crazyplums
22-02-2009, 18:22
well, Luke had been pestering to go fishing, i knew the tides were naff and about to ebb, and had no usable bait meaning we'd need to buy,
so, instead of a tenner on bait, probably more on tackle i don't need and a fiver in fuel, we spent two quid on fuel and nothing on bait by going to Brick Farm trout fishery, after making a flask and a picnic we arrived (via the new tackle shop just north of h/monceux for a nose about), signed in, and were on the bottom lake about midday, £22 for 4 fish (jnr fishes free with adult and shares catch limit). so maybe a little more spent over-all, but at least we knew there were sizable fish to catch (1.5 to 20lb+),
after slowly losing patience with Luke (casting lessons) i figured it'd be best to let him learn on his own while i wet a line, I sooo needed to wet a line!
thankfully a good mate of mine turned up and spemt some time with like which gave me a little breathing space!
first cast saw a gold head green damsel on a 8# intermediate d/t, sent out to around 35 feet (max!!!) I gave it twenty seconds to get some depth and on the second short strip it was fish on!! a few minutes later saw my first ever fishery rainbow of 3lb+ safely in the net. this is easy! :shutup:
about 15mins later luke pulled his first in, a fish of just over 2lb, to say he was chuffed is an understatement, level pegging now!
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605561.jpg
after about twenty mins of trying i decided to go back and get my 5# Loomis, seemed only fair to let it have a crack at a decent fish too! i set this up with a sink tip 4# line, 10ft 10lb flouro tippet and a gold head daddy longlegs, again about 25-30 feet, again i gave it time to sink and with only a few short strips it was fish on again! this one took longer than the 3lb'er to get in, more due to the lighter rod i think, it certainly gave a good account of itself on a 5# rod! this fishy was around 2lb5oz,
it took a further 1 1/2 hrs to bag the fourth fish, which my mate hooked and luke played until it was netted, another 2lb+ fish!
being our first trip to a fishery, i was more than happy that it was money well spent, 4 decent fish for tea (how often does that happen on the shore!) and a good time had by both, I can see this becoming a more common occurence! total weight of about 9lb 11 on the fishery scales.
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605581.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605591.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605541.jpg
so, instead of a tenner on bait, probably more on tackle i don't need and a fiver in fuel, we spent two quid on fuel and nothing on bait by going to Brick Farm trout fishery, after making a flask and a picnic we arrived (via the new tackle shop just north of h/monceux for a nose about), signed in, and were on the bottom lake about midday, £22 for 4 fish (jnr fishes free with adult and shares catch limit). so maybe a little more spent over-all, but at least we knew there were sizable fish to catch (1.5 to 20lb+),
after slowly losing patience with Luke (casting lessons) i figured it'd be best to let him learn on his own while i wet a line, I sooo needed to wet a line!
thankfully a good mate of mine turned up and spemt some time with like which gave me a little breathing space!
first cast saw a gold head green damsel on a 8# intermediate d/t, sent out to around 35 feet (max!!!) I gave it twenty seconds to get some depth and on the second short strip it was fish on!! a few minutes later saw my first ever fishery rainbow of 3lb+ safely in the net. this is easy! :shutup:
about 15mins later luke pulled his first in, a fish of just over 2lb, to say he was chuffed is an understatement, level pegging now!
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605561.jpg
after about twenty mins of trying i decided to go back and get my 5# Loomis, seemed only fair to let it have a crack at a decent fish too! i set this up with a sink tip 4# line, 10ft 10lb flouro tippet and a gold head daddy longlegs, again about 25-30 feet, again i gave it time to sink and with only a few short strips it was fish on again! this one took longer than the 3lb'er to get in, more due to the lighter rod i think, it certainly gave a good account of itself on a 5# rod! this fishy was around 2lb5oz,
it took a further 1 1/2 hrs to bag the fourth fish, which my mate hooked and luke played until it was netted, another 2lb+ fish!
being our first trip to a fishery, i was more than happy that it was money well spent, 4 decent fish for tea (how often does that happen on the shore!) and a good time had by both, I can see this becoming a more common occurence! total weight of about 9lb 11 on the fishery scales.
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605581.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605591.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss25/crazyplums/fishing/fly/P10605541.jpg