Bluemoon Angling Thread

idahoblues said:
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spring fishing camp, a couple of years back
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Looks great, shame there is no water lol
 
antspider said:
Nice fish, a lot of effort so all the more satisfying...
Rather have a decent perch, Rudd or roach than big carp any day
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It’s big fish of all species which turn me on these days. I did the long stay carp thing for many years but now I really enjoy the variety of chasing specimens and trying to up my PBs. It isn’t easy in the north of England, though. Our fishing is rubbish compared to the south. I couldn’t even name a water up here with a realistic chance of a big Rudd or crucian carp. In fact I’d probably add Roach to that list too these days.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
It’s big fish of all species which turn me on these days. I did the long stay carp thing for many years but now I really enjoy the variety of chasing specimens and trying to up my PBs. It isn’t easy in the north of England, though. Our fishing is rubbish compared to the south. I couldn’t even name a water up here with a realistic chance of a big Rudd or crucian carp. In fact I’d probably add Roach to that list too these days.
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We are spoiled for places to fish here in this part of Norfolk that borders Cambridgeshire... Thirty years ago I used to fish winter league matches until the places we fished introduced carp , so I stopped... Not seen a Crucian for years , as for Rudd the part of river our house borders is full of em,, just have to get through the small stuff first tho:).
We are hoping to sort out a Bed and breakfast /rental type thing later this year maybe you and other Bluemooners can come down and try and catch some (no charge obviously ). .. :)
 
antspider said:
We are spoiled for places to fish here in this part of Norfolk that borders Cambridgeshire... Thirty years ago I used to fish winter league matches until the places we fished introduced carp , so I stopped... Not seen a Crucian for years , as for Rudd the part of river our house borders is full of em,, just have to get through the small stuff first tho:).
We are hoping to sort out a Bed and breakfast /rental type thing later this year maybe you and other Bluemooners can come down and try and catch some (no charge obviously ). .. :)
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Mates rates of course:)
 
antspider said:
We are spoiled for places to fish here in this part of Norfolk that borders Cambridgeshire... Thirty years ago I used to fish winter league matches until the places we fished introduced carp , so I stopped... Not seen a Crucian for years , as for Rudd the part of river our house borders is full of em,, just have to get through the small stuff first tho:).
We are hoping to sort out a Bed and breakfast /rental type thing later this year maybe you and other Bluemooners can come down and try and catch some (no charge obviously ). .. :)
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That’s a superb offer! I’d love to. I can’t remember catching a Rudd since the mid 90s on The River Erne in Ireland.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
That’s a superb offer! I’d love to. I can’t remember catching a Rudd since the mid 90s on The River Erne in Ireland.
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Great perch DD, fortune favouring the brave there.

Your comment about the rudd on the Erne reminded me of something that happened 30 years ago. We travelled over to Ireland in a gale and my brother, who gets sick as a dog, had to retire to bed for the rest of the evening. My dad and I went down to a nearby stretch of the Erne just to snatch a few hours.

What happened was we must have landed on a shoal of rudd between 1 and 2 pounds and it was a fish a cast on the float trotting. Every fish an absolute gem. It was one of those occasions when you are laughing in disbelief. Anyway, because my brother wasn't there, I suggested we pack up early and come back at dawn. I got home and I told my brother all about it leaving no detail out and we were rubbing our hands in anticipation.

Of course, next day, the shoal had gone and we had none. I haven't had a decent rudd from Ireland since. Just one of those amazing occasions that happens now and then. And my poor brother missed it.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
It froze hard last night and barely got above freezing here all day. As above, I didn’t fancy chasing grayling/wading after yesterday’s slog and I decided it was too cold to sit behind a couple of deadbait rods in a cloudy and freezing Pennine reservoir.

I decided to have an experiment: to see if I could catch a perch in an iced up canal. I’ve experimented with the “Ned Rig” before but I’d read a good tutorial this morning and because you are inching the rig along the bottom it’s supposed to be a good method when the perch are lethargic. This would be the ultimate test.

The first marina I went to was frozen solid. There were a couple of clear patches up the canal so I had half an hour there but I was only really refining my technique as the water was the colour of hot chocolate. I drove to another marina where the river comes in and it was mainly clear of ice because of the moving water. Inching my rubber worm along the bottom and I had a couple of taps. I was totally amazed. Half a dozen casts in (each one takes several minutes if you do it right) and BANG I hooked a good perch. It was fat as a pig as they always get at this time of year getting ready for spawning. It was well over a pound, and was a hugely rewarding fish given the experimental nature of this session.

I fished another 2-3 locations for nothing but am now in the bath delighted with this fish:
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The obvious question is what the fucks a 'Ned Rig'?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
May be an image of sky, lake, snow, twilight and nature


The only fishery in my local area that I could legally travel to looks like this.
Makes fly presentation a little difficult although when you are on the dries, they sure wont sink.
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God's way of telling you to do those pending diy tasks around the house so you can go fishing later in the year.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Great perch DD, fortune favouring the brave there.

Your comment about the rudd on the Erne reminded me of something that happened 30 years ago. We travelled over to Ireland in a gale and my brother, who gets sick as a dog, had to retire to bed for the rest of the evening. My dad and I went down to a nearby stretch of the Erne just to snatch a few hours.

What happened was we must have landed on a shoal of rudd between 1 and 2 pounds and it was a fish a cast on the float trotting. Every fish an absolute gem. It was one of those occasions when you are laughing in disbelief. Anyway, because my brother wasn't there, I suggested we pack up early and come back at dawn. I got home and I told my brother all about it leaving no detail out and we were rubbing our hands in anticipation.

