game vs course

[kingfisher 0]

was just wandering what the lure of fly fishing is and why someone would pay such large amounts of money to fish just a couple of species of fish?

[mackem 26,616]

Kudos?One-upmanship?They taste better?I fish some decent waters most weeks,game-fisheries and trout-streams,never once paid more than a quid

[4bellp 0]

its way better than course fishing sitting around all day and hooking a fish that barely scraps.

ga and catch a salmon!

[marsh hunter 0]

 

I've never done any game fishing so i cannot compare but i do know you can get a great fight from a Barbel or Chub to name a couple of coarse fish. I will have ago at catching a salmon one day. If you want a good fight from a fish try catching Bass using coarse gear, its great sport.

[Hob&Jill 258]

Well personally I work in coarse fishing 9.5 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I couldnt think of anything worse than going course fishing lol. Used to be obsessed with fishing but its abit of a bus mans holiday now..

 

Sea fishing and Trout are all that interests me now.

[kingfisher 0]

its way better than course fishing sitting around all day and hooking a fish that barely scraps.

ga and catch a salmon!

you what? you ever caught carp or barble? they put up a nice fight. can see what you mean about sitting around all day though, but theres nothing stopping you from roving about, stalking, spinning etc.

then theres tecniques like the pellet waggler and the bagging waggler which keep you very busy and reward you for that effort

[kingfisher 0]

mind you if i worked in fishing the last thing i would want to do is sit on my arse and catch some on my days off.

[mattydski 560]

Well, I have lived on the River Tay now for 6 years, and have fished it twice. I would give my 'left one' to have just one of the Fenland Drains on my Doorstep. 20ft, 16ft, 40 ft or the Nene would be heaven for me. Every man to his own.

Its just what i grew up with. Just messing about with a waggler and float rod, bit of piking, stalking Carp etc. Used to be a ritual of ours to go Piking on Boxing day on the 20ft. Nice frosty morning, 9ft spinning rod, box of Ondex, glove and a flask.

 

You'll have me crying soon.

 

Matt

[auld salmon 28]

well i did a bit of coarse fishing when younger but couldnt get into it sitting watching a float all the time and spending £££££ on baiting the swim so ill stick to the proper fishing salmon & seatroot on the move all the time trying to cover taking fish then bang your into 1 cant beat it

[neil cooney 10,416]

I've coarsed fished all my life and I know feel it's got a bit out of hand.

Nowadays a trout thats never been caught before (better still if he's truely wild) on a well presented fly, fighting hard and played to the net and maybe a nice dinner is what it's all about. And maybe looking a half a mile each way up the bank and not seeing another angler.

Mind you, I wish we had Barbel.

[kingfisher 0]

before i started course fishing i wanted to fly fish but didnt cos of the cost of a days fishing and the lack of places to fish in and around nottingham we're not lucky enough to have a salmon and trout river round my way you see but im moving to south yorkshire soon and am hoping that there is more opportunity for fishing the fly up there but until then im more than happy catching course fish. just out of interest though, if you could compare the way a salmon and trout fight to a course fish what would it be?

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

before i started course fishing i wanted to fly fish but didnt cos of the cost of a days fishing and the lack of places to fish in and around nottingham we're not lucky enough to have a salmon and trout river round my way you see but im moving to south yorkshire soon and am hoping that there is more opportunity for fishing the fly up there but until then im more than happy catching course fish. just out of interest though, if you could compare the way a salmon and trout fight to a course fish what would it be?

 

There's no comparrison IMO. A brown trout will fight deep, where as a rainbow will make scorching runs and pitch and jump occaisionally, a seatrout is the acrobat of the gamefish, goes totally banannas once hooked, and salmon will vary in fight depending whether they are grilse or seasoned fish, larger fish tend to put up a real dogged fight, strength duration of fight also depends on how long a salmon has been in the river. JMO.

[Aled 499]

I've done some coarse fishing and am looking forward to doing a bit more in the future. But fly fishing for sea trout at night is my big favourite.

At the end of the day does it matter? If you enjoy your fishing whether its coarse sea or game you've succeeded in the most important part of fishing (in my opinion) i.e. enjoying some sport.

Tight Lines

Aled

[kingfisher 0]

I've done some coarse fishing and am looking forward to doing a bit more in the future. But fly fishing for sea trout at night is my big favourite.

At the end of the day does it matter? If you enjoy your fishing whether its coarse sea or game you've succeeded in the most important part of fishing (in my opinion) i.e. enjoying some sport.

Tight Lines

Aled

well said mate

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

 

I've never done any game fishing so i cannot compare but i do know you can get a great fight from a Barbel or Chub to name a couple of coarse fish. I will have ago at catching a salmon one day. If you want a good fight from a fish try catching Bass using coarse gear, its great sport.

 

try catching a bass on fly gear they really fight!