Bluemoon Angling Thread

remember arthur mann said:
Why ? On Rossmere the other week poor old Pat did the same, well in, asked him he could push it through, did exactly that, I popped for some side-cutters, hey presto, barb off, back through the old thumb, on with the fishing, no time to waste. Muscles in his spit.
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Can't be too careful mate.
There was a guy on my syndicate a few years back who did exactly what you described.
Got weils disease and was seriously ill for weeks.
 
An update on my 3 night Trent session.



So far I'm on 18 barbel and 4 bream. No chub which is a bit strange considering this river is full of them.



No barbel on my third night(now) and I only had 2 yesterday and a couple of bream. Level is dropping slightly which in theory means the fish should still be on the feed. However, I'm getting a ball of duckweed choking my rig and for whatever reason I'm reeling in with my rig tangled up. I can't fathom out why as my rig is a simple running rig that has had me catch many fish over the years.



I've caught up on my sleep a bit now but it's not easy getting broken sleep, especially at this time of year when it's getting colder. I think 3 nights is my limit nowadays, even though i have the right clothing and tackle to fish a challenging powerful river that the Trent is.



Got talking to 3 Middleton lads next to me and Lee is very similar to me in his fishing pursuit of big Trent barbel, so we'll be getting together in the future down here to talk fishing and City as he's a blue and a top fella.

His two fishing mate's are rags, descent guys though. We had a barbi and a few beers, well Dave had more than a few beers and half a bottle of JD and went to his bivvy bed fuckin' shit faced! Not good and not clever to be pissed up next to a big deep river at night!

Lee caught the last barbel between us, an absolutely cracking scale perfect specimen of 11lb 6oz, nice one pal.

I've got fresh bait on and im going to check my rigs and stay awake 2 hours till dawn as it's a good time between now and then for the fish feeding. I'd be happy with one more barbel tbh.

It's been a really good trip and a memorable one. This river suits my style of fishing perfectly, plus I've met some top guys abd a new friend in Lee. Fishing is a great way of unwinding and seeing nature first hand. Iove it: )
 
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BlueMoonRisin’ said:
An update on my 3 night Trent session.



So far I'm on 18 barbel and 4 bream. No chub which is a bit strange considering this river is full of them.



No barbel on my third night(now) and I only had 2 yesterday and a couple of bream. Level is dropping slightly which in theory means the fish should still be on the feed. However, I'm getting a ball of duckweed choking my rig and for whatever reason I'm reeling in with my rig tangled up. I can't fathom out why as my rig is a simple running rig that has had me catch many fish over the years.



I've caught up on my sleep a bit now but it's not easy getting broken sleep, especially at this time of year when it's getting colder. I think 3 nights is my limit nowadays, even though i have the right clothing and tackle to fish a challenging powerful river that the Trent is.



Got talking to 3 Middleton lads next to me and Lee is very similar to me in his fishing pursuit of big Trent barbel, so we'll be getting together in the future down here to talk fishing and City as he's a blue and a top fella.

His two fishing mate's are rags, descent guys though. We had a barbi and a few beers, well Dave had more than a few beers and half a bottle of JD and went to his bivvy bed fuckin' shit faced! Not good and not clever to be pissed up next to a big deep river at night!

Lee caught the last barbel between us, an absolutely cracking scale perfect specimen of 11lb 6oz, nice one pal.

I've got fresh bait on and im going to check my rigs and stay awake 2 hours till dawn as it's a good time between now and then for the fish feeding. I'd be happy with one more barbel tbh.

It's been a really good trip and a memorable one. This river suits my style of fishing perfectly, plus I've met some top guys abd a new friend in Lee. Fishing is a great way of unwinding and seeing nature first hand. Iove it: )
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Do you use these? If not, that’s the best way to stop a running rig tangling. Have it on the hook length over the last swivel to kick it away from the lead.
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Korda Basix Anti Tangle Sleeves

Key Features Soft tapered rubber Prevents tangles Can be used with the QC swivels Easily slides into place Camo Green Comes in a pack of 10
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Didsbury Dave said:
Do you use these? If not, that’s the best way to stop a running rig tangling. Have it on the hook length over the last swivel to kick it away from the lead.
www.anglingdirect.co.uk

Korda Basix Anti Tangle Sleeves

Key Features Soft tapered rubber Prevents tangles Can be used with the QC swivels Easily slides into place Camo Green Comes in a pack of 10
www.anglingdirect.co.uk www.anglingdirect.co.uk
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Yes. They're ok but I'm sticking to what i normally use in future.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Evening view of Mertola on the Guadiana from my balcony love fishing with a castle as a backdrop.

