie up some of the difference color configuration from the wwdoak site; I do enjoy learning something new everyday about the art of fishing.

[tynetraveller]

I fished the Litza in Russia last year-there was one pool with two large rocks sticking up in the main flow, and every time I landed a green bomber between those rocks and lifted the rod to make the fly skate across the stream, a fish rose to it. for thirty minutes this went on, I must have had fifty rises. Most missed entirely, one fish I am sure was playing with it and letting it run along its flanks. I hooked three and landed two, at 10 and 14lb. My fishing partner landed a twenty pound kipper from the same spot ( we were taking it in turns to cast!)

We were shouting like school boys every time a fish rose, it was by far the most exciting fishing I have ever done..

[corky]

Thanks for the links S.S.
corky