Grayling Bash, Timsbury 2006

[Guest Ferret1959]

He meant to turn left out of the fishery, but went right instead. It's been a tough couple of days for him since....

 

 

 

 

I got lost in the fog.

 

 

 

 

Got to Burnham and nowt but bluddy fog for two days, didn't get to finish me maggits off.

[maranman]

Please may I thank all those involved for organising a great day out.

 

Although we had a cold start, the weather was great and in spite of being an absolute stranger to AN, everyone I met was VERY friendly but, I guess that’s because we are all anglers and as such, nice people…!

 

I didn’t’ catch a single Grayling but was happy with my 3 brownies (1 of which was caught on a worm provided by someone who shall remain nameless! – worming on the Test, whatever next!)

 

Already looking forward to the next trip and to reading your posts in the meantime.

 

Thanks again for an entertaining day out.

 

Regards, Maranman

[Tog]

Thanks to Tony Sue & Kayc for aranging the trip, although I'm fairly local to the Test and I'm known to have 'borrowed' quite a few of it's trout over the years I never turn down the chance to fish it!

So - hardest frost so far this year certainly seemed to put the fish down - I took along a workmate 'suspect Bob' as he's known at work! and we started by poaching 'Leons' swim down at the bottom end, I got a rainbow on the first trot and quickly followed that with a small grayling and another rainbow of about 2Lb - then it was hard work!

Went back to the car at lunch time & got my polariods out - now I could see the carp in the slow carrier & snaffled a very dark nr leather 3lb'r out with a bread crust before going back to 'the main event', Bob had continued to flog the same 100 yards he'd been on 1/2 the morning & although I pointed out a few fish on the bars he steadfastly stuck to it, I then had a nice sea trout on untill I knocked it off at the net.

Bob stuck at it betwixt the tree's and as the light faded he got a decent fish on, what it was we'll never know as it bore about in a deep circle for a minute or two before the hold went - maybe an elusive Test Barble?? certainly saw a few fishy shapes on the bars that looked barbly - then again a few Red Salmon as well - rather early methinks?

As we walked back to the car the fast carrier seemed to be stuffed with fish, might try a magot fly over them next time.

Once again the place feels magical, and I think that's the thing with these types of waters - they hold a real fishy magnetisim that keeps pulling us back, maybe that water has some special gravity??

[Jigotai]

Following on from my earlier post, here is a pic of one of my grayling. Not the biggest grayling but still a beautiful fish.

Edited November 9, 2006 by Jigotai