Recomended River Flys And Tactics

[Tiercel 6,986]

Well I couldn't wait for the river fly fishing holiday so I went into the garage and dusted off the fly tackle, there was a few fly's with it so I headed to a spot iv not been to in years. When we where kids we played in these woods are rode our bikes and that was the last time I went but I thaught i remembered seeing trout rise in the beck that went through the woods but could not be sure. Actually I wasn't sure if there was anything in it at all lol.

 

Here is some pics of the beck:

 

 

 

It is very small with the odd knee deep pool, when I started tackling up I began to doubt my sanity and the looks from dog walkers where also off putting as they looked at me like I was mad lol. Casting here was very difficult as its quite overgrown and my rod is 9 foot 6. I thought in the corner of my eye I saw a rise so I had a cast for it and success!....

 

 

 

I was over the moon with this and after a walk and another 3 hours or so I caught 5 all this sort of size

 

The beck looked fishless and when they take god knows where they came from but they where spitting them out as fast as they took them. In the end it worked out best to cast upstream to keep the line tight so I could strike fast enough. The fly I was using was a good head black and peacock witch ended up looking like this after the fish and missed takes...

 

 

 

And they still took it! It was the best outing in ages and took me back so it really felt like a small boys adventure!

 

My knees are red raw from the nettle stings and I'm knackered as I'm on nights this week but it was worth the treck out and I'll have a smile on my face on tonights night shift!.

 

Its not quite a river but it was great to in peace and by flowing water and I saw a frog, kingfisher and a water vole. All the trout where unhooked in the landing net head with wet hands and in the water (apart for the one in the PIC) and released.

 

Cheers, tom.

Now that is my sort of fishing, nothing but pure pleasure catch or not. Well done.

 

TC

[kenj 131]

You can't beat the mystery of fishing some of these small streams. Last year on a motoring holiday in Wales with my MG group, the farm we stayed at had a small river in the valley, and the farmer gave me permission to fish, saying that there were no fish in it. I had my fly tackle, along with my seven foot 4WT rod in the boot of the MGB and fished. The trout I caught were small and I lost more than I landed, but it was great fun trying all the little nooks and crannies. Better than a planned trip in my book. This was my blog post. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/the-biter-gets-bit-in-wales/

[tomburras 2,730]

You can't beat the mystery of fishing some of these small streams. Last year on a motoring holiday in Wales with my MG group, the farm we stayed at had a small river in the valley, and the farmer gave me permission to fish, saying that there were no fish in it. I had my fly tackle, along with my seven foot 4WT rod in the boot of the MGB and fished. The trout I caught were small and I lost more than I landed, but it was great fun trying all the little nooks and crannies. Better than a planned trip in my book. This was my blog post. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/the-biter-gets-bit-in-wales/

That was a great read cheers, fishing like this is a lot more fun than sat by a commercial waiting for the inevitable!.