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David Bell writes in about
his method of fishing the buzzer. What's your method,
views and experiences with this method of fishing. Write
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"Some fifteen years ago l
was invited to fish Chew Valley & Blagdon Lakes with
members of my new angling club. I had never ventured
south to such magical lakes and was soon to discover a
wonderful way of taking fish which, even today, holds me
in awe. I’m talking about Buzzer fishing – a completely
different approach to my fishing – which was until then
either lure fishing for Rainbows or Dries or Wets for
both Browns and Rainbows. Don’t get me wrong these
methods were – and still are very successful, but this
new method intrigued me.
What l was doing of course was perfectly natural; l was
fishing Buzzers (Midge Pupae) the larval stage of the
midge, no not that horrible little biting insect that we
in the West of Scotland suffer every summer, but
Chironomids – flies which frequent all fresh water
within the UK and abroad. Fished on a Floating line, l
started by casting out and retrieving with a slow figure
of eight and had some success, but it was when l met up
with two chaps who had fished these waters on a regular
basis that l really got to grips with the proper way to
fish the Buzzer and that was - static. The two chaps
that l talk of are Shaun Boycott- Taylor and his fishing
mate Archie, who sadly is no longer with us, but l feel
his presence every time the line tightens on my Buzzers.
So where do we start, well your standard equipment 9ft –
10ft rod with #6 or#7 Floating line and a good
Fluorocarbon of 6lb breaking strain leader some 10 –
16foot long will suffice. You will have two droppers and
a tail fly. On the tail put say an Epoxy Black and Red
Buzzer (Normally the colour Red or Orange is the wing
shucks, either painted in or the use of dyed Goose Byots
tied in – even thread of the appropriate colour will
suffice) next up put an Olive Buzzer either Superglue or
thread again with the Red/Orange wing shucks and finally
on the Top dropper a Black and Red/Orange wool bodied
Buzzer.
You will note that l have changed the material weight in
each case, allowing me to fish the Buzzers at three
different depths. Now having cast out, all that is
required is to allow the flies to sit at their various
depths and DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE THEM!!! Buzzers will
very slowly rise naturally to the surface – they do not
scream along at a rate of knots, leave them to hang and
allow the Trout to find them at whatever depth they are
feeding.
There are those that use sight bobs, indicators etc.,
which do work but l tend to see them as float fishing
and prefer to get the hard take of a Buzzer taking fish.
Try this method, l guarantee you will thoroughly enjoy
having another method in your armoury. It does of course
have a down side – you’re going to have to get another
fly box to hold all your new found ‘flies’
Best regards
David Bell"
January 2006 |
