Let's talk fishing

[Grant Fondo]

Its always been fast moving stream fishing for me, smitten by the chalk streams in Dorset when i was a nipper, little brown trout mostly. Used to cycle 30 mile round trip, rod tied to top tube, wonderful

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Some years ago I used to course fish regularly. Float and occasionally ledger.Decided I might give it another go.soon changed my mind .Fishing seems to have become quite technical with various rigs.To complicated for me.

You were wise to keep an eye on costs

 

[Salar]

Some years ago I used to course fish regularly. Float and occasionally ledger.Decided I might give it another go.soon changed my mind .Fishing seems to have become quite technical with various rigs.To complicated for me.

I'm no coarse fishing expert and I don't bother with all those fancy rigs. Traditional float, usually a waggler or a running ledger does me.

 

[numbnuts]

Some catches over the years

 

[Salar]

Not just a sea angler then.

 

[numbnuts]

Not just a sea angler then.

Done a bit of everything including fly

 

[Salar]

I sometimes fly fish for bass.

 

[numbnuts]

I sometimes fly fish for bass.

Never tried that, but it is on the bucket list and I have all the gear too

 

[delb0y]

Some years ago I used to course fish regularly. Float and occasionally ledger.Decided I might give it another go.soon changed my mind .Fishing seems to have become quite technical with various rigs.To complicated for me.

I still love it, despite that complexity. I just keep it simple and old style - trotting a float with a few maggots on the hook. Occasionally a simple feeder set-up, and a bit of lure fishing.

I haven't been this year, yet, mostly because of lock-down, but also the volumes of people out on the rivers seemed quite large. Normally it's easy to get away from folks on the river.

I'm hoping to do a little fly-fishing sometime soon, on a small local stream, as it'll be easy to carry the gear on the bike. Ten mile ride, followed by a little fishing seems like a good idea. But haven't done so yet.

 

[crag]

I just bought a Hybrid not only for the commute to work, but to carp fish the canals and cover as much ground as I can, having not been on a bike since school days.
Just trying to get my head round some panniers and a rack, oh and some waterproofs, and the glue in my puncture repair kit has gone hard, after only 35 years

 

[Milzy]

A fool waiting for a fool to bite.

 

[crag]

A fool waiting for a fool to bite.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Some catches over the years

Thats some big fish! The cod looks tasty, i have tried Pike and Carp also but would not recommend.
Before bass became trendy to eat we used to throw them all back, at least it kept stocks up

 

[13 rider]

I used to fish course angling matches at a pretty high level .Used to be out every weekend fishing local matches but the change from traditional matches on rivers and canals to commercially ran fisheries slowly killed my enthusiasm . I would rather catch 10lb of roach then 100lb plus of carp . Still a member of my local club and fish with them a couple of times a year just to stay in touch . Just back from Cornwall were I fish a lake old school style for and waggler for some skimmer bream great fun

 

[Kempstonian]

Some years ago I used to course fish regularly. Float and occasionally ledger.Decided I might give it another go.soon changed my mind .Fishing seems to have become quite technical with various rigs.To complicated for me.

You don't have to follow the latest methods. All the old ones still work. I caught my biggest carp (24 lbs) on floating bread about 5 feet from the bank.