Greenwell's Glory

The Greenwell's Glory

This fly was invented in May 1854, the place: Sprouston, Roxburghshire. Canon Greenwell, the fly-tier James Wright and schoolmaster Brown co-operated to produce the first Greenwell's. No matter whether it is tied as dry or wet-fly, the three men invented a great catcher.
Originally thought to imitate a particular olive Ephemerella, it represents practically the entire range of this species and catches fish throughout the season. In the acid mountain lakes of the North-West it is particularly useful when, on calm days with easterly winds, fish are rising but not taking very positively. The Greenwell's evolves then into a last resort-fly and often saves the day.
Hook sizes can vary from 12 to 14 or 16.

Materials:

Thread - lemon yellow
Tag - oval gold
Body - lemon yellow thread
Ribbing - oval gold
Hackle - honey coloured hen or cock
Wing - any two corresponding pieces of grey feather

Top Ten
Flies for Ireland

Hilariously funny, seriously, this is angling's answer to "Last Of The Summer Wine"! .....Ray Robinson is a real life "Compo" who goes fishing with Dietrich Bohnhorst.....I give it 10 out of 10.....a must have DVD for all the family.
Roger Baker, Irish Angler Magazine

This DVD is a must for every fisherman who wants to learn the delicate art of flytying.
The beautiful scenery enhances the pleasure of this film, as does the dry humour of his eccentric English friend "the great Raymondo". Watch as they tramp the landscape, dressed as if extras in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, (which in a sense they are, in a fishy sort of way).

Great Entertainment for all the Family

114 minutes of fly-tying and fishing. Dietrich Bohnhorst's entertaining and practical guide for every game angler. On DVD for only EURO 20

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I Have To Fish

Watching the anglers at Eany, Owenea or any other river and having a talk with them is always very interesting. But it confused me quite a bit when I first began salmon fishing: one caught them on a Mallard and Claret size 12, another on a size 6 General Practitioner. Fly patterns and sizes were so different, it was impossible for a beginner to find a, so much wanted and needed, rule or guideline.
After a while it became clear to me, that the fly is not the only decisive factor here: the secret is to know the water you are fishing and to believe in your flies. How else is it possible, that salmon are caught at the same day, on the same stretch of water, on such a wide variety of lures, like tiny flies, big spinners, even worms?
Presentation?
Speed?
Depth?
Water levels? Time of day? Colour? Weather?
Persistence is the great thing in Salmon angling. Have suitable flies and trust them. Get to know the river and never give up, no matter how hopeless it seems sometimes. Then comes that moment, as if by itself, you haven't done anything different, but you catch the first salmon in that particular river or even stretch of river. With that a knowledge about the river begins, self-confidence sets in, you cast with a different attitude, feel the water via the line differently, you are fishing now, suddenly only casting and presenting exists, everything merges into one another, you cast ten or fifteen times at one spot, wake up as if from a trance when you wind in to walk on, realising there was neither future nor past, just now, a total present. Nothing else but a form of meditation, the circle of concentration is closed, everything is the one. That's why I have to fish.

DEDICATION

In 1995 Dietrich Bohnhorst and Ray Robinson produced DEDICATION, a four part movie, following two dedicated fly-fishers through various entertaining and exciting expeditions on land and sea in the North-West of Ireland.
After DEDICATION was shown on European TV via French Station AB-Sat and in North America via a cable network it became somewhat of an angler's cult film.

All 107 minutes of DEDICATION are available for only €20 on DVD;