Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene on the Nore and beyond:
How’s the Fishing
Grayling Fishing The Welsh Dee
As the trout season has closed now in Ireland for rivers and lakes. We now begin to turn our attention to some stocked rainbow fishing, re-filling fly boxes and getting across the pond to Wales for some fantastic Grayling fishing on the Famous Welsh Dee. As the colder months begin to set in the famous Lady Of The Stream come into full swing and begin feeding hard, offering some great fights when hooked.
With the Hanak Grayling Festival coming up at end of November for Mark & Peter and their team member Rob Redman from Wales. Mark made a trip over to Wales on Saturday morning. Taken the 6.30am flight from Dublin to Manchester with some of our fishing colleagues and other Irish Team members also taking part in the great competition. They rented a car and travelled an hour & 10 mins from airport to Llangollen. Purchased their permits online and began fishing the Llangollen Maelor Angling club water on the golf course beats and other beats by 10am. Fishing started off well for all the guys. Wind and rain picked up as the day went on making things bit more tricky, but all continued to catch, with smaller numbers as day went on. Nymphs working best was the pink Sacra and of course the Grayling Slayer.
Grayling had reported to be feeding in the tops of runs still up until 2 weeks ago, but with recent cold fronts from northern winds and cooler nights coming in. The Grayling have began to drop back in runs edging closer to their winter lies.
Mark the guys met with Chairman of CADAC Angling Club, Dylan Roberts for a catch up and nice meal on saturday evening with a few refreshing cold ones to chat about fishing. Before calling it a night after long day of travel, fishing, and gearing for the next day on Sunday.
Sunday saw the lads head up to the upper reaches of Welsh Dee close to Bala Angling Club waters. After breakfast, they drove to Bala and got permits. The guys began fishing at 10am. Conditions were more ideal with no winds & an overcast day. Nymphs were proving best to start with, then moving to bung on some deeper pools in late morning. With olive Upwing Dries in afternoon to a great hatch that came on with grayling showing themselves in big numbers in the tail ends of runs and flats feeding from the surface. Mark & Rob picked up some great sized Grayling during their day with some very good numbers of fish landed.
Top nymph for the weekend was our Piscari-fly Variation of the Grayling Slayer it’s worth having if your considering a trip across after Grayling but also a pattern not to be missed out on for Trout, and has proven to be a great pattern and has accounted for many a trout being caught.
For any information on Wales and fishing for Grayling. Get in touch with us here at Piscari-fly
Winter Tying-Fly of the Week
The Grayling Slayer. So considering we have had our first taste of grayling fishing for the season last weekend and with Peter and Mark heading back over to Wales in 2 weeks time. Stay tuned for lots more updates on how this winters fishing will fare out. We have been fishing the Grayling Slayer for a number of years now and not only is it an one of our best grayling flies but it is also a super trout nymph. It is one of Peter’s top nymphs as he has mentioned before, in coloured water. Definitely a fly to have in your box throughout the entire season. It is a real buggy fly, that is very simple to tie and will always get you a fish.
Below is a video on tying the fly and also one on fishing it in coloured water.
Items you need to tie this fly can be found here:
Hook: https://piscari-fly.com/collections/dohiku-claw-hooks-c240/
Beads: https://piscari-fly.com/collections/dohiku-claw-hooks-c240/
Dubbing: https://piscari-fly.com/collections/hends-spectra-dubbing/ and https://piscari-fly.com/collections/piscari-hare-dubbing/
Or get A flytying kit for the Grayling Slayer
Click here to purchase: https://piscari-fly.com/collections/grayling-slayer-tying-kit/
Tackle Talk
Trabucco back in stock, get all your leaders made up now over the winter months. Full range of sizes there. https://piscari-fly.com/collections/trabucco-xps-special-hi-viz/
This line is superb for making Euro-nymphing leaders that we use in the construction of all our leaders. Very high elasticity, strong, straight and easy to work with. Easy to apply dyes and indicator waxes to for better visibility on the water for leader construction.
Also in now is a fabulous Flurocarbon by Trabucco. Available in 0.145mm 2.1kg, 0.164mm 2.575kg, 0.185mm 3.213kg, 0.201mm 3.85kg, 0.220mm 4.413kg and 0.240mm 5.313 kg
100% fluorocarbon. Invisible in water, perfect for making terminals. Great resistance to abrasion. Completely waterproof and an indifference to UV aggression. Natural color
https://piscari-fly.com/collections/trabucco-t-force-xps-fluorocarbon/
Give us a bell here at Piscari-fly 0879787040 or piscarifly@gmail.com for any other information you need.
What’s Coming?
Launch of the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2025 happens this coming weekend in Ardaire Springss Angling Centre. Myself, Tom doc Sullivan, Jimmy Tyrell and a host of other flytyers and casters will be down for the launch. So if you are at nothing Sunday be sure to drop in and have a chat. See some flies and some casting and see what is planned for the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2025.
About us
Based on the River Nore just outside Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Piscari-Fly is a growing Fly Tying and Fly-Fishing business with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. If there is ever anything I can do to make my service better for you please feel free to suggest it to me and I’ll gladly try my best to accommodate your requests. Thanks again. Peter Driver.
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