Pool hopping

[Dubbed Squirrel]

Well the rainfall we had, has done absolutely nothing for the river levels. I think the hills are so dry, they`ve soaked up every drop that fell and nothing has filtered into the system. I took my 7 footer and Konic reel, loaded with a 2wt DT line and a spool of 3lb fluorocarbon. Fishing the pools with an upstream dry ( an Olive Para #14), I picked off the odd small trout, to the end of the golf course, paid a visit to the golfball tree, then fished two wets back down. I had an S/T gold head on the point, and I stuck with olive, a copper ribbed spider both #16. This is where it got crazy, almost every cast took a trout albeit small, especially the gold head, even a few double hook ups. Lost count of the numbers and eventually gave up. I think we`ll have to find somewhere else for Friday`s session.




This was the best catch of the day
Peter

[dave fish]

nice fished a river yesterday for chub and only cuaght brownies on a feeder must have had about 20 fish got bored in the end and sat sunbathing for a while.

[Dubbed Squirrel]

Hi Dave, believe it or not, I`ve got two mates who went to a trout fishery bait fishing, and all they caught, was one rainbow and lots of perch. What size were the brownies?
Peter

[flyman]

Hi Pete,
I bet you still had great fun useing the 2 wt line,
raining down here quite hard at the mo so might get out soon myself.
managed to get out on my mates boat yesterday down the gower doing
the report next.

Jeff

[blackwater]

Well done peter, great report and pics as always!

[Dubbed Squirrel]

Thanks Justin, knew you`d get that double figure, really well done.

Hi Jeff, yeah it was good fun, river`s still very low, I think there were bits where you could walk across, without getting your feet wet.
We`re off to Malta for 3 weeks on the 24th of this month, so it will be fishing Maltese style. I`m also taking the 7`0" fly rod, but need to get 1lb leader or less if pos. I tied some #22 flies like small crustaceans for going, eyes were almost squinty by the time I`d finished. what do you think?

Hope you have a great time on the boat. Peter

[dave fish]

Originally Posted by Dubbed Squirrel

Hi Dave, believe it or not, I`ve got two mates who went to a trout fishery bait fishing, and all they caught, was one rainbow and lots of perch. What size were the brownies?
Peter

hi the biggest was just shy of a pound 13oz they come from a stocked syndicate further up river so are just rogue trout from there but they offer some cracking sport specially when they jump clear of the water amazing.

[flyman]

Hi Pete,
I Coudnt tie them that small with my glasses on i dont think,
great looking flys and a nice bit of dubbing.
whats the fishing like over there?
hope u have a great time, this section is going to be quiet for a while
unless we have a report from over there.

Jeff

[Dubbed Squirrel]

Hi jeff, My son`s taking his lap top, so I`ll let you know how it`s going. The locals use telescopic poles 4-7 metres in length and for bait, mix up a paste made up of goodness knows what. If I`m bait fishing, I use this stuff, it`s a bit expensive, but deadly.

You cut off about 4mm and bait your hook shank, leaving the hook exposed. I don`t know if it`s available here, haven`t seen it in any of the tackle shops.
Peter

[Baz T]

Nice report and pics Peter. Those flies look very realistic - will be interested to hear your report once you have tried them. They do look similar to some of the things that inhabit my y-fronts by the way..and have a nice holiday..