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1434 Another one today with the s410 carbine

Finally after the rain had let up after 4 days !! Managed to get out and bag this chap . Only about 8-10 yards flicking his tail at me.

I only take one woodcock a year for myself to eat . Only if I had the chance at a left and right would I take 2 but the chance of that has yet to happen 🤣 i think they're beautiful birds that deserve great respect and are a joy to see

Another one taken today with the s410 carbine 1429

Another one bites the dust ! What a beautiful little gun it is . 20 yards right behind the eye . Flatterned it no problem.

Walking on the farm today and just seen my first woodcock of the season spring up from beside a Brook the runs along one of our drives .

Make that 1426 Had first one with s410 this afternoon

taken with a s410 carbine

2 so far this week 1425

I've just recently brought a air arms s410 in 22 and was going to take it out a lot on squirrels on the pheasant feeders this season and was wondering if this was the place to post the tales of how I get on ?

Oh believe me I know plenty about the grey tails . Am a keeper In Essex unfortunately we haven't had reds this way for many many years before I was even born !! We take between 200-250 yearly from the shoot

Just what might be a silly question but is this a thread for squirrel control in areas where you're battling the grey tide to help protect reds or just a place to talk grey squirrel control just In general ? Sorry if this seems a daft question?

Yes this went far more technical then I imagined 🤣🤣🤣

just interested to see what people prefer when it comes to rabbit shooting with a sub 12ft/lb air rifle . I recently brought a air arms s410 in .22 but seems most people seem to prefer a 177 for rabbits ? I want mine for a general all rounder rabbits , squirrels , pigeon , crows ect and went for the more knockdown power of the 22 . I know 177 is flatter shooting. Is there really much in it ?.

Our numbers this way have crashed apart from patches . How is everyone else doing? Used to average 50 -70 each time we went out at night . Now we are lucky to make double figures!!!

Haven't posted on here in a while but have had fantastic sport at grafham most days filling our 8 fish tickets from the boats with many fish between 3-4lb with some up to 5lb and my biggest going 5.5lb this season . Had plenty off the banks too even in August the dam has been fishing well with many fish coming to shrimp and hares eara . I started tying my own flies this and have had fantastic success which is really pleasing . Especially with shrimps and a varaint of the pitsford pea I tie with a pink marabou tail which has been deadly !! Hope everyone else has been having great fishing after lockdown.

Fished grafham last Tuesday 2nd June . Which was opening day after lockdown had a cracking day with my dad we had 19 trout to the boat from 2.5lb to 5lb all around north shore to the boils by the damn . Diawl Bach and blobs accounted for a few but the hothead damsel turned out the winner with 14 fish on a di5 sweep ripped back just under the service . The quality of the fish is second to none and nice to see well grown on fish that have clearly thrived in grafham rich waters under lockdown and packed on a bit of weight . Can’t compare to fighting quality to anything else . League of their own .

Fished chigborough again yesterday. Tough going was rammed when me and my girlfriend arrived at midday . Had to fish into the strong wind for the first hour or so but by 2.30pm we practically had home water to ourselves. Had a strange day fish were plucking once at size 14 cormorants twiddle back but that was all . Had two comorants ripped off which I've never had before and lost 2 fish . My girlfriend took the first fish to a hit ***** buzzer under the bung and was starting to get some takes though hitting them seemed difficult for her. I finally managed a fish on size 14 pink cormorant and then all went hard again apart from a few missed takes didn't get another fish till the very last cast of the day when I took a rainbow to a damsel under the bung . I don't like fishing the bung myself just find it soo boring but when needs must !

You have to go onto their website and book online . Card only can't do cash when you get there . It is rook hall especially for some.reason even though its the smaller one ? They're allowing 30 people a day and I would say 20 of them were on the smaller lake . Though most people left by 2.30pm

Fished chigborough yesterday with my dad . Turned up to bright conditions and a bit of a wind. Was testing out my new 5 weight which didn't like being pushed into the wind . Started off with a washing line set up. Size 14 hothead diawl bach , size 12 cruncher and fab on point after a hour my dad was the first to pick up a trout on a blob . Then 10 minutes later I took one on the diawl bach . Then as the heat of the day increased and the wind picked up it got a lot harder . Was quite a lot of people fishing as well so was hard to find a spot that had been rested a while . After getting fed up of trying to cast into the wind for 2 hours we moved round with the wind on our back and first cast I missed a solid tug and my dad landed 1 and lost one to a bloodworm like fly I had tied . Then I picked up my second and my 3rd to the fab and a size 14 black cormorant. My dad also picked up another fish one a pink blob . I then switched to the hoverer line and moved spots and hooked 3 fish in 4 casts losing one of them. Took a few more there biggest 3.5lbs and my dad took another to the bloodworm. In total I landed 8 and lost one and my dad landed 4 and lost 4 . A very enjoyable day tough to start with but turned out good . Was nice to be back on the water

Damn auto correct haha hoverer line! Yes it's for the best really. Such a shame I had promised myslef I would fish much more regularly this year and was doing so well and had been out that last 4 week's in a row and Grafham was just starting to turn on😭😭😭

Fished chigborough yesterday with the girlfriend. Had a great day on the bigger lake fished 3 hours landed 10 , lost 5 missed countless takes ! Mini black lures, blob and crunchers doing the damage! Was windy but a beautiful day to be out fishing.

Well fished Grafham yesterday which was more like the north sea . Blowing a gale and pouring with rain and it's the first time out on a boat i have ever actually felt sea sick which was a first for me 😂😂 we headed over to the north shore but it was far to windy to fish even with the drogue out so headed to the south shore for some shelter. Had a fish follow and my boat partner lost one . Him fishing a di3 with a snake and me fishing a di5 sweep with a tadpole. Eventually the wind dropped enough for us to venture back to the north shore. We're eventually we found some fish . I took 5 to the washing line on a Hoover line 4 took the blob booby on point and one took a size 12 black buzzer which made my day nice overwintered fish just going over 3lb . My friend took 3 fish one about 3.5lb all to a black snake. So in the end 8 to the boat which considering the weather I didn't think was a bad result for us

That is a truly beautiful place to spend a days fishing 👍🐟

What length leader do you fish ? If you struggle maybe just a 12 foot leader with 2 flies spaced 6 feet apart ? Or have a lesson with a casting instructor? I self taught myslef to cast and after much practice over the years can manage a 22 foot leader with 4 flies if I need to if the fish are deep and I want to reach them with buzzers but generally stick to 18foot with 3 flies