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Iain Goolager

Mercy Monsieur Fauvet
« on: 08/05/2013 at 22:35 »
After Marc's Tenkara demo I was keen to get a fish on this method. I've tried it once (or was it twice  :roll) for a very short stint and threw the thing in the garage.



 
Went out at about 7:30 and with a spit in the air and darkness all around due to the raincloud cover I wandered if I was a dick  :X2

I must admit that I was a bit excited although not overly confident.

Well I had a great time. I stuck to a nymph although there were small fish showing to spinners.

It wasn't long before my duck was broken and I had great fun with some smaller stuff until I hit one around 1/2lb which I lost  :X1
 



I worked various pools upstream, up and across, across and down, whatever the flow or bathymetry required.

I was gutted to lose a 3/4 lb fish shortly followed by a stonker of 1 1/4lb ish  :mad

A few smaller ones followed then I did manage to land this monkey after what can only be described as a Frank Spencer netting escapade  :X1




With the memory of the good fish still vivid in my nugget I fished on 'till later than I should have but was rewarded with a nice 7" fish to end the day.

It was fun and will get another airing soon and was a reminder of what can be achieved with a bit of stealth.

Iain


Mark Zhang

Re: Mercy Monsieur Fauvet
« Reply #1 on: 10/05/2013 at 08:14 »
 :z16 :z16 very nice photo and report. I guess it won't be long to catch their grandparents.

Tight lines.

Mark

 




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