What a turnaround in the weather. A miserable start to the spring then all of a sudden the sun decides to get its act together and we’re basking in temperatures of 20C. I’m not complaining. Up to the Duchy stretch of the Pickering Beck first to do the regular invertebrate sampling then to have a […]
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Glory be, the first outing of the new season. The omens were good: the water had come down and there was a break in the grim weather we’d been having lately. The sun was out and the temperature rising – albeit from a brisky 7C, leaving faint steam on the breath. So it was up […]
At this time of the year you have to take the opportunities when they arise. A few days without rain meant that the river levels had dropped sufficiently to allow a quick expedition, so I headed up to Pickering Beck to see if I could winkle out a grayling or three. The weather wasn’t up […]
…produced one grayling: Ah well. It has a certain charm of its own.
I was going to save my fishing until later in the week, but the weather forecast looked so good that I decided to give it a crack today. I was a bit worried about river levels given the recent rain, but a quick check on the Environment Agency website suggested that a couple of my […]
Even pre-fishing the day didn’t start off so well. I went to the ATM in the local shop to get some cash out and it failed to recognise the PIN I put in. So I’d had a senior moment and misremembered my number and the card got blocked. Bah. So off to Pickering Beck, trying […]
Up to the Duchy section of the Pickering Beck. When I first started fishing this beat around 17 years ago it was challenging jungle – good fun but tricky with masses of bankside vegetation rendering large portions of the beck unfishable. In recent years a lot of work has been done by stalwarts of the […]
To the top beat of Pickering Beck on a warm but dullish day, with the temperature touching 17 degrees and a light breeze. This is a challenging stretch at the best of times, with many obstacles above and below the water – exacerbated by the recent flooding. But the water looked grand, low again after […]
A quick trip up to Pickering Beck before the bank holiday comes round and the A64 towards the coast and North York Moors becomes gridlocked. A mightily hot day, blazing sun and a pesky breeze blowing in my face. Tackled up with a Hardy Marquis 7 ft with 3 wt floating line and trusty emerger: […]
To the upper reaches of Pickering Beck on a nippy April afternoon with a gusting westerly breeze. We call this the Duchy section, on account of it being on land owned by the Duchy of Lancaster. The water is not stocked so all the trout in here are truly wild. The club has carried out […]