A fanatical fly fisherman and licensed coach who has been lucky to have fished with some great fishermen in many fantastic places around the world.
The North of England and Scottish Borders are very special places and have some beautiful and fantastic waters to fly fish.
I'm still learning the craft after more than 40years and I hope the flyfishing journey will never end.
Fly Fishing Bio:
1967 first perch on a worm
1999 England International;
2002 CEFF Chairman
2006 Team England Rivers Manager;
2010 Commonwealth Team Silver Medal (Wales)
2011 Started The Durham Fly Fishing Company;
2012 Commonwealth Team Silver Medal (Tasmania);
2012 Appointed Head Coach to the Angling Trust/ADB Talent Pathway Programme;
2014 Commonwealth Team Silver Medal (England);
2014 Launch of www.flyfishingvideoguide.com
2016 Commonwealth Team Member in Canada
2018 Commonwealth Team Member in Northern Ireland
....a good day
Posted by Stuart Wardle on Sunday, April 6, 2014 Under: Ad hoc
Some days are just better than others,they may not start that way but end up being better than anticipated.
yesterday was just one of those days. The rivers and the fishing have been typically spring like... not quite on form?
So with the weather taking a turn for the better, the dreadful sea fret/fog and easterlies deciding to bugger off for a change.
I was out and about early on the river trying a few bits I have not fished for a good few years.
Yes a bit of a higher risk strategy however if you don't take a risk now and again you end up doing the same same old.
Two hours later not a sign of a fish or an Olive !!!. Should I stick with it?. Well, I did and managed two crackers during a brief hatch of March Browns. One rose not 3 feet away from me and with an overshoot and draw back of a cast landed the fly 4 feet away in a slack bit of water and up he came...a lovely fish just under 21 inches in old money. I stuck at it searching the surface for activity but nothing. Headed the long walk back to the Jeep and at 2.15pm decided to drop off at a spot I fished the day before which had not produced. Thinking you never know ???.
Being all tackled up, its easy lock the Jeep and away and I was in position 10 minutes later when a a flurry of March Browns started and fish were moving and up and at them !!**!! .
Some of them were in heavy water so cast into the area ...and up he came I didn't even see my fly but naturally lifted the rod just in case and he was on and away downstream screaming line. and another worked up a side stream 4 more.... fished the dry blind and caught another 3 and ended up with 9 and a grand total of 11 and finished at 3.30. That wasn;t it.
When I got home my new Peux fly reel had been delivered...
Whoo hoo it was like Christmas the excitement of opening the parcel and playing with the engineered perfection....bloody marvellous. so all in all a good day.
Wonder what tomorrow will bring ??
Two from yesterday
My new Peux reel
Peux reels are at http://www.peuxreels.com/
oh nearly forgot....... the fly that did the business...again......
"The Lifter"
yesterday was just one of those days. The rivers and the fishing have been typically spring like... not quite on form?
So with the weather taking a turn for the better, the dreadful sea fret/fog and easterlies deciding to bugger off for a change.
I was out and about early on the river trying a few bits I have not fished for a good few years.
Yes a bit of a higher risk strategy however if you don't take a risk now and again you end up doing the same same old.
Two hours later not a sign of a fish or an Olive !!!. Should I stick with it?. Well, I did and managed two crackers during a brief hatch of March Browns. One rose not 3 feet away from me and with an overshoot and draw back of a cast landed the fly 4 feet away in a slack bit of water and up he came...a lovely fish just under 21 inches in old money. I stuck at it searching the surface for activity but nothing. Headed the long walk back to the Jeep and at 2.15pm decided to drop off at a spot I fished the day before which had not produced. Thinking you never know ???.
Being all tackled up, its easy lock the Jeep and away and I was in position 10 minutes later when a a flurry of March Browns started and fish were moving and up and at them !!**!! .
Some of them were in heavy water so cast into the area ...and up he came I didn't even see my fly but naturally lifted the rod just in case and he was on and away downstream screaming line. and another worked up a side stream 4 more.... fished the dry blind and caught another 3 and ended up with 9 and a grand total of 11 and finished at 3.30. That wasn;t it.
When I got home my new Peux fly reel had been delivered...
Whoo hoo it was like Christmas the excitement of opening the parcel and playing with the engineered perfection....bloody marvellous. so all in all a good day.
Wonder what tomorrow will bring ??
Two from yesterday
My new Peux reel
Peux reels are at http://www.peuxreels.com/
oh nearly forgot....... the fly that did the business...again......
"The Lifter"
In : Ad hoc
Tags: river tees fly fishing "peux flyreel" "the lifter" lifter
