Hello everybody that fishes the Gryffe for Grayling during the winter.

I was out last week and was fishing for grayling, now I am going to swear here for the purists I was using maggots ouch! Anyway I managed to catch some nice wild trout all returned then I thought I had a Grayling on but it turned out to be a sea-trout about 1.5lbs in weight, a spent hen fish which looked as though she may have been about 3lbs as was long and slender but in very good condition and went back with a very good kick of her tail and away she went to live another day. Unfortunately the Grayling were not willing to play and seemed to be very evasive.

I am on here today as I am looking to be out next week but will be using the fly rod and am looking for some information on what would be the best fly to use for them. I have in the past caught many Grayling on a gold headed hares ears nympth. I also have some imitation freshwater shrimp type flies which seem to do ok one day and the next they are not interested.

Any advice is welcomed and I will thank you all in advance.

Cheers

Sandy

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Pink tungsten bead and some nondescript hare's ear dubbing, or a bit of peacock herl and PT abdomen. Saying that, the stretch of the Gryffe I used to fish had relatively few grayling, so it might not be the fly that's the problem.

D.

Thanks for that FATSHARK I was kindly given some flies by one of the members of the Abercorn Angling Club. I will be trying them out in January when I have a couple of days off. The cold snap should help the river and get these boys, the Grayling to start grouping together. I usually find I will hit several trout before getting into the Grayling. ratio 5-6 trout to 1 Grayling and on occasion the odd sea trout all of which go straight back in. A very good afternnon fishing is had usually provided the bloody dog walkers keep their damn dogs away from the river have come to blows with many a clown with their dogs and sticks being thrown in where I am fishing. The sky may be grey at this time of year but if a dog goes in the water then the air is definately blue.

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