Post by Simon on Apr 16, 2011 17:15:58 GMT
15th April
Yet another chance for a quick hour with the Big âTâ at Llay bridge. This time I decided to experiment with the length of leader. Normally I use at least 6ft but this time I cut the length down to 3ft. The difference was noticeable immediately! The dry fly turned over much; much better? A lesson learnt! Just to remind the sceptical you do cast a Tenkara rod. Working my way upstream on the wrong bank for a right hander, a fish rose tight to the opposite bank. With a Bubble winged caddis on the point and no tree cover to worry about a cast and a drag free drift landed a good size trout. A tree half across the river gave good cover to cast upstream above it. Two salmon / trout parr were convinced to take to dry. Exiting the river I made my way up to the first sharp corner. Another trout was induced to take the dry in the fast water. On the far bank a dead bit of water protected by a strong current, perfect for the Tenkara method. Flicking the fly onto the dead water, lift the leader clear of the flow and the fly sat there! Three times the fish hit the fly in this dead water, and 3 times I missed it! Time was up, next time!
16th April
With the possibility of Tenkara getting a boost in the near future? Another couple of hours this afternoon with Sonia in the Sewage field. We really must think of a better name! Maybe the King fisher field as again the pair a nesting in the corner. Anyway, dry fly again today starting with the run blow the sewage pool where the bank has been repaired. I'm starting now not to concentrate on rising fish and instead entice them to come to a dry when you cover them. This worked well here with a savage take, unfortunately the fish went aerial and threw the hook! The same thing happened at Kingfisher corner in the big eddy, the tenkara is perfect for holding the dry in the correct position allowing time for the trout to hit the well presented fly, again jumping and throwing the hook. Met up with Sonia at the bottom end of the field. While Sonia had a seat I concertrated on a run on the far bank. A small rise very close to the bank, small fish I think? Cover it with a small dry, a take but a miss! Loads of laughter from behind me, this is not the small fish inicated but the small rise. A quick change of fly to find the trout had moved out from the bank, again a rolling take, again another miss along with comments about HOW did you miss that? This is a good, big fish! Decided to leave this one also for another day.
Simon.
Yet another chance for a quick hour with the Big âTâ at Llay bridge. This time I decided to experiment with the length of leader. Normally I use at least 6ft but this time I cut the length down to 3ft. The difference was noticeable immediately! The dry fly turned over much; much better? A lesson learnt! Just to remind the sceptical you do cast a Tenkara rod. Working my way upstream on the wrong bank for a right hander, a fish rose tight to the opposite bank. With a Bubble winged caddis on the point and no tree cover to worry about a cast and a drag free drift landed a good size trout. A tree half across the river gave good cover to cast upstream above it. Two salmon / trout parr were convinced to take to dry. Exiting the river I made my way up to the first sharp corner. Another trout was induced to take the dry in the fast water. On the far bank a dead bit of water protected by a strong current, perfect for the Tenkara method. Flicking the fly onto the dead water, lift the leader clear of the flow and the fly sat there! Three times the fish hit the fly in this dead water, and 3 times I missed it! Time was up, next time!
16th April
With the possibility of Tenkara getting a boost in the near future? Another couple of hours this afternoon with Sonia in the Sewage field. We really must think of a better name! Maybe the King fisher field as again the pair a nesting in the corner. Anyway, dry fly again today starting with the run blow the sewage pool where the bank has been repaired. I'm starting now not to concentrate on rising fish and instead entice them to come to a dry when you cover them. This worked well here with a savage take, unfortunately the fish went aerial and threw the hook! The same thing happened at Kingfisher corner in the big eddy, the tenkara is perfect for holding the dry in the correct position allowing time for the trout to hit the well presented fly, again jumping and throwing the hook. Met up with Sonia at the bottom end of the field. While Sonia had a seat I concertrated on a run on the far bank. A small rise very close to the bank, small fish I think? Cover it with a small dry, a take but a miss! Loads of laughter from behind me, this is not the small fish inicated but the small rise. A quick change of fly to find the trout had moved out from the bank, again a rolling take, again another miss along with comments about HOW did you miss that? This is a good, big fish! Decided to leave this one also for another day.
Simon.
