After blanking on the eden sat and working on a weeding party on the bela sunday morning i headed for knotthallow sunday afternoon for a session in my float tube.
The weather was just about ideal with a gentle ripple overcast and warm sport was frantic i switched between a damsel nymph and various spider patterns to bring a steady stream of trout to my tube
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, 26 June 2011
barrow water
used the WADAA ticket and fished pennington ressa had a good days fishing catching a few trout
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Sunday, 12 June 2011
sunday session
Up to knott sunday for a few hours in the float tube there was a window in the weather before the heavens opened.
On setting up and getting on the water i could see a few fish topping but nothing much rising a opted for a team of spiders and headed for the middle of the tarn,I caught 6 fish but had to search them out and caught almost all of them casting right into the edge of the bankside as they seemed to be hugging the waters edge.
On setting up and getting on the water i could see a few fish topping but nothing much rising a opted for a team of spiders and headed for the middle of the tarn,I caught 6 fish but had to search them out and caught almost all of them casting right into the edge of the bankside as they seemed to be hugging the waters edge.
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Eden treble
With the weather set fair sat a had a day on the Eden and as usual it did not disappoint, the river is at summer level low and clear and you could see lots of fish moving about but with the low clear water stealth is needed as they spook very easily.
First graying was a fish of about 7 inch's and was very welcome indeed at least i never blanked !!! the second and third were fish of 2lb and 2 1/4 lb they put a terrific scrap.
As usual they were photographed and returned unharmed to fight another day.
First graying was a fish of about 7 inch's and was very welcome indeed at least i never blanked !!! the second and third were fish of 2lb and 2 1/4 lb they put a terrific scrap.
As usual they were photographed and returned unharmed to fight another day.
Friday 10/06/2011
Had a few hours on knott friday after work on getting over the style i could see dave helm and adam (sorry adam i dont know your surname) both info fish as i walked round and had a quick work with dave he commented on the size of the fish we got delivered at the last stocking.
After walking around and lookng for moving fish i caught 2 cracking sized fish both on beetles on filling in the catch return book i could see that in a 2 hour session dave had caught 7 trout on a F Fly and Adam was still fishing and catching on a regular basis.
http://www.ulverstonangling.org/home/home.aspx
Alan
After walking around and lookng for moving fish i caught 2 cracking sized fish both on beetles on filling in the catch return book i could see that in a 2 hour session dave had caught 7 trout on a F Fly and Adam was still fishing and catching on a regular basis.
http://www.ulverstonangling.org/home/home.aspx
Alan
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Eden
Sunday i had a trip up the eden the weather was cold,wet and windy i had a walk down the bank looking for any rising fish but there was little or no surface activity
Greg noticed that there was quite a few olives hatching off so hope sprang eternal, greg was first to catch a small trout about 7 inch.
In the next pool i hooked into a trout that led me a merry dance several times leaping out of the water trying to throw the hook eventually i got it to the net and released it a fish close to 1lb.
We carried on up the river looking for fish to cast at but saw nothing so wet and cold we walked back to the car, not the best day but as always it was nice to get on the river.
Greg noticed that there was quite a few olives hatching off so hope sprang eternal, greg was first to catch a small trout about 7 inch.
In the next pool i hooked into a trout that led me a merry dance several times leaping out of the water trying to throw the hook eventually i got it to the net and released it a fish close to 1lb.
We carried on up the river looking for fish to cast at but saw nothing so wet and cold we walked back to the car, not the best day but as always it was nice to get on the river.
Monday, 30 May 2011
out and about
With the weather finally calming down a bit i headed for knotthallow armed with my new rod i treated myself to a orvis helios a nice bit of kit and i got it for a steal.After a quick casting lesson with Tony Riley i decided to have a hour on knott and try and christen my rod the weather was not brilliant with a cold northerly wind but i did manage to winkle 3 trout out.
