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Post by gary on Oct 22, 2012 22:41:11 GMT
I haven't caught any course fish on the T rod yet but I think I'll give that taddy a go for perch mainly in the canal here in Edinburgh... Hi Alex and many thanks for your encouraging comments I've got to say I'm finding the Coarse fishing very rewarding, and still so new to me after years of game fishing up in the Highlands. Peter has just joined this forum (bakelit79), but I'm sure he'll not mind if I pass on the advice he emailed me earlier tonight: Hope this helps you catch yer first Tenkara perch Oh, and don't worry... I've already been speaking to some retired Coarse Fishers down the river about where to find barbell - I've heard it said they're brilliant to catch of the fly! Seemingly the Great Ouse has a fairly healthy population, and it's not too far from me in Northampton. I can sense another Thread preparing itself in the background ;D Good luck with your Coarse Piscary! Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Oct 27, 2012 21:33:26 GMT
An excellent read, I live in March, Cambs and have a few streams like this up my way.... getting permission to be on the land is the problem though, not the fishing..... Had a free hour this afternoon, so had a look at www.streepmap.co.uk and picked a public footpath for a walk along the river Nene at Nether Hayford... I came into the village on the upper Hayford road, off the A45. Finding parking near to the Middle St Bridge was a bit of an issue, but just north of the bridge there is just enough room to park a car at the pump house, without blocking it's gate: A few photos down stream of bridge: I only walked down one field, as time was tight and I wanted to see what the other side of the bridge was like. Took another couple on way back to bridge: Some really nice spots targeted for future stalking sport Then, at the bridge I spotted this sign: Close up of text: Brilliant! Permissive Footpath access along the banks of the river! This is worth a thread on its own. www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/enjoying/places/farmsestates/default.aspxHeading up stream, opposite to the back gardens of Manor Park in Nether Hayford. Wow, what a place to live, having this river running through the bottom of your garden! The actual footpath: Another couple from above the foot bridge: I found myself asking the question... "is it too good to be true?" as I mumbled to myself planning when I can fit in a day on the pool laidened, tree lined extremely picturesque mile long stretch of the Upper river Nene... There MUST be fish in them there parts! ;D I'm off fishing in the Peterborough stretch of the Nene tomorrow, and really looking forward to a productive day again with Dee and Peter Report will, of course, follow Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Oct 28, 2012 23:24:56 GMT
Sunday 28th October, 10am to around 4pm: Met up with Peter (bakelit79) and Dee (skateboarddave) for our session in the Peterborough. Headed out to the River Nene at the sluice gates www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/dog-in-a-doublet-sluice-gates-removed-for-revamp-1-2590023 beside the 'Dog in a Doublet' www.doginad.co.uk/The down stream stretch of the Nene from the sluice gate is actually tidal, even though it's around 45 miles from the sea! The guys had fished here before with great success, so even though it was pretty windy and bitterly cold, we had a go for some small silver fish. Dee in the foreground, with Pete behind After about an hour, with no fish between the 3 of us, we decide to call it a day, and head back to more familiar territory on some of the many small tribs of the Nene. This little brook was running beautifully clear, and was at a really good height, with several pools for us to go at We chatted with a couple of maggot drowners and then got to business. My first of 6 perch: Very pretty little brook, which had a dog walkers path along its length And a fine wee Dace, which gave a good account of itself on the T rod... 1st of 2 I was fortunate enough to net After 8 fish, I collapse my T rod and wander up the Brook looking for the guys. Spotted Dee hoping over the fence with a great big smile on his face. 18 fish from one pool... Photo of Dee catapult casting one of his 3 brand new Daiwa T rods And one of the chunky Dace he nailed Stalking another spot for Roach A fantastic couple of hours had by all on this wee brook! Total for the session: Dee 20 fish Peter 10 fish Me 8 fish 3 different species, all caught on Tenkara rods. Not bad sport for a chilly Sunday afternoon in Northamptonshire ;D Tight lines Gary
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 13:45:39 GMT
Looks like a great day you guys had, I wish I had access to a river like that where I could target various species. Granted Scotland has some of the best trout fishing anywhere but I'd love to catch perch, chub, roach and dace. Rivers like this do exist in Scotland just not on my doorstep, never mind, there's always the canal :-)
Looking forward to more reports!
