knott

With the weather more like june than october i had a few hours on knott the tarn was flat calm and there was quite a few fish moving.I fished dry;s and caught a few trout the best being this small fingerling trout my 2nd one caught and as you can see they like a f fly.

river bela

Had a morning session on the river bela at milnthorpe the weather was fine and warm with a slight breeze

i parked up at the beef sheds and walked up towards the road bridge and fished the parsonage field stretch as there was a few fish topping i had a few fish out of this stretch,i made my way back down towards the sheds and then continued up the otherside of the sheds picking up fish here and there.All great fun on a 3 weight rod.

first fish of the day a 1 lb fish

a stunning 2 lb + trout

a long and lean bela brownie

bigland tarn

After a week of work and a sat morning i used my WADAA exchange ticket and had a few hours up bigland tarn, I cant remember the last time i fished it.

On sighing in i noticed there had been a few caught it was a nice warm day but the wind was blowing hard towards the dam wall,i had a quick walk around and didnt see a fish move i fished a few bays and managed to catch a couple of trout on bibios.

tubing on knott

with th rivers up and un fishable tony riley suggested a afternoon up knott on the float tube, tony had just taken delivery of visions new float tube and he was eager to put it through its paces.

On pulling up into the carpark the weather was just about perfect a light ripple and nice and warm we set up and it wasnt long before we were both into brownies,off the bank dave helm was picking up fish from the bank casting to rising fish all in all a good day

tony ready for the off with the new vision keeper float tube

tony slipping the net under a fighting fit knott brown trout

another brown trout

me just about to land a nice trout

a nice trout (note to myself learn to smile ha ha)

friday fun

dodging the showers i had a few hours up on knott today the weather held out and i managed to catch a few

 

Barrow AA

After drying out from a day on the eden i stopped a bit closer to home and got a exchange ticket through WADAA for Barrow AA,i started on harlock it was the first time i had fished so i had a long walk round the water looking for likely fish holding places.After walking towards the top of the tarn i coulod see a few fish topping i caught my one and only fish on a olive.With nothing much happening i moved onto ireleth ponds and fished the bottom pond with fish topping i had a hectic few hours catching fish on small dry fly's



a harlock brown trout

  

eden

 i had a day on the eden sunday as with all the rain it might be a couple of days before i could get back on the river, the river was a touch high and coloured on walking down the river i came ascross a fish rising casting to the fish i manage to winkle it out.The rest of the day it was spent walking the river and looking on rising fish,about 11 o'clock the heavens opened and it didnt stop.I did catch a couple more on spiders on the way back to the car.

one i managed to catch on a dry

weds 04/07/2012

After a good night on tuesday i had another few hours on weds the conditions were near perfect on pulling into the carpark a light ripple and warm.There were fish topping all over the tarn.I adopted he same tactic as i did on tuesday casting to rising fish and i had several fish topped by this 2 inch 3 lb 2 oz beauty.

20 inch and 3lb 2 oz

knott

After finishing work i decided to have a few hours fishing up knott the weather was overcast with a few showers after 2 1/2 hours i had caught 5 trout casting to rising fish i caught them on a shipmans buzzer and a olive f fly

Ulverston Angling are having a open day on the 14th july at knottallow tarn starting at 10 o'clock


Open Day Events described below


•Casting advice with Tony Riley of Guide Fly Fishing

•Entomology: Discover the invertebrate life in the tarn

and the fly patterns to imitate them

•"Experts" fly boxes on show

•Leader set ups: learn all the knots!

•Fishing tips

•Float tubing demonstration

•Learn to fly fish

•Free catch & release fishing

•Learn to Float Tube

Everybody, both members and non members, welcome - Tea, Coffee and sausage buns available



Event breaks off about 2.00 pm to reconvene at “The Old Friends” in Soutergate for a flytying session and barbeque.



http://www.ulverstonangling.org/home/home.aspx

bela browns

with the weather set to change to wet and windy i had a day on the bela at milnthorpe today (weds),I got there about 2 oclock and on getting to the river it was nice to see lots of rising fish.

I made my way up several pools casting at rising fish and had caught quite a few the best weighing just over 1 1/4 lb . on the way back to the car i spotted a huge trout at the head of a pool i sat down and watched for a good 15 mins i had a couple of casts at it but it wasnt having any of it,but at least it will be there for another day.

bela brown



a 1 lb bela brown

blandswath brace

With  a week off work i had a day on the eden today i decided to fish blanswath and on setting up the farmer in the field next to the river was cutting the grass the result was lots of terrestrials and dung flys were getting blown onto the river i could see lots of fish to go at and you can see by the pictures below i had a few out.

22 1/2

21 inch

on the river

Sunday i had a day on the river with tony riley the river was a bit up and coloured but the wether was overcast and warm.On getting on the river we walked the bank looking for feeding fish and trying to winkle out the odd fish as you can see from the photos we caught a few nice fish.We both hooked and lost a number of fish,poor tony hooked and lost a right lump he was gutted.

my contribution from the day

albert breaks his duck

This sat afternoon i met up with albert pettigrew as he was keen  to have a go at float tubing on knottallow as you can see from the pics it was quite choppy but between us we had several fish out mainly on spider patterns




albert setting sail

the stamp of fish we caught

albert playing a nice trout

carp

after getting my arse into gear i set off for ratherheath tarn this morning to have a go at catching my first ever carp on the fly.Armed with my 9 weight rod a bag of dog biscuits a unhooking mat and a 38 inch landing net i headed for the boat yard.On getting there i could see about 12 carp in the shallows i tossed in a few offerings but nothing took up my offer, i put on a deer hair fly and cast among the carp.After about 5 mins a big pair of lips emerged from under my fly and sucked it down i struck but was too fast and the net result was a fly in the tree oh bother  (or words to that effect).In i went again this time i managed to wait long enough for the carp to suck it down i struck and all hell broke loose i managed to land it, i didnt have my scales with me but as you can see it must be double figures after that i had 2 more half takes but caught nothing more i was talking to dave williams down sandhall ponds and he said that they spawning so that could be the case at ratherheath  but i will be back again as they dont have pull your string !!!!

small and fat just like me