1st November
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Toddy1979
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1st November
I had decided to have a bit of an exploratory session today and get to see some of the waters that I usually don’t fish.
I was up and about sharp Saturday morning and by nine bells I was on my way to the river eventually wetting a line just after 9.45, another day with clear blue skies, temperature that must have been AT LEAST 15°C (It is now November remember!!), saying that once out of the sun there wasn’t a great deal of heat in the air and it was a little chilly at times on the river. A fairly gusty downstream wind made casting a little challenging at times throughout the day.
Rowland’s Gill was my destination today and I had most of the day to explore undiscovered waters , only having to be home for around 4pm to ferry Mrs Blood about (I know where my bread is buttered!!)
Despite this I decided to start fishing a little lower down in the slack deep pools just down from the split in the river. The river looked at a decent level.. as it has done most of the year, certainly not as many leaves about as I had seen on my previous visit which was a bit of a bonus.
I had the Olive GRHE on the point with the trusty Greenwell spider on the dropper.
Just a rough outline of the highlights today......
The Olive gold head didn’t last too long and was quickly replaced with the Red collar GRHE and the fish seemed more responsive to this, oddly I did hook a grayling of about 6” foul hooked in the tail, this was the second I have foul hooked this season..odd.
I took a couple of fish out of these slow runs.. small grayling but the action wasn’t as free flowing as it had been on previous outings
12” cracking fight wild fish
Just about opposite the caravan park now to the nice slow pool which I know to hold some decent fish, casting to the right hand bank here as the water is deeper here, the files hit the water and an almost instant hook up a better fish and a trout, I knew because as soon as he was hooked he jumped clear of the water and he looked a decent fish , I got him quickly on the reel but he sped away from me... stripping line off the reel and rapping my knuckles in to the bargain, not a massive run maybe 10 yards but fun all the same, another two spectacular leaps from the water and he was done, big enough to bring the net into action this one, a really nice wild fish of around 12-13” but what a solid fight brilliant for his size really... a quick snap in the landing net (he looks half the size in there!) and he was back on his merry way, hopefully I will bump in to him again next season when he has piled a bit of weight on.
16” fish wild/stocked??
Working my way around the bend where the treated effluent comes in the fast water quickly slows to some deep inviting pools. Made more inviting by what looked like a very respectable fish making his presence known about 20 yards down this swim and maybe five feet out from the left hand bank. Trying to remain calm, I marked his spot in my mind. working my way towards him. First cast to his territory and nothing, two..three..four...five nothing..bugger, just one more cast..went through my mind as he was there and feeding, well I think it may have been another two ...or maybe three casts to him, then...a solid hook up and a deep sounding splash just under the surface, he made for his bolt hole on the left bank , I stopped him with side pressure then got him back on the reel as he slowly turned to mid stream , staying deep, rod now high above my head getting all the leverage advantage I could, he was quickly subdued though (thankfully as they are out of season) and the net got it’s second wetting of the day, a really beautifully marked fish. quickly unhooked, I took a quick couple of snaps as I held him in the water recovering, really a beautiful fish, so lucky to have fish of this standard. A couple of minutes recovering and he slunk off back to his station, a memorable fish maybe around the 1½lb mark and more importantly a happy Mr. Blood.
Nice water past cliffs
As I alluded to in my introduction I did intend to have a bit of an exploratory this week, so after fishing in the “wall pool” I clambered out on to the right bank the re-crossed the river further down just upstream of some pretty spectacular looking cliffs, almost taking a dunking due to my lack of knowledge ...really flat stone on the riverbed here to about waist deep then a sudden drop off of about a foot caught me by surprise!!
Once around the bend though there is a really nice looking pool, tiny weir then a pool with sharp left hand bend deepens into a cracking looking run with deep swirling water that slows down as the river straightens out under trees, I am sure there will be some hefty fish lurking in this deep dark pool.
Further round from this run the river widens briefly but there are some good looking holes on both sides of the water, next there is some sort of water inlet that creates some nice oxygen in the water and a nice run for about 30 yards down stream, certainly plenty of water to explore and maybe worth a trip in it’s own right next time?
It was a slow start to the day but picked up as the day went on and had two cracking fish in the net , the smaller one that fought like a demon, the larger one .. one of the most beautiful fish I have caught this season.
