tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54599046540784877152024-03-13T15:21:23.514+00:00Becks and Brown Trout, Bamboo tooA blog about fly fishing the becks and rivers of North Yorkshire , From the Yorkshire Wolds to the North York moors for brown trout and Grayling...Anything written on the blog that the reader enjoys is purely accidental...Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-35918619417006130982024-03-12T10:35:00.000+00:002024-03-12T10:35:07.656+00:00Wykeham lakes Scarborough<p> I have just read that the above fishery is going under new management , Great news its somewhere that I have fished in the past but my recent enquiry about it a few months ago was responded to in a pretty actually very unhelpful manner , So the news is welcome and I wish them all the best , So I have updated my comments that are on the local fisheries blog page . Good luck to you we need more local good DT venues...</p><p><a href="https://www.northyorkshirewaterparkfisheries.co.uk/">https://www.northyorkshirewaterparkfisheries.co.uk/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGySHUuAl9dG1DH6Fswgk-Nb2Si-FieEX84imvxBnEW8Mg0woJiLAVgAe3GBukKnOh1LXEMJcLrb2IL-ucqX9lPrrgVhFmf6uKgJeQreXCZSH8pIM2Y0BFGXbrKbmrLmteZ8P7pQ2qjwRV9Jl1mrwFOb-KQlL3VmgqESFS_GtAuQ1be0yTIRyl6SNY2rkD/s275/wykeham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGySHUuAl9dG1DH6Fswgk-Nb2Si-FieEX84imvxBnEW8Mg0woJiLAVgAe3GBukKnOh1LXEMJcLrb2IL-ucqX9lPrrgVhFmf6uKgJeQreXCZSH8pIM2Y0BFGXbrKbmrLmteZ8P7pQ2qjwRV9Jl1mrwFOb-KQlL3VmgqESFS_GtAuQ1be0yTIRyl6SNY2rkD/w640-h426/wykeham.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-11865033778161446952024-02-24T18:15:00.002+00:002024-03-03T16:03:54.421+00:00Trout bum , mildly eccentric or a Geezer ?<p> This year I am starting the process of getting into retirement. I think initially it will be a day a week less work and then over the next years slowly increase fishing time and decrease working time. I enjoy my work still and I have the pleasure of working with nice people in an interesting profession but its time I just did a bit less of it . </p><p>I am most fortunate that I have a understanding wife who tolerates my fishing obsession , I have access to beautiful rivers to enjoy which are full of wild trout and Grayling . I have plenty of rods and reels including spares for sons and daughter to use. But there is something that I haven`t quite got my head around though it is making that transition from being a normal hard working professional gent to that of a retired crusty old git who talks to himself and can put out a suitably strange aura to keep being pestered by well meaning passers by with the inevitable "had anything mister “?</p><p>It isn`t that I want to be rude or even indeed a crusty old git although I do have some work colleagues who consider the transition to full crustiness would be absolutely easy and indeed a seamless transition. Its just that it would be nice if people looked at me from afar and there was just something about me that made them veer away rather than endeavour to engage me in polite conversation . Fishing is about solitude or the company of suitable companions. Not about exchanging meaningless platitudes .</p><p>To deter the curious I have been known to get engaged in a raised voice heated argument with myself and that routine has often deterred passers by who were indicating an intent to engage me in polite conversation, it is not consistent though and relies on my having early sight of intruders to give me time to get into the routine . It is the appearance I need to work on . Perhaps old Hugh Falkus had the right idea I read that he simply Painted FUCK OFF on the gateway to his cottage . Perhaps a more direct approach would be the answer but I am struggling to come up with something that would be acceptable to my fellow club members . I will have to stick with more subtle messaging. </p><p>It would be even better if it worked for dogs too. I seem to be a dog magnet especially for Labradors, I am especially fond of them and I am convinced they know it . I am clearly to much of a temptation when I am stood midstream in a river they clearly believe I am there for their amusement . Charging up to me all wagging tail and presenting themselves for an ear rub. When I was a young fella I was useless with woman but here I am an older gent now I am positive magnet with labs, there is no Justice in life . </p><p>The other thing I wrestle with is what should be my image be ? I don`t think I can carry off the full John Gierach trout bum approach I haven`t got the beard , attitude or fishing ability to do that , I do quite fancy the mildly eccentric old fashioned eccentric approach , After watching his delightful Rod and Line you tube recordings from a good few years ago I could see myself as 50% of a Michael Horden but crossed with 25% Tom Skerrit ( the Rev Maclean ) from a river runs through it and perhaps 25% Jack Hargreaves . The non British amongst you will need to consult the wonders of YU tube to understand the effect I am aiming for. I have just seen this on the interweb... I can aspire to this I want to be a geezer when I retire .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVbuuFhlfsaDo0EyLctI_xJSb2A-ddZgcMnZ0nO6bZtUcYwQr7udRsHlQ5AWEE1OR7LcYUFeycGEKAl6WA-5ul0qS8qG2efRKho6b-dJV7jBTuJS4bydR2vu17bATQoPRGxec3nSsOo-rR_qBmW9CTDseXcizbOQl91ER14WYon01SlIRPCKB3rWHpIDN/s1170/IMG_6539%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVbuuFhlfsaDo0EyLctI_xJSb2A-ddZgcMnZ0nO6bZtUcYwQr7udRsHlQ5AWEE1OR7LcYUFeycGEKAl6WA-5ul0qS8qG2efRKho6b-dJV7jBTuJS4bydR2vu17bATQoPRGxec3nSsOo-rR_qBmW9CTDseXcizbOQl91ER14WYon01SlIRPCKB3rWHpIDN/w640-h640/IMG_6539%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>To complete the transformation I think I am going to have to ditch the chest pack and fish out my old Orvis Waistcoat mainly because it will better hide the one recent purchase that was for comfort rather than tactical efficiency , My new Vision Chesties have a Zip. So much more convenient, If you aren`t sure what I mean ask your dad, I certainly need them to stop looking so new though . Crusty mature fly fishermen with attitude shouldn`t be wearing sparkly new waders . Waders should appear to be fighting a losing battle with age and abuse , just as wading boots should not have matching laces and should have the odd aquasure repair , when tied the odd lace hole or hook should be missing . Finally of course is the icing on the cake the hat. My old canvas fedora style affair has sat up top for many years and I haven`t the heart to start breaking in a new hat . It keeps of most of the sun and most of the rain . For that it is perfect . I will also continue to wear my old flat cap at times . It was my late Fathers hat I wear it fishing quite often its like I am taking him with me. its something I wear mostly in Winter when Grayling fishing . The Grayling was his favourite I am sure he would approve . He was a a crusty old fella too but must confess that he is one of the few folks that I would love to have out on the bank with me just one last time. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-61641612310138756642024-01-31T08:58:00.003+00:002024-01-31T13:19:12.102+00:00Shack Nasties and Muggles <p> </p><p>Monday 8th January </p><p>I had a walk from the office this lunch time. Grey Skies , Northerly wind coming straight in over the North Sea , pretty depressing weather really , I had to drive to Newcastle and back on Sunday the North Moors looked cold bleak and desolate , Standing water everywhere on back roads mud everywhere after it has washed out of the fields . The Weather was well grey and it rained. I haven`t fly fished for more than a month. All in all a pretty miserable state of affairs , We have another month to tolerate before we start to notice the days started to lengthen. However there is already just a chink of hopefulness coming . I have already received and paid my first fishing club renewal for this year. I have received emails from clubs regarding upcoming meetings and functions. So perhaps the sun has not risen on the new season yet but I feel it is just below the horizon . I have started to re fill the fly boxes and have sorted out the boxes from last year. There will be no new waters this year, Although my intended part time working in a month or two will mean I can just make better use of the fishing I have . Also being semi retired will allow me to live up to the "miserable old twat" identity that I quite fancy </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyc2mG0UHgHnnJ1bnZOoK8AVbxLKnPOEfJMe5DOqVmtNKhc5Br8jkln2WbvqdBpzbv_vlPp2zYc_xrMOnupSA226Q3VaJEoMkS2xhQqug15ovq8v5stD1b8BJvJJUVh7x1-sEULRGV-L3NoCfzNoy1M-lfjl6-9I_LfayYIVPgtvdOYMbX9AAizpeBdy6/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6402%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyc2mG0UHgHnnJ1bnZOoK8AVbxLKnPOEfJMe5DOqVmtNKhc5Br8jkln2WbvqdBpzbv_vlPp2zYc_xrMOnupSA226Q3VaJEoMkS2xhQqug15ovq8v5stD1b8BJvJJUVh7x1-sEULRGV-L3NoCfzNoy1M-lfjl6-9I_LfayYIVPgtvdOYMbX9AAizpeBdy6/w640-h480/thumbnail_IMG_6402%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLQbsaPLvJramqOQPjbSqY3AeLZtd34FgNYwItKk5qKQgvY9OOqkywZNBXdhOPdcLoFBwctMsaxitXa3KNV7eK3DCTbxMBYPzSUqRPMmJDYC8D1i7DeCCkYHIk8rIP7y89uJQyYGM7lpuB77HGhJtFt8Ymg1VrI2wM7GY5w0vOqSe08R4FphDwjOreCLT/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6399.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLQbsaPLvJramqOQPjbSqY3AeLZtd34FgNYwItKk5qKQgvY9OOqkywZNBXdhOPdcLoFBwctMsaxitXa3KNV7eK3DCTbxMBYPzSUqRPMmJDYC8D1i7DeCCkYHIk8rIP7y89uJQyYGM7lpuB77HGhJtFt8Ymg1VrI2wM7GY5w0vOqSe08R4FphDwjOreCLT/w640-h480/thumbnail_IMG_6399.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Sunday 28th January </p><p>As the rivers have been pretty consistently bank high for the last couple of months I have yet to get fly fishing this year . I don`t seem to have got on as well with fly tying as I should have . I have managed a couple of trips with a trotting rod and some bait for the Grayling . It has presented a bit of a relief from the otherwise complete abstinence . I have tried to do the trotting with a bit of style and in keeping with the manner in which my late Father would have done . Bamboo Rod and proper centre pin. It would have been his Birthday on the 6th Feb and this coming weekend if the river is fit I will take his Millwards featherlight and Rapidex reel out for a fish . Before he died he said I should sell them my reply was no pops every year on your birthday I will take it on a river . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjQadxV0ZKYTjuB2dF5TpG5BstAjpHLcLOE2dnqLyEj6PkaShAWThi2xUqpH1YWR8lLffgxJpBZ8o72oog7z7fIBDD9K1cCY9-0loDUb9nCwJ4VUBdiYbuPNrISWrI5xbWeXMch4GMeitP28n7uemS5PJoYvpmlb4uJ2OPwcNzjVx_iGZ6ZF35HowZCbi/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6462%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjQadxV0ZKYTjuB2dF5TpG5BstAjpHLcLOE2dnqLyEj6PkaShAWThi2xUqpH1YWR8lLffgxJpBZ8o72oog7z7fIBDD9K1cCY9-0loDUb9nCwJ4VUBdiYbuPNrISWrI5xbWeXMch4GMeitP28n7uemS5PJoYvpmlb4uJ2OPwcNzjVx_iGZ6ZF35HowZCbi/w640-h480/thumbnail_IMG_6462%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>30th Jan Its the evening and I am feeling hopeful now about the seasons changing . </p><p>I am becoming very protective of fishing time and particularly the solitude that it brings. I say solitude as I often get asked, "don`t I get lonely spending all them hours alone"?. Truth is I have always enjoyed solitude but many people seem unable to identify that loneliness and solitude are quite different . I am finding that I am actively protecting my time in the river . There is something quite satisfying in standing fishing and starting to have an animated conversation with yourself when you see approaching folks who you fear may try and engage you in light hearted conversation . Other anglers are ok they appreciate that giving each other space is an important part of the game, None fishing folk or Muggles as a few mates and I have christened them are oblivious to it and happily stand on the opposite bank and point at the bow waving fish speeding away . Greeting you with "had any luck mate " or "Hope my dog didn`t disturb you" ?. As a four stone Labrador careers along the stream in front of you . The dogs I don`t mind its the people I am starting to struggle with. February is when preparations get going . I have fly boxes to fill . I am treasurer at a local club and the accounts are to do and then prepare myself for the battle of getting folks to pay on time . I have Meetings to look forward to I may even put the silk lines back on the reels , I am planning my annual trip to the BFFI in February but am determined to keep my wallet closed I am just looking . It will be good to catch up with friends there though. See you in February .</p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-16937134743854989392023-12-13T15:22:00.000+00:002024-01-17T11:29:29.941+00:00A Christmas Reflection on rivers and Bamboo and Silk...<p> </p><p>Firstly I wish any body who is still reading Blogs a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year . An especially hearty wish for those of you are return visitors to my blog. Its been a strange year and it is ending as a pretty soggy one. My winter grayling fishing has been buggered in fine style by the never ending rain. One trip with a guest a few weeks ago during a break in the rain found a river that was less than welcoming to the guest whom I had hoped would have a good day. There have been no trips since and my fishing fix has been ltd to fly tying and tackle tinkering whilst trying hard not to buy anything I don`t need. Which to be fair is almost anything although a recent online offer on Hardy Perfect reels caused me to stumble. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FXfPQKicBXtDJFcXcHgQEC_m0JkLA9OR8gAR7gZZlU3o4yi_0TLdx0LaAHydy-pPPEWwJlM9ByVqryL1r6JZy-saui3VuMPoyQj5C5LO9BXIbtcNFcIhA9PydmDac3bLvn6oz3FxFfpUPcwwi7_iGG_4KOozs9gvmWkvhZAgEcQRMisomBP0aDHGKyI3/s1920/IMG_4351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FXfPQKicBXtDJFcXcHgQEC_m0JkLA9OR8gAR7gZZlU3o4yi_0TLdx0LaAHydy-pPPEWwJlM9ByVqryL1r6JZy-saui3VuMPoyQj5C5LO9BXIbtcNFcIhA9PydmDac3bLvn6oz3FxFfpUPcwwi7_iGG_4KOozs9gvmWkvhZAgEcQRMisomBP0aDHGKyI3/w640-h480/IMG_4351.JPG" width="640" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Whilst looking at the state of the rivers I can only hope that the huge volumes of water can remove some of the accumulated leaves and silt from the local rivers which in places have been very extensive after a few years of low flow but also hope that the same huge flows do not do to much damage to the local watercourses from fallen trees and the like. It will be interesting to visit my local rivers in the spring and see what changes have been caused , Indeed one of the fascinations of my local streams is just how much the nature of them changes year by year , Fish holding features change every year but winter floods can really alter things substantially. On my streams A new wedged tree stump of washed out depression can be a big attraction in the small world of streams </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lpCVaqe9xuUW5qE4Wu-76v_IwA3rIMCCdo8V3Xb7pS0DbTdDIg_l2pewJWyIU2i7EfEe1x2VY7JJPE2DmgyxqpJMyCh3tTASldZjdboamcXNvcBtnr6K3hSNbE5ocJGWybz41qWzbDxUrzz0eaTGGMFCNd5u_8RFSJUyfW7vC3FpFzrSvZaiFGyaBAKz/s1920/IMG_4121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lpCVaqe9xuUW5qE4Wu-76v_IwA3rIMCCdo8V3Xb7pS0DbTdDIg_l2pewJWyIU2i7EfEe1x2VY7JJPE2DmgyxqpJMyCh3tTASldZjdboamcXNvcBtnr6K3hSNbE5ocJGWybz41qWzbDxUrzz0eaTGGMFCNd5u_8RFSJUyfW7vC3FpFzrSvZaiFGyaBAKz/w640-h480/IMG_4121.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I have had a number of conversations this year with longer term fishing friends who have spoke with some puzzlement with my increasing fascination of using cane / bamboo rods , One guy who is a fine angler a club secretary and a part time river keepers words were , "why go backwards when companies and technology has developed tackle that does the job more effectively" ?. I guess on the face of it it is a fair enough challenge . But I did note that his statement made no mention of enjoyment, satisfaction or indeed anything on an emotional level , it was purely a statement made about efficiency and almost mechanical advantage. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPXZKU46bh6efW1bUuXUFXgajTjBB4XH8nkwIYnrnBKqmtAXy4Ytsj29ZBb-c0wWOczjRG98C8-VEGgrLddg7R1EKQN9aGVe7KDiV9gSzwEK_r5rdD6fXio991GURRY1Q6GKdkus28lQ_46LmJLrSUd7k4MgczxK5O_vy-w5XAp0iwiEk3scyhBw4l04Q/s1920/IMG_4134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPXZKU46bh6efW1bUuXUFXgajTjBB4XH8nkwIYnrnBKqmtAXy4Ytsj29ZBb-c0wWOczjRG98C8-VEGgrLddg7R1EKQN9aGVe7KDiV9gSzwEK_r5rdD6fXio991GURRY1Q6GKdkus28lQ_46LmJLrSUd7k4MgczxK5O_vy-w5XAp0iwiEk3scyhBw4l04Q/w640-h480/IMG_4134.