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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 8:13:30 GMT
I'm stopping in Newbury on monday evening.
Is there any free flyfishing available in the area?
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Post by leckie on Aug 16, 2012 18:34:47 GMT
landsurfer,
Free fishing in England....I doubt it....you'll need to come up to Edinburgh for that ;D
Alex
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Post by myotis on Aug 16, 2012 19:21:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 21:23:00 GMT
Turns out there is over a mile of free fly / trout fishing on the river Lambourn in Newbury alongside Newbury Business Park and further up stream..... that will do for me ...  |
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Post by leckie on Aug 17, 2012 6:39:30 GMT
Nice one....let us know how you get on
tight lines
Alex
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Post by custheyder on Aug 17, 2012 9:00:07 GMT
That's a great link Graham ... most of the fishing on the Isle of Man is free provided you have the license.
Have fun landsurfer, let us know how it goes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 19:32:10 GMT
I arrived at the Swan pub as described in FFIDP.
I was expecting to be fishing off a car park at an industrial estate... wrong!
The river is beautiful, crystal clear with reed beds and pools.
So unlike my usual beat of the Don in Sheffield.
Soft to the foot gravel river bed and easy entry .... and 4 fish in the first hour ... and all for free !
My meeting in Ilford at 0830 hrs in the morning has been rearranged to 1100hrs .... i'm going back for an early morning session.
The book does not do this wonderful free stretch of river justice.
Pics with the morning session report ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2012 11:17:45 GMT
Only 1 fish this morning then off to brekkie.  River Lambourne at Newbury Business Park 0715hrs this morning. |
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Post by leckie on Aug 21, 2012 20:03:57 GMT
Thanks for writing up a report....the river looks fab and great fishing...4 fish in an hour is a good catch rate... well done...what's the rod in the photo?
Alex
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2012 5:50:03 GMT
Esoteric Tackle 360 ... 3.5mtr level line with 1.5mtr tippet, black /green single TUSA kebari. And a word of advice .... while you stand in the river with your rod collapsed under your arm paying out your line off it's spool .... make sure you've tied it to the rod !!! And don't stand there watching the whole assembly including fly float off down the river !!! It caught on weed 20mtrs down stream so i retrieved it in a tangled mess ...senior moment or what |
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Post by leckie on Aug 22, 2012 19:51:26 GMT
Yes...it's a nice looking rod....I haven't done spool thing without attaching it to the lillian.....yet  ....still you managed to catch some wbt anyway...nice one  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2012 15:11:40 GMT
I would just like to point out that 4 fish in an hour is my all time life record .... ok so none where over 8" ...so what ... its a catch !!
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....still you managed to catch some wbt anyway...nice one 