On bank holiday monday i drove up to the eden for a few hours river fishing again not brilliant weather with a cold wind but about 2 oclock the sun tried to break out i had 3 trout one weighed just over 1 1/2 ib and the other 2 were nudging 1 ib a great way to spend a bank holiday.
On bank holiday monday i drove up to the eden for a few hours river fishing again not brilliant weather with a cold wind but about 2 oclock the sun tried to break out i had 3 trout one weighed just over 1 1/2 ib and the other 2 were nudging 1 ib a great way to spend a bank holiday.
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| still a few of these knocking about today |
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| a nice eden trout |
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| one of the 3 brown trout from knotthallow |
Friday, 6 May 2011
ALL Shapes And Sizes
On setting up i noticed a steady string of beetles getting blown onto the water there was the occasional fish rising but the more the beetles got blown onto the water the more the fish started to feed.
I had a great day catching several fish all shapes and sizes with a nice surprise to end the day.
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| The average size High Newton rainbow trout |
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| a small brown trout |
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| A 4+ Rainbow |
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| Another 4 + Plus Rainbow High Newton is fishing really well at the moment especially if you like dry fly fishing. |
Check out Mays issue of Trout Fisherman for a article on knotthollow by Paul Proctor
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
04/05/2011
another trip to knott and yet again the fish took a liking to my spider pattern 3 hours later and 15 trout landed it was time to leave before i lost the light
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
Over the past few weeks i have been fishing most days i have been fishing spending a lot of time on my local water knotthollow using the float tube, its a brilliant way of getting out to those fish that are just out of reach of the bank angler
see links below for all the waters i have fished recently
http://www.ulverstonangling.org/home/home.aspx
http://www.lakedistrictfishing.net/home/welcomewadaa.html
http://www.kirkbystephen.net/index.htm
The rest of my time has been split between all the WAADA club waters and the River EDEN.With the river being low and clear its been on the stillwaters of High Newton,Gyll Head and High Fairbanks.
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| A Eden Trout |
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A Brown Trout from Knotthollow |
http://www.ulverstonangling.org/home/home.aspx
http://www.lakedistrictfishing.net/home/welcomewadaa.html
http://www.kirkbystephen.net/index.htm
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| All the best Alan |
Sunday, 10 April 2011
knott and high fairbanks
This week has seen me out and about fishing on knott hollow and high Fairbanks i had a few night sessions on knott the fishing has been excellent with a healthy rod average people are catching on a variety of methods Simon butterfield had 7 out on spiders and Dave helm had 5 out using beetles and not to be out done Paul Procter had 10 + using hoppers.
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| the stamp of fish in knott |
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| Dave fishing the shallows |
On the Sunday myself and Greg visited high Fairbanks a catch and release fishery controlled by WADAA it was tough going as the weather was hot with a light breeze but we both caught fish ( and the sun ) its one of my favourite waters to fish with stunning scenery
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| a Fairbanks trout |
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| Greg hooks into a fish |
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| a stunning backdrop |
Sunday, 3 April 2011
sunday
Today i had a half day session on high newton the weather was fine with a good ripple on the water, on getting to the water and having a quick look around i could not see anything showing.
I opted for a intermediate line and a nymph and caught fish the trick was swapping colours after a couple of fish.
I opted for a intermediate line and a nymph and caught fish the trick was swapping colours after a couple of fish.
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| A nice suprise |
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
busy times new seaon
with the new season starting tuesday i have been out and about catching a few fish sat and sunday i was on high newton, and weds i had my first trip to my local water where i managed to tempt a few brown trout.
have a look at my local angling clubs website our water is stocked with brown trout only and day tickets can be bought from various outlets in ulverston
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| view from high newton looking onto morecombe bay |
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| high newton |
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| high newton from the dam wall |
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| first snowdrops of the year has spring arrived |
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| first brown trout of the seaon from knotthollow |
Monday, 28 February 2011
Same old sat
Sat morning greg and i visited high newton and getting out of the car there was a touch of spring in the air, Looking over the wall we could see lots of fish topping and decided to fish into the wind and try and snatch one off the top.
