The Invicta
The Invicta
Victor or pride of Devon are other names for this classic. A very reliable fly
for bigger lakes, imitating sedges and sedge pupa. When these flies scoot along
the surface, it very often pays to put the Invicta on; best position is top
dropper. The Invicta can be fished as a mayfly pattern; particularly on Loughs
Erne, Arrow, Melvin and the Assaroe reservoir.
It should not be overdressed, materials kept to a minimum; hook sizes 8 to 12
are most appropriate. But even a size 6 can sometimes be of good use in big
waves.
Materials:
Thread - black
Tail - golden pheasant crest
Body - green/yellow seal's fur or wool, dubbed
Ribbing - oval gold
Hackle - natural red cock or hen; Palmer style
Throat hackle - blue jay, one turn only
Wing - hen pheasant' tail 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
or order by phone
Tel.: ++353-(0)74-97 36922
Best Fishing In The World
Best fishing in the world, Edwin laughed, sitting in the stern of his boat,
casting the flies after a rising trout.
Mayfly-time at Lower Lough Erne; this mighty expanse of water with countless
islands and shallows; zzapp, there was the take didn't I tell you? Invicta his
faith in this pattern as a mayfly imitation was unshakeable.
A hatch was on. Everywhere around us they came up, the boat allowed us to be
very close to these flies; it was clearly visible how they surfaced, developed
in just a few seconds from a nymph into a Dun or Subimago; erected their wings
to get them dried by the wind and then tried to flutter off.
In this stage they are easy prey, for fish and for birds, which manage to pick
a mayfly off the surface after a dive of six or seven meters, without causing
the slightest splash; or they get them in mid air, glonk is all you hear.
Surrounded by a uniform carpet of shucks, interrupted by rings of rising trout
you drop your artificials in the water.
Towards evening Edwin looked on the lee-sides of the bigger islands for mating
mayflies
and a Spinnerfall. The males dance with rapid wing movements a couple of meters
above the bushes and glide down again, repeat it until the females, ready for
the wedding celebration, leave the bushes.
That Spinnerfall Edwin was waiting for developed into a real nature drama,
thousands of mayfly females came down to the water and laid their eggs best
fishing in the world and the trout feed like mad because an egg-laying spinner
is the greatest delicacy to them.
The wind eases, the water smoothes itself out. Murmur and gentle roar around,
all other noises decline during sunset. When darkness breaks in they go back to
the water, lay their eggs and die, drift spent, wings spread on the smooth
surface. Trout feast.
The more fish rise, the more feverish becomes the casting, where to doesn't
matter, the boat is right in the middle of it; that is the whole problem: there
are too many real flies floating around, the chance that your imitation is
picked out of thousands of the real things is remote. That doesn't matter, a
brace of good trout is caught earlier on already, what is happening here is
simply an unforgettable spectacle, an ecstasy for mayfly, trout and
angler.
All of a sudden it is pitch dark and we are still somewhere in the middle of
the lake, 26 km long and 8 wide, sitting in a boat behind some island listening
to fly-sipping trout and our casting, gee Edwin, how do we find our way home
now?
No problem, said Mr. Dixon relaxed, my car has lights.
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;
or order by phone
Tel.: ++353-(0)74-97 36922
DEDICATION is not a how to or where to go program. It's a slice of life.
