2013 at a glance

decided to keep a record of the year to see if it helps in future , and results were interesting

fishing trips 64

total fish 413

rod average 6.5


best lures yellow dancer / olive damsel

best nymph/wet  snatcher

dry daddy

fisheries
sharpley 5 times
whinney 8times
chatton 15 times
aldin  1 time
langley 9 times
south linden 5 times
sweethope 9 times
tweeddale 5 times
higham 2 times
alderneuk 1 time
markle 1time
belfask 2 times
coldingham 1 time
was interesting to see where i had been ,

Well done Stu on keeping records maybe a small tip for this year if you know your going to a specific fishery wind direction and weather 2 days prior to your outing should enable you to know ? you choice of fishing method all the best for 2014

jim

hi

good amount of fisheries stu

Dave

Hi Stuart,

You missed out Coldingham?    

Or was it just bank fishing?

Best Regards

robbie

you sure robbie,  


well spotted

Been doing the same Stu

Fisheries 2013
Aldin Twice
Sharpley 21 times
Langley 10 times
Chatton 10 times
Whinney Twice
Tweedale Once
Witton 17 times
South Linden Once
Westhouse Once
Rosslynlee Once


Visits 66, no of fish 286 Average of 4.3

Best Lure, probably mini cat, Dry, Sedge, Wet, probably Buzzers. I do note the weather but not always wind
direction, but will from now on

I'd be still counting if I was workin out a fish average Stu........No idea of the amount of trips I made last year but fisheries visited were Langley, Whinney,Tweeddale, Rosslynlee, Alderneuk,Craufurdland, Springwater,Broomhill,Allandale,Chatton. Rivers were Earn and Nith.

That's a great idea for next year.
I've no idea how many trips out this year but there have been a few.

I might do the same in the year to come .
but I get that many blanks I don't know if I'll have enough paper

Just a thought but if everybody made a post on the site when they fished with,weather,tactics,catches etc then nobody would need to keep a diary and we would all have a cracking database.Unless some folk like to keep things secret.........   

That's a good idea Andy if everyone participated !

I'm up for it sounds like a good idea
might improve our catch records (when I say our I mean mine )

Topcat wrote:I'm up for it sounds like a good idea
might improve our catch records (when I say our I mean mine )

      do you know what a Trout looks like yet    

F.C. wrote:

Topcat wrote:I'm up for it sounds like a good idea
might improve our catch records (when I say our I mean mine )

      do you know what a Trout looks like yet    

NO mate I've fished with you all last year and you kept promising to show me one

I have been keeping records of my days out for a number of seasons now and they can give you an indication on what might work at a given venue at the same time of year and conditions, I say might because after all its fishing and the fish don't read the records    

Here are my totals for the 2013 season:-

fishing trips 66

total fish 747

rod average 11.32

Fish of note:-

Sharpley    13 1/2lb
Sweethope 8 1/2lb
Chatton     11lb
Alderneuk  13lb  and 8lb
Seighford   12 1/2lb
Higham      7lb & 7 1/2lb

Fisheries visited:-

Chatton           19 times
Sweethope        7 times
Higham             5 times
Tweedale           5 times
Lochter Aberdeen 5 times
Sharpley            4 times
Whinnie Lock      4 times
Langley Dam      3 times
Grafham            3 times
Markle               2 times
Jubilee               1 time
Wansford            1 time
Toft Newton        1 time
Stocks                1 time
Alderneuk           1 time
Glenbervie          1 time
Aldin Grange       1 time
Belflask              1 time
Seighford            1 time.

1no Blank which was at Wansford on a TEFF Individual heat, what a time to do it     


A lot of the above have been competition days, either heats or finals.

Been lucky enough to fish for England at Lochter in Aberdeen, where the team came 2nd.
Won the Peter Taylor memorial comp at Tweedale
Won the Tweedale pairs with Jim Tuck.
Won the Higham Pairs with Jim Tuck
Came 10th in the TEFF Eliminator for the 2014 England team, needed to be in top 7.
Chatton Chaser team came 2nd in the Greys National Bank competition with Jim Tuck & Gordon Swain.

Flies have varied through out the year,  Blood worms, rabbits, blobs, mini cats, buzzers, diawls, tinnies.

It has been a good season, only down side was not qualifying for the England team for 2014, as its going to be on my home water Chatton, but I will try again for next year in Ireland.

Ive been keeping records for years. I bought a book called "Fishing Record Book" published by Ebury Press Stationary....ISBN 0 09 177852 2 I have had it for years. Each page has Columns on Date, Fly/Bait, Weather, Water conditions, Size, Species and Comments. Im sure there may be similar books out there still but it is a great way of recording trips and then looking back over the years at what the weather and water were like, what flies I caught on. I even put the odd photo or bit of memorabilia like day tickets etc.. in. Its a nice read in the winter when not much is happening and a good way of reminiscing. (I will leave it in me will for me son lol)