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In article , Dave Lane writes snip Just a Ford.... KA :-) Difficult to get a decent rod in the back though! you want to try getting a 14 foot double hander into a mini??? Even in 3 pieces.... :+) Your maths are in terrible state - 3 doesn't go into 14...:-) How are things Dave - any salmon this season yet? Hi Bill - sadly no - not yet. The river has been up and down like a yo yo, and I don't think that I have ever seen it so high - bit dodgy being down there sometimes. I've been flogging away at all of my favourite places, and a whole bunch of new spots, which have been quite nice to explore - but just the once had the line suddenly slap tight - really gets the heart going, doesn't it? It's chucking it down again this morning, so no prizes for guessing where I'll be later today :+) I was up at Idwal over the weekend, had a bunch of small trout, but might not make it up there again before the end of the month, and we didn't seem to get the mass heather fly fall - still time yet if the sun should suddenly decide to reappear. cheers Dave |
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writes W. D. Grey wrote: In article , Dave Lane writes snip Just a Ford.... KA :-) Difficult to get a decent rod in the back though! you want to try getting a 14 foot double hander into a mini??? Even in 3 pieces.... :+) Your maths are in terrible state - 3 doesn't go into 14...:-) How are things Dave - any salmon this season yet? Hi Bill - sadly no - not yet. The river has been up and down like a yo yo, and I don't think that I have ever seen it so high - bit dodgy being down there sometimes. I've been flogging away at all of my favourite places, and a whole bunch of new spots, which have been quite nice to explore - but just the once had the line suddenly slap tight - really gets the heart going, doesn't it? It's chucking it down again this morning, so no prizes for guessing where I'll be later today :+) I was up at Idwal over the weekend, had a bunch of small trout, but might not make it up there again before the end of the month, and we didn't seem to get the mass heather fly fall - still time yet if the sun should suddenly decide to reappear. cheers Dave I've only been out twice this year :-( I fished when the Tawe Disabled Fishers visited a local put an take fishery. I managed three nice rainbows on each occasion. All the fish weighed near as dammit 2.5 lbs each -(well graded stockies) Our local river - the Tawe has really been showing its strength this year with all the rain we've had up the top end of the Swansea Valley. -- Bill Grey |
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Lazarus Cooke wrote: In article , Derek Moody wrote: Just spent a couple of weeks in Ireland, far -too much- water though. There were a couple of Shannon tribs we could have fished but even finding the river under all that floodwater would have been a feat. Hi Derek whereabouts were you? I've been thinking it would have been a great season on the Irish rivers I usually fish on the Foyle system - it's rare for Irish rivers to have more water than they can handel. We were touring, looking for any sort of fishing. On the RTE news there were bridges washed out on some of the E coast rivers, Ireland had a -lot- of rain. Caught a few mullet and bass of the shore and some small coarse fish but the trip, generally, was below par. I did have one sea-trout follow a lure on a rocky foreshore at the start of the trip - looking for bass that day. I'm sure those with local knowledge could have taken a few salmon/sea trout but the sheer weight of water meant that detailed local knowledge was essential and, significantly, no locals were out. Cheerio, -- Fishing: http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/ Writing: http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page: http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/ |
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In article , Dave Lane writes W. D. Grey wrote: In article , Dave Lane writes snip Just a Ford.... KA :-) Difficult to get a decent rod in the back though! you want to try getting a 14 foot double hander into a mini??? Even in 3 pieces.... :+) Your maths are in terrible state - 3 doesn't go into 14...:-) How are things Dave - any salmon this season yet? Hi Bill - sadly no - not yet. The river has been up and down like a yo yo, and I don't think that I have ever seen it so high - bit dodgy being down there sometimes. I've been flogging away at all of my favourite places, and a whole bunch of new spots, which have been quite nice to explore - but just the once had the line suddenly slap tight - really gets the heart going, doesn't it? It's chucking it down again this morning, so no prizes for guessing where I'll be later today :+) I was up at Idwal over the weekend, had a bunch of small trout, but might not make it up there again before the end of the month, and we didn't seem to get the mass heather fly fall - still time yet if the sun should suddenly decide to reappear. cheers Dave I've only been out twice this year :-( I fished when the Tawe Disabled Fishers visited a local put an take fishery. I managed three nice rainbows on each occasion. All the fish weighed near as dammit 2.5 lbs each -(well graded stockies) Our local river - the Tawe has really been showing its strength this year with all the rain we've had up the top end of the Swansea Valley. Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. D'you think it counts? |
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writes Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. D'you think it counts? If it only has thumbprints then No. It needs fingers to count :-) -- Bill Grey |
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On Sep 17, 7:55*pm, "W. D. Grey" wrote:
In article , Dave Lane writes *Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. *Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. *D'you think it counts? If it only has thumbprints then No. *It needs fingers to count :-) -- Bill Grey Hilarious --riverman |
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W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane writes Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. D'you think it counts? If it only has thumbprints then No. It needs fingers to count :-) groan.... |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:55:59 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote: In article , Dave Lane writes Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. D'you think it counts? If it only has thumbprints then No. It needs fingers to count :-) Gylwnn yslyn g'dyn baegig f'ubyar laegogll drflyyl yyyyl aeaeaeae... y Gymraeg, R ....hyll, evyn y'll Welsh f'ylks wyll, er, pry'll wyndyr...thym whyt dysn't spyek 'th lyngynge wyll wyndyr... |
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On Sep 19, 5:53*am, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:55:59 +0100, "W. D. Grey" wrote: In article , Dave Lane writes *Well, hold the page... caught my first salmon on the fly yesterday afternoon. *Unfortunately, it was only 4" long, with lovely thumbprints all the way down the sides. *D'you think it counts? If it only has thumbprints then No. *It needs fingers to count :-) Gylwnn yslyn g'dyn baegig f'ubyar laegogll drflyyl yyyyl aeaeaeae... y Gymraeg, R ...hyll, evyn y'll Welsh f'ylks wyll, er, pry'll wyndyr...thym whyt dysn't spyek 'th lyngynge wyll wyndyr... Just in case any of you UK lads are wondering, this is one of the real nasty *******s from ROFF. Treat with caution. Indeed, best to ignore him altogether. TL MC |
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