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Post by springerman on Apr 1, 2014 17:43:38 GMT
Orangeotter, I was on the Ribble yesterday, before the rain. It was up this morning but increased this afternoon. Way up. More rain forecasted!! Glad you were able to get out. Interesting report. Must have a look at this GRHE S/K and give it a try.
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Post by orangeotter on Apr 1, 2014 17:59:31 GMT
If you have a look on the Esoteric site, you'll find 3 selections of flies,GRHE is there. I'm sorry it's a personal advert but I make them all and the GRHE is one of the best sellers. It's my 'go to' pattern but as with many things, it doesn't always work !
You don't need to make with my silk eye, it's great on the Kamasan B911 which I think you use.
Be interested in how you get on with it (the hackle is hen pheasant chest)
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Post by springerman on Apr 2, 2014 8:08:55 GMT
Louis, I am ahead of you. Thank you all the same. I use a lot of Hares Ear, well Hare's mask. I pluck it from the head and blend it. I do the same with Squirrel body, Rabbit, Mole & Mice!! Makes lovely dubbing. I am sure you know that. As you can see, I have some strange habits! Thanks again for your advice. Ian.
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Post by orangeotter on Apr 2, 2014 8:40:48 GMT
I'll bet you're a ' pheasant plucker' too......
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Post by flatsghost on Apr 5, 2014 7:11:22 GMT
I have used mouse fur to dub with and it is a super material I have to say. Louis some of the patterns in Roger's book called for it along with Blue tit and cow hair! I guess if it has fur or feather it could be used somehow / someway. The catalogues have a great deal of synthetic stuff but there are still lots of natural materials out there and a lot of them have fallen 'out of fashion' . I thinks we are very much led by the magazines in this respect . Mole, Ostrich herl to name a couple which are good Materials but not featured much in the fishing comics any more. Perhaps if we could use Goosander and merganser somehow it might solve another problem we have!! Tight lines Glyn
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Post by orangeotter on Apr 15, 2014 18:11:00 GMT
Went out today for which turned into a typical April day, apart from the weather perhaps - bright sun all day combined with a cold northerly wind.
Arrived at 11.00 to see a reasonable amount of grannom hatching but fish showing surprisingly little interest ( as on the Usk recently). Started with a grannom Sakasa Kebari which brought a couple of fish but slow going. During the day there were sporadic hatches of March Brown which really got the trout going, some going airborne to take flies in flight.A MB emerger took a couple of fish with others missed, the day improving slightly. In the periods between grannom and March Brown hatches, Olives obliged and more fish were caught and missed on the ever dependable GRHE SK. This is a typical Dee late spring day but if you don't offer what they want, forget it !
Sport died around 2.30 so went home feeling reasonably pleased with 7 decent trout but would have expected to see more rising fish. I don't think the grannom has kicked in properly yet, the problem is that you need to be on the river every day to take advantage when it does - perish the thought !!
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Post by Simon on Apr 21, 2014 7:55:30 GMT
A late report from last Monday 14th. It’s great being off from work for two weeks, plenty of time fishing with Sonia but with the downside of many jobs around the house to catch up on. We arrived at the Sun Pool At Trevor around 1pm, as we made our way down the slope to field the mountains on either side started to protect us from the wind, by the time we reached the river there was very little wind but very sunny. Fly life was all around us, Grannom and olives were everywhere but no fish were taking them? The bend produced no fish this time so we moved up stream. On the slower water fish started to move, taking olives drifting downstream in the bubble lane, we both quickly changed to our own favourite dry fly and stared to cover the rising fish. Many OFS silver ladies came to our nets over the next few hours, all big fish but no trout at all. I dropped back downstream and changed to a black Japanese type fly which I fished in the faster water between the two sections at last 3 small trout were taken on the fly just subsurface. Totally fished out the climb back up to the car now faced us. Another good day at the Sun Pool. Simon & Sonia.
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Post by flatsghost on Apr 21, 2014 19:57:28 GMT
Nice one Simon. Glad you had a good day. Those pools look familiar to me! I can report that on the local rivers to me I have only found the WBT in the shallow fast water also which is odd. Nice that you had some fly to get the fish in the mood. I have several days to fish this week but am unsure where to go as I am not sure where the rain has or is dropping! Nice pictures and thanks for the report. Tight lines Glyn
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Post by custheyder on Apr 22, 2014 10:32:41 GMT
Fabulous pictures and lovely water. I'll be there over the May bank holiday to try my luck.