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose my answer is and I guess it is all down to personal preference but I would say this...The guy who first coined the phrase " You throw a line with a Carbon rod but you cast a line with a bamboo rod. Understood what its about I also find that the cane rods are more accurate too so it isn’t just about emotional stuff although there is a certain effortless beauty in how a bamboo rod casts a line . Also there is nothing at all to match the feeling of playing a good fish on a bamboo rod . You can feel every twist and turn especially when using a silk line.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEileFYFLbnpUl0Ojz5q0PBq9OeqasqfmJsvozbTqe7jmpkG6e-ZLkPXe6JtME1Q2ZWok7jrTtigaCRgmhWHCmEasntKPfqjkRKwPtZe6PSLXiVUc318AKt4Z_cfVfCxtdhVh_A2wMTJE27omM_ga7IRgwDQt9IG8fB5QrDA07DCUZ3nvLo7mirlWoe3CEVa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEileFYFLbnpUl0Ojz5q0PBq9OeqasqfmJsvozbTqe7jmpkG6e-ZLkPXe6JtME1Q2ZWok7jrTtigaCRgmhWHCmEasntKPfqjkRKwPtZe6PSLXiVUc318AKt4Z_cfVfCxtdhVh_A2wMTJE27omM_ga7IRgwDQt9IG8fB5QrDA07DCUZ3nvLo7mirlWoe3CEVa=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Modern silk lines are extremely efficient and relatively easy to maintain and are not much more expensive than a premium plastic line but last way longer. But putting the nuts and bolts of tackle aside the plain truth is I have reached that time in my fishing lifetime when what matters is the quality of the experience and not the theoretical technical efficiency of the gear I am using . feeling a silk line load a cane rod and then watching it elegantly unroll across the stream and then being able to easily mend the line and perhaps pick it off the surface with a deft roll , seeing the fish rise and then after the take feel every twist and turn through the none stretch silk and the sinewy bamboo . that feel is very different to plastic and Carbon and yes I have tried the Sage SLTs , the Sage LL and the Winston B2T staff of Moses and most of the rest. Nothing feels quite like cane, As for the photos well they are all of my local streams where I will be returning next summer . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-71460814834246561612023-10-20T09:04:00.004+01:002024-01-17T11:27:47.502+00:00Autumn Update <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry about the pretty meagre posts this year Its been a strange old year . Having the new club water to fish has been great and I have caught a few notable specimen fish , A new PB grayling at 2lb 12 and recently a lovely Barbel on a killer bug which was twitched along the bottom have been real highlights . But the sad truth is what has been really lacking this year is a decent evening rise . In fact in many ways a decent rise at any time of day has been missing . The Hawthorn hatch brought some good fishing although short lived , The mayfly came and went with a bit of a whimper . There has been a few rising fish but much like last year they have been sporadic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHCmiLRJs704Vuqk50ARrJzny56urTxKx-5_eEgeJf-qZ4SttvfzSKFgI09QWKZ_3fHQYD8vFWKEjS5e2_PHd3ce4Qk5hrpw4wSE5bqo4m-pJD3K6D4fb3HimQOozCDiayMQGuUUCLTjQuMNTOrRJ_dWM-t5NPUv8sDw3t-wPhefi1HGMfl7Noj5o2HKw/s1280/IMG_6071.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHCmiLRJs704Vuqk50ARrJzny56urTxKx-5_eEgeJf-qZ4SttvfzSKFgI09QWKZ_3fHQYD8vFWKEjS5e2_PHd3ce4Qk5hrpw4wSE5bqo4m-pJD3K6D4fb3HimQOozCDiayMQGuUUCLTjQuMNTOrRJ_dWM-t5NPUv8sDw3t-wPhefi1HGMfl7Noj5o2HKw/w640-h480/IMG_6071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two fish that stand out this season,, The Barbel was on a day when the river was kind to me , The fish saved a blank . After struggling to even see some fish I was tempted to try for the barbel which occupy a Pool on the way back to the car , I have often tried to tempt one without success, That day was difference and my old Stream flex 4 wt was given quite a work out . </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Nc_Dmqfm82rMIRMTtg20pdYN0mjyBDU8A0NJl7p_eQcGi3U1XKsWLdkd1iMdhVykWEJwTRBJMoTvCgRlvvMTt5fw3No0luz2tYy5hzrTaQEy-EuwII_oFDIOujaf60vX8uvx8BzNtZUsgDPKzU3_TX-tHJGDX4rYWoR-8daf8S2VpUswrCj80dqXJz2G/s1920/IMG_0115.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Nc_Dmqfm82rMIRMTtg20pdYN0mjyBDU8A0NJl7p_eQcGi3U1XKsWLdkd1iMdhVykWEJwTRBJMoTvCgRlvvMTt5fw3No0luz2tYy5hzrTaQEy-EuwII_oFDIOujaf60vX8uvx8BzNtZUsgDPKzU3_TX-tHJGDX4rYWoR-8daf8S2VpUswrCj80dqXJz2G/w640-h480/IMG_0115.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another change to my gear has been the purchase of some Chest waders with Zips, for a gentleman of mature years the convenience is fantastic . A call of nature now no longer requires extensive dismantling of gear . I love them . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihu8TQ2dUYQ4L3YOEy6nu4i_JIieBB1y31iw7uCnJjKYU71xYy1OHu0bOOUg7mlio14UtyEsPOkF05MelKso6e5MqxmUrbbjObBNAFdQiNZBN5Y0eN93d9Qy4XZ5edJSSNmRLnmQHAmAR63D7RBtpH-hh-v_x90NKCAX-CRAOqm6AGHj5JM8-F9z0Ihk1_/s1280/IMG_0019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihu8TQ2dUYQ4L3YOEy6nu4i_JIieBB1y31iw7uCnJjKYU71xYy1OHu0bOOUg7mlio14UtyEsPOkF05MelKso6e5MqxmUrbbjObBNAFdQiNZBN5Y0eN93d9Qy4XZ5edJSSNmRLnmQHAmAR63D7RBtpH-hh-v_x90NKCAX-CRAOqm6AGHj5JM8-F9z0Ihk1_/w640-h480/IMG_0019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxUKq8-Q6EcsobgcEo639MGgg6lYliqh5ra18Kvd6MGgJTLD3jHpCg1BLoLAsf7KVnR0djqFZ1HAAwZyFu-OTDAv4P3h_sIAW-fbCFFssDYtDxd0Vl5t4YmxPXusFCZln48Gea8Fn3m6TxzmMTgpB_Dh8lo-OUlRIP2XzzS_JFmN3CTTS0yDy39NrLN4K/s1280/IMG_6089.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxUKq8-Q6EcsobgcEo639MGgg6lYliqh5ra18Kvd6MGgJTLD3jHpCg1BLoLAsf7KVnR0djqFZ1HAAwZyFu-OTDAv4P3h_sIAW-fbCFFssDYtDxd0Vl5t4YmxPXusFCZln48Gea8Fn3m6TxzmMTgpB_Dh8lo-OUlRIP2XzzS_JFmN3CTTS0yDy39NrLN4K/w640-h480/IMG_6089.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fishing with my Son as always is a highlight although to often the stars don`t align and a young man wants more exciting days and has more distractions than Dad , The shared days are special memories though , This is him above in action after Grayling , In his favourite river , </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQzfrCPcTriwuohQrTQ3i_LK5d_mMl_bo91wvnXOBEbzn9iMgz7tt3H2jSh69G41YoY2hFE7CHVPmIu2VMM2WmB2of0UagcHPAmTmOFvsc0ZATfO77KWILkm_w1xiSVpI1LxvxhAUKPA4dWO-yDzkGD-RJfeRAu2Q4QeErvlY30uJuLXqrlXA91jt5zW-/s1280/IMG_6298.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQzfrCPcTriwuohQrTQ3i_LK5d_mMl_bo91wvnXOBEbzn9iMgz7tt3H2jSh69G41YoY2hFE7CHVPmIu2VMM2WmB2of0UagcHPAmTmOFvsc0ZATfO77KWILkm_w1xiSVpI1LxvxhAUKPA4dWO-yDzkGD-RJfeRAu2Q4QeErvlY30uJuLXqrlXA91jt5zW-/w480-h640/IMG_6298.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One highlight was a trip to a southern chalk stream, I had received a very kind offer of a day on a River Test carrier the place was picture book perfection . Manicured, with a perfect fishing hut and crystal clear water with a healthy population of Trout and Grayling . A brilliant day was had with good numbers of Grayling over 1 lb with one hovering around the magic 2 lb number , </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFS8Oe-eZsl5X6_-wZUMMJDf5zWR5vlU3UXJIQbi75BetGVZfqmLSoP0mLdAdJabLTi7s_1pVCLUl5rZYcDojxLSC5GEVR2r0I2h_guUS2p_wEFiKdePAeGQvqsFSXrFeJjHngVAjhUwMqGHrseuLyH2xxeEWtxfgSxeI5EEkscMLkQFE8ccCfpEg3skG/s1280/IMG_6308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFS8Oe-eZsl5X6_-wZUMMJDf5zWR5vlU3UXJIQbi75BetGVZfqmLSoP0mLdAdJabLTi7s_1pVCLUl5rZYcDojxLSC5GEVR2r0I2h_guUS2p_wEFiKdePAeGQvqsFSXrFeJjHngVAjhUwMqGHrseuLyH2xxeEWtxfgSxeI5EEkscMLkQFE8ccCfpEg3skG/w640-h480/IMG_6308.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Bamboo fascination has not reduced and has resulted in another nice rod arriving .I don`t think there will be any more but never say never . I have actually sold more rods than I have gained this year changes to my fishing habits have meant some stuff will never be used . Also I have gained a 10ft 6 inch 3wt Vision nymph special . I have decided its time I gave euro nymphing a proper go . It has been to the river a couple of times and have found the lightness and sensitivity somewhat of a revelation especially for something so long . The strange non existent fly line has felt odd , But results so far are good </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTttdMEbpXL235Wuidz4F1kBrXSlFzB7DvQ5FqN64LzarNTonHqm57zhiggcV6awQnTupzoys5rsGSuHFGcKaDaHxzqKoXo_PpfD1VxuiN2Rxd9K_zc-bCTXD0HA1nL0otWHdcoS7RNlFKMfuEMm6gliJFrFzUwEyqIdounhANEmT5yyNS-4cNFf0t7p/s1280/IMG_6342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTttdMEbpXL235Wuidz4F1kBrXSlFzB7DvQ5FqN64LzarNTonHqm57zhiggcV6awQnTupzoys5rsGSuHFGcKaDaHxzqKoXo_PpfD1VxuiN2Rxd9K_zc-bCTXD0HA1nL0otWHdcoS7RNlFKMfuEMm6gliJFrFzUwEyqIdounhANEmT5yyNS-4cNFf0t7p/w480-h640/IMG_6342.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite my gloom about rising fish my local small streams are still showing nice fish long may it continue . </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmdGhOHvsSaVXTuCXg9sMlUbcTJ9rSv6W0qwaGNwjhXZmjM8jsP0qEBV0Xib16RwtFnM9n8cXrKXgT8pYPIqhX8b8RGUmBJKOU3GzQvGS_yaWke7EPcifTtyCeURIIVaztp36NsMhNge5cNt-9THH52yZIAevOl-5YjuIYuZGGtu4hoaLXxnX23Nfkkv9/s1280/IMG_6206.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmdGhOHvsSaVXTuCXg9sMlUbcTJ9rSv6W0qwaGNwjhXZmjM8jsP0qEBV0Xib16RwtFnM9n8cXrKXgT8pYPIqhX8b8RGUmBJKOU3GzQvGS_yaWke7EPcifTtyCeURIIVaztp36NsMhNge5cNt-9THH52yZIAevOl-5YjuIYuZGGtu4hoaLXxnX23Nfkkv9/w640-h481/IMG_6206.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-21146730449137305042023-06-13T13:09:00.001+01:002024-01-17T11:25:15.163+00:00So heres another post to bring the year to date....<p> last year the blog and social media in general got under my skin a little . It both occurred to me and concerned me that I got to wondering was I going fishing for pleasure and just sharing my joy or was I going fishing to get something on the blog . When you think about it the blog and social media in general is a strange beast . Anyway just to let the world out there know that I am still alive. Although the heat is proving somewhat irksome. I thought I would drop in a cheeky post really saying nothing at all other than I am enjoying the fishing this season. Enjoying the cane / bamboo rods and enjoying my new fishing place. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT-_uXLaAnI_isB8vxx1Is0CisDD4-MzwzJr9InVPUjB7YGVZGhf7Ea1ofqp9PjMhT61j3UICIPn4Ln4d-JD_gwH-Zc9kln8xZQjgfHh5sf-ii3K356zufRIyCKf2UUKh40bZIVsdbP1nNWMn4GTZ2MRAQynW3iN4QivGU4G5BbMKWDGqB249IN3dQw/s1280/IMG_5841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT-_uXLaAnI_isB8vxx1Is0CisDD4-MzwzJr9InVPUjB7YGVZGhf7Ea1ofqp9PjMhT61j3UICIPn4Ln4d-JD_gwH-Zc9kln8xZQjgfHh5sf-ii3K356zufRIyCKf2UUKh40bZIVsdbP1nNWMn4GTZ2MRAQynW3iN4QivGU4G5BbMKWDGqB249IN3dQw/w640-h480/IMG_5841.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Season started cold but at least the chalk stream was at a nice level all my other local spate streams were bank high </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTd0xJhaXXdCHcdqNAnL5NVubyWsn1ZHEs21Ovpg0rfIzEMnhYuRZTv9eMFY8z66CTUO2wyozX6AW3bJV6tn4q9_9ObzjuabjEKcYp6nKO-gPKUIt1nNG9LpizsJtiTdItAuJpFSYx4eH80fAgl8dRW0WGYQ7Hism6FBqK_Gf7JQ3AOCKZ_f9Cu8WnKQ/s1280/IMG_5860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTd0xJhaXXdCHcdqNAnL5NVubyWsn1ZHEs21Ovpg0rfIzEMnhYuRZTv9eMFY8z66CTUO2wyozX6AW3bJV6tn4q9_9ObzjuabjEKcYp6nKO-gPKUIt1nNG9LpizsJtiTdItAuJpFSYx4eH80fAgl8dRW0WGYQ7Hism6FBqK_Gf7JQ3AOCKZ_f9Cu8WnKQ/w640-h480/IMG_5860.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I fully enjoyed using the cane rods and silk lines for these fellows , I am really getting into the bamboo thing , playing a fish on them feels brilliant . The one in the Picture is a particular favourite firstly because it fishes beautifully and because it was an amazing bargain <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc4w6Iq1RmZTa_NyCz_ZZnufBhus3vaAnvM9uEeS-O8CDS6Va4Q89VVR8SIOHb8ZzywgrEo6WeWbWUzyh9HL3LSqS1F_D1cFDo4WR2x36n3EgrYcKU6KsEWvRUOjBneLAnBWVx-yG_5A02If0hvVh9X8sbHS_ft20MkZO3VMwW3upoWmO2BZLthT1HA/s1280/IMG_5817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc4w6Iq1RmZTa_NyCz_ZZnufBhus3vaAnvM9uEeS-O8CDS6Va4Q89VVR8SIOHb8ZzywgrEo6WeWbWUzyh9HL3LSqS1F_D1cFDo4WR2x36n3EgrYcKU6KsEWvRUOjBneLAnBWVx-yG_5A02If0hvVh9X8sbHS_ft20MkZO3VMwW3upoWmO2BZLthT1HA/w640-h480/IMG_5817.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still use the longer carbon rods for nymphs though I bought that rod below as a present to me for the season , not a fan generally of long rods. mainly because a lifetime of using shorter rods has made me struggle with the cast timing and also to be truthful not the greatest tracking. But that rod, a Marryat tactical pro 3/4 9ft 6 inch has bonded with me like no longer rod ever has. Delicate but able to stop fish like the one below bury themselves in the weed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWt-5yhusFnucgICODP1_WcBR7dQtHTLikEV_VJfk75s7ARIXVXrKwkQV0CMCxgoNCai4IKKtmQhxQpNUeiwJo64GsuryaunKDliIfRIlLP_dFIgcw_3honZafNv4sJybH0xXJPA5CnxPUCyVVUoZMl-6iuzV-2bzNQzPjK58AWdwkYkg80lnDozi5w/s1280/IMG_5813.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWt-5yhusFnucgICODP1_WcBR7dQtHTLikEV_VJfk75s7ARIXVXrKwkQV0CMCxgoNCai4IKKtmQhxQpNUeiwJo64GsuryaunKDliIfRIlLP_dFIgcw_3honZafNv4sJybH0xXJPA5CnxPUCyVVUoZMl-6iuzV-2bzNQzPjK58AWdwkYkg80lnDozi5w/w640-h480/IMG_5813.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of May saw me and Mrs becks and Brown trout in the lake district for four days she even let me have an afternoon on the local river Derwent , Not easy fishing but I had a few , the river and the scenery are stunning </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRvIsUdrGvxaSdsKktN6s_SYwDHpnZCJ_q9Avieo4e6Ytk2PMEtISPsqgtcKsEQy4BO3Hix2JqgZVqz-VIniBdIIpFp67FOqoVDFOV7TYQVKc1tNJJJejdD0cvt4zMwuUSwecwy0-2KtIbQD26vqpageCaG2FJli0forWU8WsV-zxCxaBt-V8j-_IdA/s1280/IMG_5885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRvIsUdrGvxaSdsKktN6s_SYwDHpnZCJ_q9Avieo4e6Ytk2PMEtISPsqgtcKsEQy4BO3Hix2JqgZVqz-VIniBdIIpFp67FOqoVDFOV7TYQVKc1tNJJJejdD0cvt4zMwuUSwecwy0-2KtIbQD26vqpageCaG2FJli0forWU8WsV-zxCxaBt-V8j-_IdA/w640-h480/IMG_5885.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well done to Keswick Anglers Association for a great website and bargain priced day tickets </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-E2wOpyADe9LdbeLJPW8lgeBP_z4k0GHhZ5HNt5g7_QwEFTCqOFlT5gdiQkvByrxbcYv0Yx7CGnQQVSgZkYK3B0W9RpJPXh_th2_mDMKlkUOi7HWQ_3FYSxK5x81HC9lkL-u2eZDUUFsKvZY0rBJ6fNSMLZ7iAl2H2NkcG1tH5vEHTdQly_51VXXtQ/s1280/IMG_5973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-E2wOpyADe9LdbeLJPW8lgeBP_z4k0GHhZ5HNt5g7_QwEFTCqOFlT5gdiQkvByrxbcYv0Yx7CGnQQVSgZkYK3B0W9RpJPXh_th2_mDMKlkUOi7HWQ_3FYSxK5x81HC9lkL-u2eZDUUFsKvZY0rBJ6fNSMLZ7iAl2H2NkcG1tH5vEHTdQly_51VXXtQ/w640-h480/IMG_5973.JPG" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rod is a Hardy Hollolite Hollokona I had always fancied a classic Hardy and well you cant have to many rods...</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NKyXyX7ApG_V2i4F3iuceWqOHxL8mz3hvE5YyL7KFvieSJEt1Hnv9tlBiHA_CzkgrtV78e8l-kFJSmhrUexCKPKNVmyK0YxDFizm9EyUm7XiOUptMK33XNfPXbndglkPDvsLruPNeCNeH-rNbJ4GFJ_RDk_Sh29gYYnwpSDSPzIxEdCotzMgGIHDNg/s1280/IMG_5978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NKyXyX7ApG_V2i4F3iuceWqOHxL8mz3hvE5YyL7KFvieSJEt1Hnv9tlBiHA_CzkgrtV78e8l-kFJSmhrUexCKPKNVmyK0YxDFizm9EyUm7XiOUptMK33XNfPXbndglkPDvsLruPNeCNeH-rNbJ4GFJ_RDk_Sh29gYYnwpSDSPzIxEdCotzMgGIHDNg/w640-h480/IMG_5978.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>the bankside vegetation is at last growing back up. Which makes Stealth a little easier . This one took twenty minutes of stalking and casting it took the third change of nymph . Maybe it was the pattern or just the first time I got the drift just right.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKXmkc8sI_IJlCAXh8hWpIKPFisZsH0vqoAXPoXLbh9hnRu343t0QJL7uCn2Hewdc7Ou7pPeNePj2UFOb9Gf3ObGB6Rls7msfJFRushzcFKd1K-EZfp9qYZsmFQMHfvN-tvuGvA7dZINwpcy6kHP5LBuwkJXASDyGRrDQfMfg2xoTlKkOcNEVMGYKQA/s1280/IMG_5989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKXmkc8sI_IJlCAXh8hWpIKPFisZsH0vqoAXPoXLbh9hnRu343t0QJL7uCn2Hewdc7Ou7pPeNePj2UFOb9Gf3ObGB6Rls7msfJFRushzcFKd1K-EZfp9qYZsmFQMHfvN-tvuGvA7dZINwpcy6kHP5LBuwkJXASDyGRrDQfMfg2xoTlKkOcNEVMGYKQA/w640-h480/IMG_5989.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-28028370117509709442023-03-22T09:10:00.003+00:002024-01-17T11:25:46.401+00:00When something is worth Saying...