Up to the Goldenloch on a wild wild day wind from the south west temp 6C raining moderately . Water clarity 3 feet . On the water at 10.00 only guy fishing . Took the boat up to the top end of the loch and anchored .Anchor was dragging the whole time but after an hour I took a nice fish on a bloodworm . Wind got higher and I took the boat across to the west side and tied the anchor to the top pier and found that far more pleasant lost a fish after playing him for 1 minute but took another 15 mins ...
Updated 11-12-2019 at 10:41 AM by craigluscar
I took advantage of a good afternoon to have a wee visit and blether to the Anglers in their bothy . Fishing had been quite slow in the last fortnight with the cold weather . I walked up to the Dam wall and took in the view A bit of ice still on the North west corner but the rest of the middle pond was clear . Not a breath of wind the water like a mirror . Quite spectacular . I took a few photos but have not worked out how to upload them . The top pond had a lot of swans and ducks on it ...
Updated 11-12-2019 at 10:35 AM by craigluscar
Originally Posted by Skateboard Dave Part 2. That little chub was hiding under the far bank cover even with the turbid water - they know how to avoid the predators. The swim: To get the two flies into the take zone I cast downstream into the middle of the stream and fastest water then sunk the rod tip below the surface to get the line under the trailing branch and the rod tip close to the far side. The flies would then swing into the far side, held on a tight line, and slowly ...
Originally Posted by Skateboard Dave I thought I wouldn't get to fish running water this weekend so went fishing on the GUC on Saturday. The Soar was really close to bursting it's banks yesterday and it rained again in the night. This morning though skies were bright and unbelievably the Soar, a couple of miles from my home, had dropped by about a foot, despite the night time rain? I was on my way to Bradgate Park for the usual Sunday work out - a muddy and very hilly 10 mile run but after that I would be free ...
Originally Posted by Skateboard Dave Part 2. Since I'd had a fish and the sun was out I tried a few swims that I'd have normally simply marched past on the way to the next lock. They only confirmed why I usually chose to ignore them - no action but maybe I was half hearted in my efforts? I carried on along the slippery, muddy toe path to the next bridge where a perch might be hiding, in it's shade, although it had suddenly gotten rather more cloudy. ;-( A couple of casts here were fruitless but as I headed to ...
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