Tag: Grayling
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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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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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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…