I’m just interested in people’s thoughts on fishing streamers in rivers which are predominantly wild trout rivers, do you condone it or frown upon it?
i arrived at a beat on the Eden last week and came across two anglers who had driven up from London and bought day tickets, so far so good.
upon having a chat with one who had his dog with him I politely pointed out that club rules don’t allow any anglers to take a dog with them, he accepted it fine and apologised.
i looked at his attire and he was wearing a base ball cap covered in everything from mouse patterns to pike lures, it was like a moving Christmas tree.
I asked if they had any luck, and he told me they’d had a few to about 1.5 lbs.
On the nymph I said, as nothing was rising, no streamers he replied.
Then he told me the week before his mate had a 6lb fish and he had one of 5.10lbs on streamers, that’s all we fish he replied.
Nice enough young fellas but I couldn’t help feeling this method was not on.
Ive never fished a streamer in my life, other than for rainbows or pike so I can’t comment on the success of this method other than it had proved very fortunate in their case.
Am I just an old fuddy duddy that hasn’t moved with the times or is this now an acceptable method on unstocked wild trout waters?
what’s your feelings on this, would you do it to secure a fish or stick with more “conventional” methods.
Slightly bewildered.
S.
i arrived at a beat on the Eden last week and came across two anglers who had driven up from London and bought day tickets, so far so good.
upon having a chat with one who had his dog with him I politely pointed out that club rules don’t allow any anglers to take a dog with them, he accepted it fine and apologised.
i looked at his attire and he was wearing a base ball cap covered in everything from mouse patterns to pike lures, it was like a moving Christmas tree.
I asked if they had any luck, and he told me they’d had a few to about 1.5 lbs.
On the nymph I said, as nothing was rising, no streamers he replied.
Then he told me the week before his mate had a 6lb fish and he had one of 5.10lbs on streamers, that’s all we fish he replied.
Nice enough young fellas but I couldn’t help feeling this method was not on.
Ive never fished a streamer in my life, other than for rainbows or pike so I can’t comment on the success of this method other than it had proved very fortunate in their case.
Am I just an old fuddy duddy that hasn’t moved with the times or is this now an acceptable method on unstocked wild trout waters?
what’s your feelings on this, would you do it to secure a fish or stick with more “conventional” methods.
Slightly bewildered.
S.
