Do they always get you down too? The weather of late has been kind of depressing here in Blighty. A few days of gray and rain then perhaps a dry one and maybe some sun then it's back to the gloom. Still, if you get out and about there are still fish to be caught.
I have been spending a lot of time investigating the waters of a new club I joined this year in Sussex. It is a coarse fishing club but that's fine as that is what I want to target. So far I have mostly test fished with regular coarse tackle to find out what species are present and have a handle on a couple of nearby waters now and even winkled out a tiny chub a week or so ago on a nasty blustery evening while prospecting. The lakes are what interest me though. This past weekend I discovered a tench hole in crystal clear water exactly as Brian Clarke describes in his excellent "On Fishing" book where he was able to catch them using a white nymph for visibility - that has me excited at the prospect of maybe being able to do the same - if I can get past the hordes of small rudd that seem ever present.
I also have a great venue for some bream! Yes old slabsides. There seems to be a good head of 2-3lb'rs in another venue and they willingly hit freelined breadpaste with no groundbaiting required so I am guessing they are there in numbers. I am thinking a substantial fly dragged slowly along the bottom may well attract their attention too and will be putting that to the test sometime soon. The added attraction is these fish are feeding in murky water only about a foot deep and several have leapt clear out of the water when hooked - not exactly what you'd expect a bream to be doing!
Watch this space and I'll report back on how I get on later in the month.
This Thursday I am off to southern Portugal to see if we can catch some mako sharks and dorado on the fly -testing out a new potential destination for fly anglers. Should be fun! Hopefully I'll be able to text in a report from on location.
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