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cheers! made a sighter for euro nymphing from same stuff, coated in fluorescent red paint 👍

cheers! how's the Tees been?

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 not had much chance to get out unfortunately.. evidently it's fishing really well ..may try Tuesday if the rain gods behave.

yes its a strange spell of weather! usually I welcome cloud cover for fishing but it would be good to see showers and sunshine now, even frost! tends to be smaller grayling on dries, apart from the big un I had in late September. I need to ties some tiny dries and spiders!

Definitely good conditions now, but I can't get down there! 😅

yes you're right Chris! it does seem like a big river when its flowing like that, but it can also seem a bit feeble in summer drought! some big trout and grayling in there too! but the big grayling tend to get caught on bait or heavy bugs rather than dry fly. I need to work on the dry fly approach, I think the flies I use for trout are generally too big for the ladies, and the little ones are harder to catch due to the sheer speed of the rise!

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 they do rise and eject the fly fast (not that I've caught that many on dries), I'm also told that the way they rise and the shape of the mouth makes them more difficult. Any excuses I've missed out 😅

What a difference a day makes! Nothing rising and a blank after 3 1/2 hours. Only managed to see one fish rise all morning. Perhaps I need to fish later in the day!

Afternoons are definitely better if you want a hatch at this time of the year. Morning ok in cooler weather if you're deep nymphing or trotting.

I don't think there are many around anymore! check ebay?? haha- organ - ize 😂

sorry Michael! late response! grayling, roach pike I suppose. Depending largely on weather really! 👍👍

I wish! tried to do a a bass on fly vid in the summer, but they didn't co-operate 🤣👍

probably better in a dull colour ? I doubt it matters! 👍

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 don't worry I was just taking the piss 😁

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Very sorry! I can't help you with this one! sounds beyond my skills ! 👍👍😂

No problem. Thank you. See you.

Thanks, Matt! There's going to be a lot less of them from now on! I can't justify the time and effort that goes into it against a background of dwindling views, comments, etc, and a stagnant subscriber count. Maybe I should monetise to boost it but then I'll be back on the treadmill again😂 Quite enjoying just fishing and storing footage at the moment tbh👍

@ I’d totally get that, it’d be a real shame if you stopped completely so releasing a reduced number that suits you and your fishing better would still be cool. But yes, it can take a lot of time even with basic editing, so for yours with music and lots of different clips, i bet it takes a while. Glad you are enjoying just going fishing, in the end if it starts taking a lot away from that it’s probably time to stop. I’m going to have a quick go for rainbows hopefully on sunday, it’s almost like from July onward they vanished completely but they must be there somewhere! All the best Dave.

Cheers Matt! Always like to keep it educational! It's believed that prior to the last ice age that the ribble at this point flowed out of a huge lake eastwards into what is now the Aire valley- which would account for the indigenous stock of grayling in the ribble. They are only found naturally in East flowing rivers (ie Yorkshire and Derbyshire dales) The Eden was illegally stocked in Victorian times. There's your natural history for today!!😂

Thank you sir 😆👍

Yes! you soon get into it! thanks for the comment👍

Thanks for the comment 👍my local stream 10 years ago was a good mixed fishery, trout, chub, dace, roach and perch. Now the coarse fish have been largely ousted by trout! I only fish a couple of spots in winter now that still hold a shoal of dace and chub. tight lines 👍

Thanks, Gaz! Sad to hear about your local river. It seems the rural streams are even more at risk these days with dairy slurry from intensive farming, fly tipping of toxic waste into ditches, etc That stretch of the ribble comes off moorland a wee bit further up, so it's sheep farming and not so bad but further down there's slime and gunk on the rocks all year round - not sewage, but nitrates and dairy slurry from excessive use of fertiliser and intensive dairy farming. The chub and barbel are OK but not many trout and grayling downstream coz the water ain't pure enough. Yet anglers still buy dairy products after moaning about it! We use vegan milk, cheese and yoghurt - much better for you too!! 👍👍

I remember your video! I think you had the worst of the weather, though! I hate trying new waters in mid winter, that's why I chose to visit here while the trout season was still on. You never know, it could be very dour on a different day. I've yet to crack the Aire though, very tough river!!👍

And thank you sir! 👍

​@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25no probs mate, always a pleasure 👍

I have fished quite a few times and so has a mate...I've personally seen more than 6 well over 2lb

I heard mixed reports, but well worth consideration! Is it upstream of the village?

It's not bad for free! Good average size year, but that will probably change. You doing a bit over autumn and winter?👍

@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 Local permit runs until 31st October for Sea Trout and Salmon, probably be out again, might pay a visit to the Lomond Hills fishery. You got plans Dave?

