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tips for Buzzer fishing |
TIP 1
LOOK FOR STILL CALM WATER
Still calm water will give you more control over your flies and also
will help with detection
TIP 2
WATCH OUT FOR BIRDS
Watch out for gulls and other birds skimming the water they are probably
after hatching buzzers on the top of the water
TIP
3
LOOK FOR FISH RISING TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER
Keep your eyes open for fish rising to the top of the water at all
times fish that are taking flies off the surface of the water will
also take your buzzers
TIP 4
THINK PRESENTATION
Cast as far as you can and as straight as you can but try not to
disturb the water too much by splashing the line on the water
TIP 5
TRY DIFFERENT COLOURS OF BUZZERS
Always use the darkest coloured buzzers at the point going lighter
the further up the leader you go, try black or a very dark colour
at the point, an olive preferably dark for the middle dropper and
ginger or brown at the top dropper this will cover all your options
TIP 6
LOOK AROUND FOR CLUES
When you arrive at the lake side look around for clues look at spiders
webs and make a note of the different coloured flies and different
sizes of them in the webs
TIP 7
KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BUZZERS
Let the flies settle on the water pull in very slow to lift them
up, use a slow figure of eight to retrieve, start slower than an
inch a second and then if nothing happens retrieve a bit faster
and then vary it until you catch a fish and then stick to that retrieve
TIP 8
USING A SINGLE FLY
We that fish with buzzers can often get pre-occupied with fishing
a team of flies, if the fish are buzzer feeding you may catch two
at the same time this could result in the leader breaking, if this
happens take off the dropper flies and fish a single fly this way
you’ve got more of a chance of landing the fish
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