Bluemoon Angling Thread

Newman Noggs said:
The Warwickshire Avon. Forgot to add that I also saw Redwings which is a first for me. Caught plenty of gish but nothing over 6 or 7 ounces.
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It’s the time of year for redwing, they come over from Scandinavia to eat the berries. We see them most years. They are a bit like Mistle Thrush. We even get Waxwings once in a while.

lovely bit of river though.
 
Newman Noggs said:
I left my diary free today to go fishing. At 06.30hrs I'm lying in bed next to a warm, soft, naked lady thinking "can I really be arsed," when she snuggles up and whispers "I think we should take that mattress to the tip".

In a trice I'm out of bed and into my fishing slobs. The river is so close that when I get there the coffee I made earlier is still too hot to drink. So I tackle up, cast in and sit back.

So far I've seen swans, mallards, a heron, a kingfisher, a green woodpecker, fieldfares and a thrush as well as the usual bankside birds.

And I know, when I'm too old to do it anymore, I'll look back on days like this and be glad I came.
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There are rules about this type of post, a picture of a river does not meet that criteria:-)
 
malkie said:
Went to my local trout fishery Ellerdine lakes, for the first time yesterday.
It was a tale of the one's that got away. I know, same old.
First loss was a decent sized rainbow, leaps out of the water, lands on the leader, snapped.
Later in the day, fished the margins using a black and gold humongous, hooked into a monster.
This would have easily been the biggest trout I have ever caught.
Had it on the hook for a good 5 minutes, drew a bit of a crowd......then the leader snapped.

Lesson learned, do not trust Leeda Profil leaders. This was a brand new out of the bag pre-tied knotless leader.
Prior to this, I had changed the leader, too again to a Leeda Profil, but had to get another brand new one, it had a tight knot in it midway.
These are the only Leeda leaders I have ever used, wonder why they were on offer?
Quality control missing here.
I am now switching to Orvis leaders.

The fishery it's self is well organised especially regarding Covid. You can pre-order breakfast sandwiches, tea and coffee available for a £1 for all day.
Very friendly place and plenty of advice on hand.
Toilet facilities are adequate.
On site tackle shop is well stocked.

A big negative is the awful road to get there. Its a very narrow track with limited passing places.
The pot holes were incredibly bad.
Good job I was in a pick up, no way would I take a normal car down there at the moment.
That said, when leaving, there had been progress made during the morning filling in the potholes and clearing the verges.

Will I go back? Yes, 100%. There are some huge trout in the pools there.
I've got to have another crack at them.
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Are the leaders pre-stretched to reduce diameter or fluorocarbon mate? If so it'll be pretty unforgiving when a good fish lunges. Love fluorocarbon on pole rigs where the elastic is a cushion but less keen on it as a hooklength otherwise.
 
Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese said:
Are the leaders pre-stretched to reduce diameter or fluorocarbon mate? If so it'll be pretty unforgiving when a good fish lunges. Love fluorocarbon on pole rigs where the elastic is a cushion but less keen on it as a hooklength otherwise.
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Yes, the leaders are pre-stretched and tapered. They can be monofilament or fluorocarbon . Trouble is, both can degrade with age and lose their stretching and elasticity properties. It may be I had old stock. Had similar with reels of monofilament.
 
Quick update on my angling weekend: with just two short afternoon slots I targetted Perch on the ultralight gear. Saturday was worst case scenario really, a freezing cold wet day following several hard frosts. The water temperature had plummetted and fish do not chase lures in those conditions.

I elected to use "The Ned Rig", a cold weather method imported from the states. Basically you fish a bouyant piece of rubber on a light jig head . It stands up on the bottom. The idea is that you cast it and let it sit, then twitch it, then let it sit again. Each cast takes several minutes. I was amazed when it actually worked and I had a single perch of about 1lb.

Sunday was warmer. I fished one stretch for an hour with various lures and had nothing. Changed locations and eventually I had a thump on the retrieve. I cast again and got another thump. I'd found them at last. And then my mobile rang and I had an irate wife on the line. She was at the checkout at Morrisons and I'd borrowed her bank card that morning. So I had to abandon the shoal of perch I'd found and drive half an hour to pay for the shopping. Gutted.
 
Newman Noggs said:
River Severn again today. Same stretch different swim. River was just right and I had plenty of dace, roach and 5 chub between 1lb and 2.5lbs. Not big but good fun on light tackle. My mate had a small barbel about 4.5lbs. At this time of year, every day I'm out seems like a day claimed back from Winter.View attachment 6052
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Good stuff mate. There’s some cold coming in so you did well to grab a window of mild weather.
 
malkie said:
Went to my local trout fishery Ellerdine lakes, for the first time yesterday.
It was a tale of the one's that got away. I know, same old.
First loss was a decent sized rainbow, leaps out of the water, lands on the leader, snapped.
Later in the day, fished the margins using a black and gold humongous, hooked into a monster.
This would have easily been the biggest trout I have ever caught.
Had it on the hook for a good 5 minutes, drew a bit of a crowd......then the leader snapped.

Lesson learned, do not trust Leeda Profil leaders. This was a brand new out of the bag pre-tied knotless leader.
Prior to this, I had changed the leader, too again to a Leeda Profil, but had to get another brand new one, it had a tight knot in it midway.
These are the only Leeda leaders I have ever used, wonder why they were on offer?
Quality control missing here.
I am now switching to Orvis leaders.