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Looks absolutely amazing, tight lines. Fook me you got there quick. Not sure why but I thought it would have taken you a full day travelling. Enjoy and keep us posted. I am going to have a few hours mid afternoon on the Nene tomorrow. Not expecting much as no prebaiting and not sure it has any colour, and may be full of weed. Just looking forward to getting out for a few hours.
 
Scouse Blue said:
Looks absolutely amazing, tight lines. Fook me you got there quick. Not sure why but I thought it would have taken you a full day travelling. Enjoy and keep us posted. I am going to have a few hours mid afternoon on the Nene tomorrow. Not expecting much as no prebaiting and not sure it has any colour, and may be full of weed. Just looking forward to getting out for a few hours.
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We move in short journeys, the fishing equivalent of Pep's short-passing game only without the success. We're only an hour and a half above the Algarve here. A couple of days and we'll move an hour or so further North.

Good luck on the Nene. Hope you land on them.
 
idahoblues said:
The catching wasn’t great this weekend, the fishing was still great

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you need to be careful, there's injuns in them thar hills
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Our annual competition against an English Bank takes place on Friday (44th year of the competition) so I'm driving down to Northamptonshire today ready for a couple of days practice and then the big match on Friday. We are fishing Pitsford Water which is renown for its big brown trout (5lb+) at this time of year. Forecast looks ok.

As organiser, I arrange accommodation, fishing and meals for 11 other team members so hopefully that goes ok as sometimes its like herding cats. The bar and restaurant in the hotel are closed so we are forced to take our own libations so there will be a fair selection of malts no doubt. :-)

This year we will be 100% catch and release for the first time which means we use the total measurement of fish to determine who wins. Stockies will get an average length and we have 'gutters' and measures to measure the larger fish. Prizes for best rod, best boat and biggest fish.

I will update on the fishing which hopefully will be excellent.
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Just to bump this and update. Well although the trip was excellent the fishing was on the tough side. We had one day of wind and sun
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and two days of near perfect conditions

and despite that there were many blanks and one or two anglers had double blanks. At 4.30pm on day 2 that was the position I was in but saved my second blank by taking a nice little brownie on a di5 and yellow dancer
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When I say ‘little’ it was probably about 2 1/2 lbs but in comparison to some of the other s that were caught it was relatively small. One or two of the guys targeted the big browns and maybe 5 or 6 were caught at 5lb and over. Absolutely beautiful fish with tails like spades and mouths that could swallow a cricket ball without effort.

The 3rd day was the match against Barclays and I had a relatively good day, netting five and beating my boat partner by one. All Rainbows to about 3lb and in stonking nick. Best rod was 9 and the Rod average of the eighteen that fished was under 3. Thankfully my team managed to retain the TW Walker trophy for the 3rd year running.

the trip itself was excellent. The hotel (Poplars in Moulton) was exceptional thanks to Susan the owner. She had prepared a sitting room just for us lot to tie flies and sample each other’s malt whisky so that and three very nice pubs in Moulton kept us entertained when we were not on the water. We will be back down again next year for the 45th match up. Rutland probably the favourite if we can get a slot but if we can’t I have my eye on a Welsh water which would be a first for us.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Just to bump this and update. Well although the trip was excellent the fishing was on the tough side. We had one day of wind and sun
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and two days of near perfect conditions

and despite that there were many blanks and one or two anglers had double blanks. At 4.30pm on day 2 that was the position I was in but saved my second blank by taking a nice little brownie on a di5 and yellow dancer
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When I say ‘little’ it was probably about 2 1/2 lbs but in comparison to some of the other s that were caught it was relatively small. One or two of the guys targeted the big browns and maybe 5 or 6 were caught at 5lb and over. Absolutely beautiful fish with tails like spades and mouths that could swallow a cricket ball without effort.

The 3rd day was the match against Barclays and I had a relatively good day, netting five and beating my boat partner by one. All Rainbows to about 3lb and in stonking nick. Best rod was 9 and the Rod average of the eighteen that fished was under 3. Thankfully my team managed to retain the TW Walker trophy for the 3rd year running.

the trip itself was excellent. The hotel (Poplars in Moulton) was exceptional thanks to Susan the owner. She had prepared a sitting room just for us lot to tie flies and sample each other’s malt whisky so that and three very nice pubs in Moulton kept us entertained when we were not on the water. We will be back down again next year for the 45th match up. Rutland probably the favourite if we can get a slot but if we can’t I have my eye on a Welsh water which would be a first for us.
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You were in my old stomping grounds
 
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