Just joined the forum, i can't belive i hadn't found it sooner?

i am new to fly fishing (a novice). Visit Farmoor on Sunday, and what a great looking fishery. a little bit windy but that didn't seem to put anyone off. spoke to a couple of anglers whom were very helpful and spent a little time talking me through there setup.
I am looking at fishing farmoor on Sunday, and wondered what the best method would be for a novice. i have a 6# fly rod set up with floating line and wondered whether this would surffice.

All advice welcome.

Regards
Luke

There's plenty of good advice about Farmoor on here, you could hardly do better than use this as your "Farmoor Bible" to start with;

Forumites guide to fishing Farmoor

If weather conditions are kind and you can cast a reliable 18-20 yards with it, then your 6-weight outfit will probably be OK for nymph and dry fly work off the bank. But many anglers prefer a 7 weight for reservoir nymphing, to get a reliable few extra yards distance, to cope with the fit athletic fish you can hope to catch , and because it will handle a strong-ish breeze a bit better. If it's not a howling gale, indeed sometimes when it is, wind is often your friend, not your enemy, in stillwater trouting.

You'd really need to team your nymphing outfit with something with a bit more beef for the sinking line work. I'd suggest you go for 9'6" or 10' rod rated 8-9, a large arbour reel and slow and fast sink lines, either WF or shooting heads. If you can run to a floating line to match as well, then do it. You do not need to spend a fortune on these lines, Mullarkey's, Shakespeare or Steve Parton are all good. Probably because they all come from the same manufacturer. Pitsford Pirate sells them on the classified ads section here...

Pitsford Pirate 'Castaway' Fly Lines

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Luke, you will be fine with a floater and a six weight outfit so long as the weather is kind to you. If there is plenty of cloud cover the fish come very close (even as close as a yard out) and you can catch happily on a floater. It's only if you get a clear day or a very windy (or freezing) day that you will need to go very deep.

First thing you have to work out is how deep the fish are - if there are plenty showing then a floating point fly and a couple of buzzers or nymphs will keep everything in the top two feet, where they are feeding.

If there are none showing I would aim to cover all depths with three buzzers or nymphs. If it is windy, space them at 5ft intervals and just retrieve very slowly ("straightlining"), if it is relatively calm fish a bung with buzzers at 4ft intervals to cover all depths.

Personally, I believe a bung rig will usually outfish the straightline rig if the conditions allow you to fish it OK, but others would disagree, I am sure.

If it's bright sunshine, you need to go and buy a Di7 shooting head

Good luck on Sunday,

Charlie

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