Catch Up Time

Quiet start to the week up until Wednesday then contacted the guys from Manchester Casting Club to see if anyone was going on Wednesday night. Andrew is away & Chris was tied up with work so it was just Sean and myself. It was good to catch up as neither of us have been able to get there for one reason or another.
We stayed for a couple of hours and shortly before we left a chap by the name of Rick turned up and joined in the casting. He'd recently moved to the UK from the USA so hopefully he'll start to come along on a regular basis. It does need more people to come along especially given all the hard work Andrew & Chris have put in it would be a shame if the Club couldn't keep going, so if you want to cast a line or maybe just a chat about fly fishing & casting and are in the area of Platt Fields, Fallowfield, Manchester on a Wednesday evening just pop along you'll be more than welcome (more details can be found via Fly Forums - Manchester Casting Club).

Despite the awful weather I decided on Friday I would go and fish my local club water Lamaload. Arrived there about 2pm and didn't really think it would be worth bothering as very low cloud and squally rain kept pushing over the lake, but you never can tell when fishing. I had the place to myself, but I'm not surprised given the weather, water level was down quite a bit and the wind was coming in straight of the dam wall. As there was a few martins working the water I decided to stick to small patterns just below the surface and slowly walk down to the bottom of the lake and then fish my way back. saw a few fish rise of the point of the second bay had a few casts with no luck then carried on. At last I found some fish steadily rising on the edge of the weed bed at the bottom end and after a few casts hooked into one only for it to throw the hook. Other fish still continued to rise so another cast and this time It stayed on, a rainbow but not big but full of fight, a few more fish came to the net then they disappeared so it was time to move on. Back to where the fish were rising earlier and first cast produced a big pull then nothing, fish had gone. Fished the area hard and managed a few more fish before the heavy rain and mist descended and with it the fish moved on which was clearly my cue to do the same.

So it goes to show that you never really can tell just by looking what the sessions going to turn out like until you've give it a go.

Saturday saw me helping out at Curleys Fishery which was a good session. Plenty of fish being caught at this venue well worth a visit.

Tight Lines to all those who are out there fishing this coming week.

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