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Post by leckie on Jan 9, 2012 22:37:41 GMT
dave1972 Nice grayling and a nice looking river. I see you have the Iwana like mine. Is yours the 12' version? It's good to see that you tie your own flies I'm just getting back into the habit after buying them for the last 15 years or so. I'm not a great fly tier but there are a lot of good posts on youtube and I see that Simon has created a new thread on fly tying so hopefully there will be a few posts on that where us novices and basic fly tiers can improve our skills. If you want to post multiple photos I found that Imageshack.com is really good to use. It's free from the internet and pretty self explanatory. You click on media upload and browse and select the photo you want and size to upload and click on the upload button. All you then have to do is copy and paste the URL string and voila its done. Then repeat for the next photo. leckie
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Post by dave1972 on Jan 10, 2012 17:32:38 GMT
leckie its the 12ft and a very cool rod indeed....ive been using a level line at 12ft with 2-3ft of 3lb tippet added on and it seems to work well for me. i will be ordering the handle option from tusa to drop it to a 9ft 4" for a small jump across stream i discovered not far from me that holds fully wild brownies. walked it loads of time with my pooch and i havent seen anybody fish it so it could befancy a nice virgin... i know theres fish because the dog has spooked them while paddling so they are there.heres a pic of the stream to give you an idea...its super nice with some nice runs and some deep holes.gonna take some exploring but i dont think it will take much pressure so maybe fish it once a month or less so i dont mess with anything
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Post by leckie on Jan 10, 2012 21:24:56 GMT
dave1972, Looks a cracking stream....perfect for tenkara. Why don't you try it with the 12' Iwana and simply cut down the length of the level line to 10' or less. You can also collapse the first segment to made the rod shorter. Its pretty versatile....will save you some cash as well There might be grayling in there as well... you never know. let us know how you get on. leckie
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Post by dave1972 on Jan 11, 2012 17:44:48 GMT
leckie. ive been down at the weekend with my rod and it is going to be so difficult to play a fish due to low overhanging trees and thick brush.casting is gonna be easy using the bow and arrow but it is gonna be nigh on impossible in 90% of the stream with 12ft of rod, thus the 9'4" option.with everything green died back it looks ropey but come spring when it all starts to grow again its hands and knees job to get to swims and then on your knees in the stream. i dont think pic does it justice how small and tight it is but its gonna be fun.will get some more pics this weekend and post them.i am a small stream fanatic, i just love the chalenge of them....
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Post by leckie on Jan 11, 2012 20:52:53 GMT
dave1972, Yeah I see what you mean... the picture gave me the wrong impression. Look forward to seeing some more pictures of that little stream. I've just taken up serious river fishing the last couple of years and never fished any streams. I'm beginning to wonder what I've missed Might do a bit of reconnaissance outings and sus some venues out for the coming season. leckie
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Post by leckie on Jan 16, 2012 13:14:35 GMT
Saturday 14 January 2012 - River North Esk Tried again for the grayling for a couple of hours without any success. I tried a tapered level line with 5 ' lengths of 20,15 and 12 lb line. I attached 6" of 14 lb red power gum as an indicator and mainly used a Sakasa Kabari size 16 that I tied a few days earlier. Maybe I should be using weighted nymphs but I'm really just out to practice casting with a level line (albeit tapered on this occasion) and see how my home made flies perform. I've already posted some photos of the stretch I was fishing earlier in this post so my next post from this stretch will be a GRAYLING.... leckie
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Post by leckie on Feb 4, 2012 19:57:51 GMT
Sunday 28 January 2012 – River North Esk The river was in perfect condition steady flow, not too high and clear. There was no wind either….always a bonus. It was real frosty yesterday morning but today the forecast was for the temperature to get up to 5 degrees or so which is about the average for this time of the year, it didn’t feel that cold I guess it’s because I’ve got 6 layers of clothing on (wimp) and there’s no wind chill. My target remains the elusive grayling….for me anyway. I started with a kind of Sawyer’s Killer Bug that I tied earlier in the week. I gave that a go for half an hour or so….nothing. I reckoned it was about time to change the fly to a GRHE. Then I thought I’ll double my chances and put on two flies on the one cast. So that’s what I did….I attached