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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 of the blue winged olive s wings is very distinctive chop off the double badger and change to a kite s imperial and choose your fish this river is always a bit of a test for the angler here the water is so clear the fish can see you from quite a distance creeping about is the only way to earn any real success scare a fish on the mother river the derbyshire wye and you put down all the fish in that pool scare one on the lathkill and the effect can spread over 100 yards these banks may be mown a little bit but the river has lots of cover so careful casting is required the back cast has to be watched as much as the forward cast failure to take this precaution will get your fly stolen by that precious fish holding cover very soon the drake will be on the menu on some days the fly will go on at the start of the fishing and only come off when packing up meanwhile i reckon we may well be occupied by another week or so of chopping and changing regular rod posted by regular rod at 01 21 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 20 april 2019 minimalism anyone now past the usual allotted span your faithful correspondent lays claim to still having the enthusiasm of youth it must be so as events today surely prove in the rush and hastiness to get tackled up and down river to begin fishing this day the old brady shoulder bag was left behind on the garden table fortunately the kite s imperial chosen simply because the day was so bright and sunny had been tied on and anointed this proved to be of vital import when after a couple of miles wandering down river to sit by the tail pool of ogden island on derbyshire s river wye the bag was reached for and found to not be over the shoulder where it usually is calamity i ve never fished one of those one fly only all day competitions and i don t believe i d do very well in one if i did ooh careful now the floatant is at home as are the scissors leader material fly boxes and other apparatus lose the fly and although there are many in your hat band they are not ready to repel water now dashing off like that must go to show that the youthful enthusiasm for our great sport is still there or does it only show that advancing years have rendered this angler forgetful henry don t sit on the landing net we will need it soon the choice of fly was a good guess sport was not brisk but it was still to be had by sitting quietly observing carefully and letting the fish show us where they are see i told you we would be needing that net at one point the fly was broken off in some trailing vines of ivy dangling just a bit too low for the attempted side cast happily it was possible to lasso the fly with the tip ring and recover it to hand and retie it onto the now slightly shorter tippet a bonus was watching a big momma grayling on her redd the snaps aren t very good laziness led to the phone being the only camera to hand the mother river this year is in amazing condition clear higher than usual teeming with life and ready to give her presents to those ready to receive them maybe a copy of the check list needs printing off again and pinning to the garden door to be read just before stepping out onto the riverside footpath best wishes to you all regular rod posted by regular rod at 16 03 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 3 april 2019 alert alert urgent urgent for the next three weeks if you are fishing in the north country rivers of great britain you are very likely to need some suitable fakes of the grannom may i please suggest you get back to the vice and tie a few if you have not yet done so on monday i was vexed to see that i only had one in my fly box and one in my hat band cobblers kids are always barefoot hence this urgent public service message regular rod posted by regular rod at 10 47 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 1 april 2019 change of plans henry and your faithful correspondent spent some of this last winter in reconnaissance the changes to the river within its upper reaches nearer to home than down towards the confluence were all cheerfully observed and committed to memory the snowdrops were marvelled at the newly scoured gravel beds were smiled upon the large woody debris much of which had been relocated by the floods was observed with satisfaction in the mind s eye of the dry fly angler a scheme for making the most of opening day was pictured with prospective ambush points already planned what actually happened was somewhat different the angler overlaid this all fools day the plan was to open the season on the mother river in and around the places already reconnoitred this river has more anglers to fish it than the tributary waters usually chosen for a regular rod s opening day being at least two hours later than intended space would likely be at a premium the decision to change plans was an easy one to make dog tackle and angler were therefore loaded into the motor car and a short drive to a parking space at the top end of the lower beat was followed by some furious threading of line and speedy tying on of a double badger the walk down to the bottom of the beat on the right bank was a brisk one the walk was just enough to get the brain in gear and fully into waterside resident mode again back to basics we had not done any reconnaissance down this end of the river no fond imaginings had prepared us for where to set to for some fishing so what did your blogger do he sat down and hid from the fish observed the water and fished where he saw the fish were t...