Hello,As some of you may know i spent the day at Naworth trout fishery which is situated just outside of Brampton, Cumbria.
This was my first time here, I was amazed at the beautiful surroundings!
I ended up at this fishery because a good friend of mine rates it very highly and he kept saying.. "your guaranteed to catch fish up there"
GUESS WHAT! I didnt..
I was there for a total of 8 hours, I seen all weathers, Hail, Rain and then the Sunshine, Also a fair bit of wind but i battled on! the wind won a few of the casting battles which was frustrating then I just paused whilst I waited for the wind to die down for that split second then id cast! I spent an hour or two on this jetty first of all.
I started off by using my only black buzzer as that was the fly which was catching the most according to the fishing reports!
I spent a good couple of hours in this one spot as there was fish jumping, Then to my amazement i seen movement right in front of me, it looked like a 2lb brown trout! its fins came right out of the water and was swimming by me for around 5mins, My heart was racing i kind of panicked ? I gently retrieved my line and dropped the black (and red) buzzer in front of the fish, it wasnt interested?? I tried and tried, This is when I knew it wasnt going to be my day..
Since there was fish jumping i thought to hell with the buzzers! so i tied on a Knotted Midge.. Not even a bite, After 6hours fishing a young farmer turned up with his friend who had never fished before, Brand new rod and everything but they forget split shot, so i went to my truck and got them the pot of split shot, In return I recieved a Strike Indicator and 2 Buzzers (1 red and white and 1 Black and Green). This young lad went to the spot I had been at for a while, First cast, BOOM! a 9lb Blue Trout..
I was abit peed off to say the least!.. But the swans cheered me up!.. I tied on my new buzzers with the red and white one as a dropper (I had never tied a dropper on before so I created my own knot) I asked the young guy if my knot would be strong enough, he replied "can i pull it?" I let him of course, he then said "yeah that should be strong enough" So he let me have a few casts in his spot, I HOOKED ONE!!!
It felt huge, What a fight, then PING!!! It was off.. GRRRRRR!! My dropper had snapped... Along with everything in life I learn the hard way! And I have learnt a valuable lesson! Always keep to knots which are proven to work!!
I think my problem was that I was fishing with dry flies most of the day, basically a waste of time up there, especially because all my flies are mostly classed as river flies.. I came home feeling annoyed but still pleased with what I have learnt up there, I am really starting to loose a little bit of faith since it has been a few trips since i have caught anything! I am not a quitter so ill keep trying!Having never used Strike Indicators before I think i may have lost alot of bites also, What a handy tool.. I have ordered a set and also some buzzers! Praying they come in time.
I am heading back up there on Saturday morning, Wish me luck guys!
