Rivers

[Lloyd90 509]

There's some small / medium ish water ways / rivers coming down through the mountains through some forestry that I have permission to hunt and shoot on.

 

Now I am just wondering , would there be any fish etc in this river ? How would I know ?

 

Never been into fishing etc and just wondering if its worth having a go at down there ? Would it be best leaving lines / pots or something ?

 

cheers

[threelander 81]

i suspect there will be only trout or grayling in these types of water.i would not sugest leaving lines or pots just buy a cheap little rod and landing net travel light and just explore the waters with just the old trusty garden worm on the hook.thats the way i would go about it but i may be wrong

[Lloyd90 509]

i suspect there will be only trout or grayling in these types of water.i would not sugest leaving lines or pots just buy a cheap little rod and landing net travel light and just explore the waters with just the old trusty garden worm on the hook.thats the way i would go about it but i may be wrong

 

How do you pick a good spot to cast into ? Its got quite a flow really, no big style ponds sitting, I've no idea if there are even any fish in there , How can you tell ?

 

Im a complete amatuer with regards to fishing (Or even less so, no experience at all)

[Hot Meat 3,109]

wait till the insect life comes back, walk the banks and watch for rises, get some polarised specs and try being stealthy, if water is as small as you say you should see them after bit of practice.

[Lloyd90 509]

wait till the insect life comes back, walk the banks and watch for rises, get some polarised specs and try being stealthy, if water is as small as you say you should see them after bit of practice.

 

Cheers for the replies lads. I do a bit of stalking down the land as well so a good excuse for a good walk with the rifle :-)

[Hot Meat 3,109]

if your gonna spend time looking for fish, may aswell take a light rod whilst there

[baw 4,360]

I'm pretty sure there will be fish in them. Maybe not net breaking but you'll prob get trout 1/2lb and the odd photo taker. Going by your description there are a couple of ways it can be fished. I don't know if the banks are open or tree strewn so we will deal with open first. 2 ways I'd fish it would be trotting the maggot and bubble float with fly. Both excellent in moving water. I'd use the maggot method till I saw fish rising which will probably be around April. Trotting the maggot with a float, you basically only need a float, some split shot, hook and maggots. Not much to carry. Just cast out and walk down the river bank with the float parallel or within sight of you and watch for the float going under. You'll get the knack of telling what's a bite and what's the bottom. If fish are rising use the bubble float and fly method. I use 4 or 5 flies on droppers running down the line towards the bubble spaced out roughly a foot apart. If your interested ill tell you how to set up the rod. Just cast out across the river slightly upstream, trying to keep the flies out the water as much as you can and watch the flies and bubble come round in an arc across the river. Don't reel in apart from keeping the tension on the line which keeps the flies out the water. You don't want to cause the bubble to create a v or go up river which is unnatural. You need to use light tackle, but at the start 6lb will be fine. As you get better 4lb is best for flies out of the water.

If the banks are unfishable cos of trees then you need to go in the water. Go in as far as you can, look downstream and with both the bubble or maggot the methods the same. Just release them and let the current take them down stream creating a bit of friction on the line with your fingers. You can fish these methods and more with a basic spinning rod. Good rod I use for general purpose is the Shakespeare ugly stick. It cost me around £20 when I bought it. Anyhow, if you want to try these methods and won't to know how to set the rod up etc just say mate but I'd give it a go.

[Wullz 408]

You'll get the man hung Baw! He gets caught with a bubble and fly he will get sin die'd!

[baw 4,360]

You'll get the man hung Baw! He gets caught with a bubble and fly he will get sin die'd!

he's up the mountains man, he'll be fine best way to catch them, you know that

[skunkhead 20]

the size of the trout will i suppose depend on the altitude,ive found that the higher yer go the smaller they seem to get in a way,yeah trout maybe grayling probly bullhead (trouts dinner) and maybe minnow and just maybe loach,invest in some poaroid sun glasses these take the glare from the water and help the human eye see beneeth the waters surface any polaroids will work yer can buy proper fishing glasses i like optix

[baw 4,360]

the size of the trout will i suppose depend on the altitude,ive found that the higher yer go the smaller they seem to get in a way,yeah trout maybe grayling probly bullhead (trouts dinner) and maybe minnow and just maybe loach,invest in some poaroid sun glasses these take the glare from the water and help the human eye see beneeth the waters surface any polaroids will work yer can buy proper fishing glasses i like optix

Have you ever fished small lochs up mountains? Some of the biggest brown trout you'll catch.

[skunkhead 20]

yes never had much look i was going off my local area and the trout seem to get smaller the higher yer go around here north east england,but yeah yer right the trout do get big depending on water quality etc....