Waking up with a very limited hangover on New Years Day left me with enough energy to scrape in a 4 hour ticket up at Curleys Fishery in Horwich. After one or two recent trips here this place really has been fishing well, and with the nice Blue's that have been put in it is worth the trip.
Unfortunately the weather was not on our side for the day, which had the fish showing very little signs of feeding. I managed this nice sized bow towards the end of the day, just as the daylight was fading. It went to a weighted Nymph fished under a bung, not everyones favourite method of fishing but works for me as a last resort.
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| Sorry for the poor photo quality, it was very dark and my hands were very cold! |
The day after New Years day was a little different. Robert, my second cousin had dropped in on his way back south after his christmas leave from the forces. Being a keen flyfisher we decided on a trip up to Barsfold with Dad and his new gear.
This turned out to be a rather windy but productive day, considering the
conditions. Robert managed to bag three fish and lost and absolute
monster! We always exagerate the one that got away but I can vouch that
looking at the head and body on it as it rose, it was easily an 8 -
10lb fish!
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| Robert with one of his fish, posted here so his dad back home will believe us! |
I hit my two fish limit early on, this fish being the bigger of the two at about 3 1/2lb. Shortly afterwards managed one more but then the fishing seemed to die off until later on in the afternoon.
Again right before we were ready to pack things up for the day I managed to hook into one last fish.
All fish caught today put up a great fight, something which always makes me want to keep coming back to Barnsfold, no matter what the weather is doing.
Don't forget to save some money for the spring when you can start fly fishing on rivers. Now is the time to look around for places to fish and to seek the necessary permits and permissions in readiness.
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Plan in action! Hopefully have a 3 day trip with more experienced river fishing friends. Need to get kitted out a little with waders etc but looking forward to it.
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Waders!!!???
ReplyDeleteDon't be so keen to get in and potentially ruin your chances whilst damaging the river. If you take fishing from the bank as your default option you will end up a better caster, better angler and enjoy better fishing. Having said that, there will be places where wading is the only way but it should only be as a last resort. On most of the rivers I fish these days, wading is not allowed so I have no choice but it is no hardship.
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