Category: Fly Fishing
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Dirty Mayfly
Terrible effort on the salmon today. I got sidetracked by a hatch of Mayfly on a swollen and dirty River Ribble. On reflection I must still be in my trout phase because I couldn’t resist rising fish even though the conditions weren’t ideal for trout and probably more suitable for an early salmon.
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Silver Safari
Ok I admit, this blog was a shit idea. I’ve been going fishing loads and haven’t bothered to update it in real-time. But anyway, its been raining heavy, there’s been big tides this week, the river should be fining down to a nice level tomorrow. Flexi day secured, we’re back in the game lads. I…
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Backfilling Gold
Last minute Sunday session on the Ribble, in the river by 5pm and fishing till i couldn’t see the fly. I went hunting for more dry fly fish on a gin clear and low river. Still lots of that slimy weed about, the river needs a big flush out soon. Freezing cold as the sun…
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Sneaky Pie
I went to that special place again high up on the Ribble. With an early dart from work I was down the river for a touch of dry fly and a cheeky pork pie by 5ish. The trout weren’t massive but they were super tricky to get close enough to trick on dries in such…
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Birthday Treat
This one is simple. Slice of high grade Bakewell on the bank at 8am followed by more spooky trout on a low river. The comedy kicked in for the last fish. Stalked a rising fish for over an hour. It was tucked into the far bank under trees. I’m thinking monster brown trout, sneaky bugger…
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3 Day Bender
Determined to make the best of the early season this year, I pulled the trigger on a 3 day adventure on the upper reaches of the River Ribble. There was good dose of rain on the 15th of April which lifted the river and the plan was to fish hard as the river fined back…
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Time for Trout
Had to check my metadata to confirm that this year, I first went sniffing for trout on the 6th of April. And from the looks of these pictures, my preference is for a nice start weather wise rather than ideal fishing conditions. Its also very important to get those stereotypically “early season” shots in the…
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Spearfishing
Had a cast hoping for a last minute trout on the Ribble on exactly the wrong beat for my euro nymphing setup. Ended up spearing a minnow and catching a Chub.
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End of Trout
Had a day on the Eden, water was low and gin clear so I struggled. Everyone else had the same idea so it was a bit busy. Had one trout on for a few seconds but that was my lot for the day. Can’t grumble spending a day on such a beautiful river.
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Failing upwards
With some rain this week and a small lift it felt right to have a go for Salmon. Cashed in half days flexi to enjoy a wild summers afternoon on the bank, all clear blues skies, torrential rain and rainbows. Went armed with my new spinning rod and the monumental net. Fished hard from 2pm…