A real red letter day chasing Grafham's giant fry feeding resident trout on surface lures . October sees big Rainbow and Brown trout gather in Grafham Waters main basin , drawn in by the vast shoals of Perch and Zander fry . Targeting these big fish is a real possibility at this time of year and here I demonstrate one of the most visual and aggressive take educing methods , the Poppy Fry fly .
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Nice fun bud , cracking brown 👍
Cheers buddy . Great day out that was .
👏👏👏 top fishing gents...
Thanks for watching
What a days fishing brilliant 👏 👌
Definitely a session to remember !
Excellent video Tim cracking fish 👌
Thanks mate . Had a lot of fun making this
Cracking brown! Well done!👍
Made the day that one !
What a fantastic day you had Tim and a great video! We failed so miserably the next day, using exactly the same method in exactly the same location. No gulls to be seen (although a flight of around 100 cormorants flew over us); no fish rising and a squally cold wind buffeting our very slushy muddy bottomed boat around. I seem to remember you saying that Grafham fishing switches on and off like a light bulb. We always seem to go when the light bulb is off! Ah well, we'll return once again, but probably when conditions improve ... like there's some water in the reservoir!
Typical moody Grafham ! It had been so good for days I suppose it had to stop sometime . Leigh struggled to find any better fish just the stockies at the dam too ... Yes the mud is a shame but the fishery has very few options re boat launching , they almost shut the boats down completely . We should try and get a day in November and go for the shrimp feeders !
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 That'd be great!
Great to see the fish in such good condition after the heat of the summer. Cheers for the video and well done to the pair of you.
They fare well at Grafham . Theres a lot of deep cool water for the fish to refuge in during the summer . Thanks for watching
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Great video and magnificent sport Tim, well in mate! I hope to head down from Scotland in a couple of weeks time and try the fry bashing. Keep up the great videos Tim. 👏👍😀🎣🐟
Well worth the journey . Lets hope they stay on the fry , its been a month now and theres a hell of a lot of shrimp in the water now ! .. Some fish though !
Proper arm burner that first one! 👏🏻
I thought it was gonna be twice that size !
Nice one Tim, Enjoyed that.
Not as much as I did making it !! Thanks for watching mate
What a brilliant video. My god
Thanks . I had a lot of fun making this . The fry feeding last year was insane !
Lovely to see your videos. What a day 👌
It was! Had a blast making this vid !
Amazing fishing, love this time of year...that Brownie was something special...
We moved some huge fish that day . As soon as that brownie hit you new it was in a different league !
What a day indeed 👌
Great video cracking fish well done!
Thanks , had a lot of fun making this one !
Great video Tim and stunning fish 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Top job Tim and what a Brownie! 🎉
Some fish that mate .. You should have seen some of the ones we rose ! Epic stuff mate !
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 Must try and fit a day in.
@@lindsayiflyfish dont miss this sport mate , its some of the best of the year !
Great vid that👍can’t wait to get back out on the boat , really enjoying your vids 👏👏 some cracking lumps there
Best season for years for big fish . Grafham is the gift that keeps giving mate .
Hi Tim This was a great video, superb watching. Caught some good trout out there. I see you use quite a lot of wychwood gear in your videos, I’m looking to purchase a wychwood Little Dipper in #7 weight, but can’t find one anywhere. Hoping you could advise me on where I could find one. Cheers, keep them videos coming. Bob. Somerset. 👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣
The little dipper is a very nice tip line that casts like a dream ! Looking at the stock sheets they are due back in at the very beginning of Feb so expect to see them back in the shops again very shortly after that . They are well worth waiting for . Thanks for watching the vids I am glad you enjoy them .
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 Hi Tim Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated. Will keep my eyes peeled. Cheers. Bob.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣
Brilliant video tim m8 been lookin forward to this one ur arm must be killing u after that shift 🤣 the brownie is a belter m8, stunning fish from grafham tails like spades on them all lol defo going to give this popper thing a try 🎣👌
Get on it mate ! Its one of the most exciting ways to catch them !
Fantastic fishing 🎣🐟👍
Some of the best sport of the year !
Great video really enjoyed it, have you ever tried this technique on a wild trout lake, corrib or mask?
I have fished both Mask and Corrib but it has always been at that buzzer / mayfly time of year . I would love to try these poppers in late summer / early autumn . I would say that this method would definitely work on wild browns . They are super aggressive and this is the perfect approach for them!
Great vids you got on your channel. Do you mostly use floating lines for most a your fishing
Yes . Its the most versatile line in the box ! I do of course have all the other lines and use them plenty but the floater is the fly anglers most used line .
Awesome video Tim 👊👊👊
Cheers mate
Great fight the first one
Thought it was twice the size !
Looks like a great place to fish Tim. Long way from Sussex where i live. Could do a weekend i suppose :P
Plenty of lads come up from down your way mate . Its a shame but we have to travel for some good reservoir fishing now days . Its a 180 mile round trip for me too
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 Well wort the trip by the looks of it though ! :P
@@graymain Every mile mate !
Fantastic! Planning to go next week! Any recommendations as to which spot to fish would be much appreciated!!
The main basin to the dam , lots of stockies close in if you want the big stuff like in the video stay out in the open water around i bouy
Hi Tim, what hooks do you use for your popper fry? great video as usual.
Basically any strong forged hook in a size 4 . These are carp hooks , a drennan pattern thats been discontinued for some time . Your looking for a short shank , wide gape ..
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 Many thanks Tim.
Great video! What knots do you use for your tapered leader?
Just a simple 3 turn water knot mate and trim both ends ... bomb proof !
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 cheers bud
Hi great video as usual, can I ask which wychwood rod your using is model length and weight please?
Thanks for watching , its a 10ft 8wt Wychwood RS Comp special , fast action and very strong , perfect for this kind of work !
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 cheers Tim I jumped the gun a bit you changed rods half way through what was the first rod without the white above the handle cheers ps chunky fish lovely brown!
That was a 10ft 8wt Wychwood flow
@@timjoyceflyfishing-essex6769 thank you again it really seemed to throw the line out with ease! Or was it the expert using it 🤔
Another cracking video Tim, fantastic angling thanks for sharing. Does the popper fry only work this time of year?
Its best in the autumn when the fry are tightly shoaled and he fish are on them , but at the same time its a disturbance pattern .... and trout love a disturbance !
Hi have you tied that popper on utube? If not can you? Tight lines.
Yes the link is in the video or just do a search on the channel for popper fry 👍