another foot or so of 3lb fluorocarbon with a PTN on the cast as well. My confidence soared.. won’t be long before I feel the first tug on the line. Before I even got a cast in one of the nymphs caught in my wading boots…aaaargh..what a plonker…..why didn’t I debarb that hook. Spent ages it seemed (probably less than 2 minutes) working the fly out of the wading boot. Free at last. Back to the fishing….I don’t believe it…after only 5 or 6 casts, one of the flies has got stuck up a tree. I’ve had it with two flies....I’m never going to use two flies on a cast when tenkara fishing ever again. I completely lose control of the cast when trying to guide them under the overhanging branches of trees…and that’s without leaves. After changing back to a single fly I decide to stick with SKB and will change to a sakasa kebari it I see some surface activity. I work up the pools and runs and although no takes I’m still happy to be back on the river. For the last half hour I put on a sakasa kebari and practice my presentation technique. The 3 hour fishing session produced no fish, no takes didn’t even see a fish move..but I’m already thinking about my next trip on the walk back to the car. leckie
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Post by leckie on Feb 4, 2012 21:51:30 GMT
Saturday 4 February - River North Esk
The forecast was for snow mid morning so I set the alarm to get up early and get a couple hours fishing in before it snows. I was on the river at 8am still trying for the elusive grayling. I wanted to do a bit of experimenting today anyway as I just purchased a pair of breathable scierra waist waders and wanted to check them out. I also tried colouring my fluorocarbon level lines with OHP permanent ink markers. I made two tapered lines about 14ft long and coloured them red. I also used a green pen for a standard level line to differentiate. Well the coloured lines worked a treat...the pen is easy to apply and dries almost immediately you apply it...cuts down on the mess. I'm going to colour another level line black to match my Yamame rod I'm fishing today with some sakasu kabaris that I tied myself weighted down with a small split shot. I'm travelling real light this morning as I am only fishing for 2 hours...I left the landing net in the garage before I set off. The river is in perfect condition..it is crystal clear and must only be around 6 inches or so above summer levels....it's been dry for a week now with no melting snow from the hills to worry about. Floating mid stream down the river is this sliver shape...I initially thought it must be a discarded plastic bag that someone has irresponsibly thrown into the river...but when it passes me I clearly see that it is a dead grayling of just under a pound. I didn't have my landing net some I couldn't scoop it out of the river I follow it downstream hoping that it would lay up in shallow water..but it eventually came to rest in about 4 feet of water at the next pool downstream. That's me goosed..I can't get it out of the water to examine it..I reckon that a heron must have got it then it escaped... but who knows My two hour session has come and gone very quickly...it's just starting to sleet as I make my way back to the car. Scotland's playing England at rugby this afternoon. The game's at Murrayfield in Edinburgh so looking for a home win
leckie
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 20:19:08 GMT
Hi Guys,
Heading to the river Tweed tomorrow hopefully to catch some fine ladies !! The water has been very low with all this cold weather, I hope the grayling will have shoaled up in some deep pools ive been told about.
Last week I tried but no joy, however there has been reports of some good size fish being caugth this week.
Leckie fancy meeting up on the Esk for a few casts ? Im only about 20mins from Lasswade...
The Esk looks in good condition at the moment !!
Tight lines
Buglife
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Post by leckie on Feb 8, 2012 21:16:30 GMT
buglife, I hope you catch a few nice ladies from the Tweed tomorrow. The rivers are unbelievably low at the moment....just above summer levels..and crystal clear too...magic Don't forget to take your camera with you and if you could write up a report that would be appreciated. I'll drop you a PM re meeting up for fishing on the Esk. tight lines leckie
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Post by palakona on Feb 13, 2012 20:02:48 GMT
Had my first Tenkara outing this afternoon on the R. Coln at Coln St. Aldwyns fishing for Grayling. No Grayling but a nice out of season brownie - see attached. Thoroughly enjoyed the method and will be persevering with it as an alternative fishing style. Attachments:
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Post by leckie on Feb 13, 2012 22:37:40 GMT
palakona, That is a lovely looking ooswbt....looks in very good condition..betcha it put a big bend on that tenkara rod of yours. Is it an Iwana 12' that you have What did you catch it on Great way to Christen your tenkara rod. Alex
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