Post by paulto on Jan 16, 2011 17:24:38 GMT
At last I was able to go fishing today the weather has been so bad for too long with flooded rivers and frozen lakes!
I wanted to fish the river but it was too high and coloured so I chose to fish a small pond with my little 11 ft Iwana rod.
On arrival things looked bleak the pond looked dark and muddy with ice floes drifting in the wind.
The area I fancied had Ice in the margins.
The fly I decided to use was a small beaded pheasant tail nymph, which I cast on to the ice then twitched it off. I Then allowed the nymph and most of the leader to sink down deep, before I very slowly moved the rod to one side twitching the nymph as I went.
It was cold my fingers were numb, then hello was that a small pull through the rod? I recast, and halfway back the line pulled tight and the little iwana took on its battle curve! After a spirited fight a nice ide was landed.
I recast again sinking almost all of the flourocarbon leader as the wind was picking up and these fish were deep. I watched the tip like a hawk, once again the delicate tip bent forward signaling a bite and an angry ide fought its way to the net.
I could not believe my luck this was good fishing in such conditions! I continued the same routine and it was not long before the line tightened as another ide sucked in the nymph. The water swirled as the Iwana put gentle pressure on the fish causing it to surface in the icy water. The fish was carefully netted and photographed then returned.
The sky darkened over and icy rain began to fall the bites tailed off so I called it a day, time to go home for a hot coffee!
I wanted to fish the river but it was too high and coloured so I chose to fish a small pond with my little 11 ft Iwana rod.
On arrival things looked bleak the pond looked dark and muddy with ice floes drifting in the wind.
The area I fancied had Ice in the margins.
The fly I decided to use was a small beaded pheasant tail nymph, which I cast on to the ice then twitched it off. I Then allowed the nymph and most of the leader to sink down deep, before I very slowly moved the rod to one side twitching the nymph as I went.
It was cold my fingers were numb, then hello was that a small pull through the rod? I recast, and halfway back the line pulled tight and the little iwana took on its battle curve! After a spirited fight a nice ide was landed.
I recast again sinking almost all of the flourocarbon leader as the wind was picking up and these fish were deep. I watched the tip like a hawk, once again the delicate tip bent forward signaling a bite and an angry ide fought its way to the net.
I could not believe my luck this was good fishing in such conditions! I continued the same routine and it was not long before the line tightened as another ide sucked in the nymph. The water swirled as the Iwana put gentle pressure on the fish causing it to surface in the icy water. The fish was carefully netted and photographed then returned.
The sky darkened over and icy rain began to fall the bites tailed off so I called it a day, time to go home for a hot coffee!
