Can I Catch on Flies Tied by my Children?
Channel: Fishwish
Date: 09/04/2022

Can I Catch on Flies Tied by my Children (Scroll down for full video description)

Trout are one of the few fish that my children will eat.  The reason?  Because they're involved with the process from start to finish and I can't wait to take them fishing.    

00:05 Wimbleball Lake 
00:30 Teaching People To Fish 
00:40 Previous Trips 
01:11 Dominic Garnett's Kennick Killer 
01:40 The Vlogger (Fly Fishing Idiot) 
01:57 Hobie Lynx and Power Pole
02:38 THE FISHING - FLIES TIED BY MY CHILDREN 
02:54 The Challenges of Fly Fishing From a Kayak 
04:55 A big old fish (Son's Fly - Reverse Montanna) 
05:57 Daughter's Fly (Ninja Brick) 
08:08 Daughter's Fish 
09:20 Finding Brown Trout 
11:32 Drifting with a Gold Ribbed Hares Ear nymph 
13:40 Why do you love fishing. 
16:10 How you can support Fishwish
16:20 Trout for the kids 
16:30 Dinner

In this video, I am fly fishing from my kayak at Wimbleball Lake, nestled in the beautiful and peaceful setting of Exmoor National Park.  It’s my first proper fishing trip with the kayak in 2022 and I join my good fishing buddy, Ian 'Dizzyfish' Harris. The venue has a reputation for fish that really pull.  It’s my fifth visit and my main aim is to try remove the 'what fly' myth by catching on a couple of flies tied by my by children during lockdown. Can kids tie flies? More importantly - can I catch a trout for the kids?  My son tied his fly when he was 5.  My daughter, when she was 8.   

I teach people to fish for a living and separate work from play by trying to make my own fishing a little bit different or difficult for myself to keep my fishing interesting.  On my first visit, it was to catch on dry fly that I tied myself. The second trip - teams of wet flies.  Third - to catch one of the elusive wild brown trout that can reside there.  All was going well, until my last visit with angling journalist and blogger, Dominic Garnett. On that day I had decided I would fish with nothing other than buzzers…and caught nothing!  Dominic caught fish, after fish, after fish, using a Turrals Kennick Killer, and did brilliantly, despite my dreadful netting efforts. His blog can be read here: https://dgfishing.co.uk/fly-fishing-on-wimbleball-lake/ 

Ian Dizzyfish Harris has a great YT channel too - mostly kayak fishing, but not exclusively, so if you want to his fish, make sure to have a look!  https://www.youtube.com/c/dizzyfishuk/videos 

As an all round fisherman, I like a challenge.  So...like a true fly fishing idiot, the purist in me decides to make things difficult for myself, but I will still dispute any notion that fly fishing takes more skill than other disciplines of angling. It's just a different skill set that allows you to place as much or as little emphasis on the life long honing of casting skills.  Do you have to match the hatch? I hope not and hope to prove it by catching a fish on a fly tied by my son. The hope is that he will then want to try some trout as the children don't eat much fish. Fresh is best!  I don't understand how people can buy the mush from supermarkets. There's a few tricks on how to fly fish from a kayak - an anchor pole or drogue are useful, but it's best to have a clear deck and stern. It's really important to know how to enjoy your fishing. There's no one way - it's horses for courses.  I meet lots of people that stray away from angling as they get older and they will often ask 'why do you love fishing so much?' The answer is simple - change with it and keep it relevant, challenging and interesting. What's not to love? Ian wins the day by getting a prized fish in thenet, using old school flies. I'm 'well jel' as the kids say, but I shall be back soon.

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