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Thursday, 03 December 2009 00:00 James Mitchell

Since I've started Fishing, I've been dieing to try the pursuit of Fly Fishing out ( It just looks so much fun ) - Well luckily a few days ago, that wish came true and a visit was planned to the superb venue of Moorhen Trout Fishery.  The proprietors of the venue were very accommodating, and a warm welcome with free tea and coffee and a well kitted club house to sit and chat awaited  After a safety briefing, it was down to the nitty gritty of learning to fish with a fly rod ! We had a superb instructor who was keen to show the basics, so you could get on the water fishing with little delay. Surprisingly I was able to cope with the casting and keeping the fly line in the air easier than I was anticipating - there was certainly no hideous knot balls of line flying around... The hardest part I found of fly fishing was the discipline needed in holding and casting the line - It was a completely different mind set and style to coarse fishing, and took some time to get use to - you basically had to hold and work the rod vertically between 12 o'clock and 10 o'clock, moving it in synchronization to the line flailing above your head  Well after a few hours of this, we managed to land two nice trout both in the 2lb-3lb range, and after a coshing round the head with a metal priest, were ready for the fun of gutting and cooking.

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 19:59 Paul Wyatt

Well it’s been a busy year fishing and I have learnt a lot of methods but this week saw me setup a cheap quiver tip rod on the Throop and what a day it was. I started really earlier and got down the tackle shop to buy bait at around 7am, another 10 minutes and I was carry my gear down the by the Throop. I must just add here that if you intend to go fishing on a river go as light as possible because there is always a lot of walking to do.

When I arrived at a nice spot I started to fish the normal trotting method, I did catch some small little Dace but after about an hour it was time to move on. At the next spot I continued use the float but after a sudden moment of stupidity I was knotted up and after spending 20 minutes playing cat’s cradle it was time to set up the Quiver tip rod that I had not used since purchasing some months ago.

Now as a newbie to Quiver tip fishing I was not really sure what expect so to make things simple I used a basic feeder setup using one of these booms that keep the feeder away from the hook length, I have no idea if this is a good setup and if not please do let me know.

After some time using a maggot feeder but with no fish I moved open again, I do believe that for river fishing you have to go and find the fish. Before casting I opted to put a straight ledger on the rig and stuck with 3 maggots on a size 16 hook. Not knowing what was meant to happen to the rod I was not very confident of catching but  after about 10 minutes I noticed some movement in the tip and then suddenly the tip started moving in a way that could only be a fish so I struck whilst winding in I thought there was nothing on the end but as the line came towards me I saw this tiny little fish that I had not seen before as it come closer I could see that it was indeed a small barbell and it did look really good.

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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 15:10 James Mitchell

Well the closed river season has ended, so a trip down the local rivers was definitely in order ! After a previously hard session on the Bickley Mill stream (don't ask ) at ringwood, the Throop fisheries covering several miles of the Stour was picked as a location, and what a days fishing was had. The plan was to go "light", so I stripped my normal fishing bag of all the junk I usually carry around, Blimey there really is allot of it !!! and to limit myself to just one rod and reel.  The setup was to use a light stick float, with light tackle and to trot using single maggots on the various stretches of the Throop...The journey started from the Bournemouth end of the Throop, where we would find a nice stretch of river, setup and fish for 30-60 minutes..The river really is very picturesque, and there is plenty of dace and roach action ! It was then a case of following the river up under the motorway and into the countryside! this really was exceptional...fishing 30 minutes... moving... fishing... moving... much more challenging than being static on the lakes all day and really enjoyable, even though after the first few hours I had wished that I was more ruthless with the amount of fishing tackle I had bought...remember less is more I think in total we walked around 6 miles up and down the Throop, and I must admit that I was knackered at the end...but it was awesome fun, and a really nice change, I'm certainly looking forward to the next time.

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Tuesday, 17 February 2009 18:36 Paul Wyatt

Now that the winter frosts and snow have disappeared the desire to fish has started to grow the hunt for the next PB just seems much more exiting. It was in my last trip out that I caught my best fish so far and here is my view on that great day.

It was a fairly mild weekend and it was decided that we would all attend, what has become a favorite at fishingfools, Turfcroft farm in the new forest. The night before was the usual double checking of  rigs, bait, equipment and documents.  That night I had decided I would be trying something slightly different from the maggots on the hook and I spent a good hour making a number of hook lengths with hair rigs. The process of making the hair rigs is fairly straight forward but the thinner the line the harder it becomes.

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