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Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #225 on: 03/10/2015 at 20:15 »
I decided to have a try for the salmon today. Armed with my Ultralight Spinning rod, little reel and a box of lures I set off. Around lunch time I hooked up as I bounced my small lure down the run.

After a good tussle (I was using 6lb braid and a 6lb Fluoro leader) and some screaming drag the fish tired and I swung it into slack water.  The result - a fresh, sea liced Grilse of around 6lb  :z14



A kind gentleman offered to take a pic for me.  :z16



The release.



For those interested the lure was a 2.5" Zman soft plastic. I used them all the time  in Oz for lots of species and thought why not!

 :z18
Liam

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #226 on: 03/10/2015 at 20:39 »
Why not indeed that is a cracker well done  :z16 . Interesting lure bit like a worm or something never seem em before  :z8

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #227 on: 03/10/2015 at 20:49 »
They are small paddle tail shads, great movement and very durable. I got Somers to take them in when I worked there. They still have some in the shop  :z16

Liam

Rob Brownfield

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #228 on: 05/10/2015 at 10:39 »
For those interested the lure was a 2.5" Zman soft plastic. I used them all the time  in Oz for lots of species and thought why not!



You cad and scoundrel!!!   I fished with a chap that used to use soft plastic "shrimps" to great effect.

I brought them back from the Far East but never had the guts to use them.

Very much like these.  http://www.fishermensheaven.com/shop/prodimages/Shrimp-Soft-Plastic-911-Glass-Flake-SSF75SK-SSF100SK-Koppers-Live-Target-Lures-Black-Logo-FH_small.jpg

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #229 on: 05/10/2015 at 10:41 »
I also have something very similar to those...... Maybe next time I'll try them!  :z16


Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #230 on: 05/10/2015 at 11:58 »
Looks like some much needed rain on the way.

 :z18

Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #231 on: 13/10/2015 at 20:45 »
Now that the season is over I thought I'd post this.....

I'm sure many of you heard of this monster Trout. It was caught on the 5th of April by a Romanian fella named Sorin. I had the pleasure of fishing with him a couple times, he's a super cool genuine guy. Sorin only uses a handful of flies and fishes the Duo a lot. The humble beaded PTN fished Duo style was the downfall of this beast. I've lost touch with Sorin since leaving Somers but I'm sure he wouldn't mind me posting the pic he emailed me. Hopefully I'll bump into him on the Don next season!  :z16

Going by memory I recall him telling me he measured the fish at 76-77cm and guessed it was 8lbs in weight!




Something for us to dream about over winter.

 :z18


Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #232 on: 14/10/2015 at 10:30 »
Cracker but cannae believe it fitted into that net  :z4 :z4

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #233 on: 17/10/2015 at 20:57 »
managed to get this fella yesterday.

For those who do a bit of Salmon fishing i was using my 12,5ft Norris Atlantic rod and using summer tactics floating SH,Riverage Flourocarbon leader with 3ft of 12lb maxima, a size 10 double flee.
water is getting a tad low and clear. He turned out to be a big lazy brute never even took me down to the running line let alone backing just bored about a bit and was probably netted inside 15 minutes. a we bit of a struggle as i had to net him my self any way he was a solid brute and soon on his merry way. 


Liam Stephen

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #234 on: 17/10/2015 at 21:20 »
Nice Fish there!  :z16

Well done it isn't easy from what I've been hearing.

 :z18

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #235 on: 18/10/2015 at 12:10 »
Nice Fish there!  :z16

Well done it isn't easy from what I've been hearing.

 :z18

Not the Salmon about there should be very depressing  :z8 :z8.

However i have observed some stunning browns still nipping drys off the surface i stopped and watched one on Thursday and noted the position for next April lol.  The browns probably think it is  late summer after last weeks  dry warm weather.

 :z18 :z18

Rob Brownfield

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #236 on: 21/10/2015 at 10:14 »
Interesting to see that the 2015 thread is 16 pages whilst previous years it was up in the 30's and 40's. Is this an indication of less fish being taken?

Mike Barrio

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #237 on: 21/10/2015 at 10:23 »
Interesting to see that the 2015 thread is 16 pages whilst previous years it was up in the 30's and 40's. Is this an indication of less fish being taken?

No ...... it's been a great season Rob :z4  :z4  :z4
I think you'll find that there have been less folk posting in the thread this year :wink

Cheers
Mike

Marc Fauvet

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #238 on: 21/10/2015 at 10:38 »
yup, just less forum participation on a more or less global level, not just here on FTF.

Sandy Nelson

Re: River Don 2015
« Reply #239 on: 21/10/2015 at 10:46 »
People fishing instead of dreaming is a great thing :z16

I think a good number of people are more concerned that posting on the thread is tantamount to showing off.
Its not of course :z16, its just a great way to encourage people to go fishing. It can feel a little like over exposure when there are only a handful of people regularly posting pictures and I think that is a bit of  downward spiralling circle :z6.

I would love to see more info and photo's of flies as the hatches progress during the year, even if people don't know what they are, it is great to know when a good hatch is running and get the chance to hit it. I'm sure any blanks in knowledge can be plugged with this sort of info too. And if the flies are on one beat then the likelihood is they will be elsewhere so folk can go explore their local water with a bit more info regarding when is the best time to be on the water and what size and colour fly the fish maybe feeding on. A bit of prior knowledge certainly helps with confidence, and we all know that's the key to good fishing :z18

Hopefully we can get a few more people involved next year, with a few more posts :z16

Sandy

 




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