Sat 20/11/2010

Waking to find frost on my car window this morning i was not in any hurry to get up knott I finally pulled onto the car park about 12.30.


Getting out of the car the first thing to greet me was a Dung Fly as it settled onto my jacket was that a lucky omen,not in any hurrry to fish i looked over the style for any rising fish i could see a few fish topping

On went my trusty Dung Fly and approaching the water I started casting at the odd rising fish, first fish was this 18 1/2 inch (see below) i had another one as well.

In winter its all about picking your day and your time as a rule of thumb i fish the warmest part of the day (10 am to 3 pm) the fish are still rising to dry flys and when i booked out i noticed Dave Helm has been catching on Dung Flys and Beetles

knotthollow sunday

with the weather set  fair I decided to have a few hours on knott on pulling onto the car park i could see a few fish topping.

I set up a long leader and crept over the style and sat and watched the fish for a while,after 10 mins on when a size 16 shipmans buzzer the fish were in the clear shallow water not the easiest place to try and cast a fly too.

Creeping near the water i could just make out 2 fish making there way towards me I put a cast out and it landed  5 foot in front of the fish up came the fish and sucked the fly down I tightened into it and it was soon brought to hand and released.

After a phone call of my mate Greg who came up for a hour i noticed a few dung flys around on went a cdc dung fly, first cast and another brownie had come to hand a frantic 30 mins later and another 4 trout had fallen to the dung fly and as quick as it had started all went quiet,Greg got into the act netting 2 himself.

If you pick your day and the weather then you can have some good sport on the tarn and just remember its open till 30th dec




Greg returns a nice brown trout

 





Another brownie



Bigland tarn

For the first time in a couple of years i had a day out on bigland tarn the weather was warm and a nice gentle wind.

On booking in i noticed that the usual suspects were catching the resident rainbows lures lures and more lures but the most common of fly that has been working for the last couple of weeks was the blob !!!!!!

on getting to the water i could see why there was a fair amount of algea in the water thats why the blobs were scoring. I tackled up with a a team of buzzers and fished them round in the wind, but to no avail i went through my fly box and tried every pattern i had i even found a blob that someone had dropped but still nothing.You cant catch everytime you go fishing and it was good to fish the place again even though i blanked but i will try again another day and this time i will remeber my box of lures and blobs !!!!!!!!

I had plenty of time on my hands so took a few photos of the place its a beautiful place to fish and so quiet and peaceful

big brown

today myself and my mate Greg headed off to the Eden we arrived about 10.30 to be met with a cold wind and overcast Sky's.

After looking at the state of the river Greg tackled up with a team of 3 spiders and headed for the head of a pool it wasn't long before Greg was into the first of a precession of  grayling.

Leaving Greg i moved onto another pool and caught a dozen or so small trout and grayling roving about further up the river we both picked up the odd fish and at the last knockings i contacted with this nice brownie

Chasing Rainbows

After watching the weather forecast for the weekend i woke to see  lots of sunny spells but cold biting winds i did not hold out much hope of catching as i headed off to ghyll head.

On reaching the water the first thing i noticed was the abundance of damsels about (see pics below) , i sat on the bankside for a while watching the attached male and female damsel fly hover over the water and the female dipping her body in the water depositing her eggs. (see pic 1 the male and female together)




 

After a while i decided to get fishing and into my flybox and out came a suspender damsel , i have to admit nicking this pattern off dave helm who showed me how to tie it

and a hour or so later here are the fruits of my labour 

i came off the water having had a brillant day getting into my car i had to take a few shots of the fishery and the surrounding hills

 

eden

had a few hours on the eden today the river was spot on just a pity about the weather a blustery wind and the occasional shower was not ideal.

I caught a few small trout and the smallest grayling i have ever caught/seen, i did manage to see a few bigger fish (but they could also see me and they fanished further up the river.Not the best of days but i caught a few and got out onto a river so all was not lost.

small but perfectly formed

On friday and sat saw myself and my mate greg fishing both the river Ure and the Wharfe, we set off friday afternoon and headed towards Hawes the rain was heavy but nothing could dampen our enthusiasm we pulled into hawes and had a look at the river level knowing it was not going to be ideal this is what we were met with

i think i might have to put another wrap off lead on my czech nymphs to get them down

      the river is carrying a bit of colour and up a wee bit

                                    Greg bloody hell its come up this far and ive only been sitting here 10 mins   

Give it 5 mins and it will stop raining honest !!

we had a look to see if we could find and slack water to fish but after 30 mins walking the bank we went back and dat in the car and decided to give it a hour and see if the rain would stop and see if the river would drop. After 15 mins the river was still rising so we set off to Bainbridge and booked into our B+B.

In the morning before setting off to fish the Wharfe we went back to the water fall and took another picture

The same place a day later !!!

We woke to no rain and bright sunshine so after a hearty breakfast we set of for the Wharfe and arrived to find the river with a bit of colour in it but perfectly fishable.

Greg was the first to catch on spiders we both caught fish on both spiders and dry fly's

 

Fly Tying Day 14th Aug

This sat i will be at my local fishing clubs fly tying and entermology day this is the second year we have held this and its a very sociable event.Just a excuse to have a few beers and a BBQ.

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS


Fly Tying and Entomology Day : Saturday 14th August at 2 pm




Location: The Old Friends Pub, Soutergate, Ulverston

This is an informal get together of the association members and committee - it's certainly not stuffy, everyone's welcome.

Come along and bring your mates, improve your understanding of fly tying, what insects to try and imitate, why, when and how to fish them.

Even if you don't really know about fly tying and entemology you'll get some top tips from our 'experts'.



Open to all - Members and non members welcome, Juniors and Seniors - Free Barbeque



Agenda for the afternoon's events:

•Entomology: Discover the invertebrate life in the tarn

and the fly patterns to imitate them

•'Experts' fly boxes on show

•Learn leader set ups, learn all the knots and how to make your own leaders

•Fishing tips

•Top local tyers

•Learn to tie a fly

•Learn the top local patterns

•View various rod and reel set ups

•Or just come along for the craic!




Free Barbeque - you'll have to pay for your own beer though!

 

 

 

 

weds on the willows

Today saw me on the bolton willows stretch of the eden started about 10 oclock caught trout and grayling most of the day all on nymphs.


Saw a few fish rising but no hatch and the wind was blustery with odd showers but all in all a great days fishing on a lovely piece of water.


these were the best brown and grayling i caught not massive but a pleasure to catch.

trout and more trout

On the eden today still a bit of colour in the water (and very cold) lots of small trout at musgrave went onto the Blandswath stretch saw a few trout but could not get a cast to them had one cast a decent sized grayling hooked and lost it.

sat on the eden

Just got back from a 1/2 day on the eden the river was at a nice height. The only down side was a horrible blustery upstream wind.




A few fish topping but no hatch to talk of caught 2 grayling and a small trout.