The Ultimate Early Season Selection
Welcome to the run-up to the Trout Season. Here at Barbless Flies HQ we areeagerly waiting on the season to start - 1st April in Yorkshire, but we're beingkept busy with loads of new flies to organise and photograph. There’s great excitement this month with the beginning of the trout season on most UK rivers. However, don’t get too excited, as normally the season startsoff very slowly with most of the action below the surface. Take a look towardsthe end of this email for some early season hints & tips. What we have for you this week is a special deal on one of our NEWRippleBox fly boxes filled with 50 early season flies - they are pretty cool- filled to the brim with all our Early Season specific flies (that's a mix of 50early season nymphs and dry flies). "Travel light this season - this is the perfect fly storage and protectionsystem for all your flies - filled full of Early Season specials." We've chosen the flies based on our most popular flies sold in March & Aprillast year (see below for a full list of the patterns and quantities included), so wethought as a bit of a treat we would supply them in the new stunning RippleBox- 100% made in the UK. Bought separately this package would sell for over£100 we have it on offer for only £79.99. We've only got 5 of each colour box, so if you would like one you willhave to be quick! So ... What's in the Box? Essentially it's full of fly patterns which will give you the best route to successwhen fishing for brown trout in the early part of the season (March & April). The patterns included in this specialist selection are: 1 x RippleBox (either Green or Black/White)2 x Black Gnat - size 162 x Black Gnat - size 182 x Black Spider - size 122 x Black Spider Dry Fly - size 162 x Olive Double Humpy - size 122 x Endrick Spider - size 122 x Gold Bead PTN - size 182 x Gold-Ribbed Hares Ear - size 162 x Greenwells Glory - size 142 x Iron Blue Spider - size 142 x March Brown CdC - sizes 14, 16 & 182 x March Brown Jingler - size 122 x Olive Shuttlecock CdC - size 122 x Pheasant Tail Nymph - size 122 x Pink Squirrel - size 122 x Sawyers Killer Bug - sizes 16 & 182 x Sedge Pupa - size 182 x Yellow Owl Shuttlecock CdC - size 126 x Tungsten Spiders - size 16 In total there are 50 flies included. Images of the flies and box can be seenusing this link. Q. I've already got loads of fly Boxes I don't need another one? A. We've got you covered - we also have an option to purchase the UltimateEarly Season Selection without the fly box - for only £54.99. That's a 20%discount on buying the flies individually - we really do look after you! A. We've only got 5 of each colour box, so if you would like one you willhave to be quick!Just a gentle reminder that all our products are shipped FREE OFCHARGE to anywhere Fishing in the early part of the season (March and April) can be verychallenging, depending on which part of the British Isles you are located.Generally, the further South and West you are the better the fishing will be at this time of year – the North and Scotland always seem to lag a couple or three weeks behind the South of the British Isles as far as hatches and river fish activity go. When fishing at the beginning of the season, always keep the following in mind: Manage Your Expectations - You’ve probably been waiting for the firsttrip of the season for a while, and if you’re anything like me, thinking ofnothing else but those first few - very rusty - casts! Don’t go expecting to‘bag up’, once the season opens the water is generally still very cold andthe fish less actively feeding. Wrap Up Warm - Warm feet make a happy early-season angler - merinowool is your friend. Keeping warm in the early season is a must, this helpskeep your concentration levels up and makes for a much more enjoyablesession on the water. Plan Your Time Wisely - Head out to the water when you are more likelyto find fish feeding. Where possible, aim to fish between 11am and 3pm -this is when any insect activity is at its peak - you will often find a smallhatch of Olives just after lunchtime. Observation - Target deeper water where this is some flow (early seasontrout will not be in the shallower more riffly water in the early part of theseason). Fishing any seam between the faster and slower water. Onceyou've uncovered where the fish are, stay put - fish are usually together atthis time of year. Prepare For Nymphing - Nymphs will usually be the most productiveflies in the very early part of the season - on my local rivers no self-respecting angler would set foot on the bank without a few EndrickSpiders in their fly box! Keep Some Olives Handy - Don't ignore the dry flies though, it's prettyusual for short bursts of Olives to hatch at around 1pm - so have an earlylunch!Tight lines & stay safe.
