can anyone tell me the best flies to use for the new season in march? i will be fishing the irthing and eden

cheers

i would start of with a goldhead hares ear or a pheasent tail and if thet rise a klinkenhamer all ways worth a try

In march you don't need a long list of flies in your box on the northern rivers.
The two nymphs as above are always good to have in the box plus a few spiders waterhen ,black spider and a couple of dry flies like a dark greenwells and a grey duster.

Gary

the grey duster tied klinken style works a treat and spiders work a treat i have never fished on the eden but i guess all northern streams fish alike

Spiders and greenwells.

Another vote for GRHE with Goldhead.....wasn't off my leader for the first few months of the season last year.


Cheers


Stephen

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Hi there,
Good advice from the guys ..these standard patterns will also catch on both Irthing and Eden....
I lived in Brampton for may years before heading north to the highlands of Scotland and know the lower Irthing well..was ghillie on the Eden at Wetheral for a good number of years too..beautiful river with quality trout ...
Anyway here we go ...
snipe & purple,
snipe & yellow,
partridge & orange,
March brown
Greenwells

Sizes in the range of 12 - 16's.
If the water is heavily peat stained use the bigger flies and smaller flies if the water is lightly stained.
Bigger flies in rising waters and smaller flies in lower water..

The Eden runs clear so adapt as necessary.
Have you fished the Gelt not an easy river to fly fish but there are some cracking trout in it and the odd salmon or two....

Wishing you every success,
john

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hi john

no ive not fished the gelt and i live in hayton so may be worth a try. i have only started river fishing from october though and been trying for grayling. where on the gelt would you reccomend?

Early season==Large Dark Olives and shrimp, go from there..

#14/16 PTN or suitable emerger / dry?

Shrimps...beadheads, etc.

Before you do your first cast carefully turn a few stones over and have a quick look and you'll be in the right direction..

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OOPS.. forgot to say carefully return them as you found them!!

if i was only allowed to fish one fly all season long it would be a size 14 pheasant tail nymph with a 2.8mm gold tungsten bead and a little touch of pink at the thorax...lethal, just lethal.