Post by Brennan on May 13, 2006 12:26:02 GMT -5
Hi all,
Got out fishing this afternoon for a few hours. A lot of fish were rising when I arrived. I normally walk down river and fish it back up to the car but today I couldn't wait to get started. I walked a few hundred yards downstream and started to fish. I tied on a size 17 black gnat and had a few casts with no success.
On closer observation, the trout were rising to Hawthorn, so on I tied a size 13 parachute representation. The trout were rising all over the place, even in the bright sun.
I managed around 30 fish, most of which were bigger than average for that stretch of river, including a few around the 3/4lb (wild browns) and one over the pound (which was a stockie). All the fish took the hawthorn fly confidently. I purposely didn't gink it up to allow the fly fish under the surface when I gave the line a few tugs and this seemed to get the attention of the trout!
The club water I was fishing has built a few huts along the banks for bait anglers. Nice wee huts and handy when it starts to rain.
The big brownie.
The spot where I got him.
Another wee brown.
Bluebells
Most of the fish were rising in the slack water so that's where I concentrated my efforts.
There is a trout farm about 500 yards up steam of this club and there is some nice water behind the farm. As I walked up the river to fish it, I noticed that there were very few fish rising. Upon further inspection, the water level was around 12" lower than normal. The farmer had obviously extracted the water for his fish at the cost of the wild brownies in the river. There has been days when I have lifted 30 fish out of this stretch but today the water could barely support any but a few.
The water must have been removed very quickly as I could see where the water line used to be earlier today. Furthermore, the lower water level revealed the real extent the fish farm has on the river. I must have seen a few dozen dead fish, all rotting and must have been in the river a while. These fish came from the fish farm. The farmer just chucks all the dead fish from the farm in the river and hope that they get washed away. I would like to do something about this. Any advice?
Brennan
Got out fishing this afternoon for a few hours. A lot of fish were rising when I arrived. I normally walk down river and fish it back up to the car but today I couldn't wait to get started. I walked a few hundred yards downstream and started to fish. I tied on a size 17 black gnat and had a few casts with no success.
On closer observation, the trout were rising to Hawthorn, so on I tied a size 13 parachute representation. The trout were rising all over the place, even in the bright sun.
I managed around 30 fish, most of which were bigger than average for that stretch of river, including a few around the 3/4lb (wild browns) and one over the pound (which was a stockie). All the fish took the hawthorn fly confidently. I purposely didn't gink it up to allow the fly fish under the surface when I gave the line a few tugs and this seemed to get the attention of the trout!
The club water I was fishing has built a few huts along the banks for bait anglers. Nice wee huts and handy when it starts to rain.
The big brownie.
The spot where I got him.
Another wee brown.
Bluebells
Most of the fish were rising in the slack water so that's where I concentrated my efforts.
There is a trout farm about 500 yards up steam of this club and there is some nice water behind the farm. As I walked up the river to fish it, I noticed that there were very few fish rising. Upon further inspection, the water level was around 12" lower than normal. The farmer had obviously extracted the water for his fish at the cost of the wild brownies in the river. There has been days when I have lifted 30 fish out of this stretch but today the water could barely support any but a few.
The water must have been removed very quickly as I could see where the water line used to be earlier today. Furthermore, the lower water level revealed the real extent the fish farm has on the river. I must have seen a few dozen dead fish, all rotting and must have been in the river a while. These fish came from the fish farm. The farmer just chucks all the dead fish from the farm in the river and hope that they get washed away. I would like to do something about this. Any advice?
Brennan
