Bluemoon Angling Thread

One for the Salmon fishers....just took the dogs for a walk on the beaches at the mouth of the Mawdach estuary and there was a large male salmon washed up on the beach...now, is someone having a laugh or has it spawned and done what spawned salmon do or...is it due to spawn but died on its way up river. There aren't that many salmon around here any more so it just seemed a bit strange....
 
Tuearts right boot said:
One for the Salmon fishers....just took the dogs for a walk on the beaches at the mouth of the Mawdach estuary and there was a large male salmon washed up on the beach...now, is someone having a laugh or has it spawned and done what spawned salmon do or...is it due to spawn but died on its way up river. There aren't that many salmon around here any more so it just seemed a bit strange....
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It would probably have spawned mate and washed down with the high water.
 
Tuearts right boot said:
One for the Salmon fishers....just took the dogs for a walk on the beaches at the mouth of the Mawdach estuary and there was a large male salmon washed up on the beach...now, is someone having a laugh or has it spawned and done what spawned salmon do or...is it due to spawn but died on its way up river. There aren't that many salmon around here any more so it just seemed a bit strange....
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Probably just made it's way through the Snowdonia glacier.
 
I’ve just got my waders on and been on an exploratory mission on the local river Calder, seeking one of my winter targets, a big grayling. I’ve never had a 2lber but I think it’s a prospect here, although the river is a bit grim, inaccessible and hardly fished. A good challenge. I drove around for ages looking for access but I couldn’t find any in these industrial parts. Eventually after a walk I found an area and identified a deeper pool. Just the job for the centre pin and trotting rod.

I fed maggots as I set up with a big stick float and first cast down was straight into a fish, a grayling around a pound. For the next hour I hooked a fish every trot, about half a dozen grayling and half a dozen trout, all around the pound mark, with one bigger trout of about 2lb. My toes froze so I only gave it an hour or so, but this was a rewarding little local trip out.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I’ve just got my waders on and been on an exploratory mission on the local river Calder, seeking one of my winter targets, a big grayling. I’ve never had a 2lber but I think it’s a prospect here, although the river is a bit grim, inaccessible and hardly fished. A good challenge. I drove around for ages looking for access but I couldn’t find any in these industrial parts. Eventually after a walk I found an area and identified a deeper pool. Just the job for the centre pin and trotting rod.

I fed maggots as I set up with a big stick float and first cast down was straight into a fish, a grayling around a pound. For the next hour I hooked a fish every trot, about half a dozen grayling and half a dozen trout, all around the pound mark, with one bigger trout of about 2lb. My toes froze so I only gave it an hour or so, but this was a rewarding little local trip out.
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Bloody hell, well done. Rivers around here are hard going. Went on the Dane today near Congleton but, as I'm staying at my mum's in Sale, I don't have my tackle and made the schoolboy mistake of relying on my mate to supply everything.

Last night I asked what he'd got for bait. He said "bread and some really smelly cheese". This morning he had a loaf and a piece of wrapping paper smelling vaguely of stilton. I said "what happened to the really smelly cheese". He said "humans got in the fridge".

Needless to say, not a bite and river wasn't really fishable with masses of debris still coming down. Blew some of the cobwebs off though and the Turkey sandwiches and Christmas cake (which I provided) were most welcome.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Bloody hell, well done. Rivers around here are hard going. Went on the Dane today near Congleton but, as I'm staying at my mum's in Sale, I don't have my tackle and made the schoolboy mistake of relying on my mate to supply everything.

Last night I asked what he'd got for bait. He said "bread and some really smelly cheese". This morning he had a loaf and a piece of wrapping paper smelling vaguely of stilton. I said "what happened to the really smelly cheese". He said "humans got in the fridge".

Needless to say, not a bite and river wasn't really fishable with masses of debris still coming down. Blew some of the cobwebs off though and the Turkey sandwiches and Christmas cake (which I provided) were most welcome.
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I was down on the Dane by Danebridge yesterday and it was seriously pushing through.
 
middlewichblue said:
I was down on the Dane by Danebridge yesterday and it was seriously pushing through.
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Indeed. For some reason I find the Severn much easier to fish in flood conditions. Which reminds me of another Noggy No-no. In shit conditions don't decide it's a good time to fish a water you've never seen before.

I do it every Winter. I think it's because in the Summer I like to make the most of every minute so go to familiar venues but in Winter, because I'm snatching a few hours I think it's a good idea to explore. Thing is, it's never the best time to judge a new venue because just about everywhere is hard in Winter and when rivers are in flood it's hard to see the fish-holding features that might apply in Summer.
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
Went to Underbank reservoir near Barnsley today with a mate to do some piking. Fished all day on float legered deadbaits. 3 rods out without so much as an enquiry. Lovely surroundings though and I feel better for going. I may go again tomorrow on either Lymn dam, Hollingworth lake or Foulridge Res.
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Bet you were fucking freezing? I'm thinking of rugging up warm next week and going to a stretch of the grand union that's got next to fuck all in it. Under-shotted waggler, 3lb straight through to a size 14 and corn to make sure I don't get pestered by any fish. Flask of tea and some good gloves. Four hours of piece and quiet and won't even have to set up the landing net or recast. Bliss.
 
Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese said:
Bet you were fucking freezing? I'm thinking of rugging up warm next week and going to a stretch of the grand union that's got next to fuck all in it. Under-shotted waggler, 3lb straight through to a size 14 and corn to make sure I don't get pestered by any fish. Flask of tea and some good gloves. Four hours of piece and quiet and won't even have to set up the landing net or recast. Bliss.
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Was between -2 to 0° all day mate but I was wrapped up well. If you remember a while back when peace frog bought that Russian army gear, I bought a Prologic bib brace n' jacket that noggsy recommend. I was like toast. It's excellent blanking clobber : )
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
Was between -2 to 0° all day mate but I was wrapped up well. If you remember a while back when peace frog bought that Russian army gear, I bought a Prologic bib brace n' jacket that noggsy recommend. I was like toast. It's excellent blanking clobber : )
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I thought prologic made freezers for comet?
 
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