Had a cast for a last minute trout on the Ribble. Ended up spearing a minnow and catching a Chub.
Tag: Ribble
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Big Trout
Forgot to take the scenic pictures on this trip out to the Ribble. A little Mepps Droppen spinner accounted for this fish. Not really sure if its a Trout or a Sea Trout but it was decent, 22inch 3lb something.
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Last of the Summertime
Out for a few hours this lunchtime. Spinning, no salmon bothered, nice pork pie consumed.
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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 till 8pm and didn’t get a touch. Tried spinners and various flavours of toby. Saw a few fish moving again but they showed no interest in joining me on the bank this time.
That concludes my first real attempt to catch a salmon. If it’s a fish of a million casts then I am approx 400 casts closer. Onwards.
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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 water. I fished that long glide and found Trout and Grayling at head of the run in the more oxygenated water.
Fished the usual New Zealand style with small pheasant tail UV bugs and fish were caught in surprisingly skinny water.
Note to self: These are the kind of days for bunking off work. If the river is level on point then cash in that flexi and get on it.
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The 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 above that level when its clearing down after a spate. This has triggered me into buying a new rod (n+1) a bunch of Toby Spoons and a monumental net.
Some noted lies have been noted on this beat and I’ll be back.
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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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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 box of ghetto buzzers and dry flies. Had the trout on a bright orange suspender buzzer (blasphemy!)
