Flys for OV1 ( Douglas Trip )

[Herman Jooste]

Seeing that the OV1 thread under yellows is now too many pages long, I thought I would start this thread.
What flies would you guys reccommend for this trip??? Input from NC Bass, Coop, Gerrit, and any other with first hand knowledge would be invaluable.

My Thoughts are:
LM Flies: MSP, Wooly Bugger ( Black & Olive # 6 - 10 ),Zonkers ( #6 - 10 )
SM Flies: Damsel nymphs ( Olive, Silver/White #8 - 12 ), dries ( klinkies, EHC, hydrolators, #14 - 20 ), caddis pupae & larvae, mayfly nymph imitations.

[Jasper]

I am also hoping for some of the Pros from Dover to give this information!!!

[MCC]

Good morning

When we fished there a few years back (in Douglas but also at Pniel and Schmidsdrift) the top fly for SM in fast water was a #16 Copper John. Just the standard pattern with sparse brown CDC for legs and chocolate brown biots for the tail.

If you can arrange for access to Schmidsdrift, do so. Small piece of water below a weir with enough water for about five guys. Loads of fish.

Cheers
MC

[chris williams]

Hi MC,

Did yuou also manage a few LM's, or were you targetting mainly SM's?

Cheers, Chris

[Jasper]

Hi MC,

Did yuou also manage a few LM's, or were you targetting mainly SM's?

Cheers, Chris

great minds (and bodies?) think alike!!!

[Jasper]

Thanks for the info MC.

What time of year was that?

Did you have any joy with the LM?

[nicholas]

Seeing that the OV1 thread under yellows is now too many pages long, I thought I would start this thread.
What flies would you guys reccommend for this trip??? Input from NC Bass, Coop, Gerrit, and any other with first hand knowledge would be invaluable.

My Thoughts are:
LM Flies: MSP, Wooly Bugger ( Black & Olive # 6 - 10 ),Zonkers ( #6 - 10 )
SM Flies: Damsel nymphs ( Olive, Silver/White #8 - 12 ), dries ( klinkies, EHC, hydrolators, #14 - 20 ), caddis pupae & larvae, mayfly nymph imitations.

Hi guys

Thanks for starting this thread, its going to be a great help,Phillip if you see this thread when you get back or before you go to the commonwealths i will being coming to the shop to buy all my LM flies from you the week before i go

[Jasper]

Has anyone tried estuary/saltwater type minnow/fry imitations for LM? ... I am thinking of smallish Clousers, Surf Candy, Silicone baitfish, etc.

Anyone know what a juvenile SM and/or Barbel looks like?

[MCC]

Chris & Jasper

We were fishing trials, so concentrated mainly on the SM. We did manage a few LM though. Mainly swinging flies over submerged structure in the tailouts of big pools.

At Pniel we did not have time to really fish for LM either but there are some small channels in the river, almost like a row of Cape streams, and these produced some really great SM on normal CZ nymphing.

Not sure of the time of year. The Orange was too dirty to fish, so it must have been summer.

Cheers
MC

[chris williams]

Thanks MC, appreciated!

Rory - IMHO I reckon it would be ideal for kob as well, being a 'pusher' type fly with all the movement of the rabbit fur.

The 'Duvel' made me do it!