Sorry for the picture-full post! So the rivers haven’t been fishing that well, speaking to Bushy and Terry who fished the Wye on Saturday, they only took a few Grayling and trout between them but with surprising amounts of salmon in the river, which in turn is a great thing to see but maybe putting off the Grayling due to the Salmons spawning behaviour. Farmoor … Continue reading The mist descends
My Airflo mug has been a godsend the last few weeks. With the cold weather setting in and not using a Thermos mug before I was delighted when I started using mine. Keeping my hot chocolate warm until around 10:30am! Useful for travelling to your destination, be it work or fishing! Sitting down in the morning to tie a klinkhammer or two before work isn’t everybody’s norm, but I … Continue reading Thursday morning…
It’s not often we make plans and they go ahead these days. You guest right… im talking about Bish… He had a day off so we thought we’d catch a few Grayling. As we turned up it was immediate that the river was high with a tinge of colour, but this doesn’t normally stop us! Into the boot of the car, Waders on and fishing … Continue reading Grayling in a local river
Following on from last weeks post on flies and hook styles I thought I’d post one of my recent favourite flies. Tied on a jig hook to get the greatest weight possible this fly is sure to be down there with the best of them. As I mentioned in the previous post, incorporating the CDC as a hackle type feature it adds a lot of … Continue reading Sisak Jig – Nymphs
With the end of the Trout season is upon us, I took it on my duty to fish Draycote once before the end of the season. My and Lloyd fished untill dark, taking into double figures to the boat. We went with some intention of boating a few of the better fish which were described as ‘horses’ by one guy. Fishing for a few hours for these bigger fish, … Continue reading Dry Fly Fishing on Draycote
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