Arrived just before 10am and after a quick chat with Fred I got set up, opting initialy for an olive buzzer on the point and a small black and red buzzer on the dropper after Fred mentioning claret had been working well. I set off around the lake to the far bank. The weather seemed to be against me with bright sunshine and not much of a ripple, thus not many fish where moving but I cast out the buzzers in anticipation of a take but no, nothing so i switched to a claret buzzer and again nothing so after 45mins I put a diawl bach on the point, a couple of wee tugs but nothing to write home about.
I switched to the old faithful, Moorbrook Bloodworm, fished 4/5 ft under an indicator. This resulted in 2 top quality fish in 2 casts. I fished the bloodworm for another hour or so, missing plenty of fish. I then hooked a lovely fish about 2lb 8oz. It was just before 2pm and I fished for another hour, missing at least 10 more fish but that is the nature of the game. I was working at Tildarg at 5pm so I packed up and headed home.
Monday 22 September 2008
Thursday 18 September 2008
Tildarg Fishery - 18th September 2008
I woke this morning with the intention of heading to either Murloc or Movilla, at 9 am i phoned Movilla and got the usual "its fishing brillantly" response which i know from experience means it aint lol I hadnt slept well the night before, I was still tying flies at 4am so I decided to fish TIldarg instead, and another bonus is that I get to fish it for free. I quick run to Woodford to pick up some supplies and I was at Tildarg for 11am.
I initially set up with a diawl bach on the point and an olive buzzer and headed off up the bank, with a couple of fish rising but no takes or bites so thought I might have a better chance in the boat. I anchored up along the far bank quite close to the weeds, a couple of casts and a smashing take on a black buzzer (see pic below). With the fish landed, I fished for another 20 mins or so and moved on bottom corner of the lake beside the dead trees, I had a bite here and had a fish on that went down into the weeds and I had to snap the line and sacrifice 2 flies, all part of the game.
I moved the boat to near the middle of the lake after seeing a couple of fish moving. I anchored up and changed to a size 12 black buzzer on the point and a size 16 black buzzer with red head(also in pic below). BANG!!! fish on the dropper, it gave me a good scrap. Fish netted and it was back to fishing, 2 casts later and I wasnt paying attention and SMASH, a fish hit me like an express train and broke my dropper off. With a new cast tied up, I fished on for another 30 mins with another bite but nothing else. 
A wee bit of clay pigeon shooting and it was back to the fishery at about 5pm. I had another bite to eat and headed up the bank with the buzzers on again. With plenty of fish moving at this point I thought buzzers would do the trick but no it fell to the trusty Moorbrook bloodworm on a 14 ft leader fished with a slow figure 8 retrieve. 2 fish hit me like express trains and with them safely landed and releashed, another fish hit me and got off and then the rain forced a halt to play so I packed up and headed home.
I initially set up with a diawl bach on the point and an olive buzzer and headed off up the bank, with a couple of fish rising but no takes or bites so thought I might have a better chance in the boat. I anchored up along the far bank quite close to the weeds, a couple of casts and a smashing take on a black buzzer (see pic below). With the fish landed, I fished for another 20 mins or so and moved on bottom corner of the lake beside the dead trees, I had a bite here and had a fish on that went down into the weeds and I had to snap the line and sacrifice 2 flies, all part of the game.
I moved the boat to near the middle of the lake after seeing a couple of fish moving. I anchored up and changed to a size 12 black buzzer on the point and a size 16 black buzzer with red head(also in pic below). BANG!!! fish on the dropper, it gave me a good scrap. Fish netted and it was back to fishing, 2 casts later and I wasnt paying attention and SMASH, a fish hit me like an express train and broke my dropper off. With a new cast tied up, I fished on for another 30 mins with another bite but nothing else.
At this point (3pm) my mate, Marty had arrived and after a bite to eat and not much happening fishing wise he talked me into going to his hide and having a pop at some crows with the shotgun. I got the only crow of the day which wasnt bad for my first time.
A wee bit of clay pigeon shooting and it was back to the fishery at about 5pm. I had another bite to eat and headed up the bank with the buzzers on again. With plenty of fish moving at this point I thought buzzers would do the trick but no it fell to the trusty Moorbrook bloodworm on a 14 ft leader fished with a slow figure 8 retrieve. 2 fish hit me like express trains and with them safely landed and releashed, another fish hit me and got off and then the rain forced a halt to play so I packed up and headed home.
Friday 12 September 2008
Murloc Angling and Rural Pursuits - 12th September 2008
Arrived at Murloc at 10am, with so much buzz about the fishery I was excited to get set up and chuck a fly or two. Firstly I was astounded by the lodge, it is fantastic. When I got out of the car I was greated by an energetic springer by the name of Fly. Upon entering the lodge I met Fred the owner and also Paul from our very own forum. I filled out a wee detail sheet to be put onto the Murloc waiting list and then Fred ran over the rules and also what flies had been working.
I moved round to a jetty and got set up, Fred has said that fish had been taking apple green buzzers so I set up with a size 12 olive buzzer on the point and a size 16 lime green buzzer on the dropper. I had a couple of bites and then a very subtle take resulted in a fish of about 2lb weight that shot off into the centre of the lake, great fight and not a fin out of place. I got 3 fish on the olive buzzer and a couple of bites on the small buzzers.
