i kne albert davy
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You never saw Tameside then you did one before it existed you lucky sod, the rest us us are stuck with it.Earned my parole in 1973.
You never saw Tameside then you did one before it existed you lucky sod, the rest us us are stuck with it.Earned my parole in 1973.
Im literally 50 yards from the Dee and 10 mins from Loch Ken.
I was brought up in Tameside, in the sixties there would only be a few places to fish, and me and my mates would either opt for Stamford park lake, or a train ride and long trek to Roman Lakes in Marple.
I'm retired now and live in a gated complex of just a few detached houses. The house overlooks a lake, an ex fishery. It's stocked with Carp, Tench, Roach, Perch, Chub, Goldfish, Rudd, Golden Orf, Bream and Gudgeon. There is also a river 50 metres away that we have exclusive access too, about 400 metres long which contains Chub, Bream, Eel, Dace, Perch, Barbel, BrownTrout, Sea Trout and Atlantic Salmon. More often than not I'm the only one fishing. Retirement! I have to pinch myself sometimes.
do you need a lodger :)I was brought up in Tameside, in the sixties there would only be a few places to fish, and me and my mates would either opt for Stamford park lake, or a train ride and long trek to Roman Lakes in Marple.
I'm retired now and live in a gated complex of just a few detached houses. The house overlooks a lake, an ex fishery. It's stocked with Carp, Tench, Roach, Perch, Chub, Goldfish, Rudd, Golden Orf, Bream and Gudgeon. There is also a river 50 metres away that we have exclusive access too, about 400 metres long which contains Chub, Bream, Eel, Dace, Perch, Barbel, BrownTrout, Sea Trout and Atlantic Salmon. More often than not I'm the only one fishing. Retirement! I have to pinch myself sometimes.
When the Steelhead run is happening in the NW, I try not to carch the spawning females. You can spot them from the bank, they'll got on their reds and may be there for a day or two. The beautiful thing is that the males will line up , often in a V formation behind them, all intent on fertilising the roe. They're not interested in eating so you keep casting a weighted fly above them with the intention of pissing them off, eventually they just lunge at the fly to get it out their way and boom.Had a day on Coldingham loch on Saturday, buzzer fishing. for the uninitiated, a buzzer is the lava form of the chironomid midge and is easily replicated through an artificial fly. Thus:
A team of three or four is cast out on a longish (20 foot) leader and then retrieved very very slowly. Takes can vary from a very subtle tightening of the line, to a violent shoulder dislocating pull. The fish were feeding in the top three feet of water on Saturday, so to keep the buzzers in the feeding zone a buoyant fly can be placed on the point at the end of the leader - that stops the buzzers sinking too deep. The buoyant fly will typically be a booby or a FAB (Foam Arsed Blob). They look like this:
Very often the trout will take these buoyant flies rather than the buzzers. It is thought that this type of lure fly triggers an aggressive response in the trout rather than a feeding response.
Ended up with seven landed to the boat and lost another three so not a bad day fishing in less than perfect conditions (sun and wind). Best rod landed over 20 on the day though so I wasn't close to winning the outing. Will report again after the next outing on the beautiful Lake of Menteith.
Wreckless, whereabouts in Portugal? I am down in the Algarve not many rivers but plenty of reservoirs to fish. Carp aplenty as yet not found a spot for Barbel :-(Got back from fishing in Portugal only yesterday. Essentially, it's exploring the country with a fishing rod. Stayed in some magnificent (and cheap) places, drunk some beautiful wine, seen some wonderful sights and caught some decent carp and barbel. If i knew how to attach a photo I'd do it.
Wreckless, whereabouts in Portugal? I am down in the Algarve not many rivers but plenty of reservoirs to fish. Carp aplenty as yet not found a spot for Barbel :-(
Love Barbel, grew up fishing for them on the Severn near Ironbridge.