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Old 11-05-2010, 10:33 PM
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Hi everyone,

Just joined the forum and as a relatively inexperienced fly fisher looking to improve I was thinking about purchasing these DVDs. Has anyone watched them and if so are they worthwhile? N
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extremely worth watching indeed ,have a look here phil sells them ..

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They are brilliant buy both the Essential Skills and Essential Patterns. I am new to fly tying and they have been very helpful.
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The main emphasis is on the fly tying (seasoned with a pinch of good fishing demos and basic entomology too). The production values are very high and they are enjoyable to watch. However, there are better "fishing" tuition videos out there.
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Thanks for the replies guys, I haven't tried fly tying yet so I think I may stick with getting the essential skills DVDs for now. What other DVDs would you recommend that are better Paul? I've also heard a lot about the River Academy DVDs and they seem very highly rated so I think I will also purchase them in due course. N
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Hywel Morgan Start River Fly Fishing helped me when i changed from Still to Rivers.
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Hi, I can confidently recommend the Ollie Edwards dvds, I bought mine from that nice chap Phil at Spidersplus and had a really good conversation into the bargain, top man.

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The only thing I would say about the OE DVDs is they concentrate rather a lot on fly tying and not enough on fishing. That's if you don't tie your own flies, obviously.

For fishing lessons try the John Tyzack DVDs sold on here by Grommit. They have been mentioned numerous times on any number of threads and I don't think you will see a bad word written about them.
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Dear Royvs

Thanks for the heads up on those, as much of an armchair angler as a real one, I will take a look.

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Thanks for the replies, much appreiciated. Enjoy Hywel Morgon when I've watched him on Horse and Country channel and I've heard lots of good things about the River Academy productions so they are definitely on the shopping list...along with too many other things! N
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