tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67032394848589697602024-03-05T07:55:54.244+00:00Flyfishing the River Irwell and other Streams.Bradshaw Brook Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-16456923622793101852023-03-31T16:34:00.003+01:002023-03-31T16:36:27.769+01:00Bradshaw Brook<h2 style="text-align: left;"> Walked the Brook yesterday, it was running high, too high for me to think of fishing.<br /></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAE4WFQZn6gwZ38nXeiQFl2pqkKZ271k_ikLfRC_2IgZbrTzRKA5-GY_Vdrw4JkcXU9BedH64NvQVgciNGkFWkpZGgJmzAI46xNd6fdZkCekqHi26D0wOuJWrVsiGHJoTeeHGnKmxA8XmfbOKovzMt7X0tspEe6mNvHwiPAY8XyPU-oMsnga5Eh3T/s4608/DSCF7222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAE4WFQZn6gwZ38nXeiQFl2pqkKZ271k_ikLfRC_2IgZbrTzRKA5-GY_Vdrw4JkcXU9BedH64NvQVgciNGkFWkpZGgJmzAI46xNd6fdZkCekqHi26D0wOuJWrVsiGHJoTeeHGnKmxA8XmfbOKovzMt7X0tspEe6mNvHwiPAY8XyPU-oMsnga5Eh3T/w531-h240/DSCF7222.JPG" width="531" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDY6pAyM9FDxmPoJKCgL0LgdIjG30bCM2463mz6l9jRR_7PJnbVZXWPSuZciFECnoq4ZiICq1ciYm-rGrOGtaCINzHRD0yX1yirlhaof6ZMPrhejp5baey0PiOZrIVKR1TJZdIutgvHxb42E0Qj5xsJ9XXhFRvhmNrUmO8shBtVJNfrO21q4lBDtp/s4608/DSCF7223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDY6pAyM9FDxmPoJKCgL0LgdIjG30bCM2463mz6l9jRR_7PJnbVZXWPSuZciFECnoq4ZiICq1ciYm-rGrOGtaCINzHRD0yX1yirlhaof6ZMPrhejp5baey0PiOZrIVKR1TJZdIutgvHxb42E0Qj5xsJ9XXhFRvhmNrUmO8shBtVJNfrO21q4lBDtp/w523-h240/DSCF7223.JPG" width="523" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfCJypnDDkwKZIiqqG6mOOcs6hE7xfqXREzP-4pTepp8DJgMtYh1odTQk7lV1WUifRQSEZVSWpAzKPSsZWv5oRo2Mkdxf04LM6w2jAgJA2D9XcSN66-Fv3uFSbuurHBqqkXYyyw-nLXHw0tKDaOKc4VTTnFk5wHuayg8UKbyPok_iw6AcFsWvh9Mm/s4608/DSCF7224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfCJypnDDkwKZIiqqG6mOOcs6hE7xfqXREzP-4pTepp8DJgMtYh1odTQk7lV1WUifRQSEZVSWpAzKPSsZWv5oRo2Mkdxf04LM6w2jAgJA2D9XcSN66-Fv3uFSbuurHBqqkXYyyw-nLXHw0tKDaOKc4VTTnFk5wHuayg8UKbyPok_iw6AcFsWvh9Mm/w560-h320/DSCF7224.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">These pictures are down in Longsight Park.</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2>Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-34881076823705039932019-04-06T20:19:00.001+01:002023-03-31T16:35:32.500+01:00Bradshaw Brook Flyfishers Beat 6 April 19<span style="font-size: large;">Not the first trip out this season but very much the best to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Started slow, well not even slow, caught nothing for quite a bit some fish rising and missed several before getting a couple of very small ones. Changed to a Adams Parachute, much better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was just about the best of the day and from a spot that always has fish moving but I normally have trouble catching them there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Had a few casts and several times fish rose to the fly but just nudged it. I went up stream for a while and then sneaked back and had another try, glad I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ended up with 18 fish, and hooked and lost several as well. </span></div>
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-55496502948590000762019-02-04T16:18:00.002+00:002019-02-05T17:37:34.070+00:00Bradshaw Brook Winter and Summer<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-75734559834930206722018-07-01T19:13:00.000+01:002018-07-01T19:17:58.540+01:00Bradshaw Brook Fly Fishers 1 July 18<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"> No fishing in June and not much chance of July being any better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did get out for a couple of hours today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather has been very hot with no rain for a while, which tends to be bad for trout fishing. Bradshaw Brook runs through Jumbles Reservoir so we get a steady flow of cool water, also the brook has lots of tree cover,which helps keep the fish cool and healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the heat I went for no waders, a per of old trousers and my wading boots was dress for the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fished my usual 7 foot 4 weight with an Adams parachute missed a couple of snatches and then a nice 12inch fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Had three very small fish, just around 3 inches, no fun to catch but a good sign of fish breeding in the brook </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before catching these 2 better fish all on Adams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Carried on up catching nothing so a slow walk back to the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fished the bottom beat on a cold and dull day, only 2 fish but one was a good one, for the brook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Started down here, not pretty with the sewer pipe running down the side of the brook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is even worse than what you can see, as there is a storm sewage outlet to my right, as I took this picture.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No sign of fish and none caught until I got to the pool up where the pipe seems to end. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The pool had a fish rising and it came to my fly, I felt it but did not hook it.Tried it with a nymph had a touch but again did not hook it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Quite a bit further up stream before I caught this one, my best fish from the brook this season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Came from the narrow bit just above the tree stumps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were two fish rising down at the bottom this bit. I tried three different flies and never got one to even take a look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Fished on up through this without anything, cold and dispirited, made my way home.