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@@waynesmith4589 it’s been bad this autumn. Barely recovered from the summer and then dropped off again. I’ll be doing some back drifting in a boat soon!

I’ve had pretty good success fishing a 12ft Airflo fast midge tip with a 15ft leader, this gives me 27ft , I’ve simply anchored up in deep water and slowly retrieve 2 white zonkers, when they aren’t having that I’ve resorted to back drifting which never seems to fail.

@@waynesmith4589I heard someone was doing something similar with weighted shrimp patterns to good effect

Nice. Don’t get the chance to fish that bank often

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736Chance again on Thursday , so I’ll be up there giving it a go.

@@waynesmith4589 cool, let me know how you get on. I’ll be back on the following Friday

@@davidgray3321 see answer to comment below

Those are the fishery nets. Provided at Anglian water reservoirs due to the shrimp

Never seen anything that bad before. It almost felt deliberate

I felt the same way as well. Those guys didn’t look novice to me, they knew exactly what they were doing.

I would love to do the same 😅

Last 3-4 years it’s been clear in the spring and then has clouded up in the summer. Apparently lots of muscles in the reservoir now so they might be clearing the water 🤷‍♂️

Good luck 🤞

11 fish 🎣 to the net at Farmoor today, the wind was absolutely horrendous, made fishing very difficult, not a single fish on nymphs all on lures ( orange blobs & damsels ) , anything more than a single fly and it quickly became a birds nest. A challenging but still enjoyable day.

Still a good result given the weather.

Hi Wayne. Glad it’s lifting as I’m going tomorrow 😂. Buzzers?

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736 I fished F2 at the top of the West Bank and around the corner on the causeway, FAB on the point with 2 crisp packet buzzers, had about 15 fish 🎣 mainly on the middle buzzer, BUT ! the action really kicked off when I moved away from the other anglers and walked round the corner onto the causeway, I swapped the FAB for a Red Fritz squirmy worm and 2 Buzzers, a bite every cast for 90 mins before I sadly had to go home, every fish on the squirmy, they were just running off with it, the wind was tricky on the causeway, flat calm on the West Bank.

F1 was lifting today as well. Lots to the net and some large residents. Video coming soon. Love Farmoor in this mood

Yes, an Onki. I love it. Slightly softer action than a lot of rods but it suits my casting. Good distance but you can feel it

Not for a month or so. Just lucky timing with the warmer weather waking the buzzers and fish up!

Can't beat it!

I had much better conditions than you a few days previous, much warmer in fact I’d say as close to perfect as you can get.

Brilliant. Love it when F1 switches on. Are they on the buzzers yet?

Yes !!!! before I arrived I had a few idea’s, but when I got out the car there were buzzers everywhere so I had a rapid rethink, I set up 2 rigs a Washing Line and a Reverse Washing line, both rigs had the same flies Coral FAB, Cormorant and a Red Cheek Buzzer, every time the sun came out or went in I swapped rigs, I caught all day on either the Buzzer or the FAB not a single fish on the Cormorant 🤷‍♂️, some of the hits very brutal, awesome days fishing.

Hi. It’s a slow intermediate, Cortland Blue

Thanks. Back issues last year curtailed the fishing but hopefully on the mend now and more fishing to come!

I’m glad they’re useful! Things should start picking up now off the bank and you should get a good couple of months. As it gets really cold the fish go deep and move out from the banks so better to get a boat - probably mid December to late March. As it warms up the fish will move back close to the banks. I think a boat is £20. Might see you on the bank sometime. I’m not far away from Winchester!

I’m probably up there on Sunday, had a really good day on the North Bank F1 Sunday gone, nothing for 4hrs, switched to a small lure casting up and down the drop off left and right and it went relatively crazy, I fished the dries for 90 mins in bright conditions with a bit of right to left chop and had a lot of hits but couldn’t make any stick, very frustrating. I’m an ex course match angler who’s only just switched codes so I’m on a steep learning curve, absolutely love the fly fishing.

If you’re bank fishing then just rock up and start - they come round in a van for payment. If boating then you’ll need to call and book first

Is that a Vision Onki rod? How do you find it?

@@davidbenjamin5356 yes, love it. Has a slower action which suits me but casts beautifully

Just on the edge of manageable. Gloves are Seal Skinz - fingerless with mittens. They are great for winter fishing

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736 Thanks for the info, will have a search round to find some. Much Appreciated 👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736 Hi Again, so you would recommend the seal skinz fingerless mittens then? Cheers 👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣

@@bobturner8323 I love them

Cheers.

😂

Wychwood sla. Great bit of kit with changeable spools

Yes it is. Lovely rod. Bit more of a relaxed action; suits my casting

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736 Yes I like mine which is a 10ft 6wt.

Nice video m8 is that a shooting line your using?

No just standard line. Airflo fast intermediate and Cortland blue slow intermediate

Not that I’m aware of. Eyebrook and the Anglian waters have predator fishing

Yes I caught a 15lb pike on the fly (not targeted) 2 weeks ago at Draycote. A nice surprise!

Glad you liked it 👍

When it’s very windy, all you can hear is wind noise. So it’s either that, silence or music. Personally, I prefer the music 😁

@@beardybrosflyfishing3736 You can move the sound track or turn the wind noise volume down. It is not a problem, but at least you know why I gave up watching it. I like feedback on my videos, it helps me evolve my thinking. Best wishes

It’s tricky this time of year. Start deep and slow. If it’s warm the fish might come up a bit midday. I’d start on F1, off the causeway or by the water tower if wind allows