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Post by tyneandrew on Apr 26, 2006 15:27:27 GMT
Does anyone have any experience of using these patterns and when and where may they be considered worthy of a swim?
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Post by macd on Apr 26, 2006 15:36:06 GMT
fishingd0 has one or two francis patterns in his box-really impressed doug the ghillie....eh gordon. ;D
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Post by Fruin on Apr 26, 2006 18:04:24 GMT
I know somebody that fishes almost exclusively with various francis type patterns throughout the season and has above average success. He fishes them in various formats from 2 inch copper tubes to tiny conehead style patterns, depending on the conditions and time of year.
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Post by easky on Apr 27, 2006 8:57:06 GMT
I have never heard of these, does anybody have pictures to show what they look like?
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Post by charlieh on Apr 27, 2006 12:21:02 GMT
I have never heard of these, does anybody have pictures to show what they look like? Here you go. www.frances.is/english.asp?p=vorur&f=3&val=1There are a couple of articles about the fly & how to fish it on the site as well. I'd like to know more about the Apa - never heard of it. |
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Post by tyneandrew on Apr 27, 2006 12:57:38 GMT
Thanks for the info chaps, the Apa is a fly that has taken a lot of fish at Aboyne and is used almost exclusively by visiting Scandinavian anglers. I'm still to find out any info about it.
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Post by tyneandrew on Apr 28, 2006 7:57:53 GMT
Just found some info out on the Apa in my news letter:
"All of the 5 fish were taken on the Apa fly - a bit like a Collie Dog, but with monkey rather than dog hair"
Sounds like its just the Scandinavian term for these patterns.
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Post by macd on Apr 28, 2006 9:24:18 GMT
I have heard mention of scandanavian long wings, which ive never seen. maybe one of you has: the Alta Ghost, Skunk, and Ivan the Terrible.
Ive seen paterns called the svava and svorsk, which are similar to the sunray/collie.
ring any bells
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