Wow was it windy, it was still blowing from the SW but had strengthened quite significantly, the sun was also out as much as it was behind the clouds.
Started to fish the causeway with the wind coming over my left shoulder, but it was bringing my flies round to quickly, stayed there for about 0.5 hour and managed one pull.
Moved to the far bank on #5 and was casting to the small tower, had lots of pulls and the fish were grazing on the surface around mid-afternoon. Managed to get 3 fish. 2 had taken a new buzzer I had made which was tied very slim using stripped dyed green peacock herl (not from near the eye), black thread thorax, orange antron wing buds with white antron breathers.
After a while the shoal moved off and nothing happened for over an hour. I managed to get a cast right alongside the tower. The wind was still strong, although I was slightly sheltered by the walnut trees. Then I felt a thud, and a fish was on. It swam round in large open circles a few rod lengths out from the bank, it was a monster, all I could see was this large tail that came out of the water now and then as its head pointed down to the lake bed. Then it perked up, swam out an then in, then out..... then came back and circled. It took backing and then came back in, it did't fight like a rainbow and felt sure it was a large resident brown as the fight was so different.
After 10 minutes or more as I was startign to get the fish closer to the bank. BOLLOCKS the hook came free. This would have been my largest fish ever from Walthamstow, didn't get to see the whole of the fish and it may have been a double. Oh well gutted, it happens. The fish had taken the slim buzzer. Hopefully one day I well get another go at it!
Decided to move as the evening was drawing and was hoping for the wind to die down and the fish come up like in the previous evenings, but unfortunately this didn't happen. Must of been down to the wind. The swallows appeared although briefly. After trying several places and fishing till 9:30, I packed up and never getting another pull.
As a side note, a nice 2lb Brownie was caught in #5 on a buzzer, and the reservoirs are due to be stocked today (21/06/07).
3 - 3 - 1
Thursday 21 June 2007
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Walthamstow - 17/06/06
Itching to get back, I managed to get Sunday evening in.
The weather was still overcast with an occasional period of sun shine, a couple of showers and the wind was mild, conditions were the same as yesterday.
Tied 5 hares ear buzzers up. Met a bloke from the day before who had struggled and I gave him a fly, but he didn't get a chance to use it as he was leaving.
Fished #4 in the same place as yesterday near the inlet to #5. Had action straight away and the takes were savage, had 3 snap offs. Gave a fly to a man named Boris who was struggling. In the end I ran out of the HE's and used a similar #14 but with black holo body and hares ear thorax. Fish still came!!
The weather was still overcast with an occasional period of sun shine, a couple of showers and the wind was mild, conditions were the same as yesterday.
Tied 5 hares ear buzzers up. Met a bloke from the day before who had struggled and I gave him a fly, but he didn't get a chance to use it as he was leaving.
Fished #4 in the same place as yesterday near the inlet to #5. Had action straight away and the takes were savage, had 3 snap offs. Gave a fly to a man named Boris who was struggling. In the end I ran out of the HE's and used a similar #14 but with black holo body and hares ear thorax. Fish still came!!
In the end I gave Boris my rod and he managed to catch.
The main set up I used for the past three visits was:
Floating line
8ft 6lb Fulling Mill Fluoro - #10 Black holo Buzzer
8ft 6lb Fulling Mill Fluoro - #10 Stripped Peacock Buzzer,
8ft 4lb Stroft - #14 Hares ear buzzer (pearl rib, peacock herl thorax and cdc bubble), or black holo. Both with CDC ginked.
12 - 4 - 4
Walthamstow - 16/06/06
Was meant to go to the WFFC Grafahm trip, but couldn't get anyone to share the long journey with so decided to give it a miss.
What a great decision that was, I had one of my best afternoons fishing at Wally ever!!
Arrived around 15:00, and made my way to #4 and to the corner I fished on Thursday, the wind was blowing straight at me from the SW. I had a few casts and decided to join all the other fishermen on the causeway fishing in to #4.
I met Action Man, and he told me he had pulled a few out on an intemediate line and a few fish were showning. I fished next to him and in about 1.5 hours I had hooked 6 fish. All cracking fish between 2 and 4 lb. They were mostly taking a #14 hares ear buzzer on the point that had a CDC bubble. the fishing was fantastic and most of the fish were targeted as they fed just below the surface. On spooning all had a few buzzers in them. Action Man left and someone moved in to his spot, I then landed a fish and a russian geezer started fishing in my spot. I had a few words with this invader and was going to move to #5 anyway as the fishing was 'too easy'! So I left the prat too it.
As I walked along the causeway, a bloke hooked a fish on a booby fished washing line.
I got to the South bank of #4 and met a really nice old boy called John who was a Chelsea Fan and a comedian to boot! Fishing was great here as well. Had another few fish to the buzzer and also a stripped peacock one. One of the fish around 3lb was foul-hooked in the tail and made of like the clapper and took most of my backing with him. Thought I had hooked a double, as it made it half way to the islands.
The fish apparently have now come up to the top to feed on the flys as the Daphnia has sunk down to the bottom.
Unfortunately had to leave at 8:00 to meet the other half.
20? - 6 - 6
What a great decision that was, I had one of my best afternoons fishing at Wally ever!!
Arrived around 15:00, and made my way to #4 and to the corner I fished on Thursday, the wind was blowing straight at me from the SW. I had a few casts and decided to join all the other fishermen on the causeway fishing in to #4.
I met Action Man, and he told me he had pulled a few out on an intemediate line and a few fish were showning. I fished next to him and in about 1.5 hours I had hooked 6 fish. All cracking fish between 2 and 4 lb. They were mostly taking a #14 hares ear buzzer on the point that had a CDC bubble. the fishing was fantastic and most of the fish were targeted as they fed just below the surface. On spooning all had a few buzzers in them. Action Man left and someone moved in to his spot, I then landed a fish and a russian geezer started fishing in my spot. I had a few words with this invader and was going to move to #5 anyway as the fishing was 'too easy'! So I left the prat too it.
