chuby
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Hi,
I am currently in Wanaka in New Zealand and have just had half a days guided fly fishing. Fanatastic fun in beautiful rivers but now I want to know where I can get someof this at home (Sevenoaks, Kent). I know I am not going to find rivers like the are here but just wondering if their are any trout rivers at all nearby to me?
I have only fished with a fly 3 times - Wanaka, Tasmania and the Exe in Devon but would love to be able to go whilst not on holiday!
Thanks in advance for the advice!
Alastair
The Teise holds trout and Grayling.Think you would need to join a club though.
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http://www.hookhack.com/hooks.html
Any good!!!?Not showing the required pattern,but might be able to help!!?
You not been around for a while?.Are you still fishing at hurst Farm and do you ever visit Onny Vale?.Interested in Onny Vale as we will be up on fishing hols in June and would like to give it a try.
Cheers
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I'm looking for a catch and release fishery in Kent and saw the website for Woodchurch, but also found a couple of reports that it is now closed. Tried phoning and e-mailing with no success. Does anyone know if its still open or can you suggest any other suitable waters for a newbie to fly fishing?
Thanks
Carl
Not fished there for some time and was told that it was being sold.However reports seem to indicate that it is still up and running.
Tenterden do catch and release,only two small pools and one larger one,reasonable place,prices not bad either.
Very recent reports(just seen them) suggest that it is still very much open.
look here
http://www.flyfishingvenues.co.uk/list.asp...th+East+England
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Look here
I use him a fair amount,he is very very good,fast delivery and you can earn some discount
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http://www.flyfishingvenues.co.uk/list.asp...th+East+England
A few links here to various places.
Greg
i always tell the truth with regards fly used,but know for sure a lot do not.I usually have a gander at whats been taken,but don't take too much notice what they have been taken on.
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Hi,
just taken a look at the tuition day there and at £60 for the whole day i would have thought it good value.
Only fished Bewl a few times but have found the staff very helpful.
Probably NOT the best place to actually spend your first few outings as it is very daunting,thats not to say that the fishing is no good,quite the reverse.
Have your tuition day there,then pick a small stillwater in your area to have a few hopefully 'easy' sessions.Brick Farm and Boringwheel in Sussex are fairly prolific venues and not too hard.Tenterden in Kent is reasonably priced as well.
I think you will find wherever you go,that your fellow fly fishers are generally a helpful bunch and will help out a novice where they can,with fly choice/lines/retrieves etc.Always pick the fishery owners/managers brains as well when you visit,but don't put too much credance into the returns books with regards to what fly is working the best-people don't always enter what they have actually used
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Brand new,boxed Diawa 'infinity' stiff rig wallet
unwanted gift
think these retail at around £8.99
£7 including postage
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If you went to my local and lifted your shirt to show them your giant trout you'd probably end up in A & E!
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This has been taken from Fly Forums UK:
There's loads of threads on here about the Tacklediscounts rods - Nielson, Spring Creek, Sumo Loop, Flextec. I presume this depends on what bunches of blanks come in at any time and then get made up under these various names. All have ridiculous quoted RRPs, but generally sell for between £20-30 it seems. I borrowed a friends Sumo Loop XS 9' 5/6 wt which he picked up for £25 and said I could have for that price if I liked it - it was ok and certainly ok for £25, but I gave it him back as although it was rated 5/6, it was hopeless with a 6wt and needed a 7 wt line to load it and I already have several (better) 7 wt rods. The handle was also unusually fat, but not unpleasant to hold. The blank was light enough, reel fitting ok, rings cheap snakes. Caught 6 fish on it and it handled fine. This mate also has a Spring Creek version (which is a different blank) and he likes it and reckons the line rating is correct, so perhaps they are a bit better.
you can look at the thread here
Like Tony,i have a travel version 5/6 weight rod(under the same umbrella, from tacklediscounts),£20 off ebay.Its ok,but like Tony,i struggle with a 6 weight line,ok with a 7 though,no way will it perform with a 5 weight.Rod is finished ok,top section has a nasty habit of flying off unless well put together,just as well its a throw in the case holiday job
If you are limited to £20/£30 then i guess they are a reasonable buy.Anything higher than that-you can get better by bying a branded,known name rod-imho. -
Well how much is cheap?
You can't go wrong with the Shakespeare. But if you want a rod for life start looking at the Grey's Missionary which are being reduced at the moment (7 peices) or even the Orvis travel rod (that isn't cheap). The good thing with Greys is they have a life time unlimited warranty, so you could have got a replacement for the broken bits for the cost of postage.
For me the go to rod is a 9' #5. Good for medium rivers and perfectly good enough for still waters.
Would thy be Carlos
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For Sale
Wind up Lantern,Brand new,boxed and unopened
12 LED,variable brightness control.
Rubberised base,carry handle and hook.
Ideal for those overnight sessions.
£15 posted
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Hello,
I went past the river severn near newtown and welshpool the other day, and ive just got to fish it. preferably for grayling. But I dont know who runs it, which angling clubs have the rights in those areas.
Does anyone know who runs the water between newtown and welshpool? And could you give me a contact detail if possible?
Cheers
Dave
Take a look at the Birmingham anglers association website.
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Take a look on ebay.Lots of travel rods on there.