</span>Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-59325550641383477652018-04-11T18:48:00.000+01:002018-04-11T18:48:08.904+01:00Bradshaw Brook <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday 8 April </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Fished Bradshaw Brook caught 2 fish. Funny day olives coming of the brook but saw only two fish rise, which were the 2 that I caught. Used a blue winged olive for a change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This was the best one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cold day but not much wind, fished the Fly Fishers top beat on Bradshaw Brook. Plenty of fish rising to olives, bwo worked again. Caught 7 fish and missed far more, hooked and lost 3 fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The rest were like this one and smaller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a lot of fish come to the fly without taking it, remember having the same trouble last year. I think it is very small fish that find my fly to big to take, could be wrong.</span></div>
Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-67000121960644881542018-03-24T20:00:00.001+00:002019-02-09T14:58:33.034+00:00Dirty places in Bolton 24 Mar 18<span style="font-size: large;">Where I wanted to fish is not easy to get to and there is a lot of the remains of the industrial past along the bank side and in the water</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to wade down to where I wanted to start fishing trying not to disturb anything on the way. When I got down as far as I could, without risking getting in over my head. I had a rest and my lunch, an apple, before starting fishing back up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did it that way as I like to fish dry fly no matter what. I started as usual with a seven foot rod 4/5 weight with a Adams Parachute fly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I caught this one after three or four casts thought I could be in for a good day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to do lot of hard wading and casting under trees and around Japanese Knotweed, getting caught on both, before I got to where I saw my first and only rising fish. I was in two minds about changing my fly which was looking pretty battered, I did not want to wait as I had seen the rise. So I left it on and second cast it was taken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought that I was loosing it more than once as it got the line rapped round it twice and was out of the water more than enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fly really was in need of changing after the battle. For some reason I put an ordinary Adams and carried on for another hour catching nothing. Feeling the cold I went home. </span></div>
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-54094307964263110172018-03-22T20:37:00.000+00:002018-03-28T18:19:38.719+01:00Fishing when I Can.2<span style="font-size: large;">0 Mar 2018. Bradshaw Brook Fly Fishers Beat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cold and sun shine, for a while, then it got colder. No Fish rising, not a suprise.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Fished dry fly caught one fish, mostly walked and looked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lost 4 flies to the trees and caught 2 fish and did a bit of pruning, mostly brambles.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Started with Adams Parachute lost 3 to the trees, put on an normal Adams and caught the two fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This one the best, over 12 inches but again slim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to see me catching the 2 go to youtube</span></div>
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-70436916369004438522018-03-17T18:06:00.003+00:002018-03-18T22:03:09.123+00:00New Season Opens 15 March 2018<span style="font-size: large;">Started the season on Thursday 15th, cold, wet and windy, the rain eased in the afternoon but not the wind. Went to Bradshaw Brook, a bit were I knew it would be quiet and mostly out of the wind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7 foot 4/5 weight with one of my trusty old Young's Beaudex reels. Started with one of Dave Bendles drys which has a ring on the shaft for adding a dropper shrimp, in line. </span><span style="font-size: large;">No sign of fish as I started until I got half way up when I saw one jump down stream of me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tried a few casts down to it nothing doing. Decided to change to last years favourite fly, Adams parachute which got me a couple looks without getting a touch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Carried on up stream into a valley where my luck changed and I caught the one below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An OK fish just over 8" but quite slim after a hard winter. Turned out to be my only one of the day, never mind it's a start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fished a part of the Tonge that is very hard to get down to and even harder to get out off, that's now. When the Balsam, Knotweed and Hogweed are up it can be a no go area. The effort was in vein, looked OK but nothing doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Couldn't go home blank, tried bit of Bradshaw Brook on the way. Only one fish again but very very pleased with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> 14 " which is a very nice fish for Bradshaw. Like the one on Thursday a bit on the slim side. It did not come to the net easy and had to keep it out of the brambles a couple of times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be very very pleased if I get anything as big again in the brook this season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This happened while I was typing the blog, not a lot I know but I had thought we had finished with snow for this year.</span><br />