😂 I breed LDO,BWO and caddis in my shed! Good average size this year, as opposed to my utube stats! moved a huge one to the streamer last week too, but botched the recording with my arm across the lens when it chased! spot noted for next march.....best of luck Chris!👍👍

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 🤣🤣 can you send some BWO's this way, Dave? We seem to be a bit short🤣 I've given up worrying about the YT stuff, seems completely arbitrary to me. As long as a few people enjoy watching it, then that'll do for me👍

Definitely! I'm backing off now. Too much obsessive time going into it. I think utube is penalising me for not joining the partner programme, so I can make £9 a year 😂 Just going to do an odd one now. I had a belting roach session on the park lake last Sunday, nonstop for 3 hours. I'm just storing the footage as it's pointless, spending hours editing something that nobody wants to watch. Your stuff is going down much better than mine anyway! 👍👍

@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 it's very hit and miss, isn't it Dave, I did join the partner program because I thought that was the only way to remove the mid roll ads? Did I get that wrong? I don't think people have much of an attention span these days, about 30% of people watch less than 30 seconds and about 50% don't make it past a minute😄 but we do have a loyal group who watch it all and for them I think it's worth the effort. I'd like to see the roach footage if you ever find the time👍

Thanks ! Time to do something different now! Roach, Dace, pike, grayling? It's all out there 😊 👍👍👍

It called fishing 😳 When you have fished for decades, you're more surprised to not catch anything!

Ha ha! Thanks! But you don't see the bad tempered stuff! This river always takes a payment, usually 2 o3 flies per session!! Not difficult to tempt these trout if you don't spook them! Knowing the river is a large part of it, there's good looking spots that just never produce. Over the years, you learn which bits to walk past! 😂👍👍

Cheers Davie, yes, the switch conversion. Hard work fishing upstream with it, I'll look for a shorter 6wt next year for streamers. Had spare keys but I'm trying to blank out the memory of the 100 mile round trip by taxi😢😢 Your season done now?

@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 Last day today Dave, allowed Sunday fishing on the Leven, I'll be heading out for a few hours late afternoon to the area where I got my biggest broonie this season 🤞🎣

Good luck 👍

Cheers Colin! Much appreciated 👍👍

Yes, expensive taxi tide home for my keys😢 thanks for the comment!

Ha! Thanks! Yes, not how most think of the Ribble. 👍👍

Hopefully, I will be back in a couple of weeks,Chris, for more grayling ! Having a break from fly fishing ATM to allow my elbow and wrist to recover, watching a float. The actual final session under edit now on the local, again dry fly, nymph and streamer!

Thanks, fella! Great battle from the big grayling on light tackle - not quite west coast sea trout but nice nonetheless! 😊

Cheers my friend! 😊

Thanks, man! One day, the Bolton streams!!😂

Cheers Paul, don't think I can recall one that fought like that! 👍 😊

You have tickets for this water, Keith. Interesting bit of river.👍

Glad it was helpful! thanks VERY much for the comment 👍👍👍

Good luck mate! I've never shelled out on expensive tackle TBH so I know nothing about Hardys stuff, apart from using their fly-lines for a time with cheaper rods and reels! 6 to 7 weight 10ft long with a softish action for sea trout, could be used for loch brownies but might take away the thrill of the fight from a small brown to some extent! If you wish to chat further, I'm on face-book as soul trader 57. thanks😊👍

Ok fella I stand corrected !

Glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to get up there again! hopefully next year...👍👍

@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 permits are available thesedays from Fishing Around the Forth website for the Almond and other rivers in the Forth Catchment , both season and day . The River Esk in East Lothian has grayling also .

Ha ha! Thanks ! But low water is officially an inch below that! 😂👍

​@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25btw mate loved the seatrout video, comments where disabled on it but a quality watch indeed 👍👍🎣

Thanks David!👍

Thanks Matt, not the easiest fishing by any means but totally absorbing! 👍👍

Absolutely! Thanks Davie. Weird, but those trout in the headwaters seem fewer but larger than where I normally fish a bit lower down 🤔👍👍👍

Thanks, will do !👍latest is another small stream session too!

Thankyou Michael. this particular one is free, on public land, I fish a spread of club and public waters, but hardly ever commercial rainbow trout stillwaters and never coarse commercials! I like the challenge of wild fish rather than stocked. Good luck 👍👍

@@soultrader57fishingandmusi25 thanks for the reply. you should have on the river ribble at mitton with the river ribble trust token tickets cheap at the price also. thanks again

Haha! Thanks! I might put a long edit out, including tree tangles! 😂 There's some big perch I didn't know about under that railway bridge! Next project after trout season....👍👍👍