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Box Brook - 11-12/05/2010

The fair weather continued and I couldn’t resist two more evenings fishing after work. I had recently got my membership for a stretch of the Box Brook, a lovely limestone river not far from Bath which I was looking forward to fishing. The river was running low and clear and from the road bridge I could see a number of Trout and Grayling. The occasional splashy rise from a small Brown Trout added to the excitement and I couldn’t wait to start. The first evening was not hugely successful; I think
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Publow Lake - 11/05/2010

A spell of nice weather prompted me to have an evening fishing after work. I decided on fishing Publow Lake, one of my new clubs (Knowle Angling) waters and one I was not familiar with. On arriving I could see plenty of fish swimming around in the shallow end of the lake and managed to tempt two on a Damsel and a dry fly. I decided to move down to the other end of the lake to not disturb the fish too much at the shallow end. Although I tempted a few fish to nibble, no positive bites were forthco
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Lambourne - 10/05/2010

A lovely day spent fly fishing on a stretch on the Lambourne that I normally trot in winter with my fishing partner and good friend, Alan (AKA 'Thames Oddity'). We were both looking forward to the day and were buoyed up after meeting and chatting to Matt Hayes at the Sportsfish 10 year anniversary show that morning. Incidentally he’s a thoroughly nice guy who much to our disbelief, happily chatted to both of us for ages!   Neither of us were/are particularly experienced at river fly fishing
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Knowle Angling waters - 03/05/2010

A lazy days fly fishing spent sampling my new clubs still-waters. Fished three in total, none really in earnest, and ended up with three lost fish. Particularly liked the 5 acre reservoir (Chew Magna) that is the largest still-water the club has. It seems like difficult fishing but it is a pretty reservoir with lovely wooden platforms extending out into the lake. Looking forward to trying to crack that one in the future.
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Blagdon Reservoir - 01/05/2010

My second visit to Blagdon reservoir with James. Despite good fishing conditions (overcast and a bit rainy) the fishing was very difficult for most of the day. James who only fished till the early afternoon caught a cracking Brown trout of about 2lb (released) but apart from that we struggled as did everyone else it seemed. However, in the evening I noticed a proliferation of boats in one area down the bottom end of the reservoir. I set off toward them hoping that this was a good sign. It was. A
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Rocklands Mere Fishery (Norfolk) - 26-27/04/2010

Was away in Norfolk for a few days for a work related course and after researching potential fishing opportunities in the area was pleased to find out there was a small trout lake nearby that offered a catch and release evening ticket, perfect! The first day I got there as quickly as possible after having an early dinner and found the place all to myself, bliss! However, despite the fact there were clearly fish everywhere the fishing was hard work, in fact I hadn’t caught anything by the time th
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Newton Park - 23/04/2010

Another short session back at Newton Park this time with my friend Jack who hadn’t really done any fishing before so I had promised him we might be able to catch a carp! Typically it was quite hard and the fish were being quite coy when rising and were not easy to hook. Jack pulled out of a good take early on and we had to wait to it was virtually dark to get another opportunity. Luckily this time it resulted it a nice carp of about 6.5lb which slurped up some crust from virtually under out feet
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Blagdon Reservoir - 17/04/2010

My first time out on the famous Blagdon reservoir, the home of Stillwater fly fishing apparently. The reservoir itself is stunning, set in the Mendip hills with the lovely village of Blagdon overlooking it. It really is a picture and a real pleasure to fish. The day itself started brilliantly with James and I seemingly anchored up right over a shoal of Rainbow trout: we immediately started getting knocks whilst everyone else seemed to be struggling! By lunch time James had managed 5 compared to
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Sutton Bingham Reservoir 10/04/2010

An enjoyable and hot day spent on Sutton Bingham reservoir in Somerset with my friend James and his Dad. It was my first time on this reservoir but I had heard good things from James who had fished it many times in the past. As it was the fishing started brilliantly with both of us catching good trout almost straight away! As the day wore on the fishing got almost too easy and we both had to try to use flies that we thought would reduce our chances of catching! In the end we got our bag limits a
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Newton Park - 07/04/2010

Another short evening session after work, this time fishing for carp at Newton Park Lake. The lake itself is lovely; set in Capability Brown’s magnificent landscaped grounds with an old Georgian manor house overlooking it. Rather unfortunately the estate has now become a University who clearly have no regard for keeping to the original architecture of the place and some of the accommodation blocs are a little bit of an eyesore in what was once clearly a majestic setting. Still, the lake is at th
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Midford Brook - 06/04/2010

Bit behind on blog updates! Starting with a delightful short evening fly fishing in early April spent as a guest of my friend James on the banks of the Midford Brook (a tributary of the Bristol Avon) just outside of Bath. Spring had appeared to arrive and whilst the flora wasn’t in blossom yet, the warm temperature and sweet smell to the air reminded why I love this time of year.   Only spent about an hour fishing, the river was fining down and had recently been stocked with Rainbow Trout (wi
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Chew Valley Reservoir - 21/03/2010

Well this is the start of my fishing blog. I must admit I never saw myself writing one of these but after being inspired a bit by some of the other excellent blogs on AN I thought I would start one myself. Even if no one pays any interest to it (quite likely) it will be a good record of the trials and tribulations of my fishing escapades!   Right seeing as the first entry in is the close season I got my fly fishing underway on Chew Valley Reservoir. It was my first time fishing there for the
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