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Post by gary on Oct 29, 2012 17:56:47 GMT
Looks like a great day you guys had, I wish I had access to a river like that where I could target various species. Granted Scotland has some of the best trout fishing anywhere but I'd love to catch perch, chub, roach and dace. Rivers like this do exist in Scotland just not on my doorstep, never mind, there's always the canal :-) Looking forward to more reports! I'm the opposite down here thetroutfly, in that coarse rivers are plentiful in Northamptonshire, it's the wbt that I have to travel for... although not so far as I had originally thought I'm really enjoying the experience of targeting different species of fish, at different times of the year, in different environments. Now that it's getting colder, big chub are much less plentiful, and the smaller silver fish are the real target, particularly roach, which are the most difficult to catch on a fly in the neck of the woods. Perch will still go for a large taddy, as will the occasional chub... Much smaller shrimp pattern flies are the order of the day for dace, and definitely roach. Watching skateboarddave yesterday was very helpful indeed, as he fished downstream, with a 5.5mm tungsten head taddy as a sacrificial fly to get them down to where the fish are, and two small shrimp patterns, with the pink catching more fish. On the way home today I stopped of at my usual spot in Kislingbury, at the Mill pool. Water a little high, and a bit coloured. I was missing my Eso 410 rod so took it down to the Mill, where there is plenty room to cast it. Only had half an hour... Spotted a fish rising on the other side, pinged out a Black Taddy right in front of it, and missed its tug. Straight back out to the same place and landed this lovely little Chub Two young lads were there, fishing away as usual after school. Great to see them so keen at that age (about 10 yrs old). One of them piped up "my granda is going to take me for fly fishing lessons" which was lovely to hear Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 2, 2012 19:17:22 GMT
Friday 2nd November, 4.30pm: Called past Mill pool at Kislingbury late yesterday afternoon (Thursday) to see what state the river was in after all the rain on Wednesday night. Grim viewing, very high and very coloured: The gauge at 4pm yesterday At 9am this morning - dropped 300mm overnight, but need much more And 4.30pm today - only dropped 50mm in 7.5 hours! I ping in a large Taddy, just to check the depth... And this greedy little Roach went straight for it! Lovely ;D Just goes to show it's always worth carrying the T rod when checking out the river... even when it's 'unfishable' Fingers crossed the river will go down, significantly, overnight, and clear up a bit as planning a day on the Upper Nene (Nether Heyford and above) with skateboarddave and bakelit79 tomorrow. I took a run along the river earlier today, looking for possible likely spots if the river drops enough - found this lovely looking pool on the A5 to Brockhall Road, just before it crosses the M1 (North of J16). I'll be out early, but if no good we'll head North into skateboarddave's patch in Leicestershire Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 2, 2012 21:43:47 GMT
A handy reference map showing the River Nene and its very many tribs in the Northamptonshire, to give you an idea of the postings on this thread. Source www.riverneneregionalpark.org/A huge expanse of water... offering a lifetimes exploration and challenge Project locations Ecological status Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 3, 2012 21:12:41 GMT
Saturday 3rd November, all day: An early start around 8am this morning, pretty chilly at 4 degrees. After searching about on google earth last night, I headed for a tiny trib of the Nene, hoping to find the water had dropped enough to fish. Parked up, geared up, and headed downstream not thinking I'd be there very long. Still a little high and coloured, but so much better and definitely worth a go (wishing I had thrown on my chest waders now - only put on wellies as had no real expectation of being able to fish this trib, expecting to have to travel several miles up stream on the Nene to find fishable water) The first couple of hundred meters was challenging fishing, to say the least, but so worth the effort as I was successful in landing a fair few fish, and missed loads more! This was interesting... where the trib runs under the Grand Union Canal From directly under the canal (weird feeling) And a few more of the trib This sign was in someones back garden ;D A very successful mornings fishing, with 