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-22754380466367132022017-08-29T17:26:00.001+01:002018-02-09T21:06:29.465+00:00Bradshaw Brook Fly Fishers Beat 29 Aug 17<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I fished the bottom beat yesterday and had more fish than today when I fished just the top of the top section. The fish today were of a much better quality and did not take as long to catch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As well as catching a couple of good fish, for the brook that is, I lost 2 others by trying to net them too quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first good one took quite some time to net as it managed to get in tree roots more than once and was hooked in the back of the trout and took a little time to get back in the water. Which meant I had to keep it upright until it recovered, which it did thank goodness. So I was trying get the next fish into the net as quick as possible, the result we all know, live and learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This one from yesterday, only photographed to show the fingerprints which indicate that fish is in it's first year of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's first fish is a bit different</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No fingerprints and quite a bit bigger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had not noticed the fingerprints or known what they indicated until I was fishing with Dave Bendle a couple of days ago when he showed me them and told me what they were.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dave has a Blog which is well worth a read, link below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This was the other decent fish just 12 inches.</span></div>
Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-52692430653799947612017-08-20T20:30:00.002+01:002019-06-09T12:43:10.079+01:00River Tonge Deep & Dirty 20 Aug 17<div style="text-align: center;">
Link to video of trip on youtube. <br />
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Worked my way into the Tonge from an industrial estate, down a overgrown bank strewn with rubbish that had been fly tipped. Children's toys, a fridge and what looked like some ones bedding and clothes, along with the usual drink cans and plastic bottles. The river itself was not as bad as I had anticipated mostly river flotsam with some jetsam of course.<br />
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As with all rivers and streams in Greater Manchester the banks were lined with Japenese Knotweed , Himalayan Balsam with a quite a lot of Giant Hogweed. Along with fallen trees, brambles and nettles.</div>
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As in the photo above the river was narrow in places and always with snags to the sides and above. It was also deep enough to make me thankful for my chest waders in places.</div>
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Anyway it looked promising despite the fact the there were no fish to be seen rising, did not turn out that way for quite some time.</div>
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Missed a couple before netting this nice fish.<br />
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A few nice looking runs produced nothing.<br />
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And then I came up to an old weir which I did manage to climb, I do mean climb passed it.<br />
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Some good looking bits of water above the weir which did not produce.<br />
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also some Giant Hogweed. <br />
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and a large sewer outlet, with more Giant Hogweed <br />
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This is back where I started, with the fridge on the bank. No I did not climb the wall to get out of the river, there was a lower bit near bye.<br />
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Started at the top end of our water and caught my first fish above the top sewer weir. Well I lost one and then caught one.</div>
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I moved up to a walled section of the brook, although the picture makes it look very bright it a dark stretch under the trees with dappling sun which can make it hard to see a fly on the water</div>
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This one came from the bit above.</div>
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Looking back down the brook.</div>
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Rained all morning, very heavy at times, most places would be to high to fish. Except Bradshaw Brook of coarse, it's flow is controlled by Jumbles Reservoir, we do get extra water and some colour when it rains but it is usually still fish able on our beats, and so it proved.</div>
