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Post by ben wynde on Apr 10, 2006 8:41:09 GMT -5
I fished on Sunday morning for a couple of hours from 08:00. Not a sausage - two barren sessions in a row now and my confidence is really low.
The backstream has been totally cleared of all the old rubbish. Water now flows along its entire length.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post by FlyBri on Apr 10, 2006 8:43:51 GMT -5
Ben - you using dry or nymph? Using an indicator or heaven forbid, NZ style?
What stretches are you fishing?
I've yet to fish anywhere other than the most productive spots so kinda feel I'm cheating a blank so far...
Bri
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Post by ben wynde on Apr 10, 2006 9:09:44 GMT -5
Fishing a GH nymph under an indicator in all the 'likely' places. Hence my desperation.....
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Post by Sewinman on Apr 10, 2006 9:28:51 GMT -5
I have stopped using indicators now. I prefer to use an Elk Hair Caddis instead.
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Post by FlyBri on Apr 10, 2006 9:54:44 GMT -5
Try NZ style Ben - I find it more delicate in terms of presentation than an indicator.
Morgan - thought you were joining?
Bri
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Post by Sewinman on Apr 10, 2006 9:58:33 GMT -5
I decided against it in the end. Too far away for after work and on weekends I go to Wales if I am free.
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Post by JayP on Apr 10, 2006 11:26:54 GMT -5
I fished on Sunday morning for a couple of hours from 08:00. Not a sausage - two barren sessions in a row now and my confidence is really low. Ben it's that new rod, must be a Jonah!
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Post by Pond321 on Apr 10, 2006 16:39:17 GMT -5
I only had one on Saturday - it was a wild fish of about 9 inches. I was deliberately targeting wild fish so I was more than happy with that one. Took a GRHE under an indicator :-) There were loads of olives coming off but the fish do not appear to be 'looking up' yet. I was out on the Pang tonight and it was the same there - loads of Olives but no rising fish (I blanked!!)
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Post by FlyBri on Apr 13, 2006 2:47:35 GMT -5
Okay - I need advice for tomorrow's outing. I've never fished downstream of the hatchgate bridge and was wondering 2 things:
- How far down can I go? - How far down is it worth going? - Is there anyway I can walk on the bank rather than wade through the pools I wish to fish (are either bank open to us)?
Cheers
Bri
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Post by JayP on Apr 13, 2006 4:00:30 GMT -5
Okay - I need advice for tomorrow's outing. I've never fished downstream of the hatchgate bridge and was wondering 2 things: - How far down can I go? - How far down is it worth going? - Is there anyway I can walk on the bank rather than wade through the pools I wish to fish (are either bank open to us)? Cheers Bri You can go about 2 miles to the confluence with the Blackwater but as it's your first foray I wouldn't go much further down than the concrete pillars, like most of the Whitewater it's best fished in the river although in a few places you can fish from the bank and our side is the true right side. Have a look at Kens www.campoz.fslife.co.uk/ken/ site as it lists all the likely spots, what he calls 'lucky dip' is always good for me if you fish tight in on the left looking upstream towards the bridge.
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Post by Pond321 on Apr 15, 2006 14:28:17 GMT -5
Fished on Friday & Saturday.
On Friday I landed one stocky at dead cert corner and lost another. Both on a gold bead GRHE.
On saturday I fished down from the hatchgate bridge. There was a huge hatch of olives and march browns (not daddy long legs Bri :-)) going on and I finally found some rising fish!!! I managed to loose two (fell off) and land two (6 inches and nine inches). All the fish were wild fish and it was a most satisfying session. I saw a very large fish literally jumping out of the water after flies in one pool - but, of course, by the time I had snuck up on the pool it stopped rising....
Hopefully this heralds the start of the dry fly action for 2006 :-)
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Post by JayP on Apr 16, 2006 12:12:47 GMT -5
Fished Friday with little success in the morning (other than getting a feel for the new rod) but come early afternoon and with huge hatches of olives a few sporadic grannoms and march browns about the wild fish finally took to surface feeding and I ended up with four wild fish, the biggest a 1lb and a Dace all taken on Ben's superbly tied Klinkhamers. A lot of the recently stocked trout seem to be holed up from the farm bridge upstream to the weir with many above the road bridge, with any luck the fish are now dialed in to surface feeding and this is the start of some good sport on the dry fly.
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Post by FlyBri on Apr 17, 2006 2:26:51 GMT -5
Fished the section downstream of the hatchgate bridge for the first time ever on Friday. Has some lovely spots in amongst the deep, slow moving featureless runs. Had a few follows from good fish and eventually took a nice wild brownie from the glassy pool upstream of the riffles which mark the cattle crossing. He had a slashy rise at my paradun initially, and then 3 casts later, he (or one of his friends) took the GHN as it swung round the arm of the pool upstream of me. Excellent fight and he was maybe just shy of a pound and had the markings / full fins to make me think he was a wild fish.
Wandered back to the bridge where just down stream of it there is a fallen tree hanging over the river. Casting under this I had a couple of follows on the GHN from good sized stockies which never fully committed themselves.
Will be back to this stretch again soon for a further recce...
Bri
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Post by FlyBri on Apr 18, 2006 11:31:06 GMT -5
So, I'm sitting in a corner office on the 7th floor of one of the ugliest office blocks in Sunbury, overlooking the M3. Ben has just called me and is around 10 miles south on the M3 on the Whitewater about to start fishing... I could hear the stream burbling in the back ground... G...I...T... Hope he blanks... Bri
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Post by ben wynde on Apr 18, 2006 15:20:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the vote of confidence Brian!
As soon as I started to fish a nice cold, downstream wind picked up. Which was nice. And it started to rain. Which was even nicer. Positively autumnal really. Started to fish up from the farm and was soon back into the old routine. The old routine where I fail to catch fish. There was quite a hatch of small olives, but no interest from the fish.
I did get a slashing rise to a balloon caddis, which I failed to connect with. How marvellous I thought. However, as I crept along the river, I noticed a spot where there were a few determined risers, in the shallow run overhung by the hawthorns. I slipped into the river and waited. I couldn't tell what the trout were feeding on, so I tied on a CDC and Elk and gave it a whirl. Drag was a nightmare, but the one drift I managed to get right was met with a rise and the first fish of the season was duly bought to hand. A beautiful wild fish. All 3" of him.
I am relieved! Time for a beer now.....
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