First outing - success!

[chrisd]

Finally managed to get a half decent day and took the rod out.

Caught this lovely 4lber!

Lost two more when they snapped me off, but very happy with the performance of the rod.

[pedros]

Well done Chris

I think 4lb still water bows are pushing the boundaries a bit.
A one in three success rate based on 4lbs sounds pretty good to me.

I almost got mine out on the Derbyshire Wye last year, but was advised not to based on the size of the fish in there...

Was it the Iwana?

[chrisd]

Hi Pedros,

It was the iwana 12' with a 10.5' traditional leader and about 3' of 3lb tippet.

I was fishing a local stillwater that has a good flow at the inlet, the fish were stacked up but they get targeted a lot and so are pretty wise.

I was trying to target the smaller ones just to give the rod a try, the river I fish is in flood at the mo so this was the next best thing.

This fish just came up and engulfed my dry and I simply had to hold on, getting him in the net was a challenge - I need some practice.

I think the other two would have been smaller, more around the 1 - 2lb mark, they took nymphs and were on for a while before they smashed me. They do fight well at wansford.

Overall I was impressed that the rod handled this fish and also with the delicate presentation I was able to achieve.

Good fun.

[Simon]

Well done on your fish to Tenkara! My first was also at a still water at Chirk, a brook around 1 pound. Our rivers here in north Wales are still very unprodictable with the weather at this time. Starting to dream about the 3rd march.

[Deleted]

Well done on a fine catch

[chrisd]

Thanks guys, lets hope it's the start to a good season....