River Wear 2020

GOD · Oct 8, 2020

nice sight given time of year, lets hope theres still some clean salmon to come

Whenty1 · Oct 8, 2020

I’ve seen a good few Very clean fish over last day or two !

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 8, 2020

Whenty1 said:
I’ve seen a good few Very clean fish over last day or two !

Seen a few mesel mate bright silver ?

GOD · Oct 8, 2020

just been down to my local stretch and couldnt believe the amount of fish still running, one came out and looked worthy of a place on the fish counter at asda.

WearFlyFisher · Oct 9, 2020

Had a bit of fine sport on my upper mid river beat this morning. 3 nice hen salmon. Was fishing deep with a 10ft fast sink tip. Looks like one of them was very lucky and has survived a close encounter with possibly a seal? A very nasty wound across the top of its head and a gash on the gill plate. Also a chunk out the bottom of its tail. All swam off strongly to go and make more salmon for us to catch in a few years.

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 9, 2020

WearFlyFisher said:
Had a bit of fine sport on my upper mid river beat this morning. 3 nice hen salmon. Was fishing deep with a 10ft fast sink tip. Looks like one of them was very lucky and has survived a close encounter with possibly a seal? A very nasty wound across the top of its head and a gash on the gill plate. Also a chunk out the bottom of its tail. All swam off strongly to go and make more salmon for us to catch in a few years.

Sure gets his fair share of fish this lad. Well done graham another cracking day for you ??

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

Lost 2 salmon today both cock fish around 10lbs+ each.....then had this fish of a lifetime sea-trout easily 14lbs+ absolutely blown away. An epic battle on a 7/8 rated switch rod. The fish took a half inch copper tube on a fast tip pattern was a red flamethrower GET IN THERE!!!. the wear what a little gem man

Beefly Dave · Oct 10, 2020

That's a belter

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

Beefly Dave said:
That's a belter

Epic battle mate wow wish I had someone to help landing it lol cheers mate ?

cgaines10 · Oct 10, 2020

Lgraydonflyfishing said:
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Lost 2 salmon today both cock fish around 10lbs+ each.....then had this fish of a lifetime sea-trout easily 14lbs+ absolutely blown away. An epic battle on a 7/8 rated switch rod. The fish took a half inch copper tube on a fast tip pattern was a red flamethrower GET IN THERE!!!. the wear what a little gem man

Belter mate, well done. The salmon will come.

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

cgaines10 said:
Belter mate, well done. The salmon will come.

Cheers mate had 2 chances today dropped them both. Did absolutely nothing wrong but thats just the way it goes 5 salmon in a row dropped now

cgaines10 · Oct 10, 2020

Lgraydonflyfishing said:
Cheers mate had 2 chances today dropped them both. Did absolutely nothing wrong but thats just the way it goes 5 salmon in a row dropped now

Yep I know the feeling mate, I'm well into double figures for lost fish this year ? ?‍

Water seems to be sticking at a decent level so keep at them mate.

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

cgaines10 said:
Yep I know the feeling mate, I'm well into double figures for lost fish this year ? ?‍

Water seems to be sticking at a decent level so keep at them mate.

Classic salmon takes mate little nudge and a steady draw from the reel. Give it a couple of seconds clamped the reel tight took a couple of steps backwards and really tighned into both of them. Slow lift of the rod and both were played for a couple of mins then just a slack line....gutted

cgaines10 · Oct 10, 2020

Lgraydonflyfishing said:
Classic salmon takes mate little nudge and a steady draw from the reel. Give it a couple of seconds clamped the reel tight took a couple of steps backwards and really tighned into both of them. Slow lift of the rod and both were played for a couple of mins then just a slack line....gutted

There's definitely been a lot of fish lost this season when speaking to anglers. Not sure what is going on really?! soft mouths or we are just connecting with more than usual ?‍

God knows! That's fishing I suppose.

WEB83 · Oct 10, 2020

Lgraydonflyfishing said:
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Lost 2 salmon today both cock fish around 10lbs+ each.....then had this fish of a lifetime sea-trout easily 14lbs+ absolutely blown away. An epic battle on a 7/8 rated switch rod. The fish took a half inch copper tube on a fast tip pattern was a red flamethrower GET IN THERE!!!. the wear what a little gem man

Well done and thank you very much for the flies.

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

WEB83 said:
Well done and thank you very much for the flies.

No worries at all mate nice meeting you today ?

WearFlyFisher · Oct 10, 2020

Lgraydonflyfishing said:
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Lost 2 salmon today both cock fish around 10lbs+ each.....then had this fish of a lifetime sea-trout easily 14lbs+ absolutely blown away. An epic battle on a 7/8 rated switch rod. The fish took a half inch copper tube on a fast tip pattern was a red flamethrower GET IN THERE!!!. the wear what a little gem man

Cracking sea trout Lewis. Well done and as others have said a salmon won't be far behind it lying in your net. Persistence pays

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

WearFlyFisher said:
Cracking sea trout Lewis. Well done and as others have said a salmon won't be far behind it lying in your net. Persistence pays

I hope so graham thanks very much for the all the advice ? ?

Whenty1 · Oct 10, 2020

Another good day today , lost a salmon missed one and had a really nice hen fish and a clonking chub must have been 7lb +
My net is 28” across just u can gauge the size of the chub !

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

Whenty1 said:
Another good day today , lost a salmon missed one and had a really nice hen fish and a clonking chub must have been 7lb +
My net is 28” across just u can gauge the size of the chub !

Well in mate! I had a 6lbs chub at escomb this season also mate. Again well done ??

WearFlyFisher · Oct 10, 2020

Had another session today as the water was still a good height if a little clear. Always a little harder to tempt them the clearer it gets. Anyway managed to get two to make a mistake... but it was hard work. A small cock fish and a nice fat hen. Both swam off briskly to continue on with their journey to the spawning redds.

Lgraydonflyfishing · Oct 10, 2020

WearFlyFisher said:
Had another session today as the water was still a good height if a little clear. Always a little harder to tempt them the clearer it gets. Anyway managed to get two to make a mistake... but it was hard work. A small cock fish and a nice fat hen. Both swam off briskly to continue on with their journey to the spawning redds.

Lovely fish ??

Rennie · Oct 11, 2020

Those Rub a Dub's are a result of the Signal Crayfish.Good for the Chub/Barbel angler but very unfortunate for the river as a whole.Nowt a lump of a Rub a Dub enjoys better than crunching on a Crayfish!
Pedro.

cgaines10 · Oct 11, 2020

Rennie said:
Those Rub a Dub's are a result of the Signal Crayfish.Good for the Chub/Barbel angler but very unfortunate for the river as a whole.Nowt a lump of a Rub a Dub enjoys better than crunching on a Crayfish!
Pedro.

Big trout like them too

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GOD · Oct 15, 2020

1st salmon this year, been hard work this year. plenty of seatrout but 1 is better than non

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