<p> </p><p>Despite me really thinking that I wouldn't come up with anything worth saying sometimes you just have to change your mind. The sometimes this time was that Mr Whitehouse stimulating and somewhat depressing two programmes about the state of the countries water ways , this was combined with a thread on a fishing forum on how fishing had helped quite a few of the people on there with their sanity and depression. My own fishing journey started when as a boy I saw my dad fishing , the long journey took of from there. But in the years just before teenage and through teens my life went of the rails somewhat , I was sent to a boarding school for kids who were challenging . It was not an easy place to be such places in the 1960s and 70s were challenging. I have no doubt that been able to fish in the ponds lakes and local small rivers were a godsend that helped me a great deal. the fishing was free and the river , a small tributary of the swale was a clear stream full of shoals of chub and streamer weed . To my young eyes it was paradise. I am sure it also provided a place of tranquil reflection to many others .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51KO4mWYaz1nUoZoaxkt-1CTYroig12GwK8A8u6RjbFyYVQmHpmNe9UR54ZsJjDi59KeAQBfgJkuaxa-8Z2EumHrxszaYQfEsmOjUVR-Ca6x0m_HdFtY_zvnlrmMZR0FKhp6nyrJfNmaLdndSS4d7TQCQVc3l5QTDd8IHwCY6AdvUox-xZncrp3CpVg/s300/download%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51KO4mWYaz1nUoZoaxkt-1CTYroig12GwK8A8u6RjbFyYVQmHpmNe9UR54ZsJjDi59KeAQBfgJkuaxa-8Z2EumHrxszaYQfEsmOjUVR-Ca6x0m_HdFtY_zvnlrmMZR0FKhp6nyrJfNmaLdndSS4d7TQCQVc3l5QTDd8IHwCY6AdvUox-xZncrp3CpVg/w640-h358/download%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I have revisited this paradise in the last few years and the clear water, the streamer weed and I am sure that the fish as well have all disappeared. So sadly for local kids that wanted to fish are now snookered. It is no longer a place that is pleasurable to fish in , walk by or picnic near. Such spaces are so precious and disappear almost without any one noticing them, If the Wharfe on in the Yorkshire dales and next to huge population areas can be dealt with so badly whilst under the full public spot light by the water companies , the EA and successive governments then what hope is there for this country and we should look at ourselves and the present society and consider what we are leaving for future generations. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczJS_0FOnKx1_RHmmPR7AbJvjNQ-d4hIGYld5tee01clkz7LP-63RlD8ANkElsBXUAh7y_X5YJVZ-DZMp9H-93q9TD2q0R70hXyFNqtamJuJ4erQA-aN0H6QZ-p4Eruf1sa3XmMPol8tmoayuoHBSUmHXsJS4cgfw-Ze6dzT3W679moxj37cEf1y-qQ/s225/download%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczJS_0FOnKx1_RHmmPR7AbJvjNQ-d4hIGYld5tee01clkz7LP-63RlD8ANkElsBXUAh7y_X5YJVZ-DZMp9H-93q9TD2q0R70hXyFNqtamJuJ4erQA-aN0H6QZ-p4Eruf1sa3XmMPol8tmoayuoHBSUmHXsJS4cgfw-Ze6dzT3W679moxj37cEf1y-qQ/w351-h351/download%203.jpeg" width="351" /></a></div><p></p><p>The only way this will change is if the Govt wishes it. They certainly have the power to do it . It would appear that what is missing is the will to do anything . Perhaps the MPs have friends in the water companies and are shareholders. I have written to my MP on many occasions on this matter . His responses are clearly those standard " party line " responses that offer fine words , rhetoric but little substance , It will be interesting to see if the labour party get in at the next election , I fear they will offer more fine words lets hope that it is linked to some proper action. As a first if everyone writes to their MP or challenges them at the next public surgery then things may change , The govt needs to know that people think this matters . That its a vote catcher ,, then and maybe then things may change. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2XceQftLPsq7PrDB6JCFVuoZkmK-9mS_jQA2gdSPr3LaPoOiyvkR6-TjS-i2xhSL0T4pxw9mDhiRxi9c0n6pO_uBmmO7yaDR2WrDjjcf3DpDWyf5Z2Pr--agrEmPx0sMKgWDKKn2T_GPB_cBGA3hY1KUhkUUecjycNOl6Ai5fItegIUlN2iRqIBbMg/s318/download%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2XceQftLPsq7PrDB6JCFVuoZkmK-9mS_jQA2gdSPr3LaPoOiyvkR6-TjS-i2xhSL0T4pxw9mDhiRxi9c0n6pO_uBmmO7yaDR2WrDjjcf3DpDWyf5Z2Pr--agrEmPx0sMKgWDKKn2T_GPB_cBGA3hY1KUhkUUecjycNOl6Ai5fItegIUlN2iRqIBbMg/w640-h320/download%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps if every angler , Kayaker , wild swimmer , bird watcher and other concerned citizen just decided to cancel their water rates , I wonder if the water companies would have the stomach for taking them all to court. </p><br />Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-21409305392884216312023-01-23T10:52:00.000+00:002024-01-17T11:26:53.910+00:00Over and Out....<p> </p><p>One way and another its been a turbulent few months. My good friend Peter passing away suddenly was a blow his passing has also meant me picking up the reigns as Secretary of my local club for at least a while . The club will miss him greatly .</p><p>Truth is my appetite for writing the blog has been on the wane for a year or two . Eventually We run out of things to say . I find myself looking at the blog and being less than happy with its content. So I think it is a good time to put it to rest for a while. Perhaps even permanently . </p><p>This year I am looking forward to membership of a new club which has been a long time waiting, the wait has actually been nearly as long as the blog has existed . Also I have another project in mind that will take up any scraps of creative content that my blog would have absorbed ,</p><p>So thanks for following along over the years , I wont close the blog and feel free to message or comment but I doubt I will be putting new posts. But I will be checking on it from time to time . Generally I am intending to reduce the time I spend on Social media. It has become to much of a thief of time . </p><p>If you want me the chances are if I aren`t at home or in the office I will be here....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3uu6cUjy8MnsH9lFD5vSrl9zBsJ0bXzE6hrJJSrymjGvjJlsuj_d1kiG3FCHEED6UxFQ3id9SiTZNX8vFITFwRWzD4TDPJ2_vV4ZIuNjCEcMGMaXy4pZov_OvKbs-cw4poUauLfDHGYqP2fsFkReqjzGh2nO2NCCCv1s5PebVNOJIvYuoxevKq2efg/s2016/new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3uu6cUjy8MnsH9lFD5vSrl9zBsJ0bXzE6hrJJSrymjGvjJlsuj_d1kiG3FCHEED6UxFQ3id9SiTZNX8vFITFwRWzD4TDPJ2_vV4ZIuNjCEcMGMaXy4pZov_OvKbs-cw4poUauLfDHGYqP2fsFkReqjzGh2nO2NCCCv1s5PebVNOJIvYuoxevKq2efg/w480-h640/new.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks....</p><p><br /></p><p>Andy </p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-90481574141154925752022-12-30T11:02:00.000+00:002024-01-17T11:27:14.600+00:00Month by Month Highlights <p> January was a slow start</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">November more grayling </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEXd720eTx-Xjz4I2aYnArpN0RtrNaPi-lAsYEu4L75_u6tNs1O9Lonr2IQvvbhPqzSt74AOXXrnBLeuJjw4EC4vzIV2Bk6n7Ff_EPjyzD7VXBi_hdw2XiiAxFniiY85PyqWYQqZhqgoVuRWqzo27ryUmqzdXZ5IXpNnf8s5v_8CkxQnzYvAbyZFLNg/s1440/B681C753-9761-4BA5-A8FE-606402038760.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEXd720eTx-Xjz4I2aYnArpN0RtrNaPi-lAsYEu4L75_u6tNs1O9Lonr2IQvvbhPqzSt74AOXXrnBLeuJjw4EC4vzIV2Bk6n7Ff_EPjyzD7VXBi_hdw2XiiAxFniiY85PyqWYQqZhqgoVuRWqzo27ryUmqzdXZ5IXpNnf8s5v_8CkxQnzYvAbyZFLNg/w640-h480/B681C753-9761-4BA5-A8FE-606402038760.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAlV9dXtZBUa1kJesXcPbQESNs9VNDZhJlcCaveciZBPL2bDVlTCL0-V10_CxUYdKjrpr5dP3RoET7f0sbw4ujVs71qVCB3PONpOozuNOOcOpvxVFHPsKWj3DVDmrZ5K04luhQ7Dvh98WlDmKgCoPX1SFgotMtkx4WlYGdxuGHGM__HaEwUhcCbW1iQ/s1920/F63C2E7B-5A4A-46ED-846C-E4F3764DBE4F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAlV9dXtZBUa1kJesXcPbQESNs9VNDZhJlcCaveciZBPL2bDVlTCL0-V10_CxUYdKjrpr5dP3RoET7f0sbw4ujVs71qVCB3PONpOozuNOOcOpvxVFHPsKWj3DVDmrZ5K04luhQ7Dvh98WlDmKgCoPX1SFgotMtkx4WlYGdxuGHGM__HaEwUhcCbW1iQ/w640-h480/F63C2E7B-5A4A-46ED-846C-E4F3764DBE4F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>December much needed rain and then it bit more foreign sun….. but just had the word that next year I will be fishing a new Yorkshire chalk stream…..<br /><div> Happy new year everyone </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-86924667681663156372022-12-12T12:51:00.002+00:002022-12-13T08:06:28.157+00:002022 I was hoping for a lot better <p> </p><p>Well following Covid I was hoping that 2022 would provide a welcome return to normality. But I guess catching nothing but Grayling on the first day of the trout season , and pretty much all on dries as well should have warned me it was going to be a strange year . The season started slowly and then went downhill from there , one of the worst droughts on record hammered my local rivers . Creating the lowest levels in living memory . What fish there were certainly weren`t rising , all in all a dismal season . It started to improve a couple of months ago when the first rains arrived and the Grayling responded with enthusiasm providing some good sport . One local river seems to have more Grayling than trout these days , A three hour session with a friend a few weeks ago resulted in over 40 fish between us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58awy27AwuJROiTOzEu9lZ9KH5yGhhWnvqOCQzwaTM6xBCCslVU9rWVBlluQZGG6i33xlSG1VLIWnOVhY58_ys1iEiVaDvZOrJRVQoNMRVDrIUGTbmCbupy5RtErFtrVFRbKehm0nQH1zWQZ0rHov7omOAsjmj91OEe6zKyMTyF0il0aqlvWXNDjr9Q/s1440/12.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58awy27AwuJROiTOzEu9lZ9KH5yGhhWnvqOCQzwaTM6xBCCslVU9rWVBlluQZGG6i33xlSG1VLIWnOVhY58_ys1iEiVaDvZOrJRVQoNMRVDrIUGTbmCbupy5RtErFtrVFRbKehm0nQH1zWQZ0rHov7omOAsjmj91OEe6zKyMTyF0il0aqlvWXNDjr9Q/w640-h480/12.12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the year could finish on a high I foolishly thought . But then three weeks ago I received the very sad news that my friend Peter Kay had passed away suddenly . Not only a friend and fishing buddy he and I ran a local fly fishing club together me as Chairman and he as Secretary. So of course he did all the work as Secretaries do. Actually he loved it and refused all help . Pete was always firmly of the belief that his way was of course the right way . I have lost a friend and the club has lost its driving force. It will of course continue . It has been going since 1890 . But a chapter has finished and someone else will pick it up and move it forward . For the time being that someone is me. I was asked to speak at his funeral , something I was pleased to do . listening to the other speakers and talking to his widow since his death has also made me realise how little I knew about Pete and his past , he was a very private person. It is to late to get to know Peter but I hope I endeavour to understand and get to know people more in the future. I do know that speaking as the new secretary his will be a tough act to follow .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-3663530994247431562022-11-02T09:32:00.000+00:002024-01-17T11:28:14.428+00:00Things you learn..<p> It is an interesting truth that the best why to learn is from someone who is better than you either from listening or observing . It is also an interesting truth that having to do things differently and getting you out of the routine of a comfort zone can reap rich rewards too. In the last few weeks I have had the pleasure of the company of two fine Grayling anglers. The first reminded me about fishing the Duo. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCtTe_TSvDMdN_aH6TNcWJFyGDrzgmQKnDrVRbn828m3lwg2Z9MxPt7wwF0VqVK4GpRtiLv_Ctq3sdCprwwBF2W9LPRucMnsEg2T2xw2_kg-6e1bZCS1aBVgycTMeItBlkuST3Yu7ifZjvS7Lt7WvDV0UgvHxLsstqwj3vEanzz6CMW9I0uQENQyhKg/s1920/nov4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCtTe_TSvDMdN_aH6TNcWJFyGDrzgmQKnDrVRbn828m3lwg2Z9MxPt7wwF0VqVK4GpRtiLv_Ctq3sdCprwwBF2W9LPRucMnsEg2T2xw2_kg-6e1bZCS1aBVgycTMeItBlkuST3Yu7ifZjvS7Lt7WvDV0UgvHxLsstqwj3vEanzz6CMW9I0uQENQyhKg/w640-h480/nov4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p>To be honest I never much liked the duo I never really liked fishing with the Klink as a dropper, on larger open rivers ok but on small streams with many overhead snags I found that tangles were to much of a hazard. and with the New Zealand style of the hook bend I never could bring my self to trust that the dropper would not drop of. Anyway I had seen the patterns with a 2mm rig ring caught in at the bend within the dressing so tied a few and gave it a go. I was impressed by the rig, easy to cast and delivery was more accurate. On my next trip out that rig brought me some success and the change of presentation was I am sure part of it allowing me to fish a section of river more effectively , but the point is more that I am as guilty as the next guy of getting into a routine , Yes I do fish the usual methods and catch enough but it does demonstrate that I and I suspect others get into a rut and we all need the proverbial kick up the arse</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-edfJLwL1uoXpY5oROXKHsi_YX1XfwRjkcoYe7iAUZ_TLF_5hqAb_qQtAJMiJTcYnLybBYFLTri9_NbeCQFLBQBjEz2_uVVBU32-q4NGWY5ggFDtIpbyjdATbbNJcTkzUA_Ss4fhC__xAsjsUMkD-p1pKbApAfVBGuz_7IJltGd_GhS2gNRNZ80m27Q/s1920/nov1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-edfJLwL1uoXpY5oROXKHsi_YX1XfwRjkcoYe7iAUZ_TLF_5hqAb_qQtAJMiJTcYnLybBYFLTri9_NbeCQFLBQBjEz2_uVVBU32-q4NGWY5ggFDtIpbyjdATbbNJcTkzUA_Ss4fhC__xAsjsUMkD-p1pKbApAfVBGuz_7IJltGd_GhS2gNRNZ80m27Q/w640-h480/nov1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>As well as getting into a rut method wise for those of us that fish the same water regularly I would hazard that there are many like me who on every trip fish pretty much the same runs and pools . Now on Sunday a friend accompanied me , now the truth is he is a more experienced and much more efficient grayling angler than I am and so doesn`t need my assistance but as a guest in my book he gets to fish the favoured runs and glides that I would prefer, So that leaves me steered towards the areas that usually I walk past because the access to the river was poor or historically its an area that hasn`t really delivered . I have fished this stretch of water now for about 15 years so I know it fairly well. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvMIYMIBTOJ4u8RCSqe4q_9m4-lvJD3PZU5kHisq0TYQ7GXijFZDG4ye5hmHf7iQcxsn52EwytXnAgrkP6MztHuG_gZSDcitFlmWhjYG3e5N6KKnYhgFWqQZzko2CSLc3m4zmhafnq9ISo4tJ_YUjdDGW4Sr716ZYhxwg20p6gxCWeTc1fquTT_nHFw/s1920/Nov2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvMIYMIBTOJ4u8RCSqe4q_9m4-lvJD3PZU5kHisq0TYQ7GXijFZDG4ye5hmHf7iQcxsn52EwytXnAgrkP6MztHuG_gZSDcitFlmWhjYG3e5N6KKnYhgFWqQZzko2CSLc3m4zmhafnq9ISo4tJ_YUjdDGW4Sr716ZYhxwg20p6gxCWeTc1fquTT_nHFw/w640-h480/Nov2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Anyway the point is I found myself fishing different areas in different ways and actually caught my best of the day from a corner that I had not really tackled seriously for years as I figured the wading was to deep and the silt too soft after trying it a few times over the years. But I guess as most of the river changes constantly that little area had shallowed of over a winter and what was head high was now just above waist high but wade able. The lesson is keep things fresh and your catch rates improve. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOafkNL0LItxE7yr_Nlfho-iRJt8jDBOZLxsoCpS_dx8CRsGqR4sfWdd11_axFcxZreOn2OLFjVqr9U_MJ6XIecPDVOj2gDBUv1peMLeWedqzMSATmsHMG_fjDBI9ggJFslDs9VqtgkA-cQ9AmY-4YwcTLJ31X-s_ny8LaWGndNtibHNlkjBoNVPWfA/s1920/Nov3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOafkNL0LItxE7yr_Nlfho-iRJt8jDBOZLxsoCpS_dx8CRsGqR4sfWdd11_axFcxZreOn2OLFjVqr9U_MJ6XIecPDVOj2gDBUv1peMLeWedqzMSATmsHMG_fjDBI9ggJFslDs9VqtgkA-cQ9AmY-4YwcTLJ31X-s_ny8LaWGndNtibHNlkjBoNVPWfA/w640-h480/Nov3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am definitely a pleasure angler , a keen one I grant you but truth is I know that my casting needs to improve I also have been told my work rate needs to improve, My answer to that at the time was If I had to work hard to catch fish them my advisor at the time could stuff it where the sun don`t shine , these days stopping and watching wildlife and even better a chat with another angler is all part of the day for me. Another friend has a successful angling business , so successful he hardly ever fishes himself, that to me would be the worst result imaginable but I also appreciate that his success is down to the effort and time he commits. But after saying all that I love catching fish anyone who knows me has my permission to kick my arse if I claim that blanking doesn`t matter. It does matter but just not as much as it used too and it amazing how little extra effort is needed to improve your catch rate and enjoyment ,</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5rHF0F7c1WuUh6_sju2HtCQt1beSYphzq5FqsjeVO1lzauuIat7pNHnol0LA8_fZ-iQ8vax7oPPkqRHu784Mx98K3bMW7dCPJjesgNO0qw9s4UEv35rh13r1xrStZK8Uf7k3Rete8E3Os1phVJZHw6wNKyolagyG6ltfE7MhVr6BjLGo_S1nJ-xtlg/s1920/Nov5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5rHF0F7c1WuUh6_sju2HtCQt1beSYphzq5FqsjeVO1lzauuIat7pNHnol0LA8_fZ-iQ8vax7oPPkqRHu784Mx98K3bMW7dCPJjesgNO0qw9s4UEv35rh13r1xrStZK8Uf7k3Rete8E3Os1phVJZHw6wNKyolagyG6ltfE7MhVr6BjLGo_S1nJ-xtlg/w640-h480/Nov5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> I have spent the last few years working hard to build a small business and that is what working hard is for. Fishing is so I can keep my head sane to keep working hard. As for fishing hard generally I have found that for me less is more, on the rivers taking your time and casting less often has increased my catch rate, If I had to give any prospective small stream angler advice it would be just stand still and watch for a bit, it is amazing how often that single bit of advice helps. Usually when I wade into a new river section before I start to work upstream I stop and take of the fly, change tippet well you know the rest but its amazing how often in that pause you spy a rising fish or even just notice an interesting current, even before that its a good rule to stop and look a minute or two before you wade in , How many times have we waded into a stream to see a bow wave of a fish that you had missed speeding upstream spooking everything else?. My very first fishing mentor 50 years ago told me of for always just trying to cast to the far bank, he pointed out that from other side this was the far bank. It was a lesson I never forgot. