Sunday 2 April 2017

Riffle hunting

New month, new season. river ticket gives me browns till June, as well as what ever turns up on the free stretches of the Wensum. My plan is to find some rifles and learn some short line nymphing. We'll see how that goes.


This rifle hasn't been cow trampled for a while so is very clean. A lot of small fish testing the pussy willow catkins and a few better fish further down the pool. Strictly fly only. Jasper Farquarht Mug- Brown country.



Not me but on the ticket as well. Think I will wear waders though....


This one has had some recent bovine action. A whole mill and a couple of miles below the stockies so anything here will be wild or certainly over wintered, and possibly back from the sea.








8 comments:

  1. Excellent, get out there son. Any wild broon would be great. A sea troot even better. Good luck. My mission is to catch a mullet on the fly this year.

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  2. England in spring. There's nothing better.

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    1. Early summer before everything goes over. Flaming June

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  3. Are you shooting them BB? Lovely looking stretch of water. Are there grayling in there too? John

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    1. Eaton Rifles John. Or getting in a rifght old mess...

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    2. That is the Norfolk Eaton btw..

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  4. Far too energetic for my liking - upstream worming is about my limit where trout are concerned! Some fabulous looking stretches of river and as it's you, not me, casting the fly all the best with your folly - Dyl

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  5. Not every where is fly only Dyl, byelaws do permit artificial lures...on the free bits anyway.
    There are some scatterings of grayling around but shadows and myths really The Scribbler used to get them on the Little Ouse at Santon Downham. Which is in my work patch...

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