It was a tough morning with us both trying various methords with no success,I left greg and headed off down to the dam wall where i opted for a dmsel nymph casting out and letting it sink to the bottom and then a ultra slow figure of eight retrieve i hooked one and lost one.
It was a tough morning with us both trying various methords with no success,I left greg and headed off down to the dam wall where i opted for a dmsel nymph casting out and letting it sink to the bottom and then a ultra slow figure of eight retrieve i hooked one and lost one.
Sunday, 20 February 2011
sat session
After a phone call from greg we decided as high newton was fishing well we would give it a go sat afternoon the weather was similar to friday when i fished overcast with a cold wind.
I didnt touch a thing but greg had a handfull of blue and rainbow trout out using mercury midges and brown buzzers
I didnt touch a thing but greg had a handfull of blue and rainbow trout out using mercury midges and brown buzzers
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| greg on a warmer day catching a brownie |
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| mercury midge |
Saturday, 19 February 2011
High Newton
With a holiday booked for Friday morning a few hours on high newton was called for the weather was OK overcast but wind was going to be a problem,pulling into the car park it didn't look like there was many anglers on the water.
A quick walk onto the dam i could see the wind was blowing into the dam so I set up and on went a damsel nymph,casting Into the wind was tricky and after about 20 mins of swapping and changing flys a move was In order.
A leisurely walk round the water looking for fish moving I ended up at the top end of the water with the wind on my back as least if I was going to blank I was going to be warm doing It.
In the shallow bay a few trout were topping I tried various dry flys but could not get them to rise to my fly so then I tied on a black cormorant thinking they had to be feeding just under the surface and after a while i had my first fish.
A few hours later and i came off the water having caught a few more.
A quick walk onto the dam i could see the wind was blowing into the dam so I set up and on went a damsel nymph,casting Into the wind was tricky and after about 20 mins of swapping and changing flys a move was In order.
A leisurely walk round the water looking for fish moving I ended up at the top end of the water with the wind on my back as least if I was going to blank I was going to be warm doing It.
In the shallow bay a few trout were topping I tried various dry flys but could not get them to rise to my fly so then I tied on a black cormorant thinking they had to be feeding just under the surface and after a while i had my first fish.
A few hours later and i came off the water having caught a few more.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Ghyll Head
Sat morning greg and myself set off for a few hours on Ghyll Head after walking down to the shallow end of the water we took time out and scanned the water looking for moving fish.
With only a couple of other hardy souls on the water we had plenty of water to fish,we tried the usual suspects and started off on small buzzers with nothing doing i put on a damsel nymph and tried my luck.
With nothing doing we moved to the opposite end and fished the dam Greg was the first to catch on a size 18 brown buzzer.a few fish were showing on top but with nothing else to show for our efforts we called it a day.
Not the greatest of days but it was nice to get out in the fresh air for a few hours at a lovely fishery.
With only a couple of other hardy souls on the water we had plenty of water to fish,we tried the usual suspects and started off on small buzzers with nothing doing i put on a damsel nymph and tried my luck.
With nothing doing we moved to the opposite end and fished the dam Greg was the first to catch on a size 18 brown buzzer.a few fish were showing on top but with nothing else to show for our efforts we called it a day.
Not the greatest of days but it was nice to get out in the fresh air for a few hours at a lovely fishery.
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| Greg |
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| ghyll head looking towards the dam |
Saturday, 5 February 2011
wych elm
With sat looking like the best day this weekend i once again visited wych elm,the wind had dropped but the rain was set for the day.
On looking in the catch returns book i could see for the last couple of days it was cats whiskers and bloodworm patterns that were doing the business,so on went a aps bloodworm pattern and using a ultra slow retrieve i had a very enjoyable day catch both rainbows and blues.
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