Trout dont live in ugly places.

[Dave]

Im supposed to be trying to get some work on a project done for a client today............. but the fly fishing season starts on 25th March in the Yorkshire Dales, so instead I thought I would post a few photos up for your enjoyment......

A hidden small beck in the Ribble Valley

Into a Wild Brown.

Upper Wharfedale. Gods Country. Stalking, and Rivercraft and technique

Small stream on a dry

New Toys.

Its not the size of the fish which counts, its the quality of the experience.

Wild Fish. More difficult to decieve.

Amateur entemology. What are the trout concentrating on right now? Recently emerged Stonefly. A very important part of the food chain

Swaledale or the Ure

The lady of the stream. Upper Airedale. Grayling. Thymallus thymallus. [Smells of Thyme]

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Duffers fortnight. So called, as for two weeks, the Mayfly hatch, and the trout go crazy...even a duffer has a chance.

Ephemera Danica. The Greendrake, as the americans call it.

Fishing buddy casting the long haul

Trout dont live in Ugly places.

Hope you enjoyed these photos.

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[ex-member BareThrills]

Cheers mate, i enjoyed those pics. You are damn right about trout, they have great taste in choosing where they live

 

[Elen Sentier]

Very much enjoyed - thanks for posting

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovely pics. great spot.

 

[Niels]

Nice fishing places! Do you eat the trouts? They look quite tasty.

 

[Dave]

Nice fishing places! Do you eat the trouts? They look quite tasty.

Yes, sometimes Neils.
Catch and release is widespread practice these days, but on some stretches I would take a couple. It all depends.
I only take stocked fish though, as a rule, for the table.

[The first three fish pictured are wild. Two trout and a grayling The rest are probably not, although that bottom one may be. Wild fish tend to fight like fury]

This for instance is an obvious stockie:

Stocked Fish are poured into the river, and have been used to recieving pellets to eat.
Its takes them a few days to realise that they better go and start catching some flies, caddis, snails etc, so theres not a huge amount of skill in catching one. As they will take most things.
and sometimes they will probably starve over the winter anyway, or be taken by predators, so its best to take them for the table.

In other rivers, they do not introduce stocked fish, but try and allow wild trout to breed naturally, and its very detremental to the 'wild' population to begin taking them out to eat. So they would normally be catch and release rivers.

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[Goatboy]

Nice pics, nice way to spend a day. And you get to tie flies out of season.
Have you seen the tied feather legs on a daddy longlegs dapping fly? Just tied feathers but they blow me away.
Great post and a nice looking part of the country.

 

[Dave]

Thankyou. The Dales are in my back yard, so Im there in half an hour.
They are cock pheasant tail feathers. I tied up a few died black, to mimic the hawthorn, and or heather fly, a couple of weeks ago. You can buy them already tied if you wanted though.

are there many other fly fishers on BCUK? Make yourself known! :0)

 

[vizsla]

Stunning mate I keep meaning to go fly fishing myself, I have a strange relationship with fishing because my dad use to expect me to sit for 10 ours quietly! But then I lived in a house with the river derwent at the end of the garden so got back into it a little.
later this week I'm going pike fishing which I enjoy, I usually follow the river walking through the woods and were there's a clearing il cast out for half hour then walk on and have a few brews along the way!
great pics mate

 

[andybysea]

Quality pics cheers for posting.

 

[Goatboy]

Meant to say the season started up here yesterday, few mates of mine were out in the snow, leader lines like stiff wire - not having a good time.

 

[andyc54]

Stunning dave im really jealous I havent been fly fishing for a few years but your pictures in a stunning place makes me want to get back out
Thanks for sharing

 

[Skaukraft]

Lovely stream!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[fishfish]

that grayling presses all the buttons for me! lovely pics mate.

 

[sandbender]

Great pics and a great thread title, thanks for posting.

 

[dwardo]

Great photos and nice escape for a bit thanks.

 

[mountainm]

Envious. Magical day. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gsfgaz]

I really enjoyed that post , some awesome pictures ... some craking looking broon troot ,,, cheers for sharing ..

 

[tartanferret]

great pics, thanks for sharing

 

[Lurch]

Some lovely wee broons.
Really not big on the idea of stocking rivers, even with the brown trout.