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Taking The Pish
Are you looking at me ?
Taking the pish, thats what the fish did to me today at Roughlee Fishery in the Ribble Valley.
I had a day out with Phil and Tony, and we decided to try out a new venue.
After finally finding the lake (not easy) we discovered a great little 2.5 acre venue, that was well stocked and really well looked after by the resident owner.
As we tackled up we could see fish in the lake cruising and topping taking buzzers from just beneath the surface, so there were three eager fishermen waiting to cast a line.
I used a variety of buzzer teams, sinking flies, dries and lures for 5 hours without a fish!
At the death i resorted to stripping a team of lures with which i had two good pulls neither of which producing a hooked fish. I was gutted, especially as both Tony and Phil caught two lovely rainbow trout each. Maybe it just wasnt my day, or i am still lacking the vital neccessary experience needed to catch on a new venue.
We saw fish topping all day, even during a hail storm. Whilst using lures i had a fish jump clean out of the water and over my line, and to add insult to injury one of Tonys fish jumped up and looked me straight in the eye before it was returned to the water (see above photo).
I hope you dont think i had a bad day just because i didnt catch. It was a terrific day out in beautiful surroundings, and to fish in such great surroundings with the sound of a Curlew ringing across the lake always makes for a day to remember. Next time i go i will not forget to take pictures of the lake and its surroundings as it was a really pretty place.
Tonys second fish
manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
”Taking The Pish” that made me laugh and so did the photo good stuff
not easy today but enjoyed it !
Better luck next time. I’ve had a lot of days like that and whilst the amount of fish caught doesn’t go up my list list of explainations does. It’s too cold/windy/warm/still, the fish aren’t there/are hiding/are blind/are scared.
Great blog! Mike…
I enjoy reading those stories! :O)
Mike, how are you?
That tony is like a guy in my fishing group (la barra), he always fish, even in those days where nobody in kilometres fish, he gets a fish.
Believe me that I rather have a bad day in the river fishing than a good day in the office.
regards and thanks to add my blog in your blogroll list.
hi mike great that you found rough lee, cracking little water isnt it. That was the water which i was brought up on in my early years of trout fishing. The old owner steve was an absolute legend.The fish in there can be very unhelpful at times. I used to score really well on lime green fritz quite often stripped through the surface. Its definatly a morning venue too i can promise you that. Get there first thing and u will catch fish. Anyway hope that might help for future trips.