Today was the RCSL Wales region flyfishing competition, and along with a few 'guests' (Steve, Eifion & Bill), we headed East towards Llandegfedd. With a 10am scheduled start, the heavens opened just after 9am and poured for about an hour.
Once on the water, and fishing, the rain stopped and the sun made the odd intermittent appearance. Steve guided us over to Bill Smiths Bay, where we had been informed was fishing well, but in fact the fishing proved to be a bit slow to start with. A stiff breeze caused a few tangles for Steve and engine problems did not help the situation!
We did however manage to find a few fish about an hour and a half into the day, very close to the shore later on that morning, to bibio's and goldhead damsels, fished on an intermediate line, being stripped at a medium pace. Most of the fish came off the hang or very close to the boat.
Steve calmly playing a fish.
The sunny spells were getting longer as the afternoon wore on, and with the constant stiff onshore breeze, the drifts were only short ones, with minimal time in the catching zone. More fish followed to cormorants and damsels, again fished the same way.
Our return showed that we finished the day with 11 fish on the boat, but many more were lost at the side of the boat, and dozens more pulls missed. I managed to come joint 3rd in the competition with 6 fish for 10lb 8oz, losing out by 9 oz to the winner. Heaviest fish of the day (and the pool of £20) went to Bill with a fish of 2lb 6oz.
No comments:
Post a Comment