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Post by springerman on Feb 15, 2014 10:13:24 GMT
Well done mspaddler, You must be the only fisherman out on the river, anywhere in the UK. But they say it's coming better!!!!
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Post by mspaddler on Apr 14, 2014 6:49:09 GMT
Arrived back in the UK on Thursday morning. Long flight and no sleep, but it was a pretty day and I was anxious to at least get my first Trout of the season. I made a quick dash to the Beck and found I was not alone! 4 other club members were already fishing on the fishing hut stretch. Rather than go elsewhere I decided to follow in their footsteps and in 2 hours managed to pick up 3 trout including the first of the season in the photo. Interestingly it was probably as big a trout as I have caught on the Beck and after a conversation with Dave S realized it was most probably a stocker. Dave explained that basically the stock fish from our supplier are quite dull in comparison to WBT. Attachment Deleted
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Post by daves on Apr 14, 2014 7:20:08 GMT
A good catch in view of the wind, colouring up river & other anglers. Well done.
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Post by mspaddler on Apr 23, 2014 21:49:51 GMT
Blimey I'm about fed up with this wind. A few hours on the Beck this afternoon. I even took my 7ft 4wt to supplement my Tenkara rod. I was a bit retro today, 11ft Iwana with a furled leader from Phil. All but 1 of the 5 trout I caught were wild and all but one on the Tenkara. The silly stocker went for a Klinkhammer on the 'Western' rod and the wildies took a silver nymph on the T. Amazing diference in colouring. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by daves on Apr 27, 2014 7:10:34 GMT
Yes! The stockies are drab apologies for 'proper fish'.
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Post by lanhal on May 14, 2014 17:39:56 GMT
An afternoon on Pickering Beck - Duchy water. The Duchy water is north of the town and has been the subject of much improvement work by Pickering Fishery Association, under the guidance of the Wild Trout Trust. As the water is not stocked, and is more of a challenge for access and casting, is not fished as much as the water south of the town.
This was my first trip out since my visit to the Isle of Man, when I realised that a 3.0m rod would be useful in restricted situations. As such it was the first trip out for a new Suntech Kurenai H30 rod. It was duly christened after about 5 casts! The water was in excellent condition: fining down after a recent flush, with a touch of colour. Weather was warm and sunny, but of course there was plenty of shade under the tree canopy. Plenty of midges were about, with some olives and, later a couple of early Mayfly.
Some fish were rising - always a good sign - so I fished dry fly, mainly with elk hair/hare ice dubbing patterns, or a black plume tip. Line was a 2.7m #3 orange Sunline with about 0.9m of 2lb Maxima Chameleon tippet (~6X).
My 'fly first' casting was improving but I didn't worry about keeping all the line off the water as this was not generally possible under the trees. Searching the water whilst moving upstream I finished with 19 fish in a 4 hour session.
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Post by Paul G on May 14, 2014 20:23:40 GMT
Nice work. Glad the combined WTT and PFA habitat is being used by lots of wild fish I think that Tony was finally convinced by my cover log placements when he caught a bundle of fish around them during a mayfly hatch from a pool he'd struggled on before.
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Post by lanhal on May 15, 2014 6:25:37 GMT
Yes, the in-stream placements are certainly holding fish. As daves says, you have to cast into cover for best results. Consequently I spent last night replenishing my fly box. I'm certainly looking forward to the mayfly hatch on the Duchy. The last good hatch a couple of two ago had the fish really switched on for a couple of weeks. I met Tony a few weeks ago on the Derwent using a T rod, under daves's supervision.
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Post by daves on May 20, 2014 8:16:19 GMT
Well done & nice fish. The Dutchy is full of lovely wild fish & the ideal time to get them is when it is just fining down after a flood. There is no doubting that 'fish love to live in trees'.
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Post by mspaddler on May 22, 2014 19:40:37 GMT
Quite a bit of rain here in York this morning but by 15.30 had stopped and I figured that the Beck would be fishable so off I went. When I got to Ings Bridge it was definitely 3 inches or so higher and quite coloured. Still I set up with a klink and dink and went a searching. Pretty soon I landed a nice WBT on the nymph and in 2 hours I hooked 7 trout landed 4 of them and lost 2 sets of flies in the trees, well and truly out of reach. My tree work was as a result of striking, I really have to learn to strike horizontally on the Beck! Attachment Deleted
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Post by daves on May 23, 2014 7:28:25 GMT
Good one! I was working with a WTT Demo Day on the Hartford River helping top show how a drainage ditch can be turned back into the stream that it once was. That too had coloured up a bit. I hope the Derwent is OK on Monday as I'm showing a new club member some of the subtleties of Tenkara.
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Post by lanhal on May 25, 2014 21:21:48 GMT
After rain last week the Beck has been up and coloured. By this afternoon I'd had enough of waiting for the conditions to improve so I went out on the Duchy water anyway. Best description of water colour was 'weak coffee with a just a dash of milk'. Nevertheless the fish were taking, out of the current. A dry fly in eddies or near banks or on other quiet water would bring them up. Mayfly were in evidence - more than just one or two - and the fish seemed to be interested. A couple of hours brought 8 trout to hand, with some of them on Mayfly patterns; the first of the year for me. Not brilliant but very pleasing given conditions.
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Post by lanhal on May 31, 2014 13:39:29 GMT
Out this morning on the Duchy water. The beck was fining down after the rain at the end of the the week, but was still a bit high. Water temperature was low, as was air temp. Little fly life in evidence to start with although midges appeared later. So it was not surprising that searching with a dry fly raised little interest. Eventually I realised that the trout were taking below the surface when a drowned dirty duster attracted 4 fish, one after the other, from the same pool. After continuing with a grey kebari pattern (representing a midge I guess) I ended up with 9 to hand and dropped off another 4. Hopefully, with the water dropping further and increases in temperature, things will improve further by tomorrow.
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Post by daves on Jun 1, 2014 11:15:50 GMT
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Post by lanhal on Jun 1, 2014 17:58:31 GMT
That last fish is a cracker, Dave, and looks to be a wildie...
I made a return visit to the Duchy this afternoon. Lots of midges about and a few mayfly but not many fish rising and they certainly weren't picking out mayfly. I managed to rise fish with a variety of flies: detached body mayfly, mayhamer, black gnat, CDC plume tip etc. However, I found it difficult to connect - maybe they were turning away at the last millisecond. Dirty duster above or below the surface and kebari patterns didn't work at all today. Most fish were tight up against the bank, as you found Dave - I managed to get a Scarab Noir close-in on one cast and was duly rewarded with a fish that stayed on. As ever, the fish displayed stunning markings.
Later in the afternoon I began to get consistent takes, and hook-ups, to a skinny olive klink tied on a size 18 Partridge 15BNX ,
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