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

first ever

today i had a day on the eden after walking the bank i opted for nymphing tactics i had a nice 2lb grayling and my first ever bullfish !!!

river bela milnthorpe

After getting hold of a guest ticket for the bela i had a day fishing with albert pettigrew,we arrived just after 10 o'clock to be met by a horrible downstream cold wind we had a think and headed off trying to find a bit of shelter from the wind.

Albert opted for a pheasent tail and a spider on the dropper and was the first one into a fish a small salmon parr i found a few feeding and tied on a f fly and started working my way up a pool but blanked,so i went sub surface and put on a nymph and spider and started to catch by the end of the session i had loads of fish mainly salmon parr with a few brownies thrown in.