Seen some of your videos before when you have been fishing for the second best fish in the wye the barbel good to see the salmon making a show it means the wye is a fare condition roll on the new coarse season 👍🎣
40 days, [according to Stan], just 40 days to the start of the new season? Soon be Barbel time ~ but Salmon still coming up the river too? To be honest, when the Barbel start to show up I fish the fly for Salmo early in the mornings but switch to Barbel on the float gear as the sun gets on the water..... What a tough life!
99.9% there's no way to lose a fish on the flying c. You could have a cup of tea and it would still be on. Keep calm. People get over-excited, the adrenalin starts pumping, they rush it and the fish is lost.
Well yes, a F/C is a good holder of a fish but......... As we are bound by local bylaws to use single barbless hooks they will throw them if they get airborne or you let them have slack line. Trust me, I've lost more than I've landed ever since this rule was introduced! However, necessity has bred innovation and at least one supplier, Gary Evans of Newport and Cardiff, has introduced a split-ring to mount the hook. This not only allows you to easily replace hooks but also articulates the joint which appears to prevent the weight of the lure pulling the hook loose as it can flex more easily. I'm not sure that came across right but I know I've had greater success with these! As for adrenalin and over excited? Isn't that the point? :)
Hi mate great video as always😁…wee tip….Take the plastic off your spinning rod because when the cork gets wet it can’t dry out & it rots the cork underneath …unfortunately I found out that the expensive way on a Abu Garcia salmo seeker that cost flippn. £140 so lesson learned….so when I see a video of an anglers fishing with the plastic on I try warn them so the same things don’t happen to them. Tight lines mate Regards Neil Mccreadie
Thanks Neil. Yes, the plastic debate! I must admit that I was loathed to remove it when I knew that I was going to be using this rod for a bit of Sea Fishing on the East Coast and you know how stinky those baits can be! Well, I've done that now so I think that I'll take your advice, [even though this rod was only £60 from Glasgow Angling], and take it off now. Tight lines, Lawrence
Wow, yes..... Well there you go folks, get to Woodys in Hereford as these F/C's are by far the best made and heavier than any others I've been able to find at 23g, 28g and even 35g; you need these to cope with the, sometimes, heavy flows in the Wye. Anything lighter comes around too fast and too shallow! Stan always calls in on Lynn at the start of the season to stock up so, if you are fishing Aramstone, he will have some in the Hut, [next to the whisky] !
I think I'd still use my Shimano Stradic C5000 that I now keep as a back-up. Not that it isn't as good as the Multiplier, just that I'm enjoying using something a little different. And I love the hum it makes when casting! The one thing that I have learnt about any reel for Salmon, [Fly fishing or Spinning], is that whatever you use it's the smoothness of the drag that counts; when they turn and run the reel has to give line evenly or they will be off!
@@wyeme9047 I moved to Shropshire last year from Birmingham and it's pretty local to me now, you can see the Salmon jumping the weir in Shrewsbury apparently, would love to target them as I've never caught one before!! Apart from a single Parr whilst in Wales
I'm not familiar with the situation regarding Salmon on the Severn but I think that areas like weirs are out of bounds for fishing as they get bottled up there but you should be able to find out from the Environment Agency website or by asking at a tackle shop local to the area; I'm a great supporter of our high-street stores simply because they have local knowledge! Let me know if you find some fishing and I'll join you with the cameras as well as a rod or two!!
@@wyeme9047 shall definitely be looking into it mate, would love a trip down your way sometime and try on the Wye!! Only fished it in mid Wales for trout myself
Joining the Wye Salmon Association (£10) gets you free access to some of the best beats on the river, this one included. Yes you are restricted to only two visits to each in a season but then, with seven to choose from, that's fourteen days fishing! Let me know if you are able to come this way and I can sort something out for you....
Sort of. In fact, the fish I saw following the lure wasn't the one that took it! A second came up from under the bank and snatched it away..... Hence my confusion, the one I was watching went off one way but my line was screaming off in a completely different direction!! Isn't fishing fun?
Yes it is, well spotted. However, they are as accurate as "measuring" a fish and guessing the weight and absolutely useless if you can't read the scale without your glasses! I now have these very accurate and easy to read, but also slim enough to go in a pocket, Reuben Heaton scales which I find ideal. Oh, and I used to work for Billy Smart's Circus in my youth and I can tell you that Clowns are very talented people, so I'll take that as a compliment, thanks....