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The afternoon was fine with some cloud, extra colour in the brook but fish rising to something.</div>
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Usual tackle 7 foot 4 weight with a Young's 1415 reel (old but dependable) floating line, 12 foot of tapered leader and tippet with a dry blue winged olive, size 14 to top it off.</div>
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Started here and straight into very small fish.</div>
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This was the first one of any size.</div>
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Moved up above the weir.</div>
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Same again a couple or three small ones, plus a nice one that jumped out of my hand as I tried to take it's photo.</div>
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Up to the awkward bit below, need to get the fly close to the brambles on the right and not get caught in the stuff behind. Doesn't look much but it is deep by the bank. That's the whole of the brook going through that narrow bit.</div>
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Moving on up catching nothing until I arrived at the glide below.</div>
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Still getting very small ones and the odd one a little bigger.</div>
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As I was casting up stream a fish kept rising about six foot to my left as I stood in brook, I ignored it as I thought it would be a little one in the shallow water. It rose again as I was about to move up to the next pool so I flicked my fly to it. The best fish of the day, below, was the result. Just shows to go you, as somebody said, I think in a film. </div>
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Been out and about since my last BLOG, catching some but not always a lot. I have been filming my fishing on a gopro hero and put some on youtube.</div>
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if you would like a look, I hope to get better at it. the filming that is. </div>
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The weather in Bolton has been pretty much rain in the day and rain in the night, but not great amounts of it until today. The rivers have still been OK for fishing most days.</div>
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On 23 July I fished the top end of Bradshaw Brook and waded through a nasty walled section that I usually avoid, hard wading and a bit dangerous if you slip. Was expecting to catch something decent as it doesn't get fished very often, well not by me anyway.</div>
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I caught a three fish there best one below. Better luck next time.</div>
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After the bridge and walls the fishing was easier and better, plenty fish but nothing of any great size.<br />
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On the 25th I fished Bradshaw Brook but this time much further down, not much doing.</div>
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Sunday 30th I did my August kick sample at Ewood Bridge on the Irwell. The river was up a bit with the rain, insect levels were OK but not great.</div>
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31st July Bradshaw Brook again even further down. Film on youtube.</div>
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Today I fished a real dirty place and caught just one fish.</div>
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Not complaining though it weighed 1 lb 12 oz. and came from a nasty dirty spot. On youtube again if you want. Didn't stay to long thunder, lightning and very heavy rain sent me back to the car.</div>
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That's where I fished to today to the end of the Tonge. </div>
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It is not a very long river, starts in The Valley in Bolton where Eagley Brook and Astely Brook meet.<br />
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It ends when it meets the Croal in Darcy Lever just south of Bolton.<br />
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This the Croal where it meets the Tonge. A quite small and often polluted stream, as it was today.<br />
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This is the Tonge a much bigger river before it becomes the Croal.<br />
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I didn't start at the top of the Tonge but at Lever Bridge not that far from the end. First time that I have been to this stretch this year, in fact I am not sure that I fished it last year. </div>
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Difficult to get into the river and not that pretty when you do, invasive weeds all the way down. Caught one fish on a nymph, going down, and that was it nothing for dry fly coming back up. It's coming back to me why I had not been there for some time, won't be rushing back.</div>
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Only good thing was that Bradshaw Brook joins the Tonge not far up above the bridge. Soon into fish there.</div>
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Caught a few like this one and a bit better.<br />
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Then this one made my day worth while. Sorry about the photo, was in a rush to get the fish back in the stream.<br />
