Sunday 11 July 2021

Feet Wet

 With all the media hype of football on TV & Radio,  for somebody that cannot abide the game at all no matter what nation is playing I had to get away & currently carrying an injury the mountains were ruled out so after a long break (9th April) being the last trip out with the rod. 



I opted to get my feet wet again.







The rivers were are low and I knew it would be a day of not much fish moving but I was determined to get a wet net.



I certainly didn't need any net for the first 5 fish that rose to my small dry fly.  Par seemed to be the only thing taking terrestrials off the surface.
I made my way down the mile & a half length of club water I was fishing without seeing any decent fish break the surface so at my turning point I opted to go sub surface & adopt a nymph set up.

Moving back upstream to the first decent bit of deeper water I concentrated on the high oxygenated parts of the water & sure enough within a few moments lifted into my first decent fish of the day, which turned out the be a Grayling.



I continued to fish the faster water & struck into a further 3 Grayling but on my haste to get out I hadn't charged the battery on the camera, thinking that it would be OK, I was wrong the camera did not even have enough power to open up the lens shutter. Not to worry they were OK fish but no record breakers so I wasnt disappointed about not getting a photograph but I did manage to get my net wet & thats what I had come for.

A nice couple of hours away from all the media hype  Now the TV is off & Im sat typing up the blog, what could be better.

4 comments:

  1. Glad you're back on the bank George. I had a dabble on a river local to us both on Sunday night (sacrilege I know) and struggled in the broken water on the nymph, managing a smallish brownie. As it got dusky a decent rise started in the top pool and I manged 3 trout and a grayling on a dry fly so went home happy. I must have missed about twenty rises though which was frustrating.

    Regards

    Dave

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  2. Hi Dave, Glad you got amongst them. I really enjoyed my short time out & really am looking forward to this Grayling season when I will endeavour to get out more, the trout season doesn't really bother me as my passion as you know is the Grayling. Tight lines mate.
    Cheers George

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  3. Hi George

    Good to see you out on the river and getting those boots a bit damp!

    With work commitments and the glorious (if you are not a fisherman) weather I have hardly had chance to get out myself. I did get down to the little river Leven at the weekend, but I spooked more fish than I covered!

    Take care and stay safe

    Alistair

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    1. Hi Alistair thanks for dropping in, Aye got out onto the river again, I know what you mean by work & weather, Im so looking forward to some water & a break to get out more. Take care buddy.
      cheers George

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