About 3 weeks ago myself and Stu had a pike flyfishing / lure fishing mission to a favourite big East Yorkshire lake. It’s not an epic tale so I’ll keep the blog post brief. As usual I tried to put…
Return to Walton Hall
Ever since Stu splashed out on some pike fly-fishing gear he’s been desperate to go use it. To be fair, I was itching for some pike fly fishing action as well so when he suggested a return to Walton…
Annual club outing to Tanfield
Last Wednesday was the first fishing trip of 2015 for the Roundhay Fly Fishers and as always, Tanfield was chosen as the opening venue. I was quite excited about getting out to do some rainbow fishing which surprised me,…
Hornsea Mere
This pike fishing phase we’re going through is certainly getting us out to some new places. Our insatiable cravings for toothy tugs means we are venturing to the furthest corners of Yorkshire and beyond! A couple of weeks ago we decided to…
Is it safe?
I’m off pike fishing tomorrow (still need to update the blog with my trip out to Hornsea Mere last weekend!) and I couldn’t help but notice that the equipment required to remove hooks from a pike’s mouth is substantially different…
More pike action!
I’m struggling to catch up here – bearing in mind Assynt was end of June and I only finished the blog post on that last night! This is just a quickie. Hot on the heels of our earlier predator/coarse fishing…
Scar House Reservoir ‘review’
Howdy. I’ve put up a new post in the fisheries section (North Yorkshire) for Scar House reservoir which we recently visited.
Stonebridge Trout lake closed until next year due to weed
Just seen the news on their website. The coarse lake is still open though. More info at www.stonebridgefishinglakes.co.uk
Second fishing trip of 2013!
I know I don’t do as much fishing as I used to but to be fair the weather has been absolute bobbins so far this year and to my credit I got my ass into gear as soon as it picked…
My first fishing trip of 2013!
Finally! The barometer has moved, the birds are tweeting and the snow is gone from all but the loftiest peaks. Brought out of deep freeze once again, the team of elderly fly-fishing superheroes known to mortals as ‘The Roundhay…