So I spent ages last night making a fly – it was made entirely out of calf tail and looked great. I used some lead to help it to sink – I was looking forward to giving it a bash today – as it was the damn thing floated rendering it useless – you live…
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Fly Colour
I was reading a thread about fly colour over at Shallow Fish about fly colour and whether it really maters or not. The general opinion is that it does not – at least that is my opinion anyway when it relates to Pike. I left a comment agreeing with another reader that I suspected movement…
Four of em’
Ok, Saturday was pretty awesome as I caught that big Pike that I don’t have a picture of unfortunately – however Sunday was just as awesome as I caught 4 (landed 2) – if they were all put together and then doubled, the new pike would be still half the size of yesterdays. Anyway, lots…
Tail Walking Time
I decided to have a morning off of thinking about essay stuff and headed out for a couple of hours down the canal for Pike again. As usual, the weather all week has been fine – nice temps, no wind and generally good for the fly, however today the forecast was for rain and gales….
No getting away from it…
Hmmm, obsession. Scott shows us how it is done by sending this photo of a rather nice looking Pike. It fell to a roach deadbait and muses that it would be a lot of fun if caught on a fly rod… I bet you it would ! It reminds me of my own personal best…
Do you think your obsession with fishing grows ?
I have lots of work to do – I have one essay due in around 2 weeks and even though I have a good plan guess what am I thinking about constantly? Yup – Pike slamming into my horrors down on the canal. I think about it when driving, when falling asleep, in meetings, at my…
Winter – it is on its way…
So the season is ended and now thoughts have turned to other matters – fly tying, grayling and Pike, although not necessarily in that order. Usually by the end of the season most people are quite glad for the rest but somehow this year I remain restless. The plans made last year only seem half…
A mixed bag…
Mixed results as the season draws to a close. I have had several sessions on my other favourite river, two at the local canal for Pike and one down the Kelvin. I met Mike down at my other river for a few hours, the river was slightly high and the colour of tea but did…
Coming to an end..
So the end of the season is almost upon us, I fished the middle Clyde on Saturday for a few hours – there was plenty of flies on the water but the trout appeared to have other things on their minds. I caught one trout on the nymph, a lovely trout that was very dark…