Hi Ross,

Sorry to bother you, just a couple of quick questions .

Is brown/hares ear still a favourable bomb colour and would you know how heavy they should be.

And what size for the trailing nymph (I remember you told me to tie on a smaller one than I been using for instant success) that might have been an #18 ??

Cheers

How would you answer this? TRM need your contribution help here as we get these requests more often. We try to send them all on to the local guides and tackle shops but they imagine that we know what all the more successful inmates are using… Do you really think they would tell us?

TRM’s tentative reply follows:

1 Colour? Hares ear colour should be fine but not very important if the trout are taking glo bugs…

2 Weight? Heavy as possible to make sure it is bouncing along connecting with the river bottom. The weight is more dependent on the pool – how deep, and the flow – how fast?

3 Size? The trailing nymph size is dependent on clarity – suggest #18 is too small in existing conditions. Crank up to 12 or 14?

4 The most successful fishos at TRM do not have a fixed recipe to set up their gear. It all depends on where the end up fishing. If they set up a standard rig for their favourite spot and someone else is in the pool they need to adjust everything for the second choice including weight, length of trace, size of indicator, fly selection might change, etc.

5 The guns might get halfway through a pool and change everything if it is not working as there are trout in every pool. They just have to identify what they will take…

6 At this time of the season many trout are not feeding but will attack a fly as part of their spawning behaviour. One jack will look at it and another will take it just to piss him off. OK?

7 TRM would appreciate any other contributions as many are asking the same questions. If in doubt, glo bugs are still very successful.

8 Photo is from Major Jones Pool this morning where he played the trout – probably a brown based on the behaviour – for about ten minutes before he released himself mid river. That is the most common complaint – they are just too powerful and stroppy for even the most patient anglers at the moment. But their condition factor is right up there. Great stuff!