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-49275081961478816342017-07-13T20:43:00.004+01:002017-07-13T20:44:22.043+01:00Dirty Urban Fishing 13 July 17Went fishing a very dirty urban river with my friend Dave B. I had been for a look at the place Dave said we should go, I had not been impressed by what I saw. Anyway Dave said "trust me" and off we went.<br />
I didn't take photos of the surroundings not just because it was pretty awful with sewer pipes and rubbish, not to mention the smell. We do not want to advertise where it is, when you see the fish we caught you will understand why. We hooked and lost a few, struck and missed others. What we did catch is below.<br />
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This one went 3 1/2 lbs, I am still smiling.</div>
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Dave's was not as big but still a very good fish.</div>
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Not saying where it is, is not just about keeping it to ourselves, wading up stream we found a descent sized dead trout with a mouth full of maggots and a hook deep in it's gullet attached to a few yards of strong line. Not pleased.<br />
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<br />Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-20668729333002143852017-07-12T20:03:00.000+01:002017-07-12T20:04:32.403+01:00Checking the Irwell 12 July 17<span style="font-size: large;">Decided to visit Ramsbottom, Summerseat and Burrs near Bury to see if there was any recovery of the insect life after the pollution incident and any sign of trout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Started at Nuttall Park just below Ramsbottom, got in the river and fished up stream dry fly, where I have caught fish over the years. A good shoal of minnows as I waded in but no flies coming of the water. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The river bed is very different from when I had last fished there. The repairs to the bank and the grading of the river bed by the Environment Agency had changed the places that used to hold fish. As you can guess I caught nothing and found no insects in the river. Not sure what the minnows are eating. Also saw some very small fry, of what I do not know. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moved down the river to Summerseat again the river was much changed by the EA flood work and again no signs of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On to Burrs which is not to far down river from the other two places where the river had looked clean and clear. Only to find the water murky and looking quite sick. No insects, flies or fish to be seen as before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rained in the night and was forecast for the rest of the day, the forecast was right for a change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Takes lots of rain to make fishing the brook a problem as the main flow comes from Jumbles reservoir and is controlled. We only get high water when the reservoir overflows which is very unusual in the summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Started above Printers Lane, first visit of the year, hard to get to and lots of tree cover and woody debris. not much overhead casting up here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was raining quite hard most of the time and when it wasn't it was coming of the trees. Despite the conditions it was dry fly as usual, infact the same actual fly from last week, a battered Coachman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Pleased that I carried on though, as the best fish of the day was the second last that I caught. Came from a nasty bit of water with a fallen tree in it, thought I had lost it when my line got stuck on a branch. Had to wade in and get it free. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This 12inch fish was as good as I got, not a good photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today,Thursday, decided to have a change. Different rod for a start, 7 foot cane, which like the Coachman had not been out for a while, and up stream nymphing instead of dry fly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bad planning from the start, set the rod up at home without really thinking. Went to the top of the lower beat under the road bridge, always fish there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Couple casts and I new I had a problem the cane rod was a 6 weight and the line on the real was far to light, casting like a mad man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the car, my 3 weight rod was there ready to go with the same fly I had had on all week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the river but above the road bridge this time, not my favourite bit of the brook but it was close by. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not very deep and runs quite quick, watch out for the trees. nothing rising that I could see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fished every bit of water no matter how fast or what depth, did quite well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lost a few on the way up, shallow water jumpers nearly always seem to come off. All caught before the bend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the bend, deeper water under the trees, should hold good fish,but not for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They seem OK, not as sturdy as my old Simms(the cheapest ones), will have to be careful. My Simms are looking very silly with lots of Aquaseal on them and they still leaked a bit, mind they are over 5 years old. They will do for work days on the river. </span></div>
