UKCF Anglers.

[oskihen]

Where you going from timfy

[Timfy]

Bristol Channel out of Portishead.

Going on the boat is a bit expensive though, only going now as I don't have to be at work and it means I can spend some quality time with family. Will be looking to get to some of the spots on the shore between Aust and Burnham in time, though.

[oskihen]

Good luck tomorrow mate , nothing better than catching your own dinner

[Johnny Thunder]

Good luck. I hope you bag a few for the table.

[Timfy]

Cheers all, three decent sized codling in the end, no photos from the day though- much better weather so just enjoyed it.

[Simon Bolivar]

Been twice, caught twice, pretty good avges my friend; if only I was as lucky!Perhaps after 48yrs I have worn my luck out?

[Johnny Thunder]

Sounds like a very successful session Timfy.
I'm sure they will taste real nice.

[Simon Bolivar]

So just to celebrate my best ever season, here's a few of the best pics, sure you're are some newbies have haven't caught the oldies & maybe some I didn't post.

[wolfie]

livin the life

[Johnny Thunder]

Excellent photographs Simon. Some fantastic sessions you have had.
Something I have never done, is catch a pike on the fly. Do you use this method often?

[Scott]

Excellent photographs Simon. Some fantastic sessions you have had.
Something I have never done, is catch a pike on the fly. Do you use this method often?

+1

I bet it's great on a fly rod.

[Simon Bolivar]

Johnny, Lure fishing for for pike anglers who have caught enough pike & want to have a little more excitement. Fly fishing for pike is for those anglers who have caught enough on lures & want to make it harder. And when they really get carried away, they have to make their own flies ect. I can't claim to have caught enough pike with any method yet but I catch about a third of my fish in lures & I am slowly adding flies to that time. I only recently recovered my lure wallet that I had lost, found by a friendly & honest neighbour who I didn't know. I have just ordered ?100+ of materials & a few ready made flies to give them ago during my next Scottish hols, when I hope to be fishing from a boat on Loch Fad. Fly fishing from the bank in the pike world is very limited as our banks are not trimmed back like the trout waters. It is a fantastic feeling to feel in the live fish pulling on the line at the take (as your holding the line to retrieve it). The waters are pretty clear up there & should have weed growth but not to the surface so hopefully it should be a goer. I will be using lures as well (have a far too extensive collection 300+) & always have a deadbait out or two. Deads bring the most & biggest fish but I have caught dbles up there trawling lures. I'll let you know how it goes. The two photos are not my own but taken from the Bute website.

[chalkstreamangler]

Another angler here (the username gives a clue too!) and below is some proof that very occasionally things go as planned.

A wild brownie I caught on a home tied mayfly from the River Dever near Sutton Scotney (safely returned and had the pleasure of watching him feeding again the following week):

Brownie.jpg

A rainbow from a private lake near Fordingbridge also caught on the same fly as above 5 days later (not returned but was great on the BBQ):

Rainbow.jpg

A summer salmon from a tiny tributary of the River Test caught on another home tied fly - a black JW Nymph (fish safely returned):

Salmon.jpg

[Scott]

Great pictures lads, some fantastic looking fish there!

[Simon Bolivar]

Chalkstream, very nice shots, your fly tying & casting is obviously far better than mine, I am just beginning in that field. Here's a pic or two that should interest you. The far large loch is Fad, Rainbows to 20lb, Pike to 42lb, neither of which I suppose particularly interests you but the nearest large loch is Loch Quien, dry fly brown trout waster only & very nice fish they are too. The water to the left is the Wee Dhu, an hours hike up the hill but you'll be the only angler there. I never met anyone there except for water workers & highland coos. Great spot for a long weekend holiday. The 2nd pic is an over head of Ascog, where I spent all last yrs holiday, no trout but lots of pike from 6-12, my biggest was 17lb 03, which was the biggest for several yrs there. They had a 20lb'er out there later in the summer. The 3rd is my set up on the trout boat I hire on Fad, using boards & grips to put 2 rods over the side & create more space. The last shows how mean highland pike are! Not my pike unfortunately.