Cold easterly wind made bank angling very difficult. Boat fishing was far more successful with a number of limits coming out of the top end. Most successful flys seemed to be orange and black lures. Some good bags of fish were taken.
Chris & I would like to thank all those fishermen who have kindly booked with us already this year. It has been an encouraging start to the year.
Several fishermen have asked me about an old buzzer pattern called “Bell’s Buzzer”, named after Captain Bell who used to live in Blagdon. We thought we would share this information with you - you never know it might be the little gem you have been looking for!
Bell’s Buzzer, after entries by C.F. Walker in “lake flies and their imitation”.
Abdomen: Gut or nylon in “varying shades, taking note of the predominant colours at each period of the year and thicknesses to match the larvae”. Dyed shades include “insect green (Dylon shade 72)”, claret (Dylon shade 30), “arterial blood red (Dylon shade 86)”, orange (Dylon shade 55).
Thorax: Ostrich, condor or peacock herl – natural.
Wing buds: Badger hackle tied as a beard so that the ends of the black section of the hackle correspond to the end of the thorax. The white fibres are then clipped to form the correct profile of the wing buds while maintaining a white edge.
Hook: Redditch “new scale 00 – 3 (18-10 standard sizes), downturned eye.
We hope you have a good fishing season - tight lines.
Chris & Jo