As I walked along the causeway, a bloke hooked a fish on a booby fished washing line.
I got to the South bank of #4 and met a really nice old boy called John who was a Chelsea Fan and a comedian to boot! Fishing was great here as well. Had another few fish to the buzzer and also a stripped peacock one. One of the fish around 3lb was foul-hooked in the tail and made of like the clapper and took most of my backing with him. Thought I had hooked a double, as it made it half way to the islands.
The fish apparently have now come up to the top to feed on the flys as the Daphnia has sunk down to the bottom.
Unfortunately had to leave at 8:00 to meet the other half.
20? - 6 - 6
Walthamstow - 14/06/06
Managed to get an evening in.
Wind was blowing from the NE and fish were showing randomly. Nice to see the water in #4 was clearer.
Managed to get 2 fish on a stripped peacock buzzer and had a few pulls.
Was fishing by the inlet on #4 from the East Bank.
Woth mentioning that it absolotely gushed down at around 7:00 for around 20 minutes.
2 - 2 - 2
Wind was blowing from the NE and fish were showing randomly. Nice to see the water in #4 was clearer.
Managed to get 2 fish on a stripped peacock buzzer and had a few pulls.
Was fishing by the inlet on #4 from the East Bank.
Woth mentioning that it absolotely gushed down at around 7:00 for around 20 minutes.
2 - 2 - 2
Thursday 14 June 2007
Powder Mills, East Sussex - 11/06/07
After hearing Farmoor was not fishing its best, we made a last minute change of venue and went to the pretty venue of Powder Mills, 10 miles past Bewl.
Marco and I had a boat each and I had mistakenly knicked one of the Members boats (met him later and what a nice chap).
Marco had one on his first cast to a black and green montnna on a sink tip, while I caught tons of perch, even a full string of three at a time, just like mackereling! I even had a large perch come up and take a small one on my point fly right up in front of the boat which I landed, he then spat my perch out and another larger 2 came up from his belly.
I managed to catch a few trout on buzzers in the NW arm, and nearly a fish a chuck when I tryed and orange fritz booby (that we later found out were banned due to someone fishing 2 rods with a floater and a sinker and static boobys on each, they should have banned the fisherman instead of the method!). All my fish were below 1lb.
Marco continued his uncanny, unbelievable, total bull shit, uncharecteristic, completly lucky streak and landed a 6.5 lb fish on an orange booby, he also lost another of a similar size! Notice the gammy mouth, not Marco's but the fish, it had half its jaw ripped with the lip in one line coming out from its gill. The mouth had was well healed up and the fish must have been feeding like this for some time.
All fish were rainbows and none of the wild brownies were caught. Weather was overcast and mild.
Walthamstow - 05/06/07
Back to hard graft.
Had a few swirls to a rassler or booby pulled fast accross the surface and that was it.
Never had a proper take, fished from 3:00 to 9:00.
Also joined the Walthamstow Fly Fishers Club.
Had a few swirls to a rassler or booby pulled fast accross the surface and that was it.
Never had a proper take, fished from 3:00 to 9:00.
Also joined the Walthamstow Fly Fishers Club.
Monday 4 June 2007
Walthamstow - 29/05/07
More like it.
Had three fish.
First was on my second cast, at the inlet on #4. Caught on one of my orange boobies on a crap cast that only went half way out, and I pulled it quite quickly and the fish took just before the weed.
I then spent a few hours moving around, the wind was unsettled and changing direction all the time. I got to #5 and could see fish right far out, but nothing near by. An old boy who had been fishing the corner of #4 at the start of the causeway packed up and came over and told me he had about 5 pulls in the last half hour, although nothing was showing. I went over to the spot and had to cast in to the wind, and had a fish on my second cast (again). This time it took an okey-dokey, and the fish was in great condition and over 3lb.
Then a few hours later when it was near enough dusk, I was fishing #5 and saw a fish rise about 5ft from the bank, got a perfect cast alongside to the bank to him and he took, another beauty over 3lbs and a cracking fight! This one took a stripped peacock buzzer.
3 fish, 3 different methods!!!
3 - 3 - 3
Had three fish.
First was on my second cast, at the inlet on #4. Caught on one of my orange boobies on a crap cast that only went half way out, and I pulled it quite quickly and the fish took just before the weed.
I then spent a few hours moving around, the wind was unsettled and changing direction all the time. I got to #5 and could see fish right far out, but nothing near by. An old boy who had been fishing the corner of #4 at the start of the causeway packed up and came over and told me he had about 5 pulls in the last half hour, although nothing was showing. I went over to the spot and had to cast in to the wind, and had a fish on my second cast (again). This time it took an okey-dokey, and the fish was in great condition and over 3lb.
Then a few hours later when it was near enough dusk, I was fishing #5 and saw a fish rise about 5ft from the bank, got a perfect cast alongside to the bank to him and he took, another beauty over 3lbs and a cracking fight! This one took a stripped peacock buzzer.
3 fish, 3 different methods!!!
3 - 3 - 3
Walthamstow - 24/05/07
Thought I sussed it!
After the very hot direct sunshine over the last couple of days, the water turned green.
It was really hard going and I fished from 15:00 to 21:00 and did not even get a pull. Even the regulars strugguled and I think only one fish was caught, on a medicine fly (sea trout pattern).
After the very hot direct sunshine over the last couple of days, the water turned green.
It was really hard going and I fished from 15:00 to 21:00 and did not even get a pull. Even the regulars strugguled and I think only one fish was caught, on a medicine fly (sea trout pattern).
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