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scussed by this justly famous dry fly fishing water in the imaginary conversation i had to check the telephone to ascertain the date my word third of july i must remember to wish the good folk in the usa a very happy fourth of july so have a great day and try to get some fishing done in celebration of your nation s birth regular rod posted by regular rod at 15 13 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 26 march 2021 another derbyshire fly box is re born well it took a few sessions but that lovely old richard wheatley dry fly box now has every compartment occupied by families of new tenants during the tying sessions immersing myself in italian via radio garden it became clear that to simply use this box as if i d bought it new was not going to be good enough this had been a fellow dry fly angler s box looking at what was left of his flies even though the insects had certainly enjoyed some very festive banquets it was just possible to discern what some of these dry flies had been this brought me to the conclusion that he had fished rivers in wales and the north west of england somehow this made him real we had never met but there was still a connection jack s box the note is attached to a sheet of ethafoam in which i keep a needle it fits neatly inside the leather wallet in the lid on every tangle jack will be noted i contacted my pal who had been so kind as to pass on this box and some other fly fishing items of his late father s what was your dads name john charles william wilkinson he was known to all as jack thank you i want to keep a record of him in the fly box that s a nice thought well it s more than a thought now jack is duly recorded and every time i reach for my untangling needle i will see his name henceforth this box is to be known as jack s box it s full of derbyshire flies in readiness for this season i hope he would have approved regular rod posted by regular rod at 19 11 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 12 march 2021 traditional dry fly box comes back to life a few years ago a pal and member of the choir we sang in very kindly gave me a box of some fly fishing tackle that had been his dad s in it among some other items was this immaculate traditional wheatley dry fly box this season in an attempt to be better organised i m going to use it as it should be the list of flies i need to tie to fill the box for the season is there roughly in order of priority and a little in order with what to expect at the start and throughout the season updates to follow meanwhile i must find my reading glasses regular rod posted by regular rod at 12 03 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 23 february 2021 let s be careful out there here in the uk we are going to be allowed out soon just in time for the start of the new season apart from debris dropped by this winter s excellent floods the rivers round here have benefitted from the lockdown and a reduction in folk dropping litter as a resolute take it home and dispose of it safely fanatic this list caught my eye and reminded me of how we can all help and that it is worth our effort now back to the fly tying vices with you all don t be found wanting on opening day regular rod posted by regular rod at 16 23 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 4 july 2020 happy birthday usa have a great day everyone maybe celebrate with some dry fly fishing this evening posted by regular rod at 16 04 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 7 june 2020 one fly only day all day no your faithful correspondent has not been trying his hand in one of those one fly only competitions today was a day when it might have been possible to catch more fish by chopping and changing flies there were many different species of fly on the water today and there were fish prepared to eat them too never mind that though this is mayfly time early on in the day there were some spent mayfly spinners the spent gnat still left over from the previous day it made sense to put on a suitable fake the poly prop spent gnat ppsg and catch one or two of the early risers later there were solitary mayfly spinners coming back and laying their eggs on the surface these kept some of the trout interested and those interested trout kept your blogger from changing his fly it turned out to be a one fly only day all day poly prop spent gnat sport was slow and hard won this limestone spring fed river is gin clear and scaring a little fish that then shoots off passing the alarm through great long stretches of river is very easily done certainly it was easy to do today the trick is to seek cover and preferably find cover near places where the fish have cover too here is a place that for decades has been one such very useful place not anymore the elm which used to provide cover for many fine fish has died dutch elm disease seems to kill our elms just as they are about to change from shrubs to trees the british isles have no biosecurity worth a damn it seems any invasive species is made welcome here by this lack the beautiful elms featured in the landscape paintings of john constable are long gone and there is little chance we will ever get them back the elm s aerial cover has gone for ever it s not the end of the world though the fish have simply moved to new haunts and even allowed this angler to get away with being lazy today and having a one fly only day all day regular rod posted by regular rod at 17 46 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 13 may 2020 big yellow taxi joni mitchell got it right when she sang you don t know what you ve got til it s gone recent events have certainly shown how much you can miss the things you love being prevented from fishing millions of british anglers have been peculiarly and forcibly reminded of what they had got today your blogger like many others made sure to enjoy what he s got by grabbing the opportunity to get out there and open up the trout season at last now the lock down has been eased much of henry s athletic prowess has gone now his fishing pal who loves him and his company so very much is dreading the day when henry can no longer go a fishing this time it s a case of knowing already what you ve got before it s gone he loved the day but now he is exhausted and asleep in his dog bed the fishing on this beat of this exquisite tributary of the derbyshire wye is not as easy as it would at first seem to be the water is as clear as gin but a bit more expensive and several times today the fish saw the angler before the angler saw the fish this has the effect of putting all the fish for about a hundred yards each time completely off the feed it s actually hard to succeed here which is why i love the place it demands meticulous attention to being stealthy and to being very observant there is no problem in fishing where the fish are as the river has a massive population of beautiful wild brown trout that tend to be heavy strong and very fast it is hard but most definitely it is a dry fly fishing paradise too being permitted on here is a special and rare privilege in return fishing with restraint is a natural courtesy for this reason a personal limit is self imposed today ten seemed about right although sometimes six is quite enough the first fish took a charles cotton s black fly with some