Of course, next day, the shoal had gone and we had none. I haven't had a decent rudd from Ireland since. Just one of those amazing occasions that happens now and then. And my poor brother missed it.
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Haha. My Rudd story was similar. It was in Belturbet and we'd been hammering bream all week. I don't know why but I ended up moving a peg or two downstream and just trotting maggots off the rod tip. Just the same, it was a quality rudd every cast, stunningly beautiful golden fish around a pound.
 
Just sitting watching yesterdays Winter watch with jaw dropped. There is a little article filming trout in Rutland Water attacking a bait ball of roach and perch. Fantastic. All filmed within feet of the boat jetty.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
The obvious question is what the fucks a 'Ned Rig'?
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It's like nothing I've ever fished before. A bouyant piece of worm-like rubber on a special mushroom-shaped jig head. It stands up off the bottom. You inch it along and then stop it, so it kind of wriggles like a worm, but vertical. It was developed by American bass anglers but is being used by those "in the know" perch anglers here in cold water. Even newer is something called the "Cheb Rig" which I've just ordered the component parts from on ebay today.

Every man and his dog are out fishing the canals with ordinary jigs these days and I think the big fish are wise so I'm trying to get an edge. So far so good.

THE NED RIG - HF Angling (fishingtacklecheshire.co.uk)
 
Didsbury Dave said:
It's like nothing I've ever fished before. A bouyant piece of worm-like rubber on a special mushroom-shaped jig head. It stands up off the bottom. You inch it along and then stop it, so it kind of wriggles like a worm, but vertical. It was developed by American bass anglers but is being used by those "in the know" perch anglers here in cold water. Even newer is something called the "Cheb Rig" which I've just ordered the component parts from on ebay today.

Every man and his dog are out fishing the canals with ordinary jigs these days and I think the big fish are wise so I'm trying to get an edge. So far so good.

THE NED RIG - HF Angling (fishingtacklecheshire.co.uk)
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Thats really interesting. How big is it. I wonder if you could cast that with a HiD fly line. In early season, Trout often sit right on the loch bed and the only way to get at them is to fish a fly within a couple of inches of the bottom.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Thats really interesting. How big is it. I wonder if you could cast that with a HiD fly line. In early season, Trout often sit right on the loch bed and the only way to get at them is to fish a fly within a couple of inches of the bottom.
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The ones I'm using are 5 - 7.5cm and I use a jig head which is as light as I can get away with so it sinks slowly and shimmers/flutters after a twitch. Yesterday on the canal I used 2g but I've got some smaller which will be even better. Because of the weight distribution and the streamlined shape of the lure (ZMan Finesse TRD) it cast like a dream. You could be onto some pioneering stuff here. The American bass anglers are miles ahead of us and we can learn a lot. Here is the rubber. You'd never think you could catch on it: Z-Man Finesse TRD (anglingdirect.co.uk) and her are the jig heads which are crucial to get the right vertical shape on the bottom Z-Man Finesse Shroomz (anglingdirect.co.uk)
 
Didsbury Dave said:
The ones I'm using are 5 - 7.5cm and I use a jig head which is as light as I can get away with so it sinks slowly and shimmers/flutters after a twitch. Yesterday on the canal I used 2g but I've got some smaller which will be even better. Because of the weight distribution and the streamlined shape of the lure (ZMan Finesse TRD) it cast like a dream. You could be onto some pioneering stuff here. The American bass anglers are miles ahead of us and we can learn a lot. Here is the rubber. You'd never think you could catch on it: Z-Man Finesse TRD (anglingdirect.co.uk) and her are the jig heads which are crucial to get the right vertical shape on the bottom Z-Man Finesse Shroomz (anglingdirect.co.uk)
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ive been using them and catching on them, just twitch them along the bottom, they actually look like feeding fry/bait fish, i say ive been using them ,ive been using squirmz which are very similar
 
peace frog said:
ive been using them and catching on them, just twitch them along the bottom, they actually look like feeding fry/bait fish, i say ive been using them ,ive been using squirmz which are very similar
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Yeah, Squirmz are the same. As you say, just tickled along the bottom with long pauses.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
The ones I'm using are 5 - 7.5cm and I use a jig head which is as light as I can get away with so it sinks slowly and shimmers/flutters after a twitch. Yesterday on the canal I used 2g but I've got some smaller which will be even better. Because of the weight distribution and the streamlined shape of the lure (ZMan Finesse TRD) it cast like a dream. You could be onto some pioneering stuff here. The American bass anglers are miles ahead of us and we can learn a lot. Here is the rubber. You'd never think you could catch on it: Z-Man Finesse TRD (anglingdirect.co.uk) and her are the jig heads which are crucial to get the right vertical shape on the bottom Z-Man Finesse Shroomz (anglingdirect.co.uk)
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Am I reading this right. That little bit of plastic and a single weighted hook costs £15 each @#@#@#!!!!!!

jeez That’s pricey. The most expensive trout fly will be around £2 and you can make your own squirmy worms for pennies. Maybe I’m reading it wrong.

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Saddleworth2 said:
Am I reading this right. That little bit of plastic and a single weighted hook costs £15 each @#@#@#!!!!!!

jeez That’s pricey. The most expensive trout fly will be around £2 and you can make your own squirmy worms for pennies. Maybe I’m reading it wrong.

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No, it isn't anything like that cost. The TRD/Squirmz (pieces of rubber) are about £3-4 for a pack of five, and the jig heads are priced similarly.

EDIT - on those links you get 8 lures for a fiver and 5 jig heads for £5.99.
 
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