Perch Sessions

Brian phoned me asking me if i could make it down the pond , i had to baby sit, but shortly after i joined him, he was fishing away with his intermediate with a white fly with bead chain, whilst i set up with the floater. He was doing much better than i was getting far more bites , then he connected with this beauty! 

That was the best his  fish of the session as we finished up early as Brian was still to get his dinner.



Turns out i had a guilt free  opportunity to return to the pond tonight , armed with the intermediate and a few fresh tied clousers made of my dogs tail hair. The rain didnt seem far away with the sound of thunder in the distance, and sure enough it did arrive but nothing to serious.

A count down of 20 seconds seemed to get to the fishes level most were wee things.

 But i did manage a couple of better ones, still the big one eludes me.

a day at the wrasses

I picked Col up at the back of eight this morning, we were in high spirits and looking forward to the days fishing ahead. But first we needed bait and spent a sweaty hour or so digging some lug before heading up the fife coast to our chosen mark. It  takes an age to get anywhere along the fife coastal route so best to allow plenty of time, we stopped on the way  for some juice and couldnt resist a hot roll too when we were in the shop, Col went for the black pudding , i had the link sausage! just the ticket after digging the lug.

Not being familiar with the mark we headed to a likely looking rocky outcrop and set up with the float gear, and  soon after i had the first fish of the day, small but welcome!

I caught a couple of  nice wrasse after that before  leaving the rock  as we were in danger of getting cut of by the tide.

we mucked about a bit before finding another suitable rock to fish from, and when we did Col was soon in on the action landing his first ever ballan wrasse, result!

 loads more of these characterfull fish followed throughout the afternoon , nothing huge but great fun on the float tackle.

we were having so much fun that we failed to notice that we had been cut off  a wee bit by the tide and had to get wet to reach the shore, oops! 

A  lady was sitting on the shoreline watching our daft antics and  kindly offered to make us a cup of tea as she was staying in one of the shoreline properties, a nice slice of cake each too, result! back home a wee bit on the wet side but happy with our days fishing.

Knocked off my Perch

I was watching Matt Hayes last night fishing Eyebrook reservoir catching some huge perch by spinning soft plastic lures , kind of got me in the mood for some stripy action. So i thought i'd try out my local wee pond this evening. I decided instead of the usual trout sized lures like wooly buggers etc, to give some saltwater sized flies a bash , i packed a few size 4 clousers and surf candies in white and a few in  black. I started off with the clousers but it was slow a change to a white surf candy seemed right up there street.

i then changed to a smaller surf candy and they came thick and fast but just wee fish , so i decided to go back to the size 4 , and then something much bigger took hold , this it felt totally differant then i saw it,  a huge perch, then it thrashed  and was gone arghhhhh!I reckon he might have gone 3lb.

About halve an hour later i did manage a nice'ish  fish a small consolation. i'll be back for him though!

Rush Hour!

We decided to do a bit piking today for a change. On arrival the water looked perfect , and we were feeling pretty confident , we were going to get a few fish. The sun was shining though and a few hours passed before we decided to go ashore for a break , but not before i got a follow followed by a take  .

At 3:50pm i decided to get back in the water and get paddling up to a new bit of water. Once in position we started fishing  i hooked a fish, he tail walked and the hook sprung loose, a few casts later i was in again but again the hook came free. But finally i hooked up and was into a nice pike that fought hard.

Shortly after i chinned out a a nice pike that went 9lb on the scales.

The water was on fire, as i hooked and landed another jack, Then brian shouted me he'd hooked up!

A nice pike that went just under 15lb on the scales. Could be a few more pound come Autumn on it.

No sooner had he released that fish and he was in again!

A pristine marked pike,and  no sooner was that pike released and I  and hooked up ,

Just a wee one , that was our sport for the day as the sun came out and the wind died , although we fished on for a few more hours there was no more action. It was mad  hours sport , my arm is aching after casting these flies , needing a rest!

Fun in the Sun

Scorchio today! Had a visit to one of my favourite rivers , i was a bit worried about its level with a the rain of recent but on a arrival  the river was it's usual crystal clear self, infact i would say it was pretty low it  does though drop very fast.

I had a fish first cast but after that had a wee lull for about half an hour , then it was non stop action for the rest of the day,What fighters they are! I'd say most fish came to nymphs all though many also took the dry,, lost one better  the start of the day and broke off on one later on, but it had been a fun though tiring in the heat . Although it did fish fine i would like to see it with a wee bit more water, i will return before the season ends , and maybe a few better fish will be getting there heads down. A few signature trout .

Holy Mackeral

Just back from my hols, managed a few nights SWFF ,it was'nt the greatest weather apart from the last day, unfortunately the fishing was not great also though i gained a wee bit knowledge each time, despite my best efforts i didnt get a bass , or mullet (Though i did see plenty of the later) Luckily on a few nights the best being the last the Mackeral put in appearance, had to scale down the fly pattern ,great fun chasing them along the beach , cant beat the sound of feeding mackeral , almost like a  fast approaching rainstorm , And ofcourse the best thing is you can eat them, still though Glad to be home!

Supper!

sand bank

Right down the Lyne

All to often i pass this lovely stream in the car on my way down to the main river, but rarely seem to get around to fishing it. Today i thought i would put my wee Norwich 7' 9'' to good use and spend an afternoon working my way through some of its inviting pools and runs.

With all the rain last week the water was fair pushing through, enough for me to have second thoughts on crossing in certain places, the wee trout were obliging enough though taking a liking to the big klink and wire nymph set up.

I worked my way upstream in a relaxed fashion taking in the bankside flowers on the way

lots of  river to explore ahead

some more beautifully marked trout followed making for a fun afternoon

I headed back to the car at the back of four, feeling contented having cast a fly rod again after what seemed like an age.