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To be fair there has been a plethora of water photos over the last few weeks however I made a commitment damn it and it shall continue. The last two sessions I have been out after the green beasts I have blanked enjoyed looking at the scenery and marveling at mother nature and the last [...] Stats: Trout Rising: (est) 23 Number of total casts: (est) 150 Number of casts to individual fish: 8 Fly changes: 4 Smallest fly used : size 20 Trout caught : 1 Sweary words: 6 Salmon seen: 1 Call to Alan Atkins to tell him about Salmon: 1 Number of Trootsies spooked: 0 (note: they [...] So I have been thinking recently about how to get the boy interested in fishing. I have heard far too many stories about how fathers can stuff their hobby down their kid’s throat and thus put them off it totally. I certainly do not want to do that. I suppose there is no [...] I admit I have no experience of this so am about to but this book: (The picture is an amazon affiliate link)
You see, there is this huge shoal of roach on the canal that are taunting me every time I walk past – I know they can be caught [...] So Sunday night I decided on a dusk session on the Kelvin – it was another good session with lots of trout caught. No big ones this time – as I walked up the river there was a chap fishing down and across through the pool I wanted to stake out – this [...] It was a hard day even with good conditions. By good conditions I mean the temp hovered around the 17c point with some cloud cover – sure it was bright however we did have spells where the sun was covered. We fished a big river which had just recovered from a spate and [...] I thought I would check in to see how the Kids and the Kelvin project is doing over at there site. Quite frankly I think it looks great fun – he has somehow managed to convince the Teachers that keeping a hatchery in the classroom and then releasing the fish into feeder streams is a [...] You know – I may just have had one of the best holidays in a long time, it was a great mixture of family fun (own plus the in-laws) at Center Parcs and some unexpected big trout action on the Eden with Matt from the North Country Angler blog. Before my [...] So I had one evening to go fishing and consequently a decision to make – would it be Pike or Trout? It was the conditions that made me wonder – you see I pretty much can only get out after 7pm once the boys are put to bed which pretty drastically cuts down on fishing [...] Having a go for salmon! |
 
 
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