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.