9 fish caught and 2 different species Skateboarddave joined me from Leicester about lunchtime, with Bakelit79 from Peterborough a little later. Both guys also had fish from this little trib ;D With a couple of hours daylight left, we decided to shift location, heading downstream with great expectations of many fish... we walked a mile and a half, fishing every likely looking spot along the way... 1 fish caught between the three of us There are a few thoughts as to why some really good looking spots hold no fish... predation probably highest on the list. Bakelit79 spotted a Mink on the 'barron' stretch Total for the day: Me - 11 (full day, all caught in the morning) Skateboarddave - 6 (half day) Bakelit79 - 2 (couple of hours) Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 4, 2012 17:00:08 GMT
What a difference a day makes... Sunday 4th October Very heavy rain all morning, river rising quickly, drove past just after lunch for a look at the Mill in Kislingbury and river was about a foot below the footpath. 2 hours later: Couldn't get near the gauge to take a photo of height as had gove over the footpath... A chap who was walkng his dog stopped, and felt a need to tell me it's the highest he's seen it in 6 years... Forecast to improve over next few days... hopefully get fishing again by the weekend Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 4, 2012 19:38:58 GMT
Sunday, 6.30pm Stopped by the river in passing, and it's still rising! Bust its banks on the far side, and up about 10" (going by the railings in this photo) Feel sorry for the people in the building on the left!
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Post by gary on Nov 6, 2012 0:48:15 GMT
Monday 5th November, 10.30am River has risen even more, even though no local rain fort 24 hours! Notice the gauge where I normally take photos at the Mill in Kislingbury (scroll back to see normal levels) Serious flooding in the whole Upper Nene catchment area - I was chatting to a guy from Anglia water who was also there taking photos... I checked again tonight on the way home, and it's thankfully dropped by around a foot... I stumbled across the www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/120735.aspx page tonight, and it shows this very handy map of every River Level Station (Green dots) Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Nov 9, 2012 9:11:12 GMT
While planning where to go fishing this weekend I came across a very handy website wtp2.appspot.com/ which gives a split page giving the OS footpath map on the left, with the google image of wherever you're looking on the right! Simple but VERY handy as it saves have to swap between two different windows. And example showing the Mill pool at Kislingbury: I'll open up a new thread specifically for this resource so that everyone can enjoy the benefits. Tight lines Gary
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Post by gary on Dec 12, 2012 22:11:50 GMT
Wednesday 12th December Haven't been on the river for ages, but had a free hour about linchtime today. River has eventually got back to a reasonable level, still slightly high and partly coloured, but definitely fishable! ;D Parked up at my usual spot, at Kislingbury Mill, and the car thermomoeter was still showing -2 Deg. C at 11.30am. A bit chilly for fidling with tiny flies, but fumbled on regardless As time was tight, I took a brisk walk upstream to the largest pool on this stretch (about 500m above the weir) and set about the search for some silver fish... Photo taken at 12 noon: Conditions were perfect for my Eso 410 rod, with almost all the bank side vegitation now died off... Before moving back down stream, I pulled out my new Exori Zoom 8/9/10 and had a few casts for the first time. Felt very light, and very easy to use. Unfortunately the only thing hookeed was a very heavy submerged log Back to the Eso 410 and fished back down to the car: Checked out all of the likely looking spots on the way: Not a fish in sight! I had 3 flies on: 4mm Tungsten Head Taddy as sacrificial, size 16 tungsten head bug on a jig hook, and a tiny size 22 Tungsten head red tag on point. Only one tug, most likely a Roach going by the feel of it, but was a fine "rosey cheeked" way to spend an hour this afternoon. Rain forecast for Friday, but if Rivers not too high will try and get a decent session in over this weekend. Tight lines Gary
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Post by jb on Oct 14, 2015 9:59:33 GMT
As someone who has just moved to Peterborough from the Westcountry, this thread is an inspiration. Great stuff Gary.
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