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7th June at John 'O' Gaunt

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:02:00 -0400

.7TH JUNE AT John O Gaunt

Had a goodmorning out with Alex, we arrived at John O Gaunt fishery at King’s Somborne,and paid our £21 for 2 fish, we started at the small lake, it is a very clear lake, and very exciting to watch the fish following your fly, Alex put on a yellow Damsel fly nymph and was soon into a very nice 3lb rainbow and a hardfighting, we then moved around the lake and Alex was soon into his second fish at about the same size as his first one, well done.

We then moved onto the large lake, this one is not as clear but still a very nice lake,I soon got my first fish of 3lb, we finished the day with Alex getting the last fish, we had a good 4 hour’s fishing on a very quiet peaceful lake.

MAY FLY

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:14:00 -0400

THE MAYFLY ARE STILL OUT IN NUMBERS

The weather has now got a lot warmer and the flies are out in numbers, the Mayfly was very late this year the first hatch on the Itchen in Winchester was on the 19th of May.

But now the water is very clear and full of Mayfly sedge , I have fished most day’s and found the evenings better from about 7pm, apart from the 1st of April when we had a very damp drizzly day we had lots of fly on the water the fish were rising all over, I had about 7 fish in 2 hour’s all at about ¾ lbs, so don’t miss out come and give it a go,Tight Lines.

START OF THE SEASON

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:04:00 -0400

Start of the season on the Itchen

April the 3rd a lovely spring day in Winchester.

Just had to get out on to the water,still a bit of a chill in the air, so decided to use a nymph a gold head hears ear .

Not a bad choice had a nice small brown trout on my 5th cast on need for the landing net, just bend down and pick it out.

Had no more luck in Water Lane so walked down stream to the Weirs, very hard going not much about, so decided to change my fly from a nymph to a fly spoon much better had 4 small trout in 2 hours, so all in all not to bad 5 trout in 4 hours.

20 Days to go

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:51:00 -0500

ONLY 20 DAYS TO GOTO THE NEW SEASON

The river Itchen is in very good condition at the moment, it has a good flow of water.

I have had a good winter’s Grayling fishing with the nymph, my best Grayling was about two pounds.

but can’t wait for the dry fly season, I think this year there will be a good fly hatch, we normally have a good Mayfly hatch, last year’s hatch was not very good due to a coldsnap in mid May.

Tight line’s to you all and have a good season.

Grayling Fishing

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:31:00 -0500

2nd of November 2009

I had some time on my hand’s so I popped out for a bit of Grayling fishing, the river was high and murky and running fast, it was a gray cold overcast day, so I warped up warm and went out for a couple of hours.

I was using a pink gold head nymph and a sinking tippet leader of 3lb with a yellow bite indicator.

I had two small Trout in the first hour then I moved to a deep pool and had a nice Grayling of about two lb, lucky I had my camera.

Grayling Fishing

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:00 -0500

Had a call from Liam about going Grayling fishing on the River Itchen in Winchester.

We aranged to meet at my house at 8am on the 18th of November, and hoping the weather would get better.

Our luck was in, I looked out of my bedroom window to find that the rain had stopped, but it was still a bit windy, and the river had risen, but still a good day for fishing for grayling, well every day is a good day for fishing, apart from my wife's birthday maybe.

Liam arived just after 8am we had a cup of tea then went out to the river and got set up, Liam was using a 6 weight 9ft rod with a floating line and a 3lb leader and a gold head nyph, it was not long before he had his first fish a small trout not a Grayling sorry,

We had a few more goes in Water Lane we were getting the bite's but Liam was a little slow on the strike, never mind it's all part of fishing along with catching the tree's and bushes.

We had a few more cast in Water lane then moved into the town stretch known as the Weirs it is a bit faster flowing and more of a challenge you must be able to roll cast as you have no room for the over head cast, We had more fish but not a Grayling, I was very surprised this is a good water for them, never mind thats fishing and Liam had a good day which is more importent to me.

Thank you Liam and all the best

Birthday Boy

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:40:00 -0400

Happy Birthday Tony

This was a very nice Birthday present from Tony's wife Zoe, A day out with me at John 'O' Gaunt trout fishery at King's Somborne.

Zoe phoned me for a surprise birthday present for her husband Tony and a treat for her son Jason.

He had only done sea fishing in the past and always wanted to try fly fishing, Zoe asked if I could give them some lessons on a peaceful lake, I knew of the perfect lake, it is ideal for the beginner and the more advanced with a good stock of good Trout.

We started the day by showing them how to set up the rod's, of which I suppied, they were very surprised with the weight of them, as they were used to using sea rod's, once I had explained the setup and the fly's, we made our way to the small lake, the water is very clear with plenty of fish of about 3-4lb.

We started with the over head cast, they picked it up quite quickly but I must say Jason was a bit better than his dad Tony.

We had about 2 hours of coaching then started fishing, I set them up with a May fly nyph on the advice of a fellow fisherman and on Jason's second cast he had one on but played it a bit too hard and off it went, oh well more fish in the lake.

It was a perfact day for fishing a bit over cast and warm but the fish were being a bit fussy we had plenty of follows but no takes changing the fly had no effected but we carryied on, one good thing was that their casting was getting better as Tony proved he had a very good cast with a good result a lovely trout that put a big smile on his face Well done Tony

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY

Two Very Nice Trout

Sat, 02 May 2009 11:30:00 -0400

I went out this morning and had two very nice Trout ,one of witch was my best from this Water for a long time 4lb, on a gray wulff very nice, the sacond was in the same swim and on the same fly, good fishing for only two hours. The second fish was 2lb 4oz still very good for this Water

MAY FLY

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:00 -0400

Spotted my first May fly today at about 13.30 on the River Itchen in Winchester.

Two Hours on the River

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:23:00 -0400

HI All, got up this morning, what a nice day, I went out and got my wife a paper, and made her a cup of tea, she was happy, so of I went,

I started just out side of my house in Water lane in Winchester, I had a 9 ft 5/6 rod with a no5 floating line, and I put on a gold head Mayfly Nymph, and on about the 3rd cast I had a small trout in very good condition.

The water at the moment is a bit cloudy, I think it is because there is work going on up stream at the nature reserve, I continued fishing Water Lane with no more luck, when I got to the end of Water Lane I crossed the road and went into the town stretch of the river known as the Weirs.

Still keeping on the gold head nymph, this is a hard stretch of water to fish, no chance of a over head cast, it's all roll casting, due to the amount of people walking up and down the footpath along the river, I started fishing, just a small roll cast and letting it drift down and then a slow retrieve, this when the fish bite, I had my second trout, again a small one but all good fun, then after about five minutes I had a lovely browney at 3lb 6oz,

Very nice, a very good fish from this water, and released safely.

I like to return all the fish from these waters as thay are not stocked, and are all wild brown trout, so if you do fish these watres PLEASE do the same.

I carryed on fishing and had two more small ones, then went home to watch the F1 race, well done Button keep it up.