Instructions and Tips – Linecasters

Prong-gilled Mayfly Nymphs

Fred presents Prong-gilled Mayfly Nymphs.

Order: EPHEMEROPTERA
Family: Leptophlebiidae
Common name: Prong-gills
Featuring: Prong-gilled mayfly in its nymphal (water breathing) stage

Colour: Mottled dark brown/olive

Habitat: slower current in streams and found under rocks and plant material. Prefer clearer unpolluted rivers and streams.

Behaviour: Running on substructure or swimming, using their bodies, in short bursts.

General nymph form/shape: square (slightly rounded) heads, three long tails, leaf like gills on both sides of body.

Prong-gilled Mayfly NymphsKosie2022-10-21T11:13:47+00:00

Fred catches permit.

Permit on flyKosie2022-10-21T11:13:34+00:00

Fred explains how to effectively control the line between fishing spots.

Line control between fishing spotsKosie2022-10-21T07:40:02+00:00

Fred explains how to treat the strike indicators that he prefers.

Strike Indicator PreparationKosie2022-10-21T07:40:03+00:00

Fred gives a tip on how to unravel a new leader without it knotting up.

Undoing a new leaderKosie2022-10-21T07:40:03+00:00

Fred gives a tip on how to prevent rod ferrules from becoming stuck when you need to take a rod apart.

Preventing Stuck Rod FerrulesKosie2022-10-21T07:40:03+00:00

Fred explains how to hand-twist retrieve a dragon -or damselfly nymph.

The hand-twist retrieveKosie2022-10-21T07:40:03+00:00

Fred sets up a leader for fishing a still water. For the novice’s information: 3X tippet is thinner than 2X tippet and has a lighter breaking strain.

Setting up a basic leader for stillwatersKosie2022-10-21T07:40:04+00:00

Fred quickly discusses an intermediate line for still waters and what he prefers in terms of the line as well as the rod.

Intermediate line for stillwatersKosie2022-10-21T07:40:04+00:00

A Fred illustrates a fail-safe method for threading the line through a rod’s line guides.

A tip for threading the line through the line guidesKosie2022-10-21T07:40:06+00:00