SBS here

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Lovely fly Richard, I saw the previous article about it on your blog and tried to imitate a few using deer hair tails. they seemed to work alright and accounted for a few fish on Saturday.

Definitely enjoyable and tricky fishing in the evening. Didn' seem to track down the BWO swarms you were talking about though, just dribs and drabs but the fish were rising to them.

Dan

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Cracking pattern Richard, will have to add a few to an already overcrowded box. I've tried googling for an SBS to your Non Descript Sedge without joy. Perhaps if there is one anywhere online you could point me to it. Thanks, Tim

Here you are

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

That's very kind Richard, many thanks. Three about to be added to the box in the next hour

Have they worked for you? Have you caught any fish with them yet?

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

The Poly Prop Sherry (PPS) has really been a very effective fly this last three or four weeks. It is about as infallible a fly could ever be, within reason...

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Nice and minimal, how sinkable is it Mr W?

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i like the NDS very much but I think I like even more the lines


"and it makes a good moth for those all nighters in high summer when the scent of sweet rocket fills your nostrils and the air feels heavy with the prospects of good Sport..."


Sent a wash of nostalgia through these old bones.

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Well that is an interesting question and current to recent experiments conducted over the last four or five weeks...

I sometimes use quite heavy hooks as some of the fish round here can straighten normal dry fly hooks out with ease. I changed the wing material to the Aero Wing stuff a couple of years ago and that coupled with the generous and splayed tail holds it up very nicely indeed but... the absolute perfection has come about since I started using Water Shed a few weeks ago, after reading the recommendations on the forum.

I keep it on my fly tying desk and use it there, following the instructions. Floatation is now remarkable even after several fish.

richard

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Nostalgia? Get out there! Make it "current affairs" again!

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."