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Post by salmonshrimp on Jan 4, 2011 23:07:40 GMT
It could be a tadpole these are old flies worthy of archiving  |
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Post by underghillie on Jan 4, 2011 23:18:03 GMT
it is a tadpole L  |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Jan 4, 2011 23:22:04 GMT
it is a tadpole L Cheers T my memories not that bad then  |
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Post by underghillie on Jan 4, 2011 23:28:13 GMT
;D there was a wee book came with the T&S back in the 80's it has a few o they flee's you are posting tonight in it  |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Jan 4, 2011 23:31:29 GMT
;D there was a wee book came with the T&S back in the 80's it has a few o they flee's you are posting tonight in it Aye they are definately olde worlde flees |
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Post by underghillie on Jan 4, 2011 23:37:43 GMT
;D there was a wee book came with the T&S back in the 80's it has a few o they flee's you are posting tonight in it Aye they are definately olde worlde flees was the tadpole not one of Greasers flee's he used to great affect on the north east rivers before the water got above 42 degs? when it got above 42 degs he switched to the collie dug |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Jan 4, 2011 23:42:51 GMT
Aye they are definately olde worlde flees was the tadpole not one of Greasers flee's he used to great affect on the north east rivers before the water got above 42 degs? when it got above 42 degs he switched to the collie dug Who's Greaser I can guess but I might be wrong either F or O |
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Post by underghillie on Jan 4, 2011 23:54:48 GMT
was the tadpole not one of Greasers flee's he used to great affect on the north east rivers before the water got above 42 degs? when it got above 42 degs he switched to the collie dug Who's Greaser I can guess but I might be wrong either F or O I spelt it wrong  Neil Graesser, he wrote the book Advanced Salmon Fishing |
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Post by salmonshrimp on Jan 4, 2011 23:59:52 GMT
Who's Greaser I can guess but I might be wrong either F or O I spelt it wrong Neil Graesser, he wrote the book Advanced Salmon Fishing Aye if it wasna him it was Ogelsby |
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Post by underghillie on Jan 5, 2011 0:03:38 GMT
I spelt it wrong Neil Graesser, he wrote the book Advanced Salmon Fishing Aye if it wasna him it was Ogelsby Nae defo not Ogelsby, he wasnay a thinker, he just nicked Ghillie's ideas and then claimed them for himself  |
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Post by keirstream on Jan 5, 2011 0:58:26 GMT
Aye if it wasna him it was Ogelsby Nae defo not Ogelsby, he wasnay a thinker, he just nicked Ghillie's ideas and then claimed them for himself Advanced Salmon Fishing was written by Reg Rhyini. Neill Graesser, amongst other things was a proprietor on the Cassley which is one of the Kyle of Sutherland rivers. His claim to fame was that he created low water dibbling pools on his beat and caught loads of fish on his skating flees of all hues and sizes(including Tadoles------not the kind you will be chucking about off your spinning rod soon, Tony  He also co wrote a book "The Salmon Fishing Rivers Of Scotland" along with Dr. Derrick Mills. I have both books somewhere. |
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Post by madkeen on Jan 5, 2011 10:06:55 GMT
Its definitely a Graesser pattern. He wrote Salmon fly-fishing, Advanced Salmon Fishing: Lessons from Experience and Salmon rivers of Scotland.
He used long winged patterns a lot even in cold water, very good books and worth picking up if you can find them.
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Post by Dusty Miller on Jan 5, 2011 10:22:30 GMT
I have a couple of Neil Graesser's books: Salmon and Advanced Salmon Fishing.
I just flicked through one of the opening chapters and it looks like he came up with the colours for the Tadpole with Peter Campbell (who tied the prototypes) while fishing the Oykel one day.
He then used it on the Cassley where it landed its first fish. He says he susbsequently used it in the spring below 42oF when he then switched to the Collie as Underghillie said.
I think Reg Righyni also wrote a book called Advanced Salmon Fishing.
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Post by madkeen on Jan 5, 2011 12:05:36 GMT
Aye they are definately olde worlde flees was the tadpole not one of Greasers flee's he used to great affect on the north east rivers before the water got above 42 degs? when it got above 42 degs he switched to the collie dug Your right Tony but I always found it puzzling that his tadpole which had the same length of wing as his collie dugs would work in colder water  maybe a confidence thing |
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Neil Graesser, he wrote the book Advanced Salmon Fishing 
maybe a confidence thing