I moved around to another spot, with a few more bites a moved round the the bank opposite the lodge and set up with the olive buzzer on the dropper and a size 12 diawl bach on the point. great fun on this jetty, a further 5 taking the diawl bach. Paul managed to get 1 fish beside me on the diawl bach. With the sun shining brightly the fish stopped moving on the surface, at this point I put a size 12 moorbrook bloodworm 5 ft under an indicator, the fly was out 2 mins and big take that broke me, and again the next take broke me so set up another bloodworm, this take was more solid and I landed a lovely 3lber. I caught a further 8 fish on the bloodworm. Paul landed a further 3 on a bloodworm i gave him.
Things went quiet and is started to rain and the fish decided to go deep, I fished the bloodworm for another wee while and then changed back to Diawl bach and buzzer combo but opted for a red headed buzzer as the olive buzzer was in a fish's mouth at the bottom of the lake. I fished the buzzers and diawl bach's on a very slow figure 8 retrieve and BANG fish on but it got off so flies back out again and another fish took the buzzer, at this point the rain was pelting down so I decided to tackle down and head home, as did Paul. We headed back to the lodge and had a chat with Fred and let him know how the day had gone.
So overall a throughly enjoyable day with 17 excellent fish (a personal best for me) and Paul ended up with 4 but sure who's counting...... lol.
Here are a few pictures of fish from throughout the day
I moved round to a jetty and got set up, Fred has said that fish had been taking apple green buzzers so I set up with a size 12 olive buzzer on the point and a size 16 lime green buzzer on the dropper. I had a couple of bites and then a very subtle take resulted in a fish of about 2lb weight that shot off into the centre of the lake, great fight and not a fin out of place. I got 3 fish on the olive buzzer and a couple of bites on the small buzzers.
I moved around to another spot, with a few more bites a moved round the the bank opposite the lodge and set up with the olive buzzer on the dropper and a size 12 diawl bach on the point. great fun on this jetty, a further 5 taking the diawl bach. Paul managed to get 1 fish beside me on the diawl bach. With the sun shining brightly the fish stopped moving on the surface, at this point I put a size 12 moorbrook bloodworm 5 ft under an indicator, the fly was out 2 mins and big take that broke me, and again the next take broke me so set up another bloodworm, this take was more solid and I landed a lovely 3lber. I caught a further 8 fish on the bloodworm. Paul landed a further 3 on a bloodworm i gave him.
Things went quiet and is started to rain and the fish decided to go deep, I fished the bloodworm for another wee while and then changed back to Diawl bach and buzzer combo but opted for a red headed buzzer as the olive buzzer was in a fish's mouth at the bottom of the lake. I fished the buzzers and diawl bach's on a very slow figure 8 retrieve and BANG fish on but it got off so flies back out again and another fish took the buzzer, at this point the rain was pelting down so I decided to tackle down and head home, as did Paul. We headed back to the lodge and had a chat with Fred and let him know how the day had gone.
So overall a throughly enjoyable day with 17 excellent fish (a personal best for me) and Paul ended up with 4 but sure who's counting...... lol.
Here are a few pictures of fish from throughout the day
Woodford Fly Fishery - 5th September 2008
Woke up this morning at 9am and nearly fell back asleep and then I remembered I was planning on going fishing, quick phonecall to Darren to see how the weather was and then it was all stations go. I arrived a Woodfrod just after 10am. A warm greeting from Darren and a cup of his finest tea and i got set up, opting for a buzzer on the dropper and a diawl bach on the point. Met Alan (AMC) and after a quick chat I set off up the bank. Also met Michael (Fossil Fish) away, another quick chat lol and it was time to fish. A strong NE wind was blowing, forcing my line into the weed beds along the bank, fustrating me a lot. Moved back round to the towards the lodge and saw a couple of fish moving on the surface, fished this spot for about 30 mins and cast over a rising trout and hooked the wee blighter, a subtle take and a good fight. The fish was approx 1lb 8oz and fully finned and fell to the diawl bach. I fished on for an hour or so and changed my black buzzer to a size 12 olive buzzer and BANG a solid take and a super fight from a 2lb rainbow again fully finned. With the fish netted we went for a bite to eat of Darren's "Healthy" Fry's lol with the rain and wind getting worse, we decided to brave the elements. Michael hit into a fish with a buzzer under the indicator and then he had to go to work so Alan and I headed into the lodge and grabbed a drink, Alan was quick to head back out, I was not lol after a chat with darren and davy I went back out for a few more hours, a couple of touches on the buzzer and no results i tried a daddy on the surface, no interest so I switched to the intermediate line, with a cormorant and then a hot head damsel and a zonker, no touches at all. I decided to call it a day and headed into the lodge and tackled down. Alan got a fish and lost 1 before he left. It was a pleasure to meet Alan and Michael and thank you Darren for an enjoyable day despite it being so wet lol.
Tildarg Fishery - 20th August 2008
I was working tonight and it was a nice evening with plenty of fish moving just under the surface, there where a couple of daddies flying along the banks and a lot of buzzers in the air so I decided to set the rod up for half an hour and set up using a 15ft leader of 6lb Airflo Sightfree Fluorocarbon with a dropper about 10ft from the braided loop with a size 12 Firefoil Buzzer (wee pattern I made up one night) and a size 12 Craig Barr Diawl Bach with a luminous yellow head on the point. First fish fell to the Diawl Bach with the next 3 taking the buzzer to my delight. So in half an hour I ended up with 4 beautiful fully finned rainbow. It was a good night for me lol the flies I used are in the pictures below .
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