I brought one to sling in a suitcase,about £20 or so plus pp-5 piece in hard tube.It was rated 5/6 but performs better with a 7 weight line.For what it cost and its very occasional use its fine.
The shaky travel rods have a good name and there are many many four piece rods out there these days.
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i will be travelling to New Zealand (working!) for a week or so at the start of December but will hopefully have a couple of days off and intend to do a spot of fishing.
Can anyone advise me on whats on offer over there? I am into just about every type of fishing - coarse, game and sea.
I'm not sure which part of NZ I will be staying in but I will be able to travel. I have travel spinning, specimen and fly rods but obviously with advise I will limit what I take.
Any advice on where to go, methods and equipment will be gratefully received!
http://www.nzfishing.com/AboutFishingInNZ/...shingWaters.htm
try that
I was hoping to get there myself next March-looks as though that will be on hold for a while however
Plenty of fly fishing available on both islands,rainbows and browns,spinning allowed for them as well on most lakes.
Some coarse species available as well-perch and Tench.
Good luck,would be interested to hear how you get on
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Posted on behalf of Billy. Please add all replies to this thread:
Assume you know the aftm rating of the rod.Plenty of reasonably priced reels out there,need not be a fancy afair.However it might be worth trawling ebay for an older reel,which might be nice as the rod is vintage.
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First class lines an first class service
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Take a look here,just go to home page and look for your area.
http://www.flyfishingvenues.co.uk/list.asp...th+East+England
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Two Cortland 333 HT w/f#6 floating lines,one yellow,one green
Both new and boxed
£15 each plus £2 p/p recorded delivery
One Cortland 444SL w/f#6 floating line in orange.
New and boxed
£20 plus £2 p/p recorded delivery
444 Now Sold
Will take sensible offer/s on the other two,either as singles or both together.
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Two Cortland 333 HT w/f#6 floating lines,one yellow,one green
Both new and boxed
£15 each plus £2 p/p recorded delivery
One Cortland 444SL w/f#6 floating line in orange.
New and boxed
£20 plus £2 p/p recorded delivery
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Hi
What sort of fly fishing will you be doing,IE
reservoirs,small stillwaters or rivers?
Reels need not be state of the art affairs,you can always upgrade later.IMHO the Shakespeare Alpha reel-cheap as chips
is a damn good reel and as good as some far more expensive.I used one for a few years and it was fine.Lines can be a minefield,so many on the market.If you go for a floater,make sure its not an Airflo-they are horrid .Shakespeare Worcsteshire lines are as good as any,not overly cheap but they can be picked up for less than the rrp.
Rods vary enormously,from total c##p to very good.Really a personal thing,you would be better to try one out if possible.If not then go for a middle to tip action,they are far more forgiving than a fast actioned rod.
If you have a birthday comming up
Total Flyfisher magazine are offering either a rod(5/6 weight) or rod and reel,depending on which subscription you take out.I have one of the rods,a 7 weight and its a decent rod.Also dual rated rods-ie 5/6 will nearly always perform better with the higher line rating.Infact i have just brought a cheapo on ebay,travel rod five piece,5/6,just to sling in a suitcase for holidays.Now having tried it,its fine but casts much better with a seven than a 6 weight line,infact i doubt very much if it would perform with a 5 weight line.Personally,if you can get a rod with a single rating,you would be better off-just my opinion though.
If you need a reasonable line or any other info,pm me i can put you in touch with a new line supplier whom i can vouch for as being reliable.
good luck
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Mmmm, yeah.
I think Yorkio has expressed my thoughts also, but (option 3) I was reluctant to water your bonfire.
Was relucant to say anything
did not want to appear rude.So much stuff around at reasonable prices these days,think the above outfits would bomb here.Pfluger do a nice reel over here,sold under the Shakespeare flag, but its a mid price aluminium reel.
With the influx of rods and reels from China,some of which are nice quality,some excellent it would have been hard to sell those i think.
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It would appear the Torygraph was well and truly last out of the blocks once again, the whole Ogbourne 'Yobs with Blobs' diatribe was published in 'Trout Fisherman' mag a couple of years back, when he retired from match fishing with great ceremony and more drama than an ITV two-parter.
"Good riddance!" was the cry from many on the scene, what a plonker.
People can say what they like about Blobs, I don't care, I will still use them to good effect, as well as my Boobies, Diawl Bachs, Crunchers and Buzzers etc.
People seem to forget, the bread and butter fly fishing in this country is on stocked waters. How dare anyone look down their nose at me for doing so, when they are bashing stockies like I am, just because they are using so called imitave patterns? Get a grip I say, these are stockies, use what you can within the rules to get a bend in your rod. I pays my money like anyone else and wants my limit like anyone else. Whether I do or not is a different story.
How to fish Blobs? Anyway you like within fishery/comp rules. Ripped back at breakneck speed, roly-poly or twiddled, on a floater down to a Di7, doesn't matter, all methods/lines will catch. Most important thing is to find the fish first.
A few of my Blobs..................................
Tightlines!
The Pirate
Ok
Stewart's a yob with loadsa blobs
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Been tying for around three years now and yes,its a good feeling to catch on your own creations
braided loops
in Fly Fishing
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Indeed
Also some of the braided loops are sinking,some are floating.