The fishery it's self is well organised especially regarding Covid. You can pre-order breakfast sandwiches, tea and coffee available for a £1 for all day.
Very friendly place and plenty of advice on hand.
Toilet facilities are adequate.
On site tackle shop is well stocked.

A big negative is the awful road to get there. Its a very narrow track with limited passing places.
The pot holes were incredibly bad.
Good job I was in a pick up, no way would I take a normal car down there at the moment.
That said, when leaving, there had been progress made during the morning filling in the potholes and clearing the verges.

Will I go back? Yes, 100%. There are some huge trout in the pools there.
I've got to have another crack at them.
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You shouldn’t be getting snapped like that. I had a problem a couple of seasons ago and turned to frog hair fluorocarbon 10 and 8lb bs. Haven’t been broken since.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
You shouldn’t be getting snapped like that. I had a problem a couple of seasons ago and turned to frog hair fluorocarbon 10 and 8lb bs. Haven’t been broken since.
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In my experience the vast majority of anglers suffering from snapped lines are using bad knots.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
In my experience the vast majority of anglers suffering from snapped lines are using bad knots.
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Yes that can happen. In fly fishing I think the knots are simpler and less can go wrong relatively speaking compared to course fishing. Wind knots caused by problems with casting technique can be an issue and its very easy to ignore them until you lift into something big and the line goes 'ping'. Its always sensible to repair a leader that has even the smallest wind knot in it.

Bad florocarbon is more common than you think though. Couple of years ago I changed to the same Floro brand as my international fishing buddies (they fish for Scotland what could go wrong?). I immediately started having problems with breakage. Even a gentle take on a dry fly would see a break 50% of the time. Turned out it was the floro - a bad batch. Anyway I changed again to froghair and haven't had a snapped leader in two seasons.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Yes that can happen. In fly fishing I think the knots are simpler and less can go wrong relatively speaking compared to course fishing. Wind knots caused by problems with casting technique can be an issue and its very easy to ignore them until you lift into something big and the line goes 'ping'. Its always sensible to repair a leader that has even the smallest wind knot in it.

Bad florocarbon is more common than you think though. Couple of years ago I changed to the same Floro brand as my international fishing buddies (they fish for Scotland what could go wrong?). I immediately started having problems with breakage. Even a gentle take on a dry fly would see a break 50% of the time. Turned out it was the floro - a bad batch. Anyway I changed again to froghair and haven't had a snapped leader in two seasons.
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Wind knots are a ballache using light braid for ultrlight lure fishing. It was only when I sussed that they were caused by loops of line over the spool before the cast that I (nearly) eliminated them. Never come across bad flouro to be honest but I've had bad mono which seemed to splinter. I use flouro a lot for barbel fishing and always use a knotless knot to the hook (which isn't brilliant and can occasionally go just above the hook) and a tucked blood knot to a swivel. Same with mono. With braid I always use a 5 turn Grinner.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Wind knots are a ballache using light braid for ultrlight lure fishing. It was only when I sussed that they were caused by loops of line over the spool before the cast that I (nearly) eliminated them. Never come across bad flouro to be honest but I've had bad mono which seemed to splinter. I use flouro a lot for barbel fishing and always use a knotless knot to the hook (which isn't brilliant and can occasionally go just above the hook) and a tucked blood knot to a swivel. Same with mono. With braid I always use a 5 turn Grinner.
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A simple loop knot to join a leader to the fly line, a three turn water knit to create droppers and a tucked blood knot for tying on flies. That’s it.
 
well my light lure fishing on canals ,lakes and everywhere is going well,really enjoying the freedom, been getting out quite a bit, with some success , was at queensmere dam in swinton,(bit of a park lake without the park) had two ok perch, nothing massive, however i think ive finally cracked it, imo i have been missing quite a few bites, now i am reading it better the fish are starting to come.

i would like a bit of advice, i bought my rod and reel combo a few years ago, but never really started light lure fishing until recently, the rod and reel combo i would class as starter, the reel is very clunky and feels like it may fall apart :) the rod is ok , quite light,but it doesnt say how light on it.

i am after a new rod and reel, what are the makes i should be going for as the next step up, or in peoples opinions should i go all armani and buy brilliant because it will last me longer.

hope that makes sense :)

to put it another way, if you knew what you know now, what rod and reel would you buy :)
 
Saddleworth2 said:
A simple loop knot to join a leader to the fly line, a three turn water knit to create droppers and a tucked blood knot for tying on flies. That’s it.
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Same here mate.
Though most of my fishing is done with Seaguar ace hard 19 lb or Maxima chameleon 15 lb

Makes it easier to see to tie knots too!
 
snorky said:
Same here mate.
Though most of my fishing is done with Seaguar ace hard 19 lb or Maxima chameleon 15 lb

Makes it easier to see to tie knots too!
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I have used Seaguar for pulling lures. The same manufacturer makes Riverge Grand Max which is what many of the match boys use. That was the brand I had such trouble with. Now I use nothing but Froghair which is flexible for Floro and has amazing knot strength. Never go bigger than 10lb but then you are after bigger fish than me!
 
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