today for a few hours even though the weather
forecast was quite bleak.on arrival we noticed
a few insects about mainly meduim olives ,
hawthorn and midge with a few rising fish.
this is quite a difficult little stream to fish
with some steep banks and a lot of overhanging
trees ,bushes
this chap above came up twice for a yellow
paradun before giving me a chance to hook him.
when wading here the bottom soon stirs up
leaving clouds in the stream below and sometimes
above(back eddies)
the most civilised thing about fishing here is
the cabin which makes a comftable pit stop
point.
whilst enjoying a lovely cup of rosy lea john
thought that the little house resembled the one
in lost so from now on we will know this as
JACOB'S CABIN
I fished this stream at the weekend. I had to work hard for two trout both on nymph. Just to the right of the person in your third picture is a tree stump and a large ( for the Ecclesbourne )trout lives there. I have tried and failed to catch him twice so far this season. There is a good collection of flies in the overhanging bush!! I hope that he is still there for me to try again. Tim
ReplyDeletehi tim
ReplyDeletecaught on dry fly.
could the lack of fish be down
to either a mink or otter.
because i saw something by the pool
that you mentioned.
john
Hi John
ReplyDeleteyes I didn't see that many rises but it was a chilly afternoon.There may be a mink /otter I guess. It is a very quiet place. I guess it is lightly fished because commando skills are needed. I went there on Saturday because I thought that Dovedale would be packed out. I do enjoy fishing the Ecclesbourne before the undergrowth gets too tall and thick. Also it fines down quickly after rain so I may try it again on Sunday
it got quite chilly last night
ReplyDeletewith hardly any fish showing.
dovedale fishing very well at the moment went on sunday afternoon.