force hooking itself in fact a decent flotilla of blue winged olives began to sail down the whole river as the sun came out the old favourite fake kite s imperial variant did the trick then suddenly there was a violent crashing rise up river why aha there were mayflies the drake putting in an appearance a change to a thicker tippet and on with the hair winged mayfly and it stayed on for the rest of the day we packed up at ten fish leaving for home a few moments considering what i ve got before it s gone reminded me how much i love these derbyshire rivers how much i love henry how much i love dry fly fishing and how lucky i am to still be enjoying and loving them folks please do enjoy what you ve got and what you love as much as you can for it is too easy to end up echoing joni mitchell you don t know what you ve got til it s gone regular rod posted by regular rod at 18 58 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 22 january 2020 winter inter lude each spring the wild trout trust holds an auction of donated lots for its major annual fund raiser lots vary from items of tackle to entire fishing holidays in all sorts of places around the world for the donor there is the satisfaction that the wild trout trust is getting the biggest possible bang from the donor s gifted buck for the bidders that don t win a particular lot they have the satisfaction that their bids have helped maximise the value to the trust the lucky winners of the lots have their satisfaction in that they have made valuable contributions to the trust s work and have got something rather special to look forward to thus it was in the spring of 2019 when your blogger was the lucky winner of a day of fishing for roach with dr redfin himself dr mark everard the prize was for two anglers to spend a full day with mark fishing on either a very private stretch of the bristol avon or on the hampshire avon mark advised that we should fish late in the season for best results although there is always the risk of inclement weather and high coloured water in wintertime he being the foremost expert in all matters to do with the roach rutilus rutilus we took his advice and took the risk this really is the complete book of the roach sunday last saw your blogger and his pal john heading south west for a three hours drive to the cotswolds and the mayfield house hotel in crudwell wiltshire we were met by mark and his pal frank at the hotel and after a pleasant couple of hours relaxing listening and learning more about what to expect we went to bed excited at the prospects of the morrow monday morning and wiltshire was frosted and fogged after our hearty breakfasts we followed mark to a private estate and its secret length of the bristol avon a minor snag with mark s car was attended to and then loaded up with coarse fishing gear we had a steady walk down to the river mark took us down to the bottom of the beat where we set up and started fishing the flow was brisk and the river much deeper than the little streams and rivers in derbyshire where we fish the dry fly the swim suffice it to say the fishing was difficult for each of us mark and john set up legering rods your blogger pig headedly was determined to float fish trotting with an ancient cane rod called kennet perfection and using a centre pin reel grandad s old speedia and so eschewed the leger tackle looking upstream from the swim the bread crumb balls went in the edge just here after an hour or so feeding in hand squashed balls of bread crumbs well up from the swim and determinedly trotting the swim with bread flake nipped onto a size 12 hook your correspondent was visited by his host how are you doing not sure am i doing this right asked as i held the float back a little to accommodate a slight rise in the river bed looks okay looks like you have a fish the float had moved to the side and an old instinct had kicked in as your blogger set the hook yes you ve got one and it s a roach would you like me to net it oh thank you yes please net s here on the left mark took the long handled net and sank the meshes the lucky angler drew the roach over the net and mark did the rest we must have a photo wet your hands on the net sounded just like me with guests on my bit of fishing the roach was passed over and held for a snap do you want angler and roach or just roach just roach rr s first bristol avon roach photograph thanks to dr mark everard the roach was then carefully laid back into the wet net and lowered gently into the river to swim free and go about its roachy business some of the swims needed a level of skill beyond that of your blogger to cast into mark could deliver his float anywhere with a flick of the wrist and his perfect execution of the f w k wallis cast my attempts led to tangles and frustration that cast is a skill i will have to work on mark and john concentrating into the gloom through the day and into night we fished on but mark was the only one to have any further success it didn t seem to matter we were enjoying ourselves too much to really notice mark is a helpful host and it was a pleasure to meet him we learned a few things and as is always true when learning stuff we recognised that there is a lot more to learn venus top left looks down on the bristol avon the bristol avon is a beautiful river we struggled that roach was largely a matter of luck and of being put in the best swim by a kind host it would be wonderful to revisit when the river was lower clearer and not quite so cold regular rod posted by regular rod at 12 04 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 4 july 2019 happy birthday usa have a good time folks maybe celebrate with some fishing happy 4th of july from regular rod posted by regular rod at 15 36 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 19 may 2019 busy day it was another chopping and changing day for your correspondent and his pal henry the hawthorn flies seem to have finished their honeymoons for the year and most dry fly anglers hereabouts will be willing the drake to begin theirs as soon as possible no drake yet but lots of flies around of a variety of species this is what made the day a busy one and added a certain something to the proceedings the first few fish came to a size 14 double badger which was chosen because there were no fish rising four to the minute with their attentions fixed on a specific fly the double badger makes a good fake for many different real flies and looks to be a decent mouthful anyway it was working then the fish started to rise more frequently and it quickly became clear that they were choosing something specific from the buffet bar near their sky what was it aphids but not green ones fat little dark brown creatures that had gorged on sap to the point when gravity took them from the leaves in the canopy on with a size 20 sturdy s fancy and the next fish was the biggest of the day a fine brown trout with all fabulous colours that lathkill brown trout are so famous for after a few more fish it all went quiet the double badger went back on to continue its coaxing duties henry and regular rod continued to wander up stream picking pockets as we went mid afternoon saw the first flotilla of duns sail by untouched for a good ten minutes then it started what a sight fly choice was easy the slight backward angle 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