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The Floating Fly

  • Post author:Gareth Lewis
  • Post published:16th May 2021
  • Post category:Fly Fishing/Fly Tying/Magazines/Publications/Small Streams/Trout
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Last year I was invited by Christopher Rownes to contribute to The Floating Fly, a collection of thoughts on dry fly fishing from an amazing and venerable group of dry fly anglers from across the globe. An absolute privilege to be asked to contribute, however, I have a lifetime of…

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There ain’t nothin’ better. Quiet, no people, There ain’t nothin’ better. Quiet, no people, tawny owls, and the slow relaxing rustle of sycamore. ‘What about trout’?, you ask. Regardless, these are the important places where souls are cleansed and life’s bullshit is blown away. Priorities are realigned, so to speak. You can raise me your materialistic trinkets, I’ll take a quiet place, no people and a whisky any day.
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I love trout, but listening to a tawny owl while t I love trout, but listening to a tawny owl while the embers die is spectacular. Regardless of the predator, there will never be a time where I favour another environment over the quiet of nature. 
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PS She’s perched in the sycamore on the left. God help any rodent venturing out tonight.
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Great weather calls for great beer, so it was awes Great weather calls for great beer, so it was awesome to be able to enjoy a @tenbybrewingco beer onsite at their Tenby venue. Keep up the great work guys 🙌🏻
Just like Fagin. Pickin’ pockets. Small stream h Just like Fagin. Pickin’ pockets. Small stream heaven in the Welsh Marches, and water to die for. 
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The sheer beauty that is the Monnow Rivers Associa The sheer beauty that is the Monnow Rivers Association, the passion they return to the catchment, and the quality of person they attract to the annual social event is simply wonderful. It’s two days post-social and I’m still lacking in sleep, but I would change a think. Thank you MRA, and thank you to all who attended, the laughs, the stories and the beers. See you next year!
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It was a sign, surely, that the local boasted the It was a sign, surely, that the local boasted the Monnow bitter the evening before, my blue line fever worsening rapidly. Safe journey to all making the annual pilgrimage to the Monnow Mecca today. Three days with old friends in beautiful surroundings, and with the sound of a river whispering next to the campsite. If we’re lucky, she may even gift us a few trout.
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Ménage à Midge. Trout food that works all year r Ménage à Midge. Trout food that works all year round.
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@semperfli_flytying Classic Waxed Thread body and Flat Braid wing buds, squirrel thorax and CdC wing/sighter.
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Lowland small streams. A couple of quick hours of Lowland small streams. A couple of quick hours of roll casts and smash-and-grab trout. Always a pleasure.
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So many brutes being caught this season. My guys a So many brutes being caught this season. My guys are more around this stature, and more than happy. Finely finned, blue spotted, and with a few rear reds. River wolves, every one.
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Keeping to the theme of my previous two posts (cri Keeping to the theme of my previous two posts (crippled duns and stripped peacock quill), this time, an amalgamation of the two. Just as at home on faster small streams as they are on the bigger, slacker mainstems. 
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@semperfli_flytying Poly-Yarn shuck and superfine dubbed thorax, stripped peacock quill abdomen, @whitingfarms speckled badger rooster hackle, and @cookshillft CdC, all bound with Nano-Silk.
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These days, I tend to fish, more often than not, w These days, I tend to fish, more often than not, with 'guide-style' flies. Patterns with a smaller ingredients list (two or three perhaps), which resemble the natural in silhouette and size, are generally quick and simple to tie and robust enough so that I can focus on the fishing. That said, tying with seven materials this morning was nice, and I do love cripple-style patterns. The one below is tied to imitate larger Ephemera, March Browns, Large Brook Duns, etc., and gives a BIG footprint. Better use a thicker tippet, for sure!
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@whitingfarms Coq de Leon and rooster hackle, @semperfli_flytying Nano Silk, Poly-Yarn shuck and yellow Waxed Thread rib over pheasant tail body, and brown deer hair wing.
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Sod's law...I've been planning to fish tomorrow fo Sod's law...I've been planning to fish tomorrow for the past week. I have a few backup locations knowing that the mainstems will be unfishable after today's torrential rain. In between, the last of the auction lots are finished and are heading out this week. I do enjoy tying with stripped peacock quills now and again. The segmentation is just a joy to look at.
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A celebration of olive and speckled badger, paradu A celebration of olive and speckled badger, paradun-style. Float all day, party all night. A simple mix of @semperfli_flytying superfine dubbing and poly yarn wing post, with @whitingfarms speckled badger rooster hackle and Coq de Leon tails.
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Easter coastal walks out west, an 8-miler with a p Easter coastal walks out west, an 8-miler with a pub stop at halftime, followed by a custom commission for a friend...fantastic small stream prospectors. Now to get ready for steaks and wine. Pasg hapus!
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They'll never work. Auction lots are headed out th They'll never work. Auction lots are headed out the door. Hoping they'll fool a few trout.
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She reads, he snores, I tie. Wonderfully relaxing, She reads, he snores, I tie. Wonderfully relaxing, with the sound of waves in the distance and a brook in the back garden, just the break we’ve both wanted/needed after six weeks plus of work travels. Easter…diolch. Rwyt ti'n brydferth.
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The rivers were rising, and my flight to ‘The Bi The rivers were rising, and my flight to ‘The Big Sand’ was ever looming. I’d snuck in as much trout time as possible, even a celebratory cigar and beer with AT. However, before my two weeks away, two weeks of life-on-hold, of hotels and food made/served by someone else, it felt right to make from scratch. Bruschetta al Pomodoro, followed by a homemade ravioli with a spinach and ricotta filling, and a burnt butter and sage sauce. Needless to say, the dining room table, a mess with 00 flour and semolina, is always worth the effort.
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A Snowshoe Hare Emerger kinda weekend. The Adams o A Snowshoe Hare Emerger kinda weekend. The Adams of the emerger world. Hare’s ear, snowshoe foot, hare’s mask. Simple, but super effective. 
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Thanks for having me Ludlow Flytying Club! That wa Thanks for having me Ludlow Flytying Club! That was a fun Zoom session talking early season trout patterns. 8 days... :)
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It was sunny during Bryn’s lunchtime walk to the It was sunny during Bryn’s lunchtime walk to the park. Despite the slight chill, snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils proudly sunned themselves while hazel and birch joyfully flaunted healthy blankets of catkins. The blackbird’s song and deafening sparrow fight reflected this late winter/almost spring afternoon rather perfectly. Bryn sniffed at the air and began his usual hunt for squirrels, uninterested in whatever this fool was so excited about…read more via the link in Bio. 
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