Eden

Today saw me on the eden at kirkby stephen the river was slightly coloured and a touch high but with all the rain we have ahd in the last week or so just to get onto the river was a bonus.

I caught 8 fish 6 out of season grayling and 2 trout the weather was fine nand the river getting back to something like.

Perch on the fly

Saturday myself and Greg headed for high Fairbanks reports were good lots of bracken clocks and damsels about so i was eager to get to the water and start fishing.

On getting to the water the first thing we noticed was the lack of surface activity we walked around the water trying to locate the fish.Greg was first into a fish a perch of about 3 oz this continued for most of the day all we could catch were perch.

A odd but good days fishing not the sort of fish i expected to fish but its always good to be out in stunning surroundings and fishing with a very good friend.





       Greg trying to find the elusive trout                                                

Perch Perch and more Perch           

Ghyll Head

With the rivers still low clear and in desperate need of water i visited Ghyll Head one of the excellent waters controlled by WADDA, The fishing wasn't what i expected  i caught a few trout and for the last hour or so enjoyed myself catching Rudd on small dry fly's. It just goes to show you that you never know what you are going to hook next !!!!!!!.   


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I have started to take lots more photos when out fishing as you  do not appreciate the surroundings and wildlife,with that in mind feel free to visit my mates excellent website for stunning pictures of wildlife,landscapes and various sports.And remember to take your camera out with you and take a bit of time out from fishing to take a few pics


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a typical WADDA Rainbow Trout

a nice Rudd from Ghyll Head 

UAA Open day

Last Sunday  was the annual open day at Knottallow Tarn. After a fine start the summer weather tried its best to dampen the day but it was great to see everyone fish and tryout the tackle through the rain. It was great to see so many new faces and some of the old ones too! Everyone had a great time.

Knocker Nixon deciding if he needs another rod

Jim Fearn and Tony Riley (Rio Pro Guides) were on hand and gave demonstrations on a variety of casting techniques. 

From single and double handed Spey casting through to double hauling and roll casting with smaller rods, it's great to see the experts casting. Tony and Jim also helped everyone along with one on one tuition where needed and helped to iron out a few folks casting problems. Additionally they give out helpful advice on which rod to choose for which type of fishing and also demonstrated Leaders and Line set ups.

 They also brought along a vast selection of Vision rods, laced up with those fabulous RIO lines for us all to try  (and wish we owned!).

 

Thanks also goes to Dave Anderson for the endless cups of coffee, tea and the great sausage butties!

We even had a visit from Nigel Thompson from Lakeland Fly Tying. Nige always says he's really busy so it's nice to see him at Knotyallow.









Tony and Jim are sponsored by Guide Fly Fishing and thanks to them for the gear.

On behalf of Ulverston Angling Association I would like thank Jim and Tony for their time and effort. Even though the weather turned nasty the guys were on hand for the full day and gave some tremendous advice. 

I'd also like to thank all those who attended (and there will be fly tying at the next one!).

I thoroughly enjoyed my day, and by the comments of the other people that I talked to, they did too!


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Busy week

With the rivers desperate for water i had a trip up to the Eden after walking miles and casting at a handful of fish i managed to connect with 3 small trout.With the promise of much needed rain this week i will be crossing my fingers and hoping for a deluge as the river is in need for a drink bigtime.

With the rivers a virtual none starter i have been out on my local stillwater i have fished most nights and caught steadily on a variety of dry flies.With the days being so hot its just a case of waiting for the temp to dip and fish till dusk.

Here are the stamp of fish that have been coming out

Bank Holiday Bonanza

With the weather conditions perfect i headed up to knotthollow tarn, after pulling into the car park and looking at the catch return sheet i could see that rod average is still nice and high and just about everyone is catching.

I wandered around the tarn and saw plenty of fish topping heading for the causeway i opted for a shapman's Buzzer (Black Size 14 +16) and casting at rising fish manged to connect with a few.After the rises stopped i opted for a klinkhammer in the same sizes and continued to catch.

The fish are all excellent quality and fight like hell, if you have not been up for a while do yourself a favour and have a trip up the place is on top form and is full of fish

Big Browns

Back on the eden today with my fishing buddy greg saw us stalking trout as the eden is still very low and clear Greg targeted two trout after putting a cast over them a few times they moved off.Round the bend in the next run i noticed a fish sipping away in the foam line,casting a size 18 BWO up came a pair of lips and the result was a stunning 3lb 2oz eden brownie (photographed,wighed and returned).We carried on up the river and dropped onto a pool as a large hatch of BWO'S were coming off taking at turns to cast to rising fish i hooked into another big brownie it  jumped 2 foot out of the water trying to throw the hook, after a brief and heart stopping battle it shook the hook.Not a bad day one to me and one to the trout but it gives me a excuse to return to the eden!!

Chasing the ripple

With the temperature threatening to get into the low 20 degrees I headed up Knott at 8.30 thinking I would have the place to myself.Dropping onto Knott 4 other anglers had the same idea as me.I had a quick chat with Albert (pettigrew) and after a brief chat we both set out on our separate ways.


The tarn was manly flat calm but now and again we would get a nice ripple on the water heading for the ripple Albert caught steadily.I headed into the small pond to fish the ripple as well and caught one and pricked a few all on a red muddler hopper (see picture) or you could get them using the heave and leave method ( casting a hopper out and let it drift round in the wind and wait for a take.One thing i noticed the fish are right in the side and as you can see the picture on the right albert was standing a good 5 yards from the water and casting most if not all of his fly onto the grass so it was only his tipett and fly that was in the water.























Alan Plevey