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Post by Sewinman on Apr 26, 2006 5:39:35 GMT -5
After speaking to our head bailiff saturday gone there are no more vacancies this year and by the ammount of new faces I've seen he's probably correct! B*gger.
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Post by justinbenjamin on Apr 28, 2006 9:54:35 GMT -5
Anyone going out Monday ?
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Post by ben wynde on Apr 30, 2006 9:43:54 GMT -5
Fished today from 10:00, packing up just after midday - just as a hatch of olives was starting! The fish seem a bit more on the fin and looking up. Had one nice fish of 12" or so but failed to connect with a couple of others.
The season is panning out nicely.
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Post by Pond321 on May 2, 2006 16:01:13 GMT -5
I did not visit the WW last week due to some selfish friends getting married However, I was fishing the Pang on Monday and there was a short, but intense, hatch of Hawthornes. The fish went mad, but the hatch only lasted 20 mins. These are the first Hawthorne I have seen this year - bodes well for this weekend...... Ben - I finally plucked up the courage to use one of your flies and am pleased to say your black hawthorne (the non foam one) accounted for two fish with a further 2 or three rises missed. And, I am delighted to say I still have all of the flies!!!!
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Post by justinbenjamin on May 3, 2006 12:00:25 GMT -5
How similar are these Hawthorne flies to common house flies ?
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Post by Pond321 on May 3, 2006 13:10:18 GMT -5
pretty similar but they are bigger, slower and appear to have dangley legs
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Post by ben wynde on May 3, 2006 13:45:26 GMT -5
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Post by justinbenjamin on May 4, 2006 6:39:24 GMT -5
Thanks , never seen them before , will keep my eyes open
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Post by Pond321 on May 4, 2006 8:45:26 GMT -5
IMHO, the Hawthorne is as good as the Mayfly. This fish go mad for them.
Ahhhhh, today is thursday and that means an evening on the river :-)
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Post by justinbenjamin on May 4, 2006 11:10:48 GMT -5
Good weather for it , enjoy tell us how you got on
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Post by FlyBri on May 5, 2006 3:44:33 GMT -5
Went out on Thursday morning from around 9.30 till 12.30. First couple of hours not much were happening - but then by just after 11 a good hatch started and although I went thru my dry fly repertoire (parting with the ever faithful klink!), I had no interest other than a Dace.
Eventually became fixated with a trout in the deep swirling pool at the tree stump which is mid way between the farm bridge and the road bridge. In the clear water I could see it facing upstream (which in this pool's back eddy is actually to the left hand bank as you look upstream) and I eventually caught it on my now re-deployed olive paradun after much persistence (~40mins on one fish!). As I couldn't see what they were feeding on, I assume it was pretty small.
Met a couple of guys I don't know tackling up and when I said to one (Alan?) that I thought I didn't have anything small enough in my dry flies to get the takes, he told me that in fact on this river they will take any size or shape of dry flies and aren't fussy... In fact he uses the max hook size wherever possible. It was his second season on the river and I wished him good luck...
If anyone went out yesterday evening I'd be surprised if it wasn't a bumper session.
BTW, on the rod front I have to say that whilst the 7ft6 is superior for roll casting, some of the spots I could reach by shooting the line with the 7ft rod are now untouchable which is a little annoying... Still not convinced that 7ft isn't optimum for me at least... Will persist with the new rod and see if I can adjust...
Bri
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Post by Pond321 on May 5, 2006 4:37:34 GMT -5
Went last night. One wild brownie (9") and two small (4") chub. Several Trees (at least 5). Did not manage to land any trees, they all snapped me up. Biggest one I hooked was probably at least 2400".
The fish were very selective. I eventually went down to a size 20 but was still getting ignored. There were loads of small pale olives coming off and the fish were fixated on these (Pale Wateries perhaps?)
The stretch above the top road bridge is already getting overgrown. I will be packing the 6ft rod tonight. Anyone else gonna be there tonight?
Cheers
Jon
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Post by FlyBri on May 5, 2006 7:11:59 GMT -5
Very good Jon ;D
Glad to see someone else thought that size was the key and I'm not losing it ('it' being an intangible quality which I won't define lest someone posts to inform me I never had said quality).
I've actually dusted off the 6ft fiberglass rod which is fun for short dry fly work - may take it out next time. Won't be there tonight as the olds are flying in.
Tight lines mate
Bri
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Post by FlyBri on May 5, 2006 7:16:10 GMT -5
Oh and while I remember it, although not related to the Whitewater, I had a good session on the downstream stretch of the river-who-has been-often-named-but-from-now-on-shouldn't-be-named (so not the chalk stream river-who-shall-not-be-named), just below the petrol garage. Missed maybe 8 takes to the upstream dry and caught 2 very nice brownies of 10 and 9 inches each.
Season looking good...
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Post by ben wynde on May 5, 2006 7:48:50 GMT -5
downstream stretch of the river-who-has been-often-named-but-from-now-on-shouldn't-be-named (so not the chalk stream river-who-shall-not-be-named) the 'not-a-chalkstream river-who-has-been-often-named-but-from-now-on-shouldn't-be-named' is, I think, a chalkstream in our little stretch. Not that this matters. What does matter is that when I peeked into the river from the car park last night it was boiling with rising fish. And I think, increasingly, that some of the Whitewater fish (the larger wild ones anyway) are very selective. Not on pattern but size. All the best, Ben
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