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| my new pb 17 ib |
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.
Sunday 29 June 2014
hot going
With the weather too hot for the trout I have been concentrating on trying to take carp off the top over the last week or so I have had a few out with me breaking my personal best and it now stands at 17 lb all good fun on 8 or 9 weight rods
Monday 31 March 2014
Out and about
With the new season a few weeks old i have been doing a fair bit of fishing both on the rivers and still waters i had my first trip onto he river Bela at milnethorpe, the fishing was hard and both me and Albert didn't see a fish move so i will have to wait a while to break my duck on the rivers
On the still waters i have been all over fishing a few wadda waters catching lots of trout, i have also been on my local tarn and have caught some brown trout.over the next week i will be having my first trip out on my float tube fishing Simpson's ground (a wadda water) and then fishing bigland tarn again in my float tube.
On the still waters i have been all over fishing a few wadda waters catching lots of trout, i have also been on my local tarn and have caught some brown trout.over the next week i will be having my first trip out on my float tube fishing Simpson's ground (a wadda water) and then fishing bigland tarn again in my float tube.
Saturday 15 March 2014
up and running
With it being the first day of the new season and me having a rare weekend off, it would have been rude not to have a few hours fishing.
My first choice was high newton i wish it was low newton as i wouls have been blown off the place the wind was that bad,So option number two was a short drive too ghyll head where i could at least find some shelter.
On parking up i could see that this must have been the same options as there was a fair number of anglers congrigated around the dam and the bays.
I set up and walked in the oposite direction towards the shallow end of the water,i found a bay that was not being fished and set up with a small olive nymph and fished for about 20 mins without a touch on went a small orange marabou tailed nymph (size 14) and that was obviously to there liking as i had a succesion of fish.
It was a good day shame about the bitib=ng cold wind,hopefully tomorrow will see me out on a river.
My first choice was high newton i wish it was low newton as i wouls have been blown off the place the wind was that bad,So option number two was a short drive too ghyll head where i could at least find some shelter.
On parking up i could see that this must have been the same options as there was a fair number of anglers congrigated around the dam and the bays.
I set up and walked in the oposite direction towards the shallow end of the water,i found a bay that was not being fished and set up with a small olive nymph and fished for about 20 mins without a touch on went a small orange marabou tailed nymph (size 14) and that was obviously to there liking as i had a succesion of fish.
It was a good day shame about the bitib=ng cold wind,hopefully tomorrow will see me out on a river.
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| you can just see the orange nymph |
Saturday 1 March 2014
out and about
Today i had a look up bigland tarn it was a nice day warm and a gentle breeze,On booking in i noticed quite a few fish had been caught in the last week mainly on lures.
On walking around the tarn i noticed a few fish on the surface and while talking to a fellow angler,i understood why the catch returns had gone up they had just stocked mid week.I walked round and noticed a few fish topping in a small bay,on went a small beetle pattern and i spent a frustrating 20 mins casting at various fish but too no avail.
Moving further down the tarn i slipped a damsel nypth on and took a few fish deep down,i had a walk round casting at a few more rising fish but no more takers.but it all looks good for later on in the year when the weather warms up.
On walking around the tarn i noticed a few fish on the surface and while talking to a fellow angler,i understood why the catch returns had gone up they had just stocked mid week.I walked round and noticed a few fish topping in a small bay,on went a small beetle pattern and i spent a frustrating 20 mins casting at various fish but too no avail.
Moving further down the tarn i slipped a damsel nypth on and took a few fish deep down,i had a walk round casting at a few more rising fish but no more takers.but it all looks good for later on in the year when the weather warms up.
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| one rainbow from today |
Sunday 16 February 2014
bigland tarn
With the weather being almost spring like today i arranged a few hours up on bigland tarn with Albert Pettigrew,gwill and jimmy,this is a water that WADAA are looking into using to take the strain off there other waters namely high newton and gyll head.
I had a quick look about and could see the odd fish topping just below the lodge so started there it was just a case of walking around and trying to look for moving fish,after a couple of hours i went and had a crack with albert he had caught 2 on nymphs.
Bigland is a superb water full of sheltered bays and plenty of water to go at, its still open too day tickets and with WADAA stocking the lake i cant wait for the weather to warm up and get the fish on the top.
I had a quick look about and could see the odd fish topping just below the lodge so started there it was just a case of walking around and trying to look for moving fish,after a couple of hours i went and had a crack with albert he had caught 2 on nymphs.
Bigland is a superb water full of sheltered bays and plenty of water to go at, its still open too day tickets and with WADAA stocking the lake i cant wait for the weather to warm up and get the fish on the top.
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