| #1  07-28-2007, 07:01 PM | |||
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 My first Fly fishing experience!!! Hi all, As I mentioned before, I wanted to take up Fly fishing for trout and having bought my gear from Rovers in Fareham on Friday I went up to Chiphall Trout Lake this morning.  Having never fly fished before I was pretty nervous.  My line came with a instruction DVD on how to cast which was a great help and after a practice session for 30 mins in a field on the way up to the lake, I got to grips with casting. After spending 3 hours on the lake I can safely say i'm totally hooked! It was an amazing experience and I cannot wait to go back.  It wasn't at all easy as the fish weren't that intersted in the flies i presented, except the tiny ones which i luckily managed to avoid by selective stalking but after a while I managed to get a take from a nice rainbow and boy did it go! My girlfiend Jana was totally gobsmacked  as neither of us thought i'd catch first time out particually as not much else was happening around the lake. I also caught a second fish an hour later which was harder to hook as it, and some of its friends, kept turning away from the fly after a quick inspection. A faster retreive turned its attention and then "fish on"! This one was a leaper, jumping out of the water 3 or 4 times. The fight from a trout is a lot different to the slow dogged scrap i'm used to with carp. They just don't give up and are so fast. Great fun on the light fly rod, my arm aching from the battle!Pics below....5.5lb and 2.5lb.     James     |
| #2 07-28-2007, 07:03 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Nice pair of trout James, well done. __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #3 07-28-2007, 07:03 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Some fishing for your first attempt ! Well done ... __________________ SUPPORT THE RNLI - click : www.rnli.org.uk ... every little helps ! PLEASE REMEMBER & GIVE A LITTLE .... http://www.poppy.org.uk/ |
| #4 07-28-2007, 07:26 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! well done, i have tried and really know how difficult it is great pics as well dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day, coincidence or just damn good planning Officially a bad influence since 2005 ;-) |
| #6 07-28-2007, 08:15 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Well done James, great fun it looks too. Next thing to try is fly fishing for mullet! that will give you a run. Look forward to seeing some more of your adventures. Mike __________________ If you want the rainbow, then you have to put up with the rain |
| #7 07-28-2007, 08:25 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! well done James.....and some cracking trout ......you sure it was your first time fluff chucking?  __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #8 07-28-2007, 08:49 PM | ||||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Nice one James. What a way to start mate! __________________ Ollie: "Call me a cab." Stan: "You're a cab." Just another night on the beach with Ping. |
| #9 07-28-2007, 08:53 PM | |||
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| Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Quote:
. I must have changed my leader about 5 times as i kept smashing or knotting it up with bad casts and snags. |
| #10 07-29-2007, 04:32 PM | ||||
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 Re: My first Fly fishing experience!!! Cracking Brace of fish there James & a great report & pics. It's nice to see a few more fly fishers joining the forum. |
