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Old September 17th, 2008, 09:37 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly,uk.rec.fishing.game
Dave Lane
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W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
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W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
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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?