I set up just before 3pm on a windless afternoon with a spot of welcome sun. The river had dropped by about another foot and looked enticing. Then I realised I’d forgotten to bring my phone (ie camera), so went to get it. Was this hubris? Would the fishing gods chuckle to themselves and ask […]
Superb frost-bitten, sparkling winter’s day. Thermometer said minus 4 first thing, but by the time I went down to the river at about 2.30 pm, the temperature had risen to a cosy zero. No breeze and water still reasonably low. Loaded up the feeder with red maggots, with a double on the hook, and had […]
Cold, around zero, but no wind and the river level still falling. Picked up this nice little roach of about half a pound on the usual double red maggot: Also had a couple of small chub. So things on the up. However, two blokes fishing 30 or 40m upstream of me on the other bank […]
Not likely to break any records, but a splendid six-inch chublet is better than nothing. Or indeed a bullhead: Only the one, but at least there is something there. River had fallen by a good 18″ to 2ft over the previous 24h, apparently supporting the wisdom that says a falling river fishes better than a rising […]
They’ve all buggered off. Two sessions, not one touch. The water has come up to the top of the bank and is pulling hard in the middle. Tried the fast bits and the slack bits. Not a sausage. Not much rain forecast over the next few days so maybe the level will start to fall […]
No, it’s not a joke. That is the total amount of action I have had over the past three sessions: two knocks. The fish seem to have done a bunk. But I’ll pop down later this afternoon and see if they have come back…
Well, you can never tell. It was a horrible day – wind gusting strongly from the north-west taking the temperature down to around zero. I wasn’t overly hopeful when I went down at about 2.30 pm. Lobbed a feeder of red maggots into the middle of the river and waited. The wind was causing the […]
My fly fishing club in North Yorkshire belongs to something called the Riverfly Partnership, whose main aim is to protect the UK’s rivers. Part of this involves monitoring invertebrates in the rivers. This provides information about the ecology of the water and is also an important way to detect if the water quality is improving […]
Hoorah! After many fruitless hours on the bank I have at last had another fish! Went down at about 3pm on a relatively mild (9C) but slightly breezy afternoon. River still nicely in its banks. Put in a couple of casts of feeder with maggot and after about 20 minutes got a decent bite which […]