cathalger wrote:Absolutely brilliant Charlie, lovely photo, 'Squirrel, blue and silver' with a tiny bit of blue crystal hair in the wing.
I knew it was a good mainstay pattern for both river and sea and there is hardly a fish that cant be caught on it but thats the first flounder Ive ever seen caught on it.
First class Charlie, you deserved that going out today, I just had to take a big saucepan of hot water to the car windscreen to go out, about an hour ago.
Great stuff, congratulations.
cheers Cathal
nobuzz wrote:nice fishing and nice looking fly.
I've definitely gotta try a bit of swff next year.
Did you use a floating or a sinking line?
I've heard of flatties being caught on a sinking line, short leader and Booby type flies or some sort of weighted usd shrimp pattern. A GRHE should work too.
I had a few flounder and dabs off the pier there on the float. Good crack and not so many deep hooked.
cheers nobuzz. yeah, i caught it using a fast sinking line. it would be the only way to go i reckon unless fishing in shallow water with a sinking tip or something. i reckon i could have been casting out to maybe up to 4-5feet depth of water
and yeah, i had a few boobies in the box and considered using them. the problem using normal flies as opposed to boobies is that they drag along the bottom. this means that the bottom has to be free of weed or whatever, otherwise there will obviously be a lot of snagging. it needs to be pure sand/mud or whatever. i can definitely see the attraction of using boobies on the bottom!
i believe these fish would have a go at anything and hairs ear nymphs would undoubtedly be great too - they would mimic the wee shrimp they feed on.
what about ragworm patterns...?
cheers Al. would love to get a few bigger ones mind......

or a turbot on the fly
yngkmd wrote:congratulations, nice way to start bringing the year to a close
my thoughts exactly mate. thanks
bingham wrote:Excellent result,kept meaning to try for a few flounder on soft plastics,must give it a bash soon
you should defo have a go at it mate. i know a few guys that target them successfully on small meps spinners too. good luck
dave316 wrote:awesome achievement, well done.
cheers dave. was pretty chuffed to finally manage it
MONKEYwrasse wrote:Can see this catchINg on,excuse the pun,,,,nice bit of angling mate

cheers. i believe fly fishing for flatties is not a novel idea MONKEYwrasse. ive heard theres a whole effort behind the concept and many flies have been designed to be used to target flatties.
i reckon the only main challenge is to get amongst the fish... as we all know, we are limited to the distance we can cast with a fly rod (unless you maybe try and use the flow of a tide too..) and so it is obviously necessary to be in an area where there are plenty right in close to you. i would love to know a real hot spot for flatties in close - so that i could target them with the fly properly. (PMs welcome!

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Drew wrote:Excellent man...

cheers Drew
Tom H wrote:Great stuff Sir

cheers boss