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76axFiYsiz7C84bMRPbnJkl5byYCdB1U8THguVPejDOMCjAPNTnBRM225ITJtBqTWMgu2p0_fSo8RVyvaJ-RpKCkJLhGVFEXxKQaaWwEENrptsZLpQpVYSpSb6bwF16YTzi5QAnlLw2fCDIvQ1_sW7OuDFsDObGDjnUeenN18nhSPB3D8bcjFQBcoNA/s1920/Nov7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76axFiYsiz7C84bMRPbnJkl5byYCdB1U8THguVPejDOMCjAPNTnBRM225ITJtBqTWMgu2p0_fSo8RVyvaJ-RpKCkJLhGVFEXxKQaaWwEENrptsZLpQpVYSpSb6bwF16YTzi5QAnlLw2fCDIvQ1_sW7OuDFsDObGDjnUeenN18nhSPB3D8bcjFQBcoNA/w640-h480/Nov7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> Fishing should not be hard it should be leisurely and pleasurable or at least it seems that to me. It is also something that is aesthetically pleasing. I think part of the reason why I have fished so much with Bamboo and silk during the last few summers is more about the quality of the experience and less about technical excellence and the numbers game. It could of course be that I am simply getting older and have fished for so long that there is simply no urgency any more also cane rods and silk lines do seem to slow everything down and enhance the experience. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpvYP3SRxEn0RZiQfczF6hUrxxm9f2nrfAgdfzL2hx1BVKTuJP6uyINouIR79ZDtAahZuwLOlmvlzMSOcQlV5v4chAo-_csOCGQJrXWk3_3anlr6XeQQ7VbONn4p_KIM_u15uJun_BnZuoS2HESuPpQQ9zXjYqKNZBB391cE8Pn9LoowputVuq75_DA/s1920/Nov8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpvYP3SRxEn0RZiQfczF6hUrxxm9f2nrfAgdfzL2hx1BVKTuJP6uyINouIR79ZDtAahZuwLOlmvlzMSOcQlV5v4chAo-_csOCGQJrXWk3_3anlr6XeQQ7VbONn4p_KIM_u15uJun_BnZuoS2HESuPpQQ9zXjYqKNZBB391cE8Pn9LoowputVuq75_DA/w640-h480/Nov8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-34794777284548324122022-10-21T07:55:00.001+01:002024-01-17T11:28:37.764+00:00What a strange back to front Season<p> So that`s it then the 2022 trout season done and dusted. " dusted" being the operative word. Never have I seen so little rain and the rivers so low and here we are in October with warm dry weather still. local wetlands and ponds are in many cases completely dried out . It has been a strange old year and my first trip of the Trout season resulted in a fine catch of ....out of season Grayling all of which were caught on dry flies it was a perfect opening day except that I couldn`t catch the correct species. Now here we are a couple of days after the season has ended and my first trip of the season started on a local river and all I could catch was trout . </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH3ylWHaYEvGSXN5t_jM3Fz-el8JpPsx8uO5Kbw12vGnmkyqVGhsw3vmCgHlrRfClPkzsZwBolCcCAtDnF6Rc17ZAnSxVM6YKlx2b7BI4Ajdh1kWqHt_ldMg_sK1M9Kt599AZiOW0WC2wItJ-CwfIBtIdmsZYJrJ1OrX2jKL9qa66RBQ3G5tYf2Q61A/s1920/blog3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH3ylWHaYEvGSXN5t_jM3Fz-el8JpPsx8uO5Kbw12vGnmkyqVGhsw3vmCgHlrRfClPkzsZwBolCcCAtDnF6Rc17ZAnSxVM6YKlx2b7BI4Ajdh1kWqHt_ldMg_sK1M9Kt599AZiOW0WC2wItJ-CwfIBtIdmsZYJrJ1OrX2jKL9qa66RBQ3G5tYf2Q61A/w640-h480/blog3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">In fact if I continued I could have probably had my best days trout fishing of the season . I reckon the recent rise in water levels had triggered them to feed. They certainly were beating the Grayling to the nymphs. In the end I decided to up sticks and move to another favoured stream just 10 minutes away . </span>This stream is small , overgrown and like the other is completely un-stocked. In form though quite different the first has a bed of slab rock limestone . High water quality but not a lot of silt and fine sand . Where as this stream flows through clay and gravel beds . Lots of fine aggregate in the water course with lots of good invert and spawning areas. It can have an amazing mayfly hatch and has a lot of BWO.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4eRfSaR2FdTaPiOMitFSjkEUXPEoJKigrPb2IPvrFVUPVlbL6sbbxdqjK-wERBWOV25rZyijZgezDZNFx-rwvVgIpkmT6Yg_IIPP82Mi782r-cITNkC4-ECNCrOZZXqbcwUJrZnthtNjzMEezojQYl56AUChjnSpD8-cb7qM2nEJHR8H1eGjNlCiug/s1920/blog5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4eRfSaR2FdTaPiOMitFSjkEUXPEoJKigrPb2IPvrFVUPVlbL6sbbxdqjK-wERBWOV25rZyijZgezDZNFx-rwvVgIpkmT6Yg_IIPP82Mi782r-cITNkC4-ECNCrOZZXqbcwUJrZnthtNjzMEezojQYl56AUChjnSpD8-cb7qM2nEJHR8H1eGjNlCiug/w640-h480/blog5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first couple of runs didn`t show any fish and was initially taken aback on how much colour it was carrying , I did catch a couple of trout but kept moving to known Grayling lies and eventually got into some small fish, finally hitting on the fish below which was the first proper fish of the day and then on on the very next cast the fish at the top hit. At 15 inches and at about a 1lb a very good fish for the river. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggD7T7FTYOcD_oBl3H0pyQUYiftSDGDDcSYshC99KtyCxwe5LwI1PBiS1OcXJjhOu8mIvT-TaN9nauGmxN_gy8VjuI-egNWPYjlCetkYRsyq7mKzdirr9MgGXsQan_rV-UAaDXDntAj9RlnrkWQNoXiaRNAIXhlO9ZT_PIts7XzWnpF9dLL3FRliGV7g/s1920/blog4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggD7T7FTYOcD_oBl3H0pyQUYiftSDGDDcSYshC99KtyCxwe5LwI1PBiS1OcXJjhOu8mIvT-TaN9nauGmxN_gy8VjuI-egNWPYjlCetkYRsyq7mKzdirr9MgGXsQan_rV-UAaDXDntAj9RlnrkWQNoXiaRNAIXhlO9ZT_PIts7XzWnpF9dLL3FRliGV7g/w640-h480/blog4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an enjoyable day , but I fear that even on the following day the extra water was dropping away fast, We really do need some serious rain quickly it needs to last a while as successive dry years have depleted the aquifers . ideally a month of heavy snow would be good. then a long gentle thaw , Then maybe a very wet spring just be certain. So if you are listening God, lots of wet weather please. I know you are close as you are still working from home.. In Yorkshire ,,,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGipRGIQEACdUIigxvQGwYF2Ij95B-VYyBKu3l2IHsxMv4vWNlodw0I1ZNCH0s9VPiin9r6Eo7dHBNmgp71TIee1ZFmxnTvy7_RAp-QxXyMw41YLB0fyxPO2n91hFjA_i9bFFd13qY0XP_d2VBl5JFxfis4pUof-VBkJKE5zXy1q-QBJxeMH4EfUwOvA/s1920/blog%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGipRGIQEACdUIigxvQGwYF2Ij95B-VYyBKu3l2IHsxMv4vWNlodw0I1ZNCH0s9VPiin9r6Eo7dHBNmgp71TIee1ZFmxnTvy7_RAp-QxXyMw41YLB0fyxPO2n91hFjA_i9bFFd13qY0XP_d2VBl5JFxfis4pUof-VBkJKE5zXy1q-QBJxeMH4EfUwOvA/w640-h480/blog%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-6993657839831930732022-09-16T16:12:00.002+01:002024-02-01T09:10:36.146+00:00At last we have some rain so my first and last trout session. <p> </p><p>This summer has seen the worst drought for many decades, for the last couple of months the rivers have shrunk alarmingly , however a week on the Greek island of Crete did remind me of how even in a drought year the climate here is still very green and temperate. This last week or so has at last seen some rain and the rivers have settled . So awarding myself a day out of the office for good behaviour I went to one of my favourite little Yorkshire streams. As you can see from the pics it was still carrying some colour , in fact the first river I visited had a couple of cars already parked up and as I had other places that may be quiet I moved on , then the second was very coloured , I decided that another main feeder must have had some serious water in it , Luckily for me I have access to four stretches of river within a ten mile circle. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6f-5OOeA8ZMbAqKLRpNrqNyIwo2Wa86TjgveWFsk_4U3VMeSkwQ6QQm8z2iltStdt4Qxthc0KQCvdKMrPaSpE9XJmpK4RI_XVW4IZWhV9V8X3RZJsDXjDI7G6l-LSSNo9PjxBA0tcKWRG5jx4QPa3QXqLGFCg5JnCcpPkPbXGj3QVVXkaB2sN7lWLw/s1920/sept3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6f-5OOeA8ZMbAqKLRpNrqNyIwo2Wa86TjgveWFsk_4U3VMeSkwQ6QQm8z2iltStdt4Qxthc0KQCvdKMrPaSpE9XJmpK4RI_XVW4IZWhV9V8X3RZJsDXjDI7G6l-LSSNo9PjxBA0tcKWRG5jx4QPa3QXqLGFCg5JnCcpPkPbXGj3QVVXkaB2sN7lWLw/w640-h480/sept3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The season generally has been pretty poor for trout fishing the first day of the season started amazingly apart from the fact all I could catch was out of season Grayling. Anyway this week there were no rising fish so nymphs were the order of the day and a little size 18 bead head did the trick larger nymphs were ignored. This fish was the prettiest and also the hardest scrapper these wild fish are very strong and it needed a big bend in my old Hardy featherweight to keep it out of the roots . When i saw that the little nymph was right in the neb as I drew it towards the net I blessed the soft action of the fly rod .</div><div>I guess saying that about the fly rod people will immediately say its rubbish but The reason why I use such soft rods for this close range fishing as they do allow you to apply good pressure whilst also protecting fragile tippet and tenuous hook holds , I am not a great fan of hardy rods but this one is exceptional. For the same reason I am a great fan of the Sage Circa range , they are a bit to marmite for many but I love them. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDj_by7oAU6VvnWgEBhmynzSJYnvVpjsHiXnl3QSQ-Ashlkvztsagnx8KJhm3FWOYBOwz3263KyU1UcxKKbXUPSwx8_cNSDdeAvI6T0wUmZ0nOyUXY6-doTMHOvtq_G0kfl-6x-aaXpmyXsTITqSctHpP2Wd7kuj8E-9LBgWZadUsjBd3GUhO9r-FlQ/s1920/sept4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDj_by7oAU6VvnWgEBhmynzSJYnvVpjsHiXnl3QSQ-Ashlkvztsagnx8KJhm3FWOYBOwz3263KyU1UcxKKbXUPSwx8_cNSDdeAvI6T0wUmZ0nOyUXY6-doTMHOvtq_G0kfl-6x-aaXpmyXsTITqSctHpP2Wd7kuj8E-9LBgWZadUsjBd3GUhO9r-FlQ/w640-h480/sept4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I was expecting that the day would end up being about Grayling , I sometimes think that there are more grayling in the river than trout , this season it has certainly felt like that , today only two showed there face . there were plenty visible as many sardine size fish were rising in the skinny water areas. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46__3YK4sYmTfNGLJ1nOohrmu1Mvzu3nNxoFuPxcAnhAVYhNni_xy9HBrUPLnWFT-WjQIl2kTgtZzv-02raZnJ6E-YWrAeSQNIvyBNyBWqotwKhqTuOX7vasoaKC_PNCcDr4PhoEXFtvmlBNzFWOPUCLzFKNmwD3SVHVpwNfvVAw7NWNldNyJvOcPFA/s1920/sept%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46__3YK4sYmTfNGLJ1nOohrmu1Mvzu3nNxoFuPxcAnhAVYhNni_xy9HBrUPLnWFT-WjQIl2kTgtZzv-02raZnJ6E-YWrAeSQNIvyBNyBWqotwKhqTuOX7vasoaKC_PNCcDr4PhoEXFtvmlBNzFWOPUCLzFKNmwD3SVHVpwNfvVAw7NWNldNyJvOcPFA/w640-h480/sept%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the end today the day was about trout I was surprised getting into double figures of fish and the two shown were very welcome . Generally each season I expect a good few of this quality but this year even the mayfly failed to wake them up. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2I5dnsy-DWS1H-sBac0ZEdudey7gnAMbx_dLK4ZPItI3PZtAlWtIEhDrjUfGpKn4oF94R7rCIO-skEAvquVrSyo10ORaYmWtkNAUeW03NIuD4yVAgRN4XaT2ai8by14qZz3d-OoQihxOX9rmC6AYNoW2F3zgzvyEAk9WFzZ1Z6bKNTbI31oa3DH8Cw/s1440/sept%205%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2I5dnsy-DWS1H-sBac0ZEdudey7gnAMbx_dLK4ZPItI3PZtAlWtIEhDrjUfGpKn4oF94R7rCIO-skEAvquVrSyo10ORaYmWtkNAUeW03NIuD4yVAgRN4XaT2ai8by14qZz3d-OoQihxOX9rmC6AYNoW2F3zgzvyEAk9WFzZ1Z6bKNTbI31oa3DH8Cw/w640-h480/sept%205%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>As the pic shows the river was still carrying some colour and it was dropping in level fast as the dry ground soaked up the water , We need a month or two of serious rain to refresh the ground water . lets hope we get a wet winter , </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm7rzh2QYXYOaMJpUE2dq0QLU6_ilZAIIT6OBB2nAn6fWqyR_b7ObhZXRck8O0kNsTfIfgnbol5MbJNxL0zR_BY696my-r5y_PfQBv-FW8tcB-of2bYP5Pjcl4s4Xg19e6aj8JU8JshI2E1cfNl7AKR9azKjr_YGL60bWzAoVb39u9c2CZM0WDiK6sQ/s1920/sept%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm7rzh2QYXYOaMJpUE2dq0QLU6_ilZAIIT6OBB2nAn6fWqyR_b7ObhZXRck8O0kNsTfIfgnbol5MbJNxL0zR_BY696my-r5y_PfQBv-FW8tcB-of2bYP5Pjcl4s4Xg19e6aj8JU8JshI2E1cfNl7AKR9azKjr_YGL60bWzAoVb39u9c2CZM0WDiK6sQ/w640-h480/sept%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say that seeing that trout makes me think I should make it the last trout trip of the season , So the first really decent day of trout fishing may also be the last of the season. but that would be a very hasty decision. Lets see what the last couple of weeks of the season brings ,</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDNU9iMzHoXhoGyale6qmy-ZULfu9FvcW-8YtdOWT9Fu_DtabOmQpADnZ3hAw_f7m5CruH-tV-2WUD2c2MHCFg2nDtQB9caE68xJA_mlCNmzkTocZQyIw9Hv2dS7xBdgWtj-d3wnD0-TRkYnopZj63j9nWbjgZpeeZEbj13cpXPkj0H3yOX70j_c2JA/s1920/sept%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDNU9iMzHoXhoGyale6qmy-ZULfu9FvcW-8YtdOWT9Fu_DtabOmQpADnZ3hAw_f7m5CruH-tV-2WUD2c2MHCFg2nDtQB9caE68xJA_mlCNmzkTocZQyIw9Hv2dS7xBdgWtj-d3wnD0-TRkYnopZj63j9nWbjgZpeeZEbj13cpXPkj0H3yOX70j_c2JA/w640-h480/sept%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-85587416005213934302022-08-19T09:18:00.006+01:002024-02-01T09:10:49.169+00:00An old itch is bothering me,<p> I was recently out in the car between home and York . I drove over a bridge over the river Derwent at a place where I fished probably 35 years ago . As I wasn`t in a rush I decided to stop and take a look at the place I caught my first Yorkshire Barbel. It was a memorable and strange day that has stuck in my mind for several reasons firstly for the fact I remember well that I had set out to catch some decent chub , So the capture of a first Barbel was a surprise , a modest fish by current standards but at just shy of 5lb a good first fish , sadly in those days a camera did not always go with me fishing so all that is left is a memory of watching my little samson scale not quite hit 5lb , What was also a surprise was hearing a voice behind me as I lifted the landing net under the fish and turning round to see Michael Clegg of Cleggs people stood on the bank behind me now those young readers will not know him but he was an interesting character a professional museum curator and naturalist who had a TV show travelling around interviewing and meeting people. There he was, large bearded and imposing smiling and offering congratulations. He sadly confirmed that they had missed the fish capture being filmed but nonetheless he stopped for ten minutes he was interested in the fish as it was the first he had seen in the Derwent and he stayed for a chat until his camera man told him it was time to go . Was a shame that I didn`t make it on to the TV , my Dad was a great fan of his show he would have been capped ( Old Yorkshire Expression ) to see Son on the TV , Sadly not to be . </p><p>This is Clegg, older readers may well recall him for the Yorkshire TV series </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nd3MdOS7XQ61Y48RnjnrvbM3p3bZQvxTv1KSlXNUHiAXpfxd4AGGbgao7T3mMRwOnVpQWWYHkyLGSh65RG_AeQR7GAKJVhUy8URT0saJ1wCR6yn3-YEl3OHn7afB2WXXeBuAHGmwqYLe4aD4jRt_Y61OAtFGAGlGw1qPjm0DNzIq8TP1fpwFpoheyQ/s275/Clegg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nd3MdOS7XQ61Y48RnjnrvbM3p3bZQvxTv1KSlXNUHiAXpfxd4AGGbgao7T3mMRwOnVpQWWYHkyLGSh65RG_AeQR7GAKJVhUy8URT0saJ1wCR6yn3-YEl3OHn7afB2WXXeBuAHGmwqYLe4aD4jRt_Y61OAtFGAGlGw1qPjm0DNzIq8TP1fpwFpoheyQ/w426-h640/Clegg.