chuby

Fine use of the bleeper sir

Guess you are refering to brownies!!!!. I understand that there are a few to be had around Droitwich :yeah:

Don't know the rod,but no reason why it can't be used.Should be ok with a line size heavier as well.

Have dabbled in the past with some results. Pretty well any nice bushy dry fly should work,sedges etc or wets and nymphs fished down and across.Might be worth trying out a few of the shrimp patterns and even an egg fly.

Not fished it for ages,however i understand it was fishing well. Think pretty well anything will work there.I always give damsels,hummungus and cats a whirl,but small black flies and buzzers also do well.If its cold,just slow things down a tad and try deeper. Not sure about the Salmon either,although its still advertised as such.I know Wilf was mulling over NOT stocking them anymore due to the costs.Bet to give them a ring

nice looking fish that

Yes,you do need to step up the gear.An eight weight really and traces of course,thinking of having a bash myself either on the thames or a stillwater somewhere.

Pike,chub on the rivers.Plenty of stillwaters around in Surrey/Sussex for rainbows with the odd tiger.I fish all year round both fly and coarse. Floating line will still see you ok on the stillwaters,perhaps a sinktip or a sinker on the deeper waters.If you like using nymphs,buzzers etc,just continue with them,they will still catch even in the cold,just fish em deeper.

That chest pack of yours i bet its full of cans of beer :D

Billy. take a look at www.waderson.com.Should also be some fisheries in the area,certainly in the cotswolds where tuition is available.I would expect you would pay from £30-£40 an hour for a one to one casting lesson.

Elton-assume it was ok me putting a link in to fish4it!!!!! Oh sheepy,you may well find yourself hanging around the nail varnish shelves at Tesco's etc-looking for Sally Hansen's hard as nails if you get funny looks,just say in your deepest voice-i'm looking for varnish/hardener for my flies take a look in the haberdashery shops as well-amazing what you can come up with Beads,wire's,threads etc etc feathers as well sometimes.If you want bead chain eyes,look no further than B and Q.Good selection and far cheaper than anywhere else.Buy it by the metre,will last you ages.

Sheepy,imho leave the kits alone,you will probably get stuff you may never use.Plenty of vice/tool sets around though.Take a look at www.fish4ituk.co.uk He is very good,used the guy since starting around a year and a half ago myself.Ebay also has loads of materials on offer.Think about what flies you WILL actually want to use and buy accordingly. It is nice to catch on your own creations and it is addictive

Good one next time,if still on the Navigation,why not try roving around.take a fish here,take a fish there

Fishy, There is a stretch of river-Burpham court Farm(day tickets) that used to belong to my old club.Assuming foot and mouth restrictions are not in place any longer,it might be worth a look.Its off of Clay Lane,heading towards Jacobs Well. Cracking bit of river,used to get plenty of chub out of there,roaming.Nice weir pool as well at the top end.Only trouble now is,you may share the bank with Llama's :lol: .Used to get the odd report of occasional barbel,some nice pike through there as well.

Is it the river or the navigation canal?. Have fished the river around Byfleet and below Sutton Place many times.Would suggest roaming with a ledger rod(quiver tip),dropping into likely looking swims,meat,cheese and flake all good bets for chub.Would not stay put in one swim for to long.If there are any fish there,they should make their presence felt quite quickly. If its the navigation then its a different kettle of fish.almost certainly have plenty of boat activity.Always found it fished better in the winter,certainly for chub.a fair few in there(or there used to be),but nothing of any great size.

I will go along with F B on those.Hawthorn can be damn good fly.Damsel in the various guises also. Others i like are Cats whiskers,Buzzers,Diawl Bachs,anything fritzy and anything fritzy and extra buzzers Egg fly :headhurt: can be deadly at times

If you Visited Syon,had say a four fish ticket and took two fish,your remaining two fish ticket holds for either the same day-ie you could fish any of the Albury waters to take your last two on the day,or carry them over until next time.I can't understand that at all.Only Powdermills that requires two tickets for one fish,otherwise one ticket,one fish.I have to say,i have fished all the Albury waters including Syon and have never had a problem.

Have you tried Albury?,at least if you blank or don't reach your limit-the tickets carry over until next trip. Actually fished there yeterday pm/evening.Not easy.I did not have a single tug.Mate had three fish and no more tugs.One or two anglers out,some blanked,some had a couple. Really as FB said,its not the best month for trouting by any means

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :D :yucky:

Nooooooooooooooo chalk springs is a goldfish bowl fishery

Think quite a few places are fishing hard at present.Certainly my last two trips to Albury were not easy.

Buzzers start life at the bottom as bloodworm,changing into pupae to ascend to the surface where they hatch into 'buzzers' a fly.They can obviously be fished as bloodworm in its various guises at the bottom or pupae,submerged or close to the surface.Nymphs are the larvae of insects such as damsels,dragonflies,olives,mayflies etc etc.The flies/nymps we use can be very varied.Many of them are tied to be just a general representation of any number of nymphs,whilst some are meant to be close copies.Some such as damsels can be a close imitation right up to bordering on lures. For what its worth,if you order £10 worth of flies from 'selectafly',which are a decent company,they will send you an identification/order leaflet which you can keep in your tackle bag or take yourself off to the library and see what books they have on entimology(spl). Hope that helps

Not that i have fished any of them- Meon Springs Holbury Dever Avington Moorhen Just whack fly fishing in Hampshire into google.

You really need to think where you will be using it,ie river or lakes and for what. I suppose a 7 weight 9-10ft would cover most stillwater situations or a 6/7 weight.Could use a 6 on rivers if needed.Small streams would require in many instances a shorter and lighter rod. Get to a tackle shop and try out a few. Reels need not cost a fortune.I used a shakespeare Alpha for quite a while and it was fine,infact better than some far more expensive reels.The choice is mind boggling,a large arbour reel is a help,helps reduce line memory.Not too keen on the Lureflash reels,cheapenough,but had problems with mine and Airflo reel as well.I now have 'Bloke reels' which are around £135 and am more than happy with them. Greys,Scieera and okuma all produce decent reels.Have a look around ebay

Totally agree with those statements