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Flyfishing the Irwell and other streamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138471605245432812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6703239484858969760.post-79407291006525869452017-07-02T13:18:00.000+01:002017-07-02T13:22:53.140+01:00Irwell Kick Sample and Nuttall Park 1 July 17Did my monthly sample at Ewood Bridge on the Irwell, number of insects going up as expected as the river warms.<br />
Went down to Nuttall Park on my way home.<br />
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Looks perfect, this bit used to be an eyesore, see below, until the Christmas 2015 flood damage caused the Environment Agency to order the repairs.<br />
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Not all good though. The Times on Saturday listed the Irwell at Nuttall Park as a good free spot for trout fishing. I am not saying that there are no trout still, but the poison that got into the river below<br />
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My reason for the visit was to get into the river and check for insects. After a half hour of lifting stones in the river all that I found I could count on one hand. As for fish I saw nothing at all, a chap I chatted with told me he had seen minnows and that the Heron still came to fish in the river. We live in hope. <br />
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Intended to fish the Irwell at Radcliffe, river was up a bit and very coloured, then went to check the Roach. Pretty much the same. Back to Bolton and the Tonge, some colour but not enough to be a bother and fish were rising.</div>
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Three fish rising in the pool got this one out without to much disturbance. the other two were soon rising again.</div>
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Started where I finished on Sunday, it's a part of the brook that I have not fished before. The idea was not only to fish but to photograph the invasive weeds for the Plant Tracker web site. I did catch a few fish but spent more time taking pictures of Giant Hogweed,</div>
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They are none native invasive weeds that are taking over large parts of our country side, in particular on the sides of our waterways. On the <a href="http://www.planttracker.org.uk/">http://www.planttracker.org.uk</a> web site you can see how bad it is in my area.</div>
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One more winter and I expect this to break completely, though I have been saying the same for a couple of years.</div>
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Although it looked quite promising all I seem to get was small ones.</div>
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First fish came third cast to an olive.</div>
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Had plenty of fish rising to the fly and hooked and lost three others, and then nothing for a while.</div>
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Changed to a BWO and this one came second cast.</div>
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Next cast from same riffle.</div>
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Casting flat on the water if you want to keep out of the trees.</div>
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Just a little bigger.</div>
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Started to miss fish again and when I hooked the odd one they either came off or were very small.</div>
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Funny old week started poor and got better, which is better than the other way round I suppose.</div>
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Sunday 29 May went to Ewood Bridge on the Irwell to do a Kick Sample, only my second one this year. Insect numbers are coming up even though the river was changed a lot by the Boxing Day flood. How the wee creatures survive when just about all the river bed gets moved amazes me. </div>
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After taking the sample went up river for a fish, didn't find any. I was not surprised as most of the places that I used to catch have changed for the worse.</div>
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This bit of the river is much the same as last year, but round the corner it's very different. Can not believe that I did not take any pictures of what was going on.<br />
The council or maybe the Environment Agency, or both are repairing the left bank which partly collapsed in 2013 and must have got worse with the flood. There was two vehicles in the river, one digger changing the river bed and another moving trees. Called it a day.<br />
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Thursday 2nd June<br />
Decided I had to catch fish went to Bradshaw Brook and fished up towards Jumbles.<br />
Did not start very well.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp94hFCQzHfDGnLZFjFtSd0JQ_fyTGTEhN8h8OruNZx2ga9cstc6geOVQTMPyt98_ezLZlwfSZBbE11d-_haCNEN5Bf1qjjUZ6GYsNjRJVSShpL5z1eu6PuF2rOdcBQ6N9pxoE0IsO8kc/s1600/DSCF2021.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp94hFCQzHfDGnLZFjFtSd0JQ_fyTGTEhN8h8OruNZx2ga9cstc6geOVQTMPyt98_ezLZlwfSZBbE11d-_haCNEN5Bf1qjjUZ6GYsNjRJVSShpL5z1eu6PuF2rOdcBQ6N9pxoE0IsO8kc/s640/DSCF2021.JPG" width="640" /></a> It's a fish just about, at least it will grow.<br />
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The next one was a lot better.<br />
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Not a great days fishing but it got me out.</div>
