grayling massive!!! taff sshhh

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

ssssh dont tell anyone its a secret. 3Ib+ grayling on the taff....... somewhere below radyr weir free line a red maggot around some loosefeed of maggot watch the red maggot sink and a dark shape will gulp it up. had 20+ 2ib grayling, 6 2.5 b grayling and 2 3ibs grayling.

a new grayling british record will be soon.

[mackem 26,949]

Only ever caught 4 grayling,all within the space of 20 minutes,none bigger than a pound,but I wouldnt mind seeing a pic of a big grayling?

[Guest smashygadge]

your sure not mistook for a chub lol 3lb thats some nice grayling

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

1. dont know how to get pictures on the forum

2. didnt take any of those particuler grayling (no camera)

i went and the river was so low i didnt expext to catch anything(boy was i wrong)

i waas using a fly rod with a maggot on the end

[mackem 26,949]

Phenomenal session,once in a lifetime,you know what they say about Luck?Knowledge and opportunity meeting

[tote 856]

That was a good session you had there mate. You're still a fair way off the Brittish record however, it stands at 4lb 3oz. There are plenty of Grayling over 3lbs up here in the Nith and the Annan. The pic below shows a Grayling that was caught in the Annan this year which weighed 4lb 2oz.

 

[mackem 26,949]

Tote,thats a beauty mate 1oz from the record So its just waiting to be broken,and there are fish out there that can do it Theres something special about grayling,they have character,thanks for sharing the pic

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

thats a big grayling....caught on the fly too. unfortuneatly on my river (the taff) pepole tend to throw maggots in by the bucket load and there not intrested in natrauls at all thats why switched over to maggot free lined on a fly rod (half and half?)

[mackem 26,949]

Loads of grayling hereabouts valleylad,I got a few the other week,accidental catches when trout fishing,but some of the streams your going to get no change from a few hundred quid for a days fishing

[J Darcy 5,871]

Believe it or not, i have never had a 2 pounder...and i have caught over 500 easily.....we regularly got 30 each and i know places where , as long as the river aint coloured, you can trot for grayling and get double figures......i love them, their irredescent dorsal, their almond eye.....i would never kill one these days and i feel nothing but remorse for my earlier teenage years when i would take a lot of fish home.....

 

 

The Lady of the Stream. JD

[mackem 26,949]

Did you kill any as table-fish JD?Compared to trout how do they fare?

[J Darcy 5,871]

Did you kill any as table-fish JD?Compared to trout how do they fare?

They were all for the taable, but i dont eat fish myself......but my mates seemed to enjoy them.

Christ we used to leave the river with a carrier bag each full of the poor fish. Half way up the farm track was a house that sold a few ice creams and suchlike and we used to trade them for the trout and grayling.....lol..they were "cheapo" cornetto's but we didnt care for we were all from a poor up bringing and to us it was Ambrosia....up to six of these cornets we would eat on our way up the long, windy hill that lay before us all the way to the bus stop....jesus , thats brings back some memories....wading in the rivers in our normal clothes, kicking big cow-pats at each other and obviously doing a bit of fishing where we shouldnt......

"Those were the days my friends, i thought they'd never end...da da da da de de...."

[mackem 26,949]

Did you kill any as table-fish JD?Compared to trout how do they fare?

They were all for the taable, but i dont eat fish myself......but my mates seemed to enjoy them.

Christ we used to leave the river with a carrier bag each full of the poor fish. Half way up the farm track was a house that sold a few ice creams and suchlike and we used to trade them for the trout and grayling.....lol..they were "cheapo" cornetto's but we didnt care for we were all from a poor up bringing and to us it was Ambrosia....up to six of these cornets we would eat on our way up the long, windy hill that lay before us all the way to the bus stop....jesus , thats brings back some memories....wading in the rivers in our normal clothes, kicking big cow-pats at each other and obviously doing a bit of fishing where we shouldnt......

"Those were the days my friends, i thought they'd never end...da da da da de de...."

f*****g hell,your going to be whistling the Hovis tune next

Cucumber Valley someone else mentioned that as I actually landed one

[mackem 26,949]

Its part of the adventure of childhood valley,funny times,its a wonder we survived

[J Darcy 5,871]

I dont think they smell or taste of cucumber......Mackem has cucumber on the Brain....dirty little man!!!!

 

yes, i love nostalgia....its all many of us have....

 

Rope swings, chumping for firewood, dens in the quarry, "Cooking" on the fire, burning toast skewered through a stick, putting spuds on the fire, burning them black and yet they were still raw on the inside, we still ate them though.

 

Apple knocking, hedge hopping and trick or treat come autumn.......

 

Bonfire night was "The" most important night for us, the build up to it was immense and we would guard our own fire from rival gangs that were out to set it alite....we always had the best fire. My mate would stand on top of it pretending to be the GUY before we lit it...he would jump free once the fire was going.......then the next morning it would be a scruffy, smoke-smelling gang that would meet around the fire before school, adding all they could to keep it going until four o clock when they could do some serious "coal walking"...running over the hot embers.......

 

going round the chippy at half six asking for a bag of scraps....hoping, praying that they would throw a broken fish in for us......

 

The tales we could tell.... would bring tears to a glass eye...... JD