Category: Fly Fishing
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Struck Gold
Finally got into the first proper trout from the Ribble today, oh such buttery golden goodness! Saw more evidence of Salmon or maybe Sea Trout as well, big bastards jumping under the trees. The river level was pretty low (0.50m) but it was still falling from recent spate with a bit of colour in the…
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Prime Water
Nothing caught today, the river rose 0.50m while I was driving down so I was under gunned with the sea trout gear. I also didn’t fancy wading into that unknown chocolate water. Unsurprisingly, my punk ass sea trout fly attracted zero interest. Word on the street is this is fly water below 0.80m and spinning…
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Jungle Warfare
Saw the first sea trout/salmon of the year jumping this evening. This beat is a bit too canalised and featureless on first inspection. Tough going moving along the bank as well, it’s jungle warfare, nettles and electric fences.
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Hello Sea Trout
First night on the sea trout gear tonight. The less said about the dramas with the land owner the better.
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On’t Hodder
River still on its arse but I got out for the first proper trip on the Hodder today. Not much doing until midday when the grayling came on the feed in the farm pool. Snaffled a couple of pics of a bigger one before leaving them to it. Nicked a trout at last orders, tungsten…
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Eden 2023
Notes are a bit sporadic this year on account of buying a house. Didn’t get out as much as I would have liked but there was still some magic out there.
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Back to reality
I purposelessly went fishing today in the miserable weather to try and bring myself back to reality after catching that Salmon. It rained for a solid 5 hours which was a bit cold and grim but… I caught another incredible, out of season, clandestine trout, I was buzzed by kingfishers, I saw a salmon leap clear…
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Week of dreams
Picture the scene… it’s the final week of my first wild trout season and I’ve been struggling to catch anything. The river has been low for months and the trout have been incredibly spooky. And then the rains come on strong in mid September and the Eden has lifted for the first time in months.…
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Hello Eden
When my mate at work had a stroke, it got me all panic’d about the meaning of life and worried I’m not spending enough time doing shit I love. And with a tiny trout I just caught on the Ribble in mind I decided to decide join a fishing club and try and do it…
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The Spark
This humble trout was the first one I got on a fly on a river. I’d had a few trout and a sea trout on the spinners previously but decided to give it a crack on the fly. Used my stillwater dry fly rod a (9ft 5w) with some crappy Amazon fly line and a…