Fly Fishing anyone catching

Fishing Forum Admin · #1 08-09-2004, 08:01 PM

Fly Fishing anyone catching , I do not fly fish but would love to give it a go , so if you are a fly fishing person post it hear as I would love to hear what you are doing and catching

Old Smoothound · #2 08-25-2004, 08:05 PM

If you want to give it a go, Blagdon and Chew Valley are my home waters.
I have electric engine rods, reels etc plus 1,000's of flies. Boat costs £23.50

for all day. Suggest Blagdon as a good water to start on.
I can only do weekends so if you'r up for it let me know. There's a good pub close to the lake

. I am a Salmon & Trout Association qualified casting and fishing instructor so will be able to teach... no charge of course!

Cheers
Shaun

Ben · #3 08-25-2004, 08:45 PM

sounds like a good offer to me, shame i dont live near there

Fishing Forum Admin · #4 08-25-2004, 08:48 PM

Might well take you up on that as I have always wanted to give it ago

Plus its down the road

MMM must change my avator

Ben · #5 08-25-2004, 08:54 PM

could have a nice pic of a big wild brown trout

Ben · #6 08-25-2004, 09:01 PM

i think i would only really like 2 mess about on the boat, me n a few mates hired a boat when we went 2 stratford on a school trip, well 2 boats n we nearly managed 2 kapsize 1 of em n sum1 went home with half a tooth missing

lol that was a fun day

Old Smoothound · #7 08-26-2004, 08:15 PM

i fished the Benson & Hedges comp about 5 years ago on Chew Valley, very windy, big waves, big fish, too big a strike, went over the back of the boat in 14 feet of water.

Lessons learnt
Wear a life jacket at all times, all RAF blokes laugh at you when you fall in, don't lean out of a boat in a force 8!

Cheers
Shaun

Old Smoothound · #8 08-26-2004, 08:18 PM

MMM, Brown Trout fishin is good in mid September, might just do that..... Naaa Smoothies fight harder for longer.

Cheers
Shaun

Old Smoothound · #9 08-26-2004, 08:24 PM

Hi Richard,

If you come down to Bristle, no problem...... maybe catch a big Brown or Rainbow for your new Avatar

or take one of the same fish from 10 diff angles and save em up like wat i'm goin to do!

Cheers
Shaun

Pross · #10 09-04-2004, 10:52 AM

What's the fishing like at Blagdon and Chew then? I work in Bristol so not to far for me but have really only ever fly fished rivers. Just bought a new rod and reel mainly to try for bass on the fly and other salt water fish and it's an 7/8 wt combo so might be better suited to still water. Having big problems with my casting though, I reckon the reel is dodgy myself but there is a chance my casting isn't good enough for the amount of line I was trying to cast!

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