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Anyway enough rambling the point is that standing there on the bank a few weeks ago has irritated that old itch to do a bit more coarse fishing , To that end I have opened communications with the club that now runs the stretch of river and am hoping that membership may be a possibility as early as next year . I even spent an hour in the garage finding where my coarse fishing stuff is stored , It is probably about 20 years since I have done any serious coarse fishing , apart from occasional Grayling trips in Winter the rods are still there MK4 Avons , Float rods all sorts Reels too Mitchells , Shimano all carefully put away certainly the lines will need replacing . Luckily the bag with keep and landing nets has been hung up high above mouse range. Even the bait droppers and float tubes were still good to go. The seat box was given away years ago , Anyway these days I think my rear end and back need something a bit more comfortable . As I unboxed and reviewed everything on the patio in the sunshine my Wife happened past , She just looked at the mountain of stuff , looked at me , shook her head and went back inside after so long married she knows the signs...</p><p>The Fly fishing will always be my first love but well I keep getting that itch so watch out on the blog next year for a bit of Coarse fishing ,,,,,,</p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-47046611505403324862022-08-04T15:55:00.001+01:002024-01-17T11:29:07.238+00:00Fascination of Vintage gear and a little fishing report...<p> I am a member of a couple of online forums and have been for very many years and it has be apparent that there is a growing interest in the use of Bamboo rods and silk lines . But also an increasing interest in the use of vintage gear , The bamboo rods that I own are primarily recent builds but I also own an old Fosters and a South bend 290 with two tips from Thomas Turners , it was built around 1950 So actually older than me . Lovely rod and it is still as straight as a die and casts beautifully. Also I acquired it recently for a little over £200 so great value ( Cane shouldn`t cost the earth ) it is also actually a pretty useful rod, one river I fish is very open and plastic 3 and 4 wt lines get blown about something wicked , that rod is designed for a 5 /6 wt, I use a silk DT5.5 on it . It has a similar line diameter to a 4 wt and deals with the wind with much less effort. So when its blowing that is what I pick up. As the rod is a 7ft 6 inch its at home on most of my local streams . Even though its a 5/6 even modest fish still put a nice bend in it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTse07Yrd8CxUbncLVZPo1Y34xOpQbD5_omPcYCm0qggJGooxr-EBBRr60xCBTuFRUIJv_IdqHlJhnYiMYLXlunk2OIFU-EkqiGMzJDffFIUY9Kzau-LYsulwY6_3HsBL6RVlblaDfhL-FPrtqOQ0l1MMgAHSI3qOPyT2yY-Ruk4gr4EHbiJvhf3M29w/s1280/South%20bend%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTse07Yrd8CxUbncLVZPo1Y34xOpQbD5_omPcYCm0qggJGooxr-EBBRr60xCBTuFRUIJv_IdqHlJhnYiMYLXlunk2OIFU-EkqiGMzJDffFIUY9Kzau-LYsulwY6_3HsBL6RVlblaDfhL-FPrtqOQ0l1MMgAHSI3qOPyT2yY-Ruk4gr4EHbiJvhf3M29w/w640-h480/South%20bend%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I came across an interesting article about this very subject today here is a link to it, It was one of those reads where I found myself nodding and smiling agreement to myself , I just thought I would pass it along. Also there are cane bargains to be had I noticed a unused and mint MR Zhu 7ft 4 wt with two tips went for £120 on ebay the other day , They are a very fishable rod and a great way to experience that first cane buzz. </p><p><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flyfisherman.com%2Feditorial%2Fnew-generation-vintage-fly-tackle%2F458651&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4ae86a8f2ab04a0dbac108da76206b91%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637952178852099212%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PATP6OCSbpYWZYmUwLsROemwS0bACXCxD3aUaBZIxyc%3D&reserved=0">https://www.flyfisherman.com/editorial/new-generation-vintage-fly-tackle/458651</a></span></p><p>This year I have come across a number of guys fishing cane / bamboo and also a few last year but I am struggling to recall any similar experiences over the previous 10 years. A good friend has a couple of "modern " bamboo rods and I recently came across a guy fishing A fosters cane rod that belonged to his Grandfather, I don`t foresee that cane will overtake carbon , but there is for sure a growing minority of anglers that are tiring perhaps looking for something different out of the game, </p><p> I am not saying that I only fish bamboo now , my last trip was on a very low Yorkshire stream where I explored the upper and more overgrown stretches and for that day my weapon of choice was an Orvis Superfine touch 6ft 2 wt, which to those who are not acquainted with them is delightful full flex range of rods that are probably among the sweetest that Orvis produced , sadly long since discontinued.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJtSW_X9xDovM8vC_pvJeICG6FG1nusySkqlpRW3lYMr0wbAKaLypg9AlMsM1Pgn5xBozLPrhQVaW0erkzo8Lx8jzCVUiqFdrddOb8uSlO-5ZZW9mDOH6aBYvg3H5XGm6QMON2kAM9bqUG94DhUb0085YU1cr-mbElSk0soud8JFwD-ebndmnxaTHhA/s1920/296660427_2571657096303742_2327551749184137698_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJtSW_X9xDovM8vC_pvJeICG6FG1nusySkqlpRW3lYMr0wbAKaLypg9AlMsM1Pgn5xBozLPrhQVaW0erkzo8Lx8jzCVUiqFdrddOb8uSlO-5ZZW9mDOH6aBYvg3H5XGm6QMON2kAM9bqUG94DhUb0085YU1cr-mbElSk0soud8JFwD-ebndmnxaTHhA/w640-h480/296660427_2571657096303742_2327551749184137698_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The run below was interesting , a difficult back cast and I was sinking into the mud at a fair rate as I cast and landed this fish first cast, my cast was a good one ( amazing for me ) I landed the fly about 4 inches from the far bank where the tiny patch of grass is next to the briars. I didn`t see a rise but there had to be a fish there its just a perfect lie. the fish came up and nailed it instantly happy days as it was the best fish of a tough day which had the little two weight well hooped over. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39pbhHKX54WkYUOBxOd305JU15Y1lu0tDs5unU1LY8a79IaToVbYTQGS9b9C5rqZFCM9IruDSGqWajOlwi7DkRQScPclK-98x5pddqMV6MrJkCSDt1zwa1KsNXcTT6bc5SdhwfbKGYBPZ6n0wCpSizFakf3hdDINLMvDl4vBRfO4mqf72qo1hM1y5MA/s1920/296613884_2571657166303735_3366699643189979605_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39pbhHKX54WkYUOBxOd305JU15Y1lu0tDs5unU1LY8a79IaToVbYTQGS9b9C5rqZFCM9IruDSGqWajOlwi7DkRQScPclK-98x5pddqMV6MrJkCSDt1zwa1KsNXcTT6bc5SdhwfbKGYBPZ6n0wCpSizFakf3hdDINLMvDl4vBRfO4mqf72qo1hM1y5MA/w640-h480/296613884_2571657166303735_3366699643189979605_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-59422464724712880822022-07-14T11:33:00.002+01:002024-01-17T11:29:48.920+00:00Summer time blues and a whiter shade of pale <p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently we are in the longest period of hot dry weather for 50 years sadly this means that all the local rivers are struggling and consequently of late fishing has ended up being a late afternoon and evening activity. This was the other evening and as I approached the path up through the woods it struck me how perfect the light was . At the risk of sounding poetic the air had that very heavy quality long hot days bring, If there had been even the hint of a cloud in the sky I would have anticipated a thunder storm. The late afternoon sunshine picked out the blue flowers and there was a real glow about the scene , I loitered for a minute to try and capture the mood but sadly my photo doesn`t do it justice. I wasn`t in a rush as I knew that any fish activity was probably an hour away. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMM6vmc2mCV9HWsphHdJKEQoDKut9d8lW6w_ozILKvyrL8o-Eu2IuFw3pGpYVTCI3qdK0AabyaShqAoXm9j3nk0hjO17u3WYYwUDxQ-eEew3mDBeiuuG-QYjUdaQlqx9dw_FEFuDXhtIZLSe_yTh4meH-TsAWxp1Ggc-Jt_STbww0Nacl8yZL5WlY-g/s1280/three.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMM6vmc2mCV9HWsphHdJKEQoDKut9d8lW6w_ozILKvyrL8o-Eu2IuFw3pGpYVTCI3qdK0AabyaShqAoXm9j3nk0hjO17u3WYYwUDxQ-eEew3mDBeiuuG-QYjUdaQlqx9dw_FEFuDXhtIZLSe_yTh4meH-TsAWxp1Ggc-Jt_STbww0Nacl8yZL5WlY-g/w640-h480/three.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Incidentally I have recently bought another bamboo rod , a nice little 6ft 9inch Jim Becker from the USA . It occurs to me that this year I have fished with Bamboo a lot more often than Carbon. I haven't actually been able to define to myself why I have taken to bamboo as much as I have. I have a fine selection of high quality carbon fly rods. They are lighter than cane, more powerful than cane and I guess when you consider all logical and factual ways to measure things then they are superior . But the bamboo just manages to leave me with a broader smile. My evening trip out was to put this new rod through its paces its only its second time out and me and the rod are already blood brothers as the first time out included a puncture wound on my right hand that meant constantly washing blood of the handle was required. I have to say that the finish on the rod is superb apart from in certain lights there is slight red staining now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGz_H6RztM8Pxst7--CYgrP7efXCIuRyrJAnWHpoJhodGr0QYQvGqTpH-678Y3SL2UgvPknB-AY997sZovBAT-sQKvNhuynbeBuXiGW8M3gCfJcBAMfrX41e7Jx5Oto9CizNYUgRT0QSXHZoM1MNrKlt8ZzMTCp3AVaVTpr1TPhz1-qFVu_rEUHbu2w/s1280/four.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGz_H6RztM8Pxst7--CYgrP7efXCIuRyrJAnWHpoJhodGr0QYQvGqTpH-678Y3SL2UgvPknB-AY997sZovBAT-sQKvNhuynbeBuXiGW8M3gCfJcBAMfrX41e7Jx5Oto9CizNYUgRT0QSXHZoM1MNrKlt8ZzMTCp3AVaVTpr1TPhz1-qFVu_rEUHbu2w/w640-h480/four.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These were typical of the trout that came in the last hour or so of surface activity, earlier even nymphs had failed to tempt anything but as the light levels and temperature both dropped the first risers appeared in the faster water, these both took little f flies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl5CoOeomnyESVubeIdN7likSs-rr6XQ3U9D_NHhm_VXfaUQsPcqFhJ8Z83QX-X7o-SZrv_YPiTDg35hEF0zpMfmMth_ZBezDqO7cHLLIQzwE8iGN3foHoGiGaS1tanEZJ9Ly9qfUxUM1qdST19ZZl6P1V5K5T-rGH0H3j5dgk9Ap8jpMy2fs9a1r_A/s1280/seven.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPl5CoOeomnyESVubeIdN7likSs-rr6XQ3U9D_NHhm_VXfaUQsPcqFhJ8Z83QX-X7o-SZrv_YPiTDg35hEF0zpMfmMth_ZBezDqO7cHLLIQzwE8iGN3foHoGiGaS1tanEZJ9Ly9qfUxUM1qdST19ZZl6P1V5K5T-rGH0H3j5dgk9Ap8jpMy2fs9a1r_A/w640-h480/seven.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The previous Sunday I was fortunate to have received an invite from a friend to fish the Driffield West beck Chalk Stream , The water is 100% spring fed and this allows for water at a constant temperature and the PH is very beneficial to plant life and aquatic bugs ( fish food) the clarity and the unbroken sunshine on the day meant that the fish were to put it lightly , spooky. There were also very few rising fish , The fish I caught were all caught on nymphs which in itself was fascinating as you cast to fish you can see, and actually watch the fish take the nymph. Sometimes the fish moved slightly or you saw a flash of white as the mouth was opened or even just a flare of the gills , sight fishing is a different game to the nymph fishing on the rough streams I usually do. For this fishing the bamboo stayed at home and a light 9ft 6 inch 3 wt managed the water more easily. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1y2unG608zAPYqPg_lNqH8-0_aSkT_d2P5LELdKrHzoBaKXP0q1WTgaLGpl3FZg9WTb0OqgkwucCctDZso_bMV9wE97Uie67L2CuYv4uSJXh_oQUVkgNEyn9qZnd7nYym2VPt69B47E462nWC3TF78m_TlsdAqekGVvQBMbgM8_U2IwzVMMUGbVzPSw/s1920/driffield%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1y2unG608zAPYqPg_lNqH8-0_aSkT_d2P5LELdKrHzoBaKXP0q1WTgaLGpl3FZg9WTb0OqgkwucCctDZso_bMV9wE97Uie67L2CuYv4uSJXh_oQUVkgNEyn9qZnd7nYym2VPt69B47E462nWC3TF78m_TlsdAqekGVvQBMbgM8_U2IwzVMMUGbVzPSw/w640-h480/driffield%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ended up with four trout , nothing huge and all stock fish there are no photos as after scrapping hard they would have not appreciated hot hands in near 30 degrees temperature , The one fish I did waste time over was this grayling in the picture below , my friend who knows the river said the water there was about 6ft deep and the fish was on the bottom. We both estimated it at 3lb plus I tried tempting it with nymphs of all shapes and sizes and actually managed to drop one on its head at one point. It was completely indifferent to my feeble attempts at deception. What did surprise me was when a trout darted in and took the nymph it darted around the pool and splashed on the surface above the grayling and almost colliding with it at one point. The grayling barely stirred I expected it to disappear . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawAgVNBqgrwVbmPT3uhhbScdsFH1cND57hLYewOTUfGOBYglvjgBESmVYe21A78Y7qDaAyyEp-H35_tVtXeZJryhKFwmM8geaAdjlgYv1cvez5biSoWjznx4e4xvLwsCbodopls_VIOFEZNUyI3-KIr79QNXoMyORrRE2F4MAmFL4PJBsMnr4Oo-zmw/s1280/two.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawAgVNBqgrwVbmPT3uhhbScdsFH1cND57hLYewOTUfGOBYglvjgBESmVYe21A78Y7qDaAyyEp-H35_tVtXeZJryhKFwmM8geaAdjlgYv1cvez5biSoWjznx4e4xvLwsCbodopls_VIOFEZNUyI3-KIr79QNXoMyORrRE2F4MAmFL4PJBsMnr4Oo-zmw/w640-h480/two.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I bought the Jim Becker bamboo I was going through the usual ritual of swapping lines about on to a suitable reel, I seem to have a lot more lines than reels and at times it is a reel pain ( notice the spelling ) . Also many of the reels I have are large arbour jobs for the Carbon rods. So have been getting a small collection of reels together to suit the bamboo rods , traditional pattern ones and as I was having a browse on the interweb I came across Marryat reels I have been aware of them for years and always fancied what I considered a very pretty reel anyway as I did a quick search on ebay and the like I came across this one which was been sold by a Classical fishing tackle house "Thomas Turner" it is from the estate of the Late Gary Brooker he of Procol Harum and "Whiter Shade of Pale " fame, The price wasn`t much more than a reel without any interesting history and it is a nice early made in Japan model and has the Gehrkes plate on the back which only the early ones had and I am afraid I couldn`t resist it . As a long time fan of Whiter Shades in particular , a song that was released when I was going through an episode of a challenging childhood which meant I was largely away from home for a few years with fishing as a constant comfort . this and a couple of other songs and Artists bring back many memories. So it has a found a good home and it certainly will be fished. Certainly his collection seemed to be of someone who enjoyed fishing and bought what he liked and it was fished not just displayed. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17H00cb0sQRBUzSfdO89x54q1Z-mGP9pxWQgBnKdQ6jKid0S-e1JST0wQy3bGSJnoD7pKtxcJYiC-H8i315En_XhxvXw26T-_eB0b6sbHhmexVFs2JfCDsRb0CMwKvHatw-tS5U8mzPdZwrmrTZ6fFToyJE0MrxMrX0Rsb9VUryWVSW_re3dAvAE6VQ/s1280/five.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17H00cb0sQRBUzSfdO89x54q1Z-mGP9pxWQgBnKdQ6jKid0S-e1JST0wQy3bGSJnoD7pKtxcJYiC-H8i315En_XhxvXw26T-_eB0b6sbHhmexVFs2JfCDsRb0CMwKvHatw-tS5U8mzPdZwrmrTZ6fFToyJE0MrxMrX0Rsb9VUryWVSW_re3dAvAE6VQ/w640-h480/five.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">From a Whiter Shade of Pale :</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We skipped the light fandango</div><div style="text-align: center;">Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was feeling kinda seasick</div><div style="text-align: center;">The crowd called out for more</div><div style="text-align: center;">The room was humming harder</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the ceiling flew away</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we called out for another drink</div><div style="text-align: center;">The waiter brought a tray</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I guess not many people know that he actually recorded a song about fishing , apparently he was in the states for a couple of weeks steelhead fishing and managed one on the last day so went back to his accommodation and hit the beer and wrote the song below . A perfectly logical conclusion if you ask me. Anyway his reel will be going fishing with me pretty often now I hope he would have approved of the use I will put it to. he obviously appreciated bamboo rods as there were plenty in his collection. I have left the backing on the reel I certainly wont take it of, so Imagine that me fishing with backing by Gary Brooker....