Hi Steve, met you a couple of weeks ago up at Kilnsey.

I agree with what you're saying and have had good success on Partridge & Orange (both 6a Gold and 19 hot orange), Snipe & Purple, also Black & Peacock work well for me. Makes a change from stripping lures as you say.

Haven't tried a William's Favourite yet but I see it's similar to Black Pennell and Black Spider but with a furnace hackle?

Dave.

 

Hi Dave
Hope you are keeping well. The Williams Favourite is a black floss body ribbed with silver wire and a back hackle. Nice little fly.
Keep up the good work with the spiders

Steve

 

Thought I would try a few hours at Kilnsey today before the impending bad weather hits us again.

VERY cold with drizzle and a strong wind – only managed a couple of hours before I couldn’t feel my hands and was “rescued” by my mobile ringing to advise that a customer was making an unexpected visit at home.

Tried a Clifton (Sharkey’s “go to” fly) , small lures and then a buzzer under a dry pattern but not a touch. Anyone recently had any luck at Kilnsey?

If so - how would you fish the lakes at this time of year and with what patterns?

Kind regards

 

Hi Phil, I managed to get about 18 fish on Saturday up at Kilnsey although I think that was down to a mixture of it being restocked that morning and beginners luck at one point it was close to being a take per cast

 

Robbie,

I read your post about your first trip to Kilnsey - well done!

So ... what were you catching all those wonderful fish with?

Kind regards

 

Well there wasn't much surface activity so my mentor for the day suggested we use a fly that would sink a little then work on the retrieve - that worked so we stuck with it for most of the day

 

Has anyone else managed to winkle out a fish or two recently and if so, what pattwerns would you suggest?

Kind regards

 

Has anyone else managed to winkle out a fish or two recently and if so, what pattwerns would you suggest?

Sorry i couldn't tell you the name of the fly Phil, still trying to get my head around all the names

 

If normal flies (i.e. the nymphs and dries) aren't working at this time of year then try a beadhead lure with a big marabou tail. I've had some big catches on these flies at Kilnsey at this time of year, maybe it's just me, but the fish seem a bit more agressive? A good lure is a terminator (not the type in TFF last month, but a little green and white job - i think you can get it in the kilnsey shop)

 

Sharkey,

Many thanks for the advice - I did arrive at Mid-Day which would possibly explain why I did not connect ... I spoke with another angler on my arrival who said that he had caught 4 or 5 earlier in the day but all had gone quiet...

On saying that, I watched one angler catching fish almost every other cast whilst I was there - looked carefully at his rig - a buzzer under an indicator which I then tried but with no luck.

Will get up to Kilnsey earlier in the day next time!

Sounds like you usually connect with a good number of fish each visit - how many usually on a 4 hour C & R ticket?

Kind regards

 

Hi Phil,
it's about an hour's drive for me and I tend to only go when I can make a day of it. I've been about half a dozen times in the last two seasons and I guess I average around 10. Having said that, within those fruitful days, there have been several four-hour periods where I've had nowt.

The water is often very clear at Kilnsey and I rarely go over 5lb Fluoro and a ghost tip or midge line is my first line of attack.

Good luck next time.

SharkeyP