Sat morning greg and i visited high newton and getting out of the car there was a touch of spring in the air, Looking over the wall we could see lots of fish topping and decided to fish into the wind and try and snatch one off the top.
It was a tough morning with us both trying various methords with no success,I left greg and headed off down to the dam wall where i opted for a dmsel nymph casting out and letting it sink to the bottom and then a ultra slow figure of eight retrieve i hooked one and lost one.
A light hearted look into the year of a fly fishing fanatic, I don’t profess to be the best fly fisherman in the world, I tie my own flies (badly) and travel the country fishing various locations. I am at home fishing anything from the Lakeland tarns where I live to the rivers of the Eden to fishing Stillwater’s.
Monday 28 February 2011
Sunday 20 February 2011
sat session
After a phone call from greg we decided as high newton was fishing well we would give it a go sat afternoon the weather was similar to friday when i fished overcast with a cold wind.
I didnt touch a thing but greg had a handfull of blue and rainbow trout out using mercury midges and brown buzzers
I didnt touch a thing but greg had a handfull of blue and rainbow trout out using mercury midges and brown buzzers
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| greg on a warmer day catching a brownie |
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| mercury midge |
Saturday 19 February 2011
High Newton
With a holiday booked for Friday morning a few hours on high newton was called for the weather was OK overcast but wind was going to be a problem,pulling into the car park it didn't look like there was many anglers on the water.
A quick walk onto the dam i could see the wind was blowing into the dam so I set up and on went a damsel nymph,casting Into the wind was tricky and after about 20 mins of swapping and changing flys a move was In order.
A leisurely walk round the water looking for fish moving I ended up at the top end of the water with the wind on my back as least if I was going to blank I was going to be warm doing It.
In the shallow bay a few trout were topping I tried various dry flys but could not get them to rise to my fly so then I tied on a black cormorant thinking they had to be feeding just under the surface and after a while i had my first fish.
A few hours later and i came off the water having caught a few more.
A quick walk onto the dam i could see the wind was blowing into the dam so I set up and on went a damsel nymph,casting Into the wind was tricky and after about 20 mins of swapping and changing flys a move was In order.
A leisurely walk round the water looking for fish moving I ended up at the top end of the water with the wind on my back as least if I was going to blank I was going to be warm doing It.
In the shallow bay a few trout were topping I tried various dry flys but could not get them to rise to my fly so then I tied on a black cormorant thinking they had to be feeding just under the surface and after a while i had my first fish.
A few hours later and i came off the water having caught a few more.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Ghyll Head
Sat morning greg and myself set off for a few hours on Ghyll Head after walking down to the shallow end of the water we took time out and scanned the water looking for moving fish.
With only a couple of other hardy souls on the water we had plenty of water to fish,we tried the usual suspects and started off on small buzzers with nothing doing i put on a damsel nymph and tried my luck.
With nothing doing we moved to the opposite end and fished the dam Greg was the first to catch on a size 18 brown buzzer.a few fish were showing on top but with nothing else to show for our efforts we called it a day.
Not the greatest of days but it was nice to get out in the fresh air for a few hours at a lovely fishery.
With only a couple of other hardy souls on the water we had plenty of water to fish,we tried the usual suspects and started off on small buzzers with nothing doing i put on a damsel nymph and tried my luck.
With nothing doing we moved to the opposite end and fished the dam Greg was the first to catch on a size 18 brown buzzer.a few fish were showing on top but with nothing else to show for our efforts we called it a day.
Not the greatest of days but it was nice to get out in the fresh air for a few hours at a lovely fishery.
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| Greg |
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| ghyll head looking towards the dam |
Saturday 5 February 2011
wych elm
With sat looking like the best day this weekend i once again visited wych elm,the wind had dropped but the rain was set for the day.
On looking in the catch returns book i could see for the last couple of days it was cats whiskers and bloodworm patterns that were doing the business,so on went a aps bloodworm pattern and using a ultra slow retrieve i had a very enjoyable day catch both rainbows and blues.
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