Ferret664 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Anyone been out and had any luck over the weekend? If so where and what tactics ? Tight lines Ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Been to Dale Pit lakes near Doncaster. Not a bad day. The trout were taking green crunchers and orange/pink lures. Most fish were caught 2 to 8 feet down. Good luck with your trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 Fished grafham today had 10 trout . On quick sinkers with black and green boobies and later in the day on buzzers and daiwl bachs on a floating line . Most fish were taken in between 10-15 feet of water . Tight lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 Out friday to a small loch called beecraigs. 8 to the boat. Coral boobies, damsel, cat bug and tadpole being the killers. Was cold breeze and fished an intermediate line with slow retrieve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 Interesting was hot and bright there today with a little breeze fish taken on the boobies were normally hitting the boobies right as you paused from fast figure of eight or strips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 First outing this season last Friday, near Bolton. Very cold wind and I had tried everything (do not use lures), had one pull on a size 14 buzzer, then nothing. After 4 hours of trying floating and inter lines, I tied on an Irish tied claret bumble which has been in my fly box for the last 15 years or so. I was given 3 in Ireland, I now have 1 left. The tyer, a good friend, is now on the big Lough in the sky. I tied it on a long leader, on the floater, and took 2 cracking Rainbows in about 15 minutes. The bigger fish was around 3 lbs. and the smaller about 2 1/2lbs. I have now tied up a dozen copies and the original is stuck in a whiskey bottle cork, on the shelf above my tying bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Nice report thanks for sharing I don't normally uses lures myself . Like to fish nymphs and buzzers normally but with the bright sun I was trying to fish deep using di5 and washing line black and green booby on point and 2 blood worms on droppers(around midday 11-1 fished in around 35 foot water ) . Each time I gave a pull to get the sink and rise from the booby lifting the bloodworms I was getting takes . I was hoping for them to be on the blood worm but they were on the booby so switched to a pair of boobies as much as I hate to admit it moved to around 10-15 foot of water and it was nearly a take a cast . Well done on your fish and May the copies of your friends fly bring you luck Ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 If you want a laugh fulling mill do a perch imitation lure and that's cracking with an intermediate sinker. Get it down the margins and get them chasing it. About 2 and a half inch in length on a long fluro leader. Used to farm trout and run a lake, did many things like that when it was a quiet day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nice report thanks for sharing I don't normally uses lures myself . Like to fish nymphs and buzzers normally but with the bright sun I was trying to fish deep using di5 and washing line black and green booby on point and 2 blood worms on droppers(around midday 11-1 fished in around 35 foot water ) . Each time I gave a pull to get the sink and rise from the booby lifting the bloodworms I was getting takes . I was hoping for them to be on the blood worm but they were on the booby so switched to a pair of boobies as much as I hate to admit it moved to around 10-15 foot of water and it was nearly a take a cast . Well done on your fish and May the copies of your friends fly bring you luck Ferret Thank you for that, yes we had many a happy day in the forty plus years that we fished and shot together. Including him putting a buzzer in my right ear during a windy day in a boat. Strangely enough, the same green boat appeared in the Sporting Pictures section a couple of weeks ago (not by me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andra Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Spent Sat morning early afternoon on an Ayrshire river, downstream wet flies till just after 12 when a hatch of olives and big stone flies came on then switched to lighter kit for upstream dries. 10 fish from approx 6inch to 12 the biggest. Was good fun . Was out couple of weeks ago and did well on the rainbows fishing an oakham orange on point and nymphs on dropper. Edited April 12, 2017 by Andra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Going sea trout fishing tonight! Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Planning on wetting a fly on the river tomorrow. Not getting my hopes up though, this nasty wind chill will make things difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 hello, going with son to a nice Gloucestershire trout fishery on Easter monday, tight lines everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Good luck with the sea trout tonight please let us know how you get on Will be fishing grafham myself on Saturday . Good luck to everyone out this weekend hope everyone has a great time and catch a few fish is a bonus Tight lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 How did everyone get on? I gave the river a miss in the end, temptatures too low & headed for the local reservoir. Plenty of fish about but nothing taking any of the flies in my box. Literally had 1 minute of sunshine, enough to encourage a little insect life on the water. Ended up with one fish on dry fly (parachute emerger). First rainbow of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 Well I fished Grafham yesterday and man was it windy up there couldn't hold anchor anywhere. Finally managed to as we got the anchor stuck!! it must have dragged across into something but anyway being anchored help it was so windy and rough couldn't nymph with a floating line so I tried the washing line technique with a intermediate and had great success in about a hour I took 7 trout 6 rainbows and a brown which I released. Most fish falling to the booby on point would much rather they all fell to the buzzers but oh well 2 did and one of them was the brown trout my.first and Grafham so well pleased about that. When the rangers came and freed our anchor . They said try back drifting with boobies not really my thing but we did I took 2 and my friend took 3 on the back drift and 2 more when we were anchored all on boobies for him black and green is the colour . So a great day.in all 9 trout for me and 5 for my friend. We did get soaked for our fish though the waves out there thought I was out at sea haha Ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 hello, went friday, buzzers still good black/red and caddis fly now showing, off tomorrow with son for a full english in local cafe then a few hours fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 The buzzers were really small the couple of weeks before I was having them on size 12 and this week size 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Anyone been out ? Went today at grafham had 6 rainbows and 2 brown trout . I let both browns go biggest was just over 4lb so was well pleased with that Red cruncher was too fly today with 5 falling to it Red head daiwl bach accounted for 2 and one to the booby on point for the washing line technique Ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Been out looking for sea trout its still early so not really expecting much. Saw 1 caught 0! Others seem to have done well. Well done them Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Went over to Hanningield on Saturday and from the moment I arrived, you couldn't breathe for midges - They were everywhere in their millions (literally) and flying in and out of every orifice - You could see them dead on the water everywhere. I gave it an hour or so but came up blank - Figured with that much food around, my humble presentation was that last slice of pie that they just couldn't handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Trouble is now at hanningfield it's any method and you're going to struggle to compete with all the power bait and spinners That's why I've started to go to grafham it's a beautiful place My bigger brown trout from yesterday over 4lb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 They were catching nothing yesterday - I was sat on the dam wall (I wasn't going to lay out the extra for a boat due to the time left to fish) and they were all coming past me going home with empty bags. Trouble is they can't keep it going over there when it's fly only - Essex is pretty much the carp capital of the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret664 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Yeah I know they have to do what's best for business just a shame that all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 It's wear the money is these days. I went to see a couple of pals on Saturday who were fishing in the Lea valley and one was telling how a friend of his payed £600 each for 3 reels and a bit more each for 3 rods to go with them. They were catching nothing yesterday - I was sat on the dam wall (I wasn't going to lay out the extra for a boat due to the time left to fish) and they were all coming past me going home with empty bags. Trouble is they can't keep it going over there when it's fly only - Essex is pretty much the carp capital of the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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