I ended up taking 9 grayling in the 4-6” range and 3 brownies best period of the day was 10.15-11.30 when I took 7 of the fish
Pictures and stuff on me blog
Cheers
Stephen
I was up and about sharp Saturday morning and by nine bells I was on my way to the river eventually wetting a line just after 9.45, another day with clear blue skies, temperature that must have been AT LEAST 15°C (It is now November remember!!), saying that once out of the sun there wasn’t a great deal of heat in the air and it was a little chilly at times on the river. A fairly gusty downstream wind made casting a little challenging at times throughout the day.
Rowland’s Gill was my destination today and I had most of the day to explore undiscovered waters , only having to be home for around 4pm to ferry Mrs Blood about (I know where my bread is buttered!!)
Despite this I decided to start fishing a little lower down in the slack deep pools just down from the split in the river. The river looked at a decent level.. as it has done most of the year, certainly not as many leaves about as I had seen on my previous visit which was a bit of a bonus.
I had the Olive GRHE on the point with the trusty Greenwell spider on the dropper.
Just a rough outline of the highlights today......
The Olive gold head didn’t last too long and was quickly replaced with the Red collar GRHE and the fish seemed more responsive to this, oddly I did hook a grayling of about 6” foul hooked in the tail, this was the second I have foul hooked this season..odd.
I took a couple of fish out of these slow runs.. small grayling but the action wasn’t as free flowing as it had been on previous outings
12” cracking fight wild fish
Just about opposite the caravan park now to the nice slow pool which I know to hold some decent fish, casting to the right hand bank here as the water is deeper here, the files hit the water and an almost instant hook up a better fish and a trout, I knew because as soon as he was hooked he jumped clear of the water and he looked a decent fish , I got him quickly on the reel but he sped away from me... stripping line off the reel and rapping my knuckles in to the bargain, not a massive run maybe 10 yards but fun all the same, another two spectacular leaps from the water and he was done, big enough to bring the net into action this one, a really nice wild fish of around 12-13” but what a solid fight brilliant for his size really... a quick snap in the landing net (he looks half the size in there!) and he was back on his merry way, hopefully I will bump in to him again next season when he has piled a bit of weight on.
16” fish wild/stocked??
Working my way around the bend where the treated effluent comes in the fast water quickly slows to some deep inviting pools. Made more inviting by what looked like a very respectable fish making his presence known about 20 yards down this swim and maybe five feet out from the left hand bank. Trying to remain calm, I marked his spot in my mind. working my way towards him. First cast to his territory and nothing, two..three..four...five nothing..bugger, just one more cast..went through my mind as he was there and feeding, well I think it may have been another two ...or maybe three casts to him, then...a solid hook up and a deep sounding splash just under the surface, he made for his bolt hole on the left bank , I stopped him with side pressure then got him back on the reel as he slowly turned to mid stream , staying deep, rod now high above my head getting all the leverage advantage I could, he was quickly subdued though (thankfully as they are out of season) and the net got it’s second wetting of the day, a really beautifully marked fish. quickly unhooked, I took a quick couple of snaps as I held him in the water recovering, really a beautiful fish, so lucky to have fish of this standard. A couple of minutes recovering and he slunk off back to his station, a memorable fish maybe around the 1½lb mark and more importantly a happy Mr. Blood.
Nice water past cliffs
As I alluded to in my introduction I did intend to have a bit of an exploratory this week, so after fishing in the “wall pool” I clambered out on to the right bank the re-crossed the river further down just upstream of some pretty spectacular looking cliffs, almost taking a dunking due to my lack of knowledge ...really flat stone on the riverbed here to about waist deep then a sudden drop off of about a foot caught me by surprise!!
Once around the bend though there is a really nice looking pool, tiny weir then a pool with sharp left hand bend deepens into a cracking looking run with deep swirling water that slows down as the river straightens out under trees, I am sure there will be some hefty fish lurking in this deep dark pool.
Further round from this run the river widens briefly but there are some good looking holes on both sides of the water, next there is some sort of water inlet that creates some nice oxygen in the water and a nice run for about 30 yards down stream, certainly plenty of water to explore and maybe worth a trip in it’s own right next time?
It was a slow start to the day but picked up as the day went on and had two cracking fish in the net , the smaller one that fought like a demon, the larger one .. one of the most beautiful fish I have caught this season.
