Fishin n a Curry Later

It's nice to be out again fishing with friends.

The occasion was special because it was a

kind of angling stag party for Mike.

We found ourselves on a new bit of water

and it looked great!
From the moment I saw the first glide and pool,

the way to fish it screamed out at me! The odd large

fly flew and skipped across the river.

I did not rush, just took in the surroundings watched

the water a little and planned my attack.

I put a large silver bead head PTN on the tip

and on the dropper a F-fly. It may seem a strange

combination but it brings me a lot of fish when fishing

down and across. The F-fly is fished wet, in broken

water like the one that faced me I think it covers a lot

of the fishes natural food drowned, emerging ect.

I think, or it may just because I use it a lot that

the F-fly is one of the best all round flies.

Number one it's very easy to tie, not that I'm

lazy (although the Mrs may not agree) but if

you are fishing under trees, or likely to lose

a few on the cast a simple pattern that's quick

off the vice is a luxury. Not just simple but

deadly, fished dry it never seems to deny

me a take from a rising fish.

If you can't tell I'm a fan!!

I had a few fish small Parr and a half decent

Brownie. Mike had a few bangs but I was sure

a spidery kind of pattern would bring him a fish.

He tied one on and moments later he was into

a string of small trout.

I lost one good fish and moved to the next

bit of decent water. A few fish rose and I

whipped off the dropper and point placing

the dropper on the point.

I had some great sport over the next hour

or so the best being a good brownie (above).
I even took a little Sea Trout off the top.
I decided to have another cast in the first pool.

I'm sure some big fish lie in wait, another angler

was just leaving so I decided to give it a go a bit

deeper Phil had taken a out of season Grayling

earlier and I finished the day with another.
A great day followed by a funny night........

a few pictures to follow!!

Me n Dad

Chances to get out have been limited, mainly

down to the little ones. So my only spare time

was spent on a sunny afternoon with my Dad.

We arrived at an easy to access fishery. Not

either of our number one choices but with my

Dad not wanting to walk to far and needing

decent ground it's perfect.

On arrival after a quick chat to a few already

fishing, it seemed the going was hard, but my

Dads owed a few favours off the fishing Gods.

After a couple of trips to the car for the tackle we set

up and it wasn't long before we had some action.

In fact it turned well worth the extra effort. It's

my preferred option to throw the rod in the car

and get to some running water. I take the ability

to walk, climb, crawl and fall into some fishy spots

much to easy at times, and when a lot of these times

was spent doing so with the "owd fella" walking to the

car for his tackle is little to ask for someone who as given

me so much over the years.

So with these thoughts echoing around my head we got

down to catching some fish. First thing getting him

comfortable, not easy!! The riggers of years of hard

labour on the building sights of the North West leaving

it's toll.

The moment the float dipped for the first

time , the hook struck and his rod tip arched

into a beautiful Golden Orfe, I knew it was

worth it. For those minutes as the fish dove

and swirled he was a kid again no pain just

the joy of what fishing is. The smile on his face

was more than any reward I could ever receive.

We went on to catch nearly every cast just a Dad

and his little lad fishing again.