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Post by daves on Apr 22, 2014 17:10:02 GMT
Lovely pictures!
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Post by Simon on Apr 24, 2014 17:57:22 GMT
Wed 23rd March The River Dee. Another day fishing, this time on a guest ticket on Corwen waters fishing with Louis (Orange otter). Met up with Louis at Rhugg Farm shop where we had a very good but expensive Bacon roll and tea in the restaurant. The first water to fish was one of the upper sections of the Dee, rain and wind started as we parked up in the layby, is this a bad sign? The river Dee is very low for this time of the year, this section meanders around wind bends as it cuts its way through the flat fields. These bends with slow flat water would be perfect on a summers day when fish are rising, unfortunately today was not one of these. Two sections of faster turbulent water eventually produce a few Grayling for both of us, a slow start. However the stunning countryside with the bird song negated the lack of fish. We decide to move onto another of the Corwen waters. The River Alwen. While the Dee tends to be wide and slow the river Alwen is another beast; gone are the flat fields, now you get a very rocky tumbling piece of water surrounded in old oak trees; hazel trees covered in Lichen and moss making it very difficult with a T rod, this is where the zoom rod comes into its own, Louis’ method of collapsing the last section and then taping works extremely well, give it a go. Working my way upstream fishing with a weighted T fly I had no luck, a few flies remain to remind other anglers of the low trees! Louis faired better catching a few brownies using the traditional T fly In the end I had to revert to a weighted hare’s ear fished under an indicator due to my bad eyesight, but it worked, a run that Louis failed in resulted in one in the net and 3 missed takes. The weather had now improved, some sun and the temp had risen, this is when you wished that you had less clothes on. Time to move onto another river. The Afon Ceirw. Louis pointed out the lower limits of the beat, a footbridge crossing the river. He let me fish the lower section while he explored upstream. The beat is a long wide bend a grass field on the inside ending in a straight down to the foot bridge. A local dad and two youngsters were playing by the bridge, enjoying the better weather seeing who could make the biggest splash! I move upstream using the same setup as the last river. This river is more like the Alyn our local rivers I feel more confident? A fast run into a deep pool, protected by a fallen tree looked promising but a difficult challenge. My T rod helped with the presentation as the nymph trundled in the fast water the indicator paused, I lifted and the pool exploded! The fish was not happy, it was jumping, trying to throw the hook, not realising that I was being watched by the Dad and young lads I had great trouble landing a big brown around 2.5lb! The comment that came from behind, “I’ve lived here all my life, never knew there were fish that big in the river”. Another 2 around 1lb came from the same run. The weather started to take a turn for the worse, rain. After a slip and a soaking wet arm we decide to call it a day, a very good day. Again, thanks to Louis for the invite. Simon.
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Post by custheyder on Apr 25, 2014 8:42:28 GMT
Brilliant pictures and a fantastic report. I'll be with you next week in Llangollen, so perhaps I'll get up to the Corwen waters this trip.
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Post by phil on Apr 25, 2014 9:59:55 GMT
Fabulous report and images. What a lovely part of the world.
Cheers
Phil
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Post by daves on Apr 27, 2014 7:16:55 GMT
Great pictures!
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Post by Simon on Jun 16, 2014 16:44:33 GMT
Sunday 15th June. Fishing has been on the back burner due to work commitments together with bad weather, then just as things are looking up our dog had to be put to sleep last weekend after 15 years, anyway we managed to get a few hours yesterday on the Sun pool on the Dee. The weather was overcast to start but as the afternoon progressed the sun appeared making it very hot and humid. We were amazed to see at the top end of the straight stretch a tree down across at least 2/3 of the river changing the river flow completely. Very few fish were rising early on so most of the fish were taken on weighted nymphs. The slower, deeper water tended to hold the large Grayling while the shallower quicker waters held the brownies. At the end of the session fish stared showing at the lower end of the run, Sonia changed to a dry mole fly which quickly produced results as seen in the quick video attached. Looking forward to the 28th June with the social, unfortunately Sonia will be unable to make it as she is going to see a litter of puppies to pick our new dog!
Simon.
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