I ended up taking 9 grayling in the 4-6” range and 3 brownies best period of the day was 10.15-11.30 when I took 7 of the fish
Pictures and stuff on me blog
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
Great report Stephen. I must fish the derwent with you. Sounds like agood strecth of river that rowland gill part next to the caravans. Can you buy day tickets to fish for the grayling or is it part of a club?
Toddy1979- Posts : 67
Join date : 2014-01-08
Re: 1st November
Hi there,
You can get day tickets for £8 which cover all the club water!
Cheers
Stephen
You can get day tickets for £8 which cover all the club water!
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
I don't think I am out this weekend, however I will almost certainly out weekend of 15th, 16th
Cheers
Stephen
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
Im free the weekend of 15th / 16 th. let me know if you are going and i will join you if thats ok! Where would i get the day ticket ? Do frasers do them?
Toddy1979- Posts : 67
Join date : 2014-01-08
Re: 1st November
no worries at all I should be out that weekend? where abouts are you coming from?
You can tickets either off the fish pal site (I believe) or from the Red kite at Winlaton Mill (I will show you where it is if you choose this option)
Either way I will let you know what day I will be out (likely Saturday) but will let you know nearer the time if thats okay?
Cheers
Stephen
You can tickets either off the fish pal site (I believe) or from the Red kite at Winlaton Mill (I will show you where it is if you choose this option)
Either way I will let you know what day I will be out (likely Saturday) but will let you know nearer the time if thats okay?
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
I live in gateshead. Yes let me know nearer the time, the saturday is good for me too! Cheers!
Toddy1979- Posts : 67
Join date : 2014-01-08
Re: 1st November
Stephen,
Don't want to sound like a sour plum but it's probably not the best idea telling the world how you've been targeting out of season brownies...
Cheers
Don't want to sound like a sour plum but it's probably not the best idea telling the world how you've been targeting out of season brownies...
Cheers
nellins88- Posts : 6
Join date : 2013-11-05
Re: 1st November
I wasn't targeting out of season Brownies, was targeting a rising fish ...can you tell me how to differentiate the rise of a grayling and a trout please?
Cheers
Stephen
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
However just to be on the safe side I will stop posting reports on here and other forum ... keep traffic to a minimum on my blog.
Thanks
Stephen
Thanks
Stephen
Re: 1st November
Hi Stephen,
Wasn't having a go, just thought you'd be best not posting a picture. I'm not fussed but i know some people will be.
For reference however Grayling leave a bubble of air when they rise as they have to break through the surface of the water to take a dry on the way down with their mouth being under-slung, trout usually don't leave any bubble with their mouth being a more conventional shape.
Cheers
Wasn't having a go, just thought you'd be best not posting a picture. I'm not fussed but i know some people will be.
For reference however Grayling leave a bubble of air when they rise as they have to break through the surface of the water to take a dry on the way down with their mouth being under-slung, trout usually don't leave any bubble with their mouth being a more conventional shape.
Cheers
nellins88- Posts : 6
Join date : 2013-11-05
Re: 1st November
I am not going to get into an argument over this and this will be my last post on the matter
I) I was not.. as you put it... targeting out of season brownies and take offence at that slight.
ii) I am of course fully aware of the different rise forms of trout and grayling but the rise is not always clear especially when a slash of a rise some distance downstream and when the fish is not taking from the surface - even more so.
Cheers
Stephen
I) I was not.. as you put it... targeting out of season brownies and take offence at that slight.
ii) I am of course fully aware of the different rise forms of trout and grayling but the rise is not always clear especially when a slash of a rise some distance downstream and when the fish is not taking from the surface - even more so.
Cheers
Stephen
Re: 1st November
Cracking report as usual mate.
We need to sort something out but I think it's going to be next season.
We need to sort something out but I think it's going to be next season.
Dazkat- Posts : 585
Join date : 2012-05-08
Re: 1st November
agree with darren, mebbe we could sort a mini site day on river, we will need someone to keep us right
appetiser- Posts : 482
Join date : 2012-05-09
Re: 1st November
Get in touch with Adam who runs the club, he'll be able to sort something!
nellins88- Posts : 6
Join date : 2013-11-05
Re: 1st November
Catching out of season trout is a occupational hazard of grayling fishing and reservior fishing as long as their handled correctly and returned their no harm done.
lee cartmail- Posts : 968
Join date : 2013-01-05
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