Spent a pleasant evening fishing at Bourley. Tried daddys, blue flash damsel, cat’s whisker, and black gnat type thing, all to no avail. Peter caught a small trout on a booby as he was winding in to pack up!
September 2008
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Ladies fly fishing day at Albury
Posted by janerc under Fishing trips, Flies | Tags: Albury, blue flash damsel, ladies fly fishing |Leave a Comment
Vale End, Albury held a Ladies Fly Fishing Day today, and I had booked a session as an improver. Fantastic day with casting lessons, guided fishing, cooking demonstration, BBQ lunch, fly tying demonstration and more fishing.
I hooked a fish and was going to try to net it myself, but managed to lose it before I even had the net in my hand! I eventually caught a 2lb rainbow at 5.30 on a blue flash damsel, the Albury favourite fly, and let someone else net it for me. It fought well.
My casting has improved – sometimes the line actually floats in the air before landing on the water.
More Ladies Days are planned for the future – excellent! Contact Tony Hern for details.
September 2, 2008
Went fishing at Bourley after school today to practice netting fish myself. But could we find any fish to practice on? We could not!
I must learn to tell my lines apart – I had a sinking line in my reel, and Peter told me to put a fly line on – but I selected the slime line by mistake and fished with that for an hour! I didn’t think I was casting very far!
Forgot my camera, so no pictures this time. There was good purple haze from heather or ling and a couple of dabchicks were around, but I saw no insects.
