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Post by orangeotter on Jun 20, 2014 13:33:19 GMT
great pictures Simon, especially the overhead - helicopter ??
Nifty fishing by Sonia as well, that pool looks great.
Well done.
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Post by Simon on Jun 20, 2014 16:17:45 GMT
No helicopter just the go-pro on the end of my wading stick held up high as an experiment.
Simon.
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Post by mspaddler on Nov 24, 2014 18:15:09 GMT
A chilly but fun day on the Dee above Horseshoe Falls with Daniel. Slow start but we caught fish. Beautiful countryside and great company, thanks for taking the time to show me the River Daniel, best of luck with the weekend Grayling competition. Attachment Deleted
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Post by tubefly on Nov 25, 2014 20:12:55 GMT
Tuesday 25th
Left home 1deg c drove to The Hand Llangollen picked up a passenger and carried on to Corwen now -3deg c. .600 on the Corwen gauge I decided to try and keep warm the passenger decided to chat up the Dee ladies muttering something akin to are all you mainlanders afraid of a little cold water.
Good hunting at the weekend and the lumps stay on.
Very interesting day
Cheers
Harry
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Post by mspaddler on Nov 27, 2014 9:19:57 GMT
Had a few hours on the Dee again yesterday, this time on my own. And when I say on my own I didn't see another angler, which is strange due to the upcoming Grayling International Meeting this weekend. Maybe the stretch I fished is not part of the competition. Anyway cool, damp and misty was the order of the day. I believe the river may have been slightly lower than Monday so it was marginally more comfortable crossing to get to the pool where we caught fish previously. Not a lot of fish to hand but more Grayling than OOS WBT. The Dee is a beautiful River I must come back in late summer and try my hand at the Trout. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by dbl on Nov 28, 2014 16:59:56 GMT
I'm hoping to go up to Corwen to watch a little of the competition tomorrow. (Probably arriving midday). Anyone know what beats are being fished by the competitors on Saturday? Thanks. To members of this forum competing: Good luck!
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Post by orangeotter on Nov 28, 2014 18:40:13 GMT
As far as I know, all beats from Bala to below Llangollen - saturation bombing !!!
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Post by custheyder on Dec 2, 2014 15:19:55 GMT
Over 800 Grayling were measured over the 2 days competition with the largest being 50cm. My best was a 45cm fish. Had a fabulous week on the rivers.
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Post by dbl on Dec 3, 2014 1:43:09 GMT
Impressive! Any other tenkara anglers, Custheyder? I watched about an hour of the Saturday afternoon session just below the bridge at Carrog. Apparently, about 26 fish had been taken there that morning. The team in the afternoon took about a dozen more while I watched. It looked so easy! All good sized, from about 37 to 42 cm. I understand that stretch is usually private water. Information about the event is very hard to come by! Gwilym Hughes has some pictures and figures on his blog: gwilymhughes.com/Hanak.asp(I think his pictures of team Corixae were taken on the same stretch in the morning.) I actually arrived during the break so I had a chance to pester the competitors. Everyone I spoke to seemed to be well pleased with the conditions and the quality of the fish. On my way home I couldn't resist having a chuck, sort of in the Dee, on the Ceiriog at Rivers Meet as dusk advanced. One 28cm juvenile grayling fell to a Daves style pink killer bug, which dulled the itch a bit! CADAC has just acquired a long single bank stretch starting there and going upstream from the confluence. As I have just joined CADAC, I'm allowed to go quietly round the bend...
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Post by daves on Dec 3, 2014 8:54:33 GMT
Well done Daniel. Glad you had a good week.
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Post by custheyder on Dec 3, 2014 17:22:05 GMT
Tenkara was not allowed in the competition as it specified rod and reel. However, using my level line with a 3 weight rod was almost as good. CADAC waters were very impressive indeed. One of the Manx lads broke his rod on a fish that didn't fit in his net. head and tail were sticking out when it arched and propelled itself back into the river, snapping the tip before the dropper caught on his waders and the fish was gone! Estimated at well over 60cm in length. "Gutted" is not quite covering how he felt.
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Post by tubefly on Dec 5, 2014 21:16:13 GMT
Daniel
You had a good day on your own.
Results for Grayling Festival 2015
Harry
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Post by custheyder on Dec 11, 2014 10:49:57 GMT
Yup... beat 5 teams even though every session I recorded a blank. There was no way I was going to competitive without at least a 2nd. Middle of the pack in terms of personal performance. I was very pleased.
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Post by dbl on Feb 3, 2015 20:05:36 GMT
After an overlong shopping trip in Wrexham yesterday, I managed to reach Corwen with a couple of hours of useful light left. The river was a little high but dropping and fairly clear. I decided to fish just below the bridge as it was closest to my parking spot. It was also my first time on the stretch. Working off the north bank, I spent the first half hour without result, but then I changed the fly to a beaded flashback after John Tyzack. I waded in a few feet and cast into the eddy below the bridge support, working down the far edge of the fast current. After a few casts without result the line stopped a few yards downstream of me and a tightened into what behaved at first like a snag. It was in fact a good sized grayling (over 35cm) which worked the strong current hard to gain advantage. A question has been raised about the fight being overlong on a tenkara rod when the fish is large. I was fishing a 3.5 lb tippet and the rod (an Amago with 13ft of 3.5 line and 4ft of tippet) was bent to near 90 degrees on several occasions when applying side strain. However, I never doubted the rod would hold, though I was relieved the tippet did. I suppose the contest took about 3 minutes. It seems to me that when a conventional drag is set, the pressure on the fish is likely actually to be less rather than more as it is usually set to slip at a less extreme moment of bending. The long curve of the rod being used applied a continuously varying pressure on the fish. Usually, I would try and swing the rod over to vary the angle of the pressure, but my position meant that was impractical and I had to stand still and rely on the rod and line to deal with the fish until it tired. It was the furthest I personally have pushed a tenkara setup, and I was impressed at its resilience.
After returning the fish, I worked down about a hundred yards, as far as a large deep rotating eddy on the bend. Noticing that the nymph was moving very slowly in the slack water, I decided to jig it gently. Coincidentally or not, a grayling took after a couple of manipulations. This also fought low in the deep water, but having risen to the nymph at least a little, and with the water much slower moving, it came out more readily. It was perhaps a little longer than the first fish, but rather leaner, perhaps as a consequence of a recently healed gash on its flank. I am curious as to the mechanism by which grayling often hold their initial position, as if they were nailed to the bottom and have to be prised loose. I have previously hooked a large grayling in clear shallow water and actually watched it sit there facing upstream while I applied quite heavy pressure from the side before it would budge. Does anyone know how they achieve this? Attachments:
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Post by flatsghost on Feb 4, 2015 8:57:23 GMT
Hi Dave Well done on the short but productive trip and the good fish. My observations and guess about the difficulty in playing them is that I have seen them angle their bodies down to the river bed and splay their pectoral fins which allows the current to slip over them and push them downwards. Also, I guess if they just hang there and do nothing you are playing a dead weight which can be hard to apply enough pressure to move them. Might be useful to vary the direction of pull from various directions which has worked for me and has been said to confuse the fish as they usually pull away from the direction of the rod and if that direction changes they might be more inclined to move off the bottom. I have heard that this also reduces the playing time. I cannot fish at all this week so your report is sending me stir crazy! Tight lines Glyn
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