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Post by orangeotter on Mar 15, 2014 19:35:04 GMT
Keep going Ian, it can only get easier !
Good weather forecast until end of March so sanity time for all of us, hopefully...
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Post by springerman on Mar 16, 2014 10:02:04 GMT
I'll keep going Louis. Need to improve my casting after a long spell of inactivity. Well that's one excuse to go.
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Post by daves on Mar 17, 2014 10:00:32 GMT
Glad the extension method & Miracle Float worked for you. Unfortunately our season doesn't start for 8 days (13 on some waters in my area). However I had promising signs for the new season on Pickering Beck: on the 13th I had over 30 fish on dry fly, unfortunately only 2 grayling.
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Post by springerman on Apr 16, 2014 9:17:58 GMT
On the Ribble yesterday. Three others there when I arrived so I headed to the far end. There were clouds of Sedge flowing up the river in a gentle breeze. Not as many as I have seen in previous years but great to see plenty of fly about. I think they are "Grannon", am I right Louis? Fish were rising as well in the lovely warm Spring sunshine. I used my Eso 410 7.3 as I have not had many fish on it yet. I used dry. I fished a run but nothing. I collapsed the rod and was about to change when I saw a small fish rise. Up went the rod again and I had three takes, one after the other, on a biggish fish but never connected. Then I caught a grayling. I then moved up and immediately caught a super Brown, about 1 1/2lb. It did not know it had been hooked at first. Then it jumped and shot off into the fast water, up and down. I never felt I was anything but in charge of that fish. The rod did a superb job and I was glad I was able to get a good fish on, to test it. Sorry but I have no photo. I am going to try and remember to take the camera with me. I never had another offer on the dry but got another nice Trout on a nymph using a French Leader. Very pleased with the Eso rod though. Hope you are all getting out in this good spell of weather. |
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Post by orangeotter on Apr 16, 2014 13:08:44 GMT
sounds like an exciting session Ian - you're quite right about the sedge, definitely Grannom. Strange the way they always move upstream regardless of wind.A dry fly is useless but a partridge & green fished wet usually works. Even better is a emerger right in the film, this is where they take it. I'll email you the perfect imitation by Dave Collins.
Good luck.
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Post by custheyder on Apr 16, 2014 14:28:56 GMT
Well done Ian. The 410 7:3 has a lot of backbone lower down for handling those bigger fish. Just seeing a bit of movement can be enough to change the fortunes of the day. I'm sure Louis's imitation will pay dividends once you tie a few up.
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Post by springerman on Apr 16, 2014 17:49:38 GMT
Louis & Cust', Thank you. I look forward to the fly pattern. I do thank you.
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Post by orangeotter on Apr 16, 2014 18:05:09 GMT
Can confirm Ian that I've emailed the fly info'. If you're clever, maybe you can post them on the forum.....
Cheers,
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Post by springerman on Apr 18, 2014 10:00:23 GMT
Now your testing me!! Photos attached. Did not take as long this time.
  
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Post by springerman on May 3, 2014 9:00:07 GMT
Out on the Ribble yesterday, Friday. Still that East wind which made casting difficult at times. That said I was able to get a line out. Used dry and SK. Only managed a small Brown. Speaking to others that is all they seem to be catching at the moment. Then I saw a good fish rise. I had put a Black Para on the leader as there were small black flies on the water. He was rising well. First cast I was not on his line. Second attempt, up he came and I was into him. Nice as pie. I was using the Eso 13' 6" 7.3 and I was glad I was. He was a big fish. That rod was singing but I was in control. A stunning Brown of some 1 1/2lb. Got into another fish later but he came off. That was all I had on dry but caught two Grayling and three more fantastic Browns, on nymphs, using a French leader. |
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Post by daves on May 3, 2014 21:29:34 GMT
A good day! The ESO 13' 6" 7:3 is a great rod for bigger fish.
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Post by springerman on May 18, 2014 9:54:53 GMT
On the Hodder yesterday (Saturday). First visit. Lovely sunny day, river low and clear. There was quite a strong NW ish wind that made casting interesting?? I use a CDC shuttlecock. As I was tackling up a good fish rose downstream of me. I allowed the fly to float over the fish. It wasn't sitting right and as the fish was situated under branched I could not keep the line off the water. At the end of the cast the fish had not taken the fly. I gently pulled the line and the fly wet under the surface. The fish took it immediately. It was a super fish that took some time to come in. Great start. After that I got another three Trout, including another good fish, and a small Grayling. All on dry. I was only there for a short time. Great to be on the Hodder again.
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Post by daves on May 20, 2014 8:11:49 GMT
Good result.
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Post by northcountryangler on Feb 1, 2015 20:06:17 GMT
I took the tenkara rod to our bit of the Ribble today and after trying out my new Rio Euro nymph line (which was the main object of the exercise), swapped to the Hayase and had a first chuck of nymphs with it in a favourite pool.
Have to say I found it a delight. Took a few minutes to get in the swing but once I got to grips with the rod and made a few leader tweaks to get things set up to my liking, found the presentation to be unbelievably precise and sensitive. I had fished through the same bit of water an hour or so previously with the conventional set up and returned a single grayling (and inexplicably dropped two others). On my pass through with the tenkara rod I was surprised to return a further six grayling and two trout.
A coincidence? Possibly....after all the peak time of the afternoon had arrived, betrayed by a sparse trickle of LDO duns suddenly appearing. But on the other hand, the subtlety of some of the takes I responded to was eye opening and I'm really not sure if I would have picked them up with the Rio line I'd used earlier. So positive signs there; and there's no doubting the fun factor - what a hoot! I can't wait to start my young lad with a tenkara rod - I cannot imagine an easier or more enjoyable entry into the world of fly fishing than this.
Only downside for me was the palaver involved in landing the fish. Small ones were ok and could be hand lined in with no fuss, but when I hooked a brownie of maybe a pound and a quarter, it seemed to be an unnecessarily protracted affair to get the bugger in - a rather long stalemate followed by me deciding to go for the handline too early and ending up with an unexpectedly fresh fish frantically thrashing around at my knees. With practice I know I'll be able to improve on this, but nevertheless, the simple elegance and beauty of the tenkara method seems at odds to the rather messy affair of hand lining a decent fish in after a longer than average fight.
Still, I saw enough today to be pleased that I've made the step into tenkara. I look forward to spring and the chance to test its potential and limitations alike in greater depth.
Matt
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Post by Paul G on Feb 2, 2015 9:52:04 GMT
Have commented elsewhere but just thought I'd second your observation on the potential for good take sensitivity with level line. This is especially noticeable when using light level line (say #2.5 or #3) that helps you both maintain a straighter line to the connection with your tippet than a tapered leader and also offers next to no resistance to a taking fish (compared with line/leader/braid laid on the water's surface).
Part of that sensitivity also comes from the increased "vertical advantage" of a longer rod that allows better maintenance of "contact" with your fly/flies.
ATB and nice write up
Paul
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