big brown

today myself and my mate Greg headed off to the Eden we arrived about 10.30 to be met with a cold wind and overcast Sky's.

After looking at the state of the river Greg tackled up with a team of 3 spiders and headed for the head of a pool it wasn't long before Greg was into the first of a precession of  grayling.

Leaving Greg i moved onto another pool and caught a dozen or so small trout and grayling roving about further up the river we both picked up the odd fish and at the last knockings i contacted with this nice brownie

Chasing Rainbows

After watching the weather forecast for the weekend i woke to see  lots of sunny spells but cold biting winds i did not hold out much hope of catching as i headed off to ghyll head.

On reaching the water the first thing i noticed was the abundance of damsels about (see pics below) , i sat on the bankside for a while watching the attached male and female damsel fly hover over the water and the female dipping her body in the water depositing her eggs. (see pic 1 the male and female together)




 

After a while i decided to get fishing and into my flybox and out came a suspender damsel , i have to admit nicking this pattern off dave helm who showed me how to tie it

and a hour or so later here are the fruits of my labour 

i came off the water having had a brillant day getting into my car i had to take a few shots of the fishery and the surrounding hills

 

eden

had a few hours on the eden today the river was spot on just a pity about the weather a blustery wind and the occasional shower was not ideal.

I caught a few small trout and the smallest grayling i have ever caught/seen, i did manage to see a few bigger fish (but they could also see me and they fanished further up the river.Not the best of days but i caught a few and got out onto a river so all was not lost.

small but perfectly formed

On friday and sat saw myself and my mate greg fishing both the river Ure and the Wharfe, we set off friday afternoon and headed towards Hawes the rain was heavy but nothing could dampen our enthusiasm we pulled into hawes and had a look at the river level knowing it was not going to be ideal this is what we were met with

i think i might have to put another wrap off lead on my czech nymphs to get them down

      the river is carrying a bit of colour and up a wee bit

                                    Greg bloody hell its come up this far and ive only been sitting here 10 mins   

Give it 5 mins and it will stop raining honest !!

we had a look to see if we could find and slack water to fish but after 30 mins walking the bank we went back and dat in the car and decided to give it a hour and see if the rain would stop and see if the river would drop. After 15 mins the river was still rising so we set off to Bainbridge and booked into our B+B.

In the morning before setting off to fish the Wharfe we went back to the water fall and took another picture

The same place a day later !!!

We woke to no rain and bright sunshine so after a hearty breakfast we set of for the Wharfe and arrived to find the river with a bit of colour in it but perfectly fishable.

Greg was the first to catch on spiders we both caught fish on both spiders and dry fly's

 

Fly Tying Day 14th Aug

This sat i will be at my local fishing clubs fly tying and entermology day this is the second year we have held this and its a very sociable event.Just a excuse to have a few beers and a BBQ.

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS


Fly Tying and Entomology Day : Saturday 14th August at 2 pm




Location: The Old Friends Pub, Soutergate, Ulverston

This is an informal get together of the association members and committee - it's certainly not stuffy, everyone's welcome.

Come along and bring your mates, improve your understanding of fly tying, what insects to try and imitate, why, when and how to fish them.

Even if you don't really know about fly tying and entemology you'll get some top tips from our 'experts'.



Open to all - Members and non members welcome, Juniors and Seniors - Free Barbeque



Agenda for the afternoon's events:

•Entomology: Discover the invertebrate life in the tarn

and the fly patterns to imitate them

•'Experts' fly boxes on show

•Learn leader set ups, learn all the knots and how to make your own leaders

•Fishing tips

•Top local tyers

•Learn to tie a fly

•Learn the top local patterns

•View various rod and reel set ups

•Or just come along for the craic!




Free Barbeque - you'll have to pay for your own beer though!

 

 

 

 

weds on the willows

Today saw me on the bolton willows stretch of the eden started about 10 oclock caught trout and grayling most of the day all on nymphs.


Saw a few fish rising but no hatch and the wind was blustery with odd showers but all in all a great days fishing on a lovely piece of water.


these were the best brown and grayling i caught not massive but a pleasure to catch.

trout and more trout

On the eden today still a bit of colour in the water (and very cold) lots of small trout at musgrave went onto the Blandswath stretch saw a few trout but could not get a cast to them had one cast a decent sized grayling hooked and lost it.

sat on the eden

Just got back from a 1/2 day on the eden the river was at a nice height. The only down side was a horrible blustery upstream wind.




A few fish topping but no hatch to talk of caught 2 grayling and a small trout.

 

 

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 !!!!!!!.   


WADDA Website


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


srmillerphotography


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a typical WADDA Rainbow Trout

a nice Rudd from Ghyll Head