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The search is over, the battle done</div><div style="text-align: center;">The fish is beaten, the angler's won</div><div style="text-align: center;">But simple stories make longer tales</div><div style="text-align: center;">No consolation if he had failed</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through wind and desert, Blackberry Hole</div><div style="text-align: center;">Coyote and rattler had made him old</div><div style="text-align: center;">No it ain't easy, it's on the borderline</div><div style="text-align: center;">Between health and madness, the way he bides his time</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fin to fin in every log-jam</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where they lie</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Deschutes is hot, the bottom's black</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're eye-to-eye</div><div style="text-align: center;">My oh my what fun to be on your own</div><div style="text-align: center;">Down foaming rapids into the deep black hole</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through thorns and rockslides for to reach his goal</div><div style="text-align: center;">And golden chances, he let them slip away</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or was he waiting for the Judgement Day?</div><div style="text-align: center;">They really nailed 'em on the deadline</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where they lie</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where the water's fast, the current's strong, their eye-to-eye</div><div style="text-align: center;">My oh my what fun to be on your own</div><div style="text-align: center;">But on the thirteenth morning when the sun was high</div><div style="text-align: center;">He tricked that steelhead and saw the line go tight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two spirits fighting, two creatures bold</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bad luck and trouble had finally lost their hold</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fin to fin in every log-jam</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where they lie</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Deschutes is hot, the bottom's black</div><div style="text-align: center;">They're eye-to-eye</div><div style="text-align: center;">I see why he spend his time on his own</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: start;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #676666; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-59785178223946100372022-06-13T09:21:00.004+01:002024-01-17T11:30:06.846+00:00Old mans Cane?<p> Recently on Facebook there was an interesting link to a piece by Simon Cooper. </p><p>https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Fishing-Breaks---A-cast-from-the-past.html?soid=1101626840123&aid=XjeRHcCgcOw</p><p>Saying why do we pretend cane fly rods are any good.? I am sure that the post was targeted at getting a reaction but it does ask a sensible question , After all whey would we use craftsmanship and feel rather than technology and the latest space age tech. Why would we not take advantage of progress? I think the answer has to be for me because sometimes they are best, for sure carbon fibre does indeed provide a wonderful material for fly rods I have several, actually many , but there are a few reasons why I still love the bamboo. The judgment is not one based on science and pure performance rather the it is down to qualitative and not quantitative factors. For example as much as I have a nice powerful and comfortable German car that will cruise all day long at the limit and do everything I want if I had a lottery win at some point I would find a nice classic sports car to have a run round the country lanes on a warm summers evening. I suppose I could have indulged in something like it now but truth is I like fly rods a lot more than cars ,well its a similar analogy for cane rods they do the same as carbon but I think in a more leisurely and classy way , by the way I am new to cane its only the last 6 or 7 years when I have started to gain the habit , </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA5bUXZowYp9km9vlAbdz4jtQFRa6qRvAgKZdd81p_GNsuMFVklYp04Ck7I67vKrfP9hicAUeNDbXzucneoe6g2tqzBy7QkgNabkQFHepf6yJHU5freU4jNKGjk2d6z8SKNOuj7HMKkXDq-lr4jlFtBZ2d1qDahTkknToMu-ayrcdJ2eSi42tXyLxPQ/s1920/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA5bUXZowYp9km9vlAbdz4jtQFRa6qRvAgKZdd81p_GNsuMFVklYp04Ck7I67vKrfP9hicAUeNDbXzucneoe6g2tqzBy7QkgNabkQFHepf6yJHU5freU4jNKGjk2d6z8SKNOuj7HMKkXDq-lr4jlFtBZ2d1qDahTkknToMu-ayrcdJ2eSi42tXyLxPQ/w640-h480/11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Practically for cane small stream rods 7ft 6 inch and less seems to me the sweet spot for getting the most out of the material. The little extra weight of cane to some extent works the rod its self, roll casting is a dream with a silk line and close range casting is easy . Lets be honest how many times have you met people with short modern carbon rods who are having to overline the rods to get the thing to load at short ranges , That is where Cane works best. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2igV6_3uh73HTSlN0xCDxh8bFHPV00SYmXLzfZPU3KuOBZWdeqv-pMlCPjfYhwfVg0bzkLSDcX_5U4auZ5dqkmSQLPeK3Hd9xnPKOd8voeLQ7XNt6oyUufy_nO-x-V-KD4PkOxOSnn4H9kwO0ZY5Y1lpB-5BkrP4oBBZ5VygJSg7xF2k6qMKqjsY7SA/s1920/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2igV6_3uh73HTSlN0xCDxh8bFHPV00SYmXLzfZPU3KuOBZWdeqv-pMlCPjfYhwfVg0bzkLSDcX_5U4auZ5dqkmSQLPeK3Hd9xnPKOd8voeLQ7XNt6oyUufy_nO-x-V-KD4PkOxOSnn4H9kwO0ZY5Y1lpB-5BkrP4oBBZ5VygJSg7xF2k6qMKqjsY7SA/w640-h480/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This is by usual standards on my streams a nice open pool but you are constantly surrounded by trees usually with a high bank behind you and nothing is manicured there are lots of things waiting to grab the fly . The rod is a six foot three weight and the silk line is perfect , roll casting and tight loops when required come easily. Also forget the rods did I mention stealth?. Stealth doesn`t come easy for me. A little overweight, well over 60 and someone who spends most days behind a desk. But if you aren`t stealthy the fish will not play ball. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOjKbc1Aq_oLNce8wypne2b_rR_65YR2INPTSrQkdBE4xyxNgiqRCkY5_JpVUQmf2w2FaLFvO1laH-LXC-f10OXqRLWTJdBzV8YjeS3LR2q5AlFASkN5F5Au79GPiN_EoHjhrBfZpkw4_WqLwdo93aUkn1fb8zuvdGYDA-XudkhSKIRAJWyBc2va5-g/s1920/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOjKbc1Aq_oLNce8wypne2b_rR_65YR2INPTSrQkdBE4xyxNgiqRCkY5_JpVUQmf2w2FaLFvO1laH-LXC-f10OXqRLWTJdBzV8YjeS3LR2q5AlFASkN5F5Au79GPiN_EoHjhrBfZpkw4_WqLwdo93aUkn1fb8zuvdGYDA-XudkhSKIRAJWyBc2va5-g/w640-h480/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a typical problem the fish will be at the tail of the faster water around the corner to the right , trouble is when you get to that little archway its a left handed roll cast to fish only 15 ft away. The silk line doesn`t cause so much surface disturbance as plastic and is perfect for the job . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another thing now I admit that cane can be broken , I actually had one of the tips replaced after slipping on the bank and landing on this very rod a few years ago , Chas the builder told me I was a clumsy fellow , I think it was fellow I am sure it began with an F, anyway he ordered me a new tip from Chapmans , but by and large i find that cane is no more breakable with sensible use. In fact if you clatter a branch on the back cast I would say cane is more robust than carbon . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IkZjHTfbrceFqb-jEfq7_fuM7PFbXSAfW_Lt6mEmtDXcRPBsnDm7d2VNZiWKeIMFJ46ZIYQgdQI3Omnz14USn38Ukcyqka9Q1ivN0mioLqZOT_IA_Q8gzkf1WnPe9EPOIs7XPYJimQgsfmx4-xafJKm0Hc9GLX4AEPKlao711_jyfYfMGUTPnU8Bxw/s1920/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IkZjHTfbrceFqb-jEfq7_fuM7PFbXSAfW_Lt6mEmtDXcRPBsnDm7d2VNZiWKeIMFJ46ZIYQgdQI3Omnz14USn38Ukcyqka9Q1ivN0mioLqZOT_IA_Q8gzkf1WnPe9EPOIs7XPYJimQgsfmx4-xafJKm0Hc9GLX4AEPKlao711_jyfYfMGUTPnU8Bxw/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The result of my crap looking left handed roll cast was this little chap. Not saying I couldnt have caught it with a carbon rod but wouldn`t have done it with as much class, I guess what I am trying to say with all of this is ok if you fish the ressies or big lakes and wide open rivers you will stick with Carbon and wouldn`t argue. When I fish the Ure its Carbon all the way , but at the moment only because my longest cane is 7ft 6 inch . </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeuy0a2E3Hr4NuBr4_ZwQ9YOtRr0tXPHQP_aA_5voYz9LRuvYmZiCVcuZBuZso0APkxHlBVjQZHFj6oruvjgYdBA9YTB7qD85CkH14jmWxvuAM7ur-lfyi9u-hG3vO4GVIt2GXQQgmEqBS1KCwruNqV8Pmi0FQAaRenEx5EWLhkKIl2PzAsR1IiBvEA/s1920/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeuy0a2E3Hr4NuBr4_ZwQ9YOtRr0tXPHQP_aA_5voYz9LRuvYmZiCVcuZBuZso0APkxHlBVjQZHFj6oruvjgYdBA9YTB7qD85CkH14jmWxvuAM7ur-lfyi9u-hG3vO4GVIt2GXQQgmEqBS1KCwruNqV8Pmi0FQAaRenEx5EWLhkKIl2PzAsR1IiBvEA/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>The picture below tells no other story than this pool normally produces a fish or two if you are lucky. If you can extract a fish near the downstream end of the tree roots and hustle it away quietly you can sometimes get another right at the upstream end , On that day I hooked a small fish at the bottom and it shook the hook as it cartwheeled up the run. I would call it a pool but size wise its more like a bath tub. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3qp0PlwrHLont62crIWtlT7CPCqTG9HSgfNjxtgXbM9Q6RQoWX2gbiFj4gp5ywk-Bs7hB7vr2QqrsZBeu0YrEMljXEgYRhOCTR8nrO62dQyfZtb8usDBuy4_tYc7O26A9Aq0kGTFuR5gxrZT2_wUanm3A4eF7YOEWHXmVeK-lLKymod8zC1rdqalUQ/s1920/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3qp0PlwrHLont62crIWtlT7CPCqTG9HSgfNjxtgXbM9Q6RQoWX2gbiFj4gp5ywk-Bs7hB7vr2QqrsZBeu0YrEMljXEgYRhOCTR8nrO62dQyfZtb8usDBuy4_tYc7O26A9Aq0kGTFuR5gxrZT2_wUanm3A4eF7YOEWHXmVeK-lLKymod8zC1rdqalUQ/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><p>To really appreciate Cane I think you need to fly fish a while , probably 20 years plus. Perhaps slow down a bit and get rid of all that youthful energy and the need to catch more and bigger fish. Then start to enjoy the finer things in life. These days I drink less wine but I drink finer wine there is I am sure a link there , Perhaps I need to ditch the plastic cool box and get a wicker hamper and a proper picnic set as well perhaps some nice preserves and cured meats now instead of the crisps and sandwiches. I don`t think I could do the full Peter Arfield and actually dress period style. So I shall continue to look as elegant as an unopened Arab Dustbin to quote the great Spike Milligan. Seriously if you are fishing small streams try a cane rod. You wont regret it...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div><br /></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-24587117251875036502022-05-10T11:18:00.000+01:002024-01-17T11:30:33.585+00:00Summer starts here and bamboo days on small streams <p> </p><p>Its been a tough April. Very low levels, cold water and cold winds combined with little insect life has meant that catching trout has been hard work. The grayling which are out of season have been rising freely and feeding well whilst the trout have been hiding , The last few days have seen the temperatures rising. This weekend as it is now May I thought I would mark the occasion by going to a local favourite stream armed with bamboo and silk . I apologise for using the American "Bamboo " rather than the traditional English term "cane " It is not because I have been reading to much Gierach it as a survivor of the English boarding schools system enough to say I have several painful memories of the Cane. So for me " Bamboo " it is. I am not a die hard bamboo fan as most of my fishing is done with Carbon rods . But over the last few years the appeal of the traditional Bamboo and silk has grown on me. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--UHJWSRb05h76pJpnuAQrByBZUsAmM2rIwHE6O3GRkVrN6Jw5KOZ4HsZcrzu5_NLodsx5dx6Df3IGuygXWzR0jHvsNEnOZUbORI4ahmRERGhJ4UdN9NtwDWpaAgLv8D-BZY1RkYDlHsXdPHN_nVmEvk1bTy8wTjL1sUUomGOuJgywSyy2H_Lb3ExLA/s1920/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--UHJWSRb05h76pJpnuAQrByBZUsAmM2rIwHE6O3GRkVrN6Jw5KOZ4HsZcrzu5_NLodsx5dx6Df3IGuygXWzR0jHvsNEnOZUbORI4ahmRERGhJ4UdN9NtwDWpaAgLv8D-BZY1RkYDlHsXdPHN_nVmEvk1bTy8wTjL1sUUomGOuJgywSyy2H_Lb3ExLA/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The growing appeal is not linked to any romantic notion of returning to times gone by . It is I think more a reflection of my interaction with the river . It may be all in my head but when you play a fish on a silk lane and cane rod the feeling of connection is more intense the lack of stretch in the line and the flex of the cane gives a different experience . It is also a very efficient method of fishing . The silk line I was using above was a 3wt which I can confirm floated nicely for all of the four or five hours fishing . its diameter was thinner than that of the 2 wt plastic line I used a few days before . It casts beautifully with very tight loops and roll casts better than any plastic line . Fishing Bamboo makes you slow down your cast , force one and it will protest . But work with it and it will do everything that modern materials will do , granted a little slower and also a little costlier . Although decent cane rods can be obtained for less than the cost of expensive carbon and silk lines are dependent on the brand can be obtained for less than £100 . The truth is for me If you love the places you fish and you are happy with the size of fish you catch then the only way to improve things is to change the way you fish and therefore the quality of the experience . For me that has meant that sometimes when the intent is to fish dries and perhaps tiny nymphs on a warm summer day then make a Bamboo rod and silk line your companion. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3A10T5xNSWzZJ5IDfSalyGpdJvoc7BPzGojzcvPFDjWVeUgm7dXtksxdbHNg4tlrIOz0OJtoz7-47b5_64fKL0aI5l9_-Fnm12o_9i8bnTicb2sjshiqMPPAEn_15rywMungm9LGK6V1Wl40UwGk0dPEJTXnhL3HY62iaBSqiWP6xWv0Jf-1_Z3agg/s1920/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3A10T5xNSWzZJ5IDfSalyGpdJvoc7BPzGojzcvPFDjWVeUgm7dXtksxdbHNg4tlrIOz0OJtoz7-47b5_64fKL0aI5l9_-Fnm12o_9i8bnTicb2sjshiqMPPAEn_15rywMungm9LGK6V1Wl40UwGk0dPEJTXnhL3HY62iaBSqiWP6xWv0Jf-1_Z3agg/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When I started this blog many years ago it was started so that a relative could follow my exploits but these days it has become a journal , blogs have fallen largely from favour they have been replaced by the instant gratification of FB and instagram. This blog has matured now and there have been times I have considered ditching it but I am already looking back on the posts I made some years ago. I know that some years hence I will look at this post and remember that one moment when the river , the weather and the fish all aligned with me to give one of those special moments when everything is perfect. A rising fish , a decent cast a perfect take followed by some airborn acrobatics to signal the start of summer and the perfect result.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSyQO1CSA3qZM0VA-t9PX1zZCDZZlM6u-Z9kBWOOzFMGznHDW6SD0b1yi2RaQU3-dm3-T9yUKwyAEH-baxburknMARIvJzyPmY8Q9bJpG81iuqRnAvaB3ZaaETLStI6R0CrywOiiLkmf6jv2ccD17CRxApn7iwykfElg3si0kZ1wSRcFBIyk9w2Embw/s1920/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSyQO1CSA3qZM0VA-t9PX1zZCDZZlM6u-Z9kBWOOzFMGznHDW6SD0b1yi2RaQU3-dm3-T9yUKwyAEH-baxburknMARIvJzyPmY8Q9bJpG81iuqRnAvaB3ZaaETLStI6R0CrywOiiLkmf6jv2ccD17CRxApn7iwykfElg3si0kZ1wSRcFBIyk9w2Embw/w640-h480/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-75207084579354053412022-04-25T12:40:00.002+01:002024-02-01T09:11:24.013+00:00First on a Dry...