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Saturday 4 June.</div>
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Bradshaw Brook again but much much further down stream.</div>
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Started off ok fish rising and me missing them or hooking and loosing them. </div>
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First one a goodish fish for here.</div>
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If you are thinking that I was out quite early it was here that I realised that I had not changed the camera to British Summer Time.</div>
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Yes that is a settee in the middle of the brook, must have taken some effort to get it there, the mind boggles at what the less than sane will do for fun.<br />
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Thirty minutes of more misses and loosing fish before this one gave it's self up.<br />
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A lot longer than the thirty minutes before I got this one.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbt35u8MH1m1KLHs63v-R7o-xIM6_5LbqcCIrYAEaJET3CCeQtW7OUqcOziTfT6SlOjdxVtMddPHGaV3wYSWa_xXYr4zp-Pc6Y4K6q_QqUH831dEWmlt-BXcJwiqiZmM4ef7JL7wNlF4/s1600/DSCF2007.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbt35u8MH1m1KLHs63v-R7o-xIM6_5LbqcCIrYAEaJET3CCeQtW7OUqcOziTfT6SlOjdxVtMddPHGaV3wYSWa_xXYr4zp-Pc6Y4K6q_QqUH831dEWmlt-BXcJwiqiZmM4ef7JL7wNlF4/s640/DSCF2007.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
This proved to be the start of better fishing.<br />
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Two in quick time, made a nice change.<br />
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From the same pool.<br />
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And then another, o joy.<br />
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and another. Nice fish and they all fight like mad.<br />
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Not very wide but plenty deep.<br />
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and onother from the same place.<br />
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and still they kept coming.<br />
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Had to move up after this one.<br />
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The last one that came to the net, but not the last that I hooked. Before I caught this one a much better fish ran me around the pool for a while before jumping out and taking my fly with it.<br />
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I was hoping that the one that broke me off would take again as there were still fish rising in the same pool so had a sit and a wait.<br />
Put the fly in the fast water at the top of the pool and thought that I had it again until I saw the fish. It was twice the size of the first one and much larger than anything that I have seen in the brook before. After a few minutes of holding the bottom it turned and stripped line as it flew down stream and under the bank. I waded down after it and found it had got tangled in the roots, tried to get it out but to no avail. Sat down and had a cry. No I didn't really felt like it.<br />
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I know where it is and shall be back in a few days time.<br />
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Not fished the Tonge this year, today decided to give it a go, well pleased that I did.</div>
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Just like all the rivers, the winter floods had changed the Tonge and moved large amounts of stone and gravel.</div>
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This lot has come from above the road bridge down the cobbled river bed</div>
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that supports the road and rail bridges.</div>
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This was the first rise I saw</div>
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Came from the other side of that tree.</div>
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Nothing rising until I caught this one a lot further up river </div>
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At least three fish rising in this pool, the first one did not stop the others feeding.</div>
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Second one from further up same pool</div>
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Then this much better fish from the top of the pool. Last year I hooked and lost a good fish from the same pool, could have been this one.</div>
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Again I had to go well up river to find this one rising in the pool below.<br />
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and them this one from the head of the pool<br />
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Went up to the road bridge but nothing doing so started back down river.<br />
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On the way up river I had disturbed what I thought was a good fish in a large pool, went down passed the pool and sneaked back up. </div>
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This is the one, just under 15 inches, it ran me around the pool, had me thinking it might not be hooked in the mouth. As you can see it was that's my Adams in it's bottom jaw.</div>
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Not a great number of fish but two very good ones from what is quite a small river made my day.</div>
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