can anyone recommend some streamers for graylings and the baest way to fish them? i dont seem to be having much luck at the moment with nymphs so thought i would give them a try

Whilst it's do'able, I'd stick to nymphs. It's very easy to deep hook fish when fishing streamers, sculpins, etc. and grayling can be delicate little ladies. Also check whether your club allows that method - mine doesn't.

Any thoughts on why you've been struggling with nymphs? How are you fishing them?

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been fishing them upstream. im new to river fishing so dont know if im doing it right or not. could you fish wet flies downsteam for them?

ive a feeling i may just not be finding them because i was catching no problem when it was a bit warmer

What type of river and where?

I'd persist with nymphs for grayling, rather than wets and never streamers. For grayling on most UK river, try getting to grips with short lining or Czech nymphing, where the secret is often about having heavy enough flies to get down quickly and keeping in touch with the flies. Searching the water is necessary, searching both laterally around the swim and vertically in the water column.

As a secondary method, on grayling rivers like the Welsh Dee, I'd go for small dry flies fished under overhanging trees and amongst the leaves on the water.

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I caught a monster grayling on a chalkstream hatch-pool last year. It took a cone-head monster streamer with toy eyes, tinsel the works I reckon it was best part of 3lbs... oh... and it was hooked neatly in the upper lip Kev

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TM do you have a picture of the fly

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Did it have a treble hook Dave?


Some patterns here for mini-streamers for grayling, though still not something I'd do myself and my clubs would rightly take a dim view ... http://www.pro-flyfishing.fi/download/ministreamers.pdf

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It was one of Phil's

Single hook only though. Can't bring myself to use anything more than a double... and then only when fishing for sewin.

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That one looks like a killer fly for trout

Burhan

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