<p> </p><p>I am not sure why the above annual headline is so important to me but I guess its pretty simple really , I have always been and always will be a fan of dry fly fishing . not for any snobbish reasons but simply there is something fascinating to see that moment of the take. It is that wonderfully visual moment when your deception has been successful. As a small boy before I tasted fly fishing for trout it was always the float that was my chosen method. On rivers trotting a float effectively is a true art when done properly, like fly fishing it is also obviously a very visual form of fishing and one also that teaches you an understanding of watercraft and reading currents and understanding the importance of drag . There are so many similarities with fly fishing. Looking back It is 50 years since I took up my first fly rod I am afraid that since then the coarse fishing has gradually slipped away and is now simply a whim or a walk down memory lane as my recent trip with my late fathers gear in the recent blog post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd7MCjf6pusoCOZa33MWTCsCo-H4-PCmW_0DZ1ohIKbBaTBiqkHgNZEXuM03qwl1ktaB-m39nWoBCf7PtupUBjvbpr2rO7RZbkE1cS25ZglPy9ROCy9BpQGMndUwZV_VvL43_bC3m18VLdsCj74bHEykyFnPHHJaFYxOrCT1VviO1JIY8cXs8ceNILg/s1920/April%203%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd7MCjf6pusoCOZa33MWTCsCo-H4-PCmW_0DZ1ohIKbBaTBiqkHgNZEXuM03qwl1ktaB-m39nWoBCf7PtupUBjvbpr2rO7RZbkE1cS25ZglPy9ROCy9BpQGMndUwZV_VvL43_bC3m18VLdsCj74bHEykyFnPHHJaFYxOrCT1VviO1JIY8cXs8ceNILg/w640-h480/April%203%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>So there we are, my first brown trout on a dry of the season on a day when there was low cold water very little fly life and a nasty cold wind. Truth is I was convinced I would not do any good on the waters surface, but I think the river just took pity on me and provided me with one small but beautifully marked rising fish that took my seals fur bodied F Fly and allowed me a moment to admire its perfection. On the day I also managed to catch two larger but stocked fish , well they weren`t getting a photo, This river produces the most beautifully marked brown trout . The one on the front banner of the blog was from this very section of river, that is not the largest Brown Trout I have ever caught but every time I look at the picture I recall how perfect that particular fish was . So far this season has been very strange, the second day of the season was as warm as a summers day and when I visited the river I was greeted by many rising fish , trouble is they were all out of season grayling , since then I have caught many grayling and few trout, so it was great today to catch no grayling and just brown trout...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sNnrA9zLNQAZBt1UZ26sK2rcsh5lB2Lwx6xPcOOH2kZdkhs10yrkffo-sIHtdukrBBcF47KtXACoA03zYg1Vc56dZdv1HO9RHMxYmlc7f3ae0TpRbuD_tor8p_TAsGPFAvkENJB1kRPe2prZFngq9P0DpepLAvAVGOp7yV7OeLGRQVgC248FEQsLLQ/s1920/April2%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sNnrA9zLNQAZBt1UZ26sK2rcsh5lB2Lwx6xPcOOH2kZdkhs10yrkffo-sIHtdukrBBcF47KtXACoA03zYg1Vc56dZdv1HO9RHMxYmlc7f3ae0TpRbuD_tor8p_TAsGPFAvkENJB1kRPe2prZFngq9P0DpepLAvAVGOp7yV7OeLGRQVgC248FEQsLLQ/w640-h480/April2%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The signs of Spring are now well established this tiny island hosted a swan every year when I last fished this section of the river which is actually around ten years ago . I was amused to thumb back through the catch return back and see my reports still there from all that time ago. As I stood to take the photo below I recall that many years ago I was sat there having a doze and break and became aware of an agitated buzzing , my hearing is pretty poor and it took a while to register that I was sat on the hole to a very large wasps nest . I moved carefully and slowly and managed to avoid stings . Moving slowly was something I learned as a coarse angler when digging out nests for wasp grubs . I also remember how effective dry cleaning fluid aerosols were as a first line of defence. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWA3tV8xS-q2z6G8flQvdxA8FFlPz1tXuh4My0BvJeoRO8vaGKYWPyudro6zChCIe2pOY4zDDjbAbVIiNMEJCoe5EyymAE3JYXQ0t6BCKgdsCFKGPQeJRuRDqpR4DsxrIEkur3PCvXTDWIrmDPuPkg8pzQghuGBXb7ER2hAySJ5Y_JsHxFjnVqe4U3Q/s1920/April%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWA3tV8xS-q2z6G8flQvdxA8FFlPz1tXuh4My0BvJeoRO8vaGKYWPyudro6zChCIe2pOY4zDDjbAbVIiNMEJCoe5EyymAE3JYXQ0t6BCKgdsCFKGPQeJRuRDqpR4DsxrIEkur3PCvXTDWIrmDPuPkg8pzQghuGBXb7ER2hAySJ5Y_JsHxFjnVqe4U3Q/w640-h480/April%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The river is looking pristine at the moment although the signs from the feeder streams are showing low flows already. Without some serious rain in the next few months it will be a very low river indeed by mid summer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPkufTDPizVMKJ7pieh6t5JWQP-EYz1KLCdzZ9ljQHmZqVcVT2wTF_sCx2tsD6uFgxqO89uJ9AicN3B1jxxmsz1Q_mh-AHr4WABJQalPSxQXNz4rnHeRKK160JcNJADRTi7RWBWBUEq3QlxvGnDqyRQkMMmVDbR9aF2Wx9NmSwhj5VeFv0QB1Fdo0EQ/s1920/April%204%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPkufTDPizVMKJ7pieh6t5JWQP-EYz1KLCdzZ9ljQHmZqVcVT2wTF_sCx2tsD6uFgxqO89uJ9AicN3B1jxxmsz1Q_mh-AHr4WABJQalPSxQXNz4rnHeRKK160JcNJADRTi7RWBWBUEq3QlxvGnDqyRQkMMmVDbR9aF2Wx9NmSwhj5VeFv0QB1Fdo0EQ/w640-h480/April%204%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The smell of wild Garlic was pretty overpowering as I walked through it making my way upstream. It is one of those evocative things that gives a strong sense of time and place , it also makes a damn fine soup with a suitable chicken stock. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI777UtVrCzmH9M3XiaATTIzRAKDa2XjPDahDID1jJRajpxdzQIuA3myq4l0Tg4bouQueaewY5-XN1m9ccdhWFXYDIbDvai3YIVT_VgxLecjf_1qHzV7nxEgkIaWhfkptMitzwvC1_OKp-uM3gF4R0Jra8IJ9Hb2gmeFHvyaqB1uus4sfTAzBZZUC3zA/s1920/April%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI777UtVrCzmH9M3XiaATTIzRAKDa2XjPDahDID1jJRajpxdzQIuA3myq4l0Tg4bouQueaewY5-XN1m9ccdhWFXYDIbDvai3YIVT_VgxLecjf_1qHzV7nxEgkIaWhfkptMitzwvC1_OKp-uM3gF4R0Jra8IJ9Hb2gmeFHvyaqB1uus4sfTAzBZZUC3zA/w640-h480/April%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>long time readers of the blog will recognise this view , it hasn`t changed it is still a beautiful river.</p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-47560538439568151162022-03-28T15:50:00.001+01:002022-03-28T16:01:48.398+01:00New trout season, Grayling and Covid <div style="text-align: left;"> There is something very special about the first day of the trout season and on this years opening day we had 16 degrees C and bright sunshine. Normally opening day in Yorkshire is barely above freezing, windy and a day for tossing the leaded nymphs about . On Saturday I decided it was dries or bust </div><div style="text-align: left;">So looking at the conditions low clear water and sunshine I decided it was time for my little 6ft 2 wt ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHY6oDSG_SkWCZW4YRsLfRLmYyCEN9Zt_4Dt-aOAjP721Y13YTC6QMLJr3AYSxFW90-4oHD7G_EFEdfSG3GMUp3Z-ypE27Ope-g3ZTwFShp0DUEScx-CKXs9crKo0Rilv68GG_LQ7Xxa2aUp4LjPpWb3HHw3StdHOStQIMsug00oQRL9G9309vEZP9g/s1280/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHY6oDSG_SkWCZW4YRsLfRLmYyCEN9Zt_4Dt-aOAjP721Y13YTC6QMLJr3AYSxFW90-4oHD7G_EFEdfSG3GMUp3Z-ypE27Ope-g3ZTwFShp0DUEScx-CKXs9crKo0Rilv68GG_LQ7Xxa2aUp4LjPpWb3HHw3StdHOStQIMsug00oQRL9G9309vEZP9g/w480-h640/2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fishing here is about short rods delicate casts into pools and runs the size of dining table</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yyuxV_JTh7bW5vywutGMQKgqpUJWWKFMMvDzV0I-1NqhgXzf9hmXuGYOYw-SYtNdKcDk7KXQitiHSLyooWiYrFFcPZjAd8tVhsthfzGow9-az5--9OKNGiEwxujNapj3L0AqtkD-z52g-VxxGCcZo4pOuaDMSbCJT6wyxgyeeDrQLiAgS9PIvX-JWA/s1280/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yyuxV_JTh7bW5vywutGMQKgqpUJWWKFMMvDzV0I-1NqhgXzf9hmXuGYOYw-SYtNdKcDk7KXQitiHSLyooWiYrFFcPZjAd8tVhsthfzGow9-az5--9OKNGiEwxujNapj3L0AqtkD-z52g-VxxGCcZo4pOuaDMSbCJT6wyxgyeeDrQLiAgS9PIvX-JWA/w640-h480/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This little fella is one two or three rods I fish here I have always been a fan of the Orvis superfine touch the gentle action suits the small streams that I fish superbly. This one was an ebay used bargain some time ago. I think when i bought it it was completely unused. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHzAqBg1Q0AfIovXeIX-cquAdhOc4LZIOOuTNrqckSuNJcFsW_tM5tdr0cbmogoYWyTbltV-lN1eWteS8iSWayY10K1xK8aSLrJizbDrO0u1gsDw9lFNQQNDforLBldj5ky9fXcpaekxYb7jxgXCET4Vp32z82pOIQ8P45xRlGbWvFQseVUvlpfOVyQ/s1280/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHzAqBg1Q0AfIovXeIX-cquAdhOc4LZIOOuTNrqckSuNJcFsW_tM5tdr0cbmogoYWyTbltV-lN1eWteS8iSWayY10K1xK8aSLrJizbDrO0u1gsDw9lFNQQNDforLBldj5ky9fXcpaekxYb7jxgXCET4Vp32z82pOIQ8P45xRlGbWvFQseVUvlpfOVyQ/w640-h480/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>On the day the weather was very still . but when its windy it is very exposed. I often bring two rods with me to cover the bases. The other rod which on the day got no use. Is an original Sage LL 7ft 3 4 wt , A lovely old fashioned medium action rod.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO3zfaw6--99e4fd5Wg1qX1uJXliYXf0AeLjKp5BCL76T3DtF54KAbZbMxnUSltzSwI7lHfVwXr_sr1-La0pN86Pdvs9jKbgeKf1pTOvkigX3LEBUxLeLM2eh8lkOdGIAXFeQg4zQECRQzf0vbBQc9dfETaWSo7fm1iQ_dfHFNx40XX0burJfw5GCCg/s1280/7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO3zfaw6--99e4fd5Wg1qX1uJXliYXf0AeLjKp5BCL76T3DtF54KAbZbMxnUSltzSwI7lHfVwXr_sr1-La0pN86Pdvs9jKbgeKf1pTOvkigX3LEBUxLeLM2eh8lkOdGIAXFeQg4zQECRQzf0vbBQc9dfETaWSo7fm1iQ_dfHFNx40XX0burJfw5GCCg/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div>There was plenty of evidence of the effect of the early spring mild weather . Bumble bees , butterflies and nesting birds were all in evidence . This old lass and her two lambs stayed still long enough for a photo unlike the bees and butterflies .</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM_DLzM-7_7tJi429m_W3uBeJESN1BgrPUPPDX1R5ehFr8iSF1Jh3w1RX1cgJS9aXofjMQjs50qYuAfe8dxKPfNxdWA8z6DETG1R5fZwbxgz2NKrkyyvVwivqbijrLZ-bIKxfOgabjadFgTYOwhY3lizlFb8e9qtsQNd0_WAPdqq9xETsDxqbmHGxEA/s2016/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM_DLzM-7_7tJi429m_W3uBeJESN1BgrPUPPDX1R5ehFr8iSF1Jh3w1RX1cgJS9aXofjMQjs50qYuAfe8dxKPfNxdWA8z6DETG1R5fZwbxgz2NKrkyyvVwivqbijrLZ-bIKxfOgabjadFgTYOwhY3lizlFb8e9qtsQNd0_WAPdqq9xETsDxqbmHGxEA/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Strangely today the Brown trout were absent , The Grayling which are now out of season. were taking dries with abandon . Although the only flies on the water were tiny midges , There was many risers each cast I hoped for a trout but each time disappointed . Tiny black dubbed f fly worked ever so well. Even tiny nymphs cast to trouty spots brought Grayling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--lPUztrlbqOETfJ-Mwn3S9f5a_mj9JwCHlIsS6IbMUYd7bkwbuDdxcDpxRzE-HeW3_AyjF0R7R6Uv9YojfccHP7Y0Y5qlUJqj741fTkLqGf3yydu12-YyaYd5Ol8z7D0wHo7madmrd_rpIZx2_ixgSIz56wFAI6UCclQP3ulOiBhHzTUOEX6_xAxxA/s1280/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg--lPUztrlbqOETfJ-Mwn3S9f5a_mj9JwCHlIsS6IbMUYd7bkwbuDdxcDpxRzE-HeW3_AyjF0R7R6Uv9YojfccHP7Y0Y5qlUJqj741fTkLqGf3yydu12-YyaYd5Ol8z7D0wHo7madmrd_rpIZx2_ixgSIz56wFAI6UCclQP3ulOiBhHzTUOEX6_xAxxA/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>No grip and grin shots today , The fish are out of season and I like to slip the hook out in the water , Just one quick snap before I released it. Ridiculous really if I had been fishing for Grayling I would have had a great day I had 9 whilst trying to avoid them...</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway fishing is bolloxed now for a week or so. I suppose it was only a matter of time....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJf7Fw7hVpxFERrpFXDd05dUYVMS8qCMriEUrlijtl7947z0VXj4gt70iC2coYqPWd9b5ML4_zuDvRegEgyFYZTU2cf7Il0vCjkunmA_G3g8owDQkFxZ9WoG7ctuTDvVlQ2NNaIQAWgCu0tdnzCyW_vIZBfnwgBqUCkOyUsf0O06tBD5pBv4ZR_w3Mw/s2016/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJf7Fw7hVpxFERrpFXDd05dUYVMS8qCMriEUrlijtl7947z0VXj4gt70iC2coYqPWd9b5ML4_zuDvRegEgyFYZTU2cf7Il0vCjkunmA_G3g8owDQkFxZ9WoG7ctuTDvVlQ2NNaIQAWgCu0tdnzCyW_vIZBfnwgBqUCkOyUsf0O06tBD5pBv4ZR_w3Mw/w480-h640/10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-19774615839317846172022-03-15T11:22:00.001+00:002022-03-15T11:22:59.913+00:00Farewell Orvis they have joined the race to the bottom....<p> </p><p>Over the years Orvis has produced some very nice stuff , I have spent a fair chunk of money in the store and online. Some very good reels and nice rods.. As a small stream angler the Superfine touch were splendid , good reels too. Who couldn`t help but love the CFO on a small stream rod . I even have a fair collection of shirts , jackets and chest waders . All bought because I could visit a shop to check them out first. It was the thing that set Orvis apart , </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTmKasQ46L_FX9En9iowqIaKOYuLqgNUD5nOtJQc4m4c8dhXJn0f6BAqiBsumWYxh5s7viQxgwVKqqjWlRQIu2HacFn21-qFc9-9zMPJsyU9hqwAcGxPcYlrf0ber7EJRHSRREXok1HDfWmy3r7fNJDqGAw7LA3PzKeL_FcRF3r99TbFvBMbd4RChDiA=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTmKasQ46L_FX9En9iowqIaKOYuLqgNUD5nOtJQc4m4c8dhXJn0f6BAqiBsumWYxh5s7viQxgwVKqqjWlRQIu2HacFn21-qFc9-9zMPJsyU9hqwAcGxPcYlrf0ber7EJRHSRREXok1HDfWmy3r7fNJDqGAw7LA3PzKeL_FcRF3r99TbFvBMbd4RChDiA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>For many years my family have known that for Christmas and birthday Orvis vouchers were always welcome. Sadly this has gone to I have instructed them to buy no more. The decision to just sell fishing tackle was I guess an accountants idea. So they are now entering that race to the bottom which is the internet, the Orvis price premium was somehow acceptable given the high street presence and the quality image. It would appear now that actually they are just another online seller. Furthermore I would say not a very good one , I visited their website today and was completely unable to buy anything . I could read a online catalogue which looked pretty much like the same format as Maxcatch , there was a very long message from Simon saying how sorry he was, but I couldn`t actually find a way to buy anything , Well Simon thats a pretty poor show really and it looks like you are losing the good will of this long time customer. Surely with all the IT knowledge of a multi national you would have had a better transition than that, even if its a message from Simon saying normal ish service will resume shortly ,</p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-10376225600383742522022-03-11T09:27:00.004+00:002022-03-14T09:23:01.099+00:00Anticipation new season approaching <p> </p><p><br /></p><p>It wont be long now I keep telling myself , as of today it is 14 days to the new trout fishing season . I put the rods down finally a few weeks ago As the high wind and rain put paid to the end of the Grayling fishing , So for the last few weeks my time looks like this. </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Cleaned and lubed all my reels and fly lines .The silk lines were taken of the reels last September so soon its time to treat and put them back on the reels. </li><li>Rods have been checked over </li><li>Attention given to the fly boxes , I am always mystified on how perfectly ordered fly boxes at the start of the season can end up looking like our dustbin after a fox has been in it. </li></ol><div>The biggest battle for me has been avoiding convincing myself that I need another rod to a potential gap in the collection.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway as the new season is nearly upon us its time my blog cover photo was a trout again. So here is a new cover and another fond memory. the one in this post was from another favourite river the Ure. The one on the cover was from the Rye a few years back on a stretch of river I will be fishing again this season. Two weeks left till the new season and this weekend my first work party. I must admit to being excited . </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSBW5M6EJN0_tywFZaLQsRoaVat_nHslQGjU0LWuuBuA8SPVJId_KIsWUDNk_ev82BuI0glggRuG8zgfiNOgks6ombMWNLT1jR1u4HrHR3c0MS7AK_KFy2AKycrZV1F-w7q3DwIF_cguZB93Xgh82hNSQ3o0fzcGtTLUJBWF2j5Rxgg_nV9p6tf6VQdw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSBW5M6EJN0_tywFZaLQsRoaVat_nHslQGjU0LWuuBuA8SPVJId_KIsWUDNk_ev82BuI0glggRuG8zgfiNOgks6ombMWNLT1jR1u4HrHR3c0MS7AK_KFy2AKycrZV1F-w7q3DwIF_cguZB93Xgh82hNSQ3o0fzcGtTLUJBWF2j5Rxgg_nV9p6tf6VQdw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>lets hope for a good season. So tight lines all...</div><p></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-13989207150948737112022-02-09T12:50:00.002+00:002024-01-17T11:31:42.707+00:00Grayling fishing old style <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Wpm0flG0sJsgF4vQ0ZPNx5joRPJM2VHFL1Q9boBsxntbCUaH9u7JKKBHCs5V24PMOQbdRO-EW7BQcJy4tobwH6B63MAN9p40sPOqf7ufVwliL3yxuwJqwROxdQf3b6vo9kQQwYH4VfYfX4F1FopFoKQrpldTl-FaYD_2JkGyxhU5fTDwyz3DCba2bg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Wpm0flG0sJsgF4vQ0ZPNx5joRPJM2VHFL1Q9boBsxntbCUaH9u7JKKBHCs5V24PMOQbdRO-EW7BQcJy4tobwH6B63MAN9p40sPOqf7ufVwliL3yxuwJqwROxdQf3b6vo9kQQwYH4VfYfX4F1FopFoKQrpldTl-FaYD_2JkGyxhU5fTDwyz3DCba2bg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>As regular readers of this ere blog may recall my Father passed away a couple of years ago . Now Apart from the great memories and a scruffy old cap. He left me his Millwards featherlight Cane match rod and the matching Rapidex reel. Which he assured me had bought on his 21st birthday. Which would make the rod and reel almost exactly 72 years old. A couple of years before he left us We had a chat about the rod , he was keen that I used it and didn`t just hang it on a wall , He actually thought I might sell it as he didn`t think I would use it. That is never going to happen. But when he passed away I decided that on his birthday on 6th Feb every year I would take it out and use it this year would have been his 93rd. The first year with Covid and foul weather it didn`t happen but I was determined that this year it would, As it happened though the 6th was foul weather heavy rain strong winds and to be honest delaying it a few days didn`t bother me, Dad hated fishing in the wind so he would have appreciated that. Anyway yesterday I took a day out and went to my favourite stream. I decided to fish in the appropriate way. No waistcoat , My old brady bag a grayling society leather float tube with several very traditional floats , a three nuns tin with some split shot and some hooks to nylon although these days barbless ones , otherwise very much in the manner I fished with my Dad years ago. