Using spiders in reservoirs


I have often thought, 'why not!' and have since procured a set of small spiders in 14/16.

Question is, has anyone ever used spiders in southern/midland ressies and what are their thoughts?


regards


Ben

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Do not know about Midland Reservoirs but here in West Coast Scotland, traditional fly fishers have been using "spider" type flies for loch fishing on a regular basis for as long as I can remember.
Maybe not the Watchet type of flies which are more akin to rivers but,
Stewart's Black Spider
Partridge & Orange
Greenwell Spider
March Brown Spider etc etc
And yes before someone chips in that March Browns are not found on "still-water" is does quite well on them where is is probably mistaken for a moth or sedge, well the winged version certainly is but a spide rwill equally do well on occasion.
It was a must fly on the Barrhead Dams outside Glasgow in my youth. Probably the finest "free" Brown Trout water in lowland Scotland at one time, now a shadow of it's former self with it's Pike & coarse fish.
So no reason why not, give them ago.
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Thank you for the response - do you fish them static or a very slow retrieve?


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Ben

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I have used red and green Hot-Spot spiders (size 12-16) on droppers at Draycote, Elinor and Thornton and found them to be reasonably successful when fish slowly or simply left to drift.

Not yet tried more 'traditional' spiders, perhaps this season

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Ben...try to get hold of a copy of Arthur Coves book," My Way with Trout". Arthur used spider patterns a lot on the Midlands Reservoirs away back in the 70s. A Cove ptn on the point with a couple of simple black spiders on the droppers was his standard early season buzzer rig.
In his book he writes about varying the number of turns of hackle on his spiders to alter the sink rate of them. His thinking was way ahead of his time,brilliant book.

I still fish Arthurs wee blacks with a Cove PT on the point ,thats on all points north of Blagdon up to the Durness lochs, dont always work ,but then what does !
Rainbows suck them in as do browns ,think I might dress a few olivey ones for mid season !

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One may have to give them a wee swim tomorrow on Hanningfield.


I noticed in a recent glossy that someone is tying buzzers with soft black hen hackle as a head...................surely not a far step from a spider?


I am sure, too, that it was Peter Cockwell who advocated using spiders on smallwaters and ressies. Endorsement enough for me with the above suggestions


Thank you all


Ben

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tried loads of spider patterns over the years, waterhen bloa, hares lug and plover. the best being a fog black. Arthur Coves little black is very good, he did a black spider using a jackdaw scalp hackle, a killer. lots of movement from the hackle. tied Pritt style.
I would post a picture if had more time.
spiders are worth a go, not just for stream work.

cheers ,dave

---------- Post added at 09:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:09 PM ----------

I forgot to mention Arthurs silver spider, deadly top dropper any time or place.

dave

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stewarts black is brilliant in stillwater SKB ........

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march brown is also a killer early on Harelaw. Spiders are deadly anywhere and also a top fly year round on big scottish waters. as highlander says barrhead dams were awesome well before my time and could be again....

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