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilWVKYgYxbwwZrAtHl_Biqqv52D3yaqCnvuGkfQ6KBdzq5yeFAUpnIQJhTeMMP6Mj8orpQGKJevyj1aQ5tk3FcS9zjM4kKtavZ3yx9o-_7nUovH0nqujk332PzzgzUQnbY7Z1ICcwm0pmMzM8Wnvl73z3N8Fc3VGN_KwIRTuPxMMmcxTfv6Mlm7vhdhQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilWVKYgYxbwwZrAtHl_Biqqv52D3yaqCnvuGkfQ6KBdzq5yeFAUpnIQJhTeMMP6Mj8orpQGKJevyj1aQ5tk3FcS9zjM4kKtavZ3yx9o-_7nUovH0nqujk332PzzgzUQnbY7Z1ICcwm0pmMzM8Wnvl73z3N8Fc3VGN_KwIRTuPxMMmcxTfv6Mlm7vhdhQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The eagle eyed amongst you will spot a George Lockhart float there he of the Flee and Float blog it seemed most appropriate that it got put to good use. Now the first thing that struck me when I fitted the rod together was blimey it was heavy it also felt unbalanced even with the Rapidex on it. I guess we forget just how far Carbon fibre has developed lightweight gear. The fact that the rod is called the Featherlite made me grin. It also made me realise just how skilled an angler the old man was. he certainly handled it with more delicacy than I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUII-N9x_oQzKYZaq9ICwUL4S-WmHhtvY68vpvmQojS0mE77ARbptw6vs4eqA__kNOBzx0NGZpFC4WcnJfbR7kLQmoosAyqIzf4nfUgyDhPckTsyQO6RGKniEQGeDjnNW_pKnm86LKP3d08K5hl5PTTW86E-HnNwWVMR424F3irGfoRoFr5b0hvpFXNA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUII-N9x_oQzKYZaq9ICwUL4S-WmHhtvY68vpvmQojS0mE77ARbptw6vs4eqA__kNOBzx0NGZpFC4WcnJfbR7kLQmoosAyqIzf4nfUgyDhPckTsyQO6RGKniEQGeDjnNW_pKnm86LKP3d08K5hl5PTTW86E-HnNwWVMR424F3irGfoRoFr5b0hvpFXNA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />Also apart from the obvious wear on the cork handle , the fact that the original ferrule stoppers are there and the lovely condition of the rest of the rod reminds me of how much care Dad lavished on it.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqWPnWyjSricwJW_TTi5qlCR8X5UBJMSMlVDwnn2EU-5rpobBoh5Clp2A4HV38O8rCmSt8bdQUKHVvlOth-8Nkcmy18VqD-pVZpRU0sN2-UJpd7bb3VXjcPGuPfZWnqJVrAYZQ_d9kZ8Fy8A4pVueSE4toIVR5OaXi5R2gX73Hh_2NOqSHtAXXetUnNg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqWPnWyjSricwJW_TTi5qlCR8X5UBJMSMlVDwnn2EU-5rpobBoh5Clp2A4HV38O8rCmSt8bdQUKHVvlOth-8Nkcmy18VqD-pVZpRU0sN2-UJpd7bb3VXjcPGuPfZWnqJVrAYZQ_d9kZ8Fy8A4pVueSE4toIVR5OaXi5R2gX73Hh_2NOqSHtAXXetUnNg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once I had got the hang of float fishing with this strange gear. It has been quite a few years since I ventured out with the trotting gear , I started to catch a few : this was the first; I dont think I will ever tire of catching Grayling such a beautiful fish and in fast water hard scrappers too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcfzflhfYlcsW6XANMv8U8wNm-2vgmcABm-7Mc1_0RvKMpWfrxEqlN3yuQy1JsMWu4m9oZMNDpOM4GSL8AQ9YLuUodIxC6yVPk5ToRHSZjvZ970wisd0n6QFq1U-LvMz87ikin7SyvM44yOtIWJX1B0UaJzCrbS2oH3RHxpugueFZR7yHgj8g6ZHoZjQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcfzflhfYlcsW6XANMv8U8wNm-2vgmcABm-7Mc1_0RvKMpWfrxEqlN3yuQy1JsMWu4m9oZMNDpOM4GSL8AQ9YLuUodIxC6yVPk5ToRHSZjvZ970wisd0n6QFq1U-LvMz87ikin7SyvM44yOtIWJX1B0UaJzCrbS2oH3RHxpugueFZR7yHgj8g6ZHoZjQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had about a dozen in all the fish at the top was the last one of the day. A beautiful lump of a fish from a small stream , Also one that made the old rod creak and groan alarmingly . I probably played the fish over cautiously but the thought of breaking the rod tip was a real concern , hence the single snap of the fish in the net as I released it it was pretty tired I just lowered it into the stream to recover a few minutes until it swam away happily. That moment was the final act of the day . It will probably be my last trip of the year too. I cant think of a better way to finish of the season.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its a pretty stream I am sure Dad would have approved ..</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjslenPpEI1DznmQ9hvlSPUlwXvwXhZBk3b3KQJAVKnnynw_B2wgNVL1Y40oztLgA4MQomPShkRunpIQMmRRGnr4ydqEyR0SFy8-LnsWTW_Lk-bHb9K6kc7lw8p67njUDkyKh4kOKuLPUD0T2jOlmZMyUvEOK0W6jTG1gjHp-W-apXQk3XUfxhqPTSQQg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjslenPpEI1DznmQ9hvlSPUlwXvwXhZBk3b3KQJAVKnnynw_B2wgNVL1Y40oztLgA4MQomPShkRunpIQMmRRGnr4ydqEyR0SFy8-LnsWTW_Lk-bHb9K6kc7lw8p67njUDkyKh4kOKuLPUD0T2jOlmZMyUvEOK0W6jTG1gjHp-W-apXQk3XUfxhqPTSQQg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-31649165090563516252022-01-20T11:49:00.003+00:002024-02-01T09:12:38.234+00:00January..Fishing without fishing and bamboo and silk <p>So January so far I have had two trips. Most years it is about the same maybe three on a good year. It is difficult to get motivated about standing in a ice cold river whilst searching for Grayling that are hugging the bottom . Up until Christmas you can console yourself with the hope that around lunchtime with a little bit of weak sunshine a small hatch may encourage the Grayling to look upwards. Assuming the water is clear enough of course . But the reality is despite what the books tell you lunchtime rises aren`t a common occurrence.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSnN2EbyON93yGbBQNlpABnasOt8mnax5wPLfIRtbooUVonvjVKsA9t3NESe132U6gkPm7lp_qprcz1s0vPRUg3b7TQrEEwYFoMfpQbGHSKIC5yXGscPftdrkQdLEyjehcstaHD03yA3NvI44LYGdljxL24fxT1KplQWzS7ciTNBw7Mi9LBTo4iI8YkQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSnN2EbyON93yGbBQNlpABnasOt8mnax5wPLfIRtbooUVonvjVKsA9t3NESe132U6gkPm7lp_qprcz1s0vPRUg3b7TQrEEwYFoMfpQbGHSKIC5yXGscPftdrkQdLEyjehcstaHD03yA3NvI44LYGdljxL24fxT1KplQWzS7ciTNBw7Mi9LBTo4iI8YkQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>The good thing about January is that the whole business of planning your seasons fishing starts again , I have just paid my first subscription which was Jervaulx on the river Ure . lets hope the rain gods are kinder this year . It fished well for trout early last year. but the dry summer and brutal low levels made things very difficult otherwise, Elsewhere I am involved with helping to run a couple of small clubs and the business of getting things moving has started. The secretaries do most of the work I just tag along spout a bit of rubbish at the AGM and go fishing.</p><p>It is also the time of year when I need to focus on tying some flies and organising the fly boxes , The fly boxes always start the season in fine form rows of flies lined up like troops ready for battle at the season start , But by the end of the season they resemble the straggled remains of a well beaten military expedition , out of formation and in varying states of undress with half their kit missing. Which also reminds me I need to invest in some new tippet. But focussing on tying flies is a good way of trying to avoid my close season habit of convincing myself I need a new rod or reel or line... Something that I seem to be able to do with remarkable ease , despite having plenty of stuff , although I guess as my son is now fishing and I am encouraging my daughter to have a go I really do need to consider some new things. It is amazing how a little bit of resistance to new purchases can melt away when faced with such blindingly obvious logic. See it happens every year. Trouble is fly fishing stuff is so damned appealing , A friend has an online fly shop I was fishing with him one day and was catching and he wasn`t he nicked a couple of flies of me that were small and drab and pretty shit looking but they worked , he approved but commented that no one would buy anything that looked like that. Reels that look good just say buy me ,,,apologies about the hideous backing colour but the silk lines are all cleaned and tucked up in their boxes until the season gets going.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc6MQloiVC0sfAbwLLgGM_ZtctGPAsBZZK6YPnZhYw4u-E76WsDaEjvm4oJLpV449MM2s6Ouw9mIpubkRPaXIlJ955EgPYJ8gFM8s7Ozw8Mj9z8935fUASaSq0WrF2c5Dz8iNdW7c5EEjd2MtBNLnVmtyPkO0BOuRTseZVcHHBZzdHiViFNP0hZQnYRA=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc6MQloiVC0sfAbwLLgGM_ZtctGPAsBZZK6YPnZhYw4u-E76WsDaEjvm4oJLpV449MM2s6Ouw9mIpubkRPaXIlJ955EgPYJ8gFM8s7Ozw8Mj9z8935fUASaSq0WrF2c5Dz8iNdW7c5EEjd2MtBNLnVmtyPkO0BOuRTseZVcHHBZzdHiViFNP0hZQnYRA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>One development and some would say an illogical one in my fly fishing activity has been my increasing interest and fascination in split cane rods or Bamboo as our American cousins refer to it. Many of my friends have said that it is a romantic view and carbon is king. But on certain types of fishing they fit the bill perfectly and to some extent they are the perfect solution and yet nowadays are hidden in plain sight. The modern Bamboo rods are a different beast entirely to the heavy things of a few decades ago and although expensive offer good value . Also along with the bamboo rods I have developed a small collection silk lines , </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW0Io8bteQLw5kOhNtHwzKHd44YByfB38XLmUYPaK-EJ_OkHOAPYwQRVmQRB4t3-fn4S8hkBVME4S6Jppe5hxO-Q2F8xqPk1XXNrriWyDc6uXSt9WGRIK9fNAMPza4VMOh0g6EV3T_ECuL_FSOFv5Nw1Sr16CEqse92PaZoKG6F17mUWAULdquhckHHQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW0Io8bteQLw5kOhNtHwzKHd44YByfB38XLmUYPaK-EJ_OkHOAPYwQRVmQRB4t3-fn4S8hkBVME4S6Jppe5hxO-Q2F8xqPk1XXNrriWyDc6uXSt9WGRIK9fNAMPza4VMOh0g6EV3T_ECuL_FSOFv5Nw1Sr16CEqse92PaZoKG6F17mUWAULdquhckHHQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p> I have never been a fan of fast action rods. Small streams and close range fishing means that improvised casts and roll casts particularly are the order of the day , I have found that bamboo rods tick all the boxes and the silk lines are very effective and not nearly as hard to look after as is often stated. Their ability to cut through the wind and unroll with such accuracy is brilliant and roll casting is a joy . The silk line floats on the surface film by repelling the surface tension , the Plastic lines sit in it by displacement as a boat floats on the water. So roll casts benefit greatly both in terms of less disturbance on lift of and more delicacy on the landing due to there smaller diameter , I am a convert to them. there is no reason why you cant fish silk lines on carbon rods. But to me it wouldn`t seem right and proper. I am not saying I do not fish carbon any more I still use it the most but on a warm evening fishing the evening rise on a small stream there is a certain harmony from bamboo and silk. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWQCX0-_c3nqwm-Q70YqbaN-4i17yq3YRQw0LGBaZoVfqXqVLCai_0FbuzSIu7UIYIXypm9s-XdQJemNm1GqS01ssD5n5yFB7cIzXap2JV7XZ1AmkPzb7fWWfZzmigMIuo-c_ipUvw_MpUEnyGrmvwXncynxdRZo7gqvnD5KKkpCYoQl14wAxoONTTRw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWQCX0-_c3nqwm-Q70YqbaN-4i17yq3YRQw0LGBaZoVfqXqVLCai_0FbuzSIu7UIYIXypm9s-XdQJemNm1GqS01ssD5n5yFB7cIzXap2JV7XZ1AmkPzb7fWWfZzmigMIuo-c_ipUvw_MpUEnyGrmvwXncynxdRZo7gqvnD5KKkpCYoQl14wAxoONTTRw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the rod that infected me with the sickness , I fear it is already to late for a cure. It has now been joined by some new friends , </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459904654078487715.post-19931059167528124832021-12-29T09:19:00.000+00:002021-12-29T09:19:05.784+00:00Ring a ring of Omicron and a Happy new year ,,,,,<p>I titled my Christmas post like that because I cant help thinking about that old rhyme a ring a ring of roses , which is linked to the great plague and the black death , now that sounded like a proper plague and I think one of the problems of this Covid virus is that for so many in society they have had no contact with it and have not felt the effects so for them its basically a pandemic in name only. last Friday I went to a shop at lunchtime forgot my mask and was scowled at and ticked of by the owner and the one other customer who were both some distance away . Yet a few hours later a small group of us went to the local restaurant and the place was buzzing people of all ages no masks and no requirements to wear one. I guess it is those inconsistencies that make things difficult for folks. It has certainly been a long hard year and it has been hard to find positives out of the situation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI6ZXfTw5TMS0h43iRtyn4wgTRdTUYRq936Ey6tnPYtV1az9kAEqAXR6zKCpReIaRqtTgFwJ-w8-scQDefxlVJ2tFVV8giOrmvLhbTHGSWOoFb4z4M6-n86ZkL6WH1CSGLVpGVF1V-GYs7_ZAJFpjvGb2CpuwJf2y9ZTxignBsAzXoUVbrpW1PL9WqzQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI6ZXfTw5TMS0h43iRtyn4wgTRdTUYRq936Ey6tnPYtV1az9kAEqAXR6zKCpReIaRqtTgFwJ-w8-scQDefxlVJ2tFVV8giOrmvLhbTHGSWOoFb4z4M6-n86ZkL6WH1CSGLVpGVF1V-GYs7_ZAJFpjvGb2CpuwJf2y9ZTxignBsAzXoUVbrpW1PL9WqzQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Anyway back to the blog I havn`t fished for some time probably a month due to the constant rain and high water levels. But a couple of Sundays ago I was ahead on domestic duties and my Son was not working so we escaped to the river. The river was slightly up but clear the fish were hard to find for both of us, it was a pretty dour day. Drizzle quite a thick mist . Cold no sign of any activity in the river all in all pretty bleak. We got there an hour two later than I would have liked, we fished for a couple of hours with little reward. In the last pool I showed Ollie some short line nymphing and with 7ft rods it is very close quarters stuff on a small river. We ended with a fish each which is very lean pickings on this stream but it seemed suitable reward. It has been a long year but for me been made bearable by freedom to escape to one of the rivers I am privileged to fish on , and having family around me. More so now that my oldest and non fishing son works for me . So I certainly see a lot of them all , I just need to get my Daughter out with me a bit more often. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqaVsSFwIVAogqjBoRfUdFO5j2YhJMgEZFziY1gnY6uyxoIZjgR7ra1KUHf3bS4eCVDVW9904gQH00fApSPXXoqli_0mLdlMRMo1EKzHKzepk0J7jjXgNLfI9y1z41B5sTeos01_YQmIMtCRY_pU0XwPZip8vubFL6uorIwQVeEE0fEWdrHYff9whXKQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqaVsSFwIVAogqjBoRfUdFO5j2YhJMgEZFziY1gnY6uyxoIZjgR7ra1KUHf3bS4eCVDVW9904gQH00fApSPXXoqli_0mLdlMRMo1EKzHKzepk0J7jjXgNLfI9y1z41B5sTeos01_YQmIMtCRY_pU0XwPZip8vubFL6uorIwQVeEE0fEWdrHYff9whXKQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Anyway Hope you had a Good Christmas and you have a happy healthy and prosperous new year , I will leave with a couple of this years mayfly highlights as I am about to tie up a few to make me think of warmer weather ,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWLoDuBrx59I-E8DILFk2PzaeE84vQbQMnNhMYH_Ig8Cb2D0V-zLnS2ufFSF7Yjz8unt5oVgEewCwyxmHmHLDvO7goNZ0HyMtigM2fwAWFOzlXwvJGi8IZwrE6UpZjeBK06aILBgwPowyrNYXfYH1_Xr2fI8KI22Hco6qOW6aUgqb4w8I8M2OxGtyB7g=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWLoDuBrx59I-E8DILFk2PzaeE84vQbQMnNhMYH_Ig8Cb2D0V-zLnS2ufFSF7Yjz8unt5oVgEewCwyxmHmHLDvO7goNZ0HyMtigM2fwAWFOzlXwvJGi8IZwrE6UpZjeBK06aILBgwPowyrNYXfYH1_Xr2fI8KI22Hco6qOW6aUgqb4w8I8M2OxGtyB7g=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPX0bW3tHuvSPQwowfkxXIEDmYo4e6jw-IyGPCShhVT9HWgtnkrIUA9sHeHoDK1NCXS77BL5I7keJfSPv2GIK5KF8VfEWt5OS1NZgFu2qtpcs0if9R2I3M41q6eS1MyHoYTF2wE-gopDmbFHDyidvc9MLYaDWf4RnQGX7qgEONU7kEMYbJg4LWRHQzVw=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPX0bW3tHuvSPQwowfkxXIEDmYo4e6jw-IyGPCShhVT9HWgtnkrIUA9sHeHoDK1NCXS77BL5I7keJfSPv2GIK5KF8VfEWt5OS1NZgFu2qtpcs0if9R2I3M41q6eS1MyHoYTF2wE-gopDmbFHDyidvc9MLYaDWf4RnQGX7qgEONU7kEMYbJg4LWRHQzVw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQN5Ro-pX2TvbwyAg5K6B0H7MaHezYJ-DIl00d-5W1B55fFKXgjz31tq8wjKD2zdJuhZPBt3MQ6to1X_25qRZG6nknEzKjmXds0Fpcohcwr9ZyvNquCw7MahaR8eyu5lCUqzOul3hyQiN_Cb_D5D7o4N0WF3K0qXXUfQMPhPqIqQpR2N9BpDtRGpubkA=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p><br /></p>Becks and Brown Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07757414037953167061noreply@blogger.com2