Purplepeanut007 PP007 FLOAT MAKING & FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

I cannot believe it has take me this long to get out with my mate " The Casterman" AKA  Derek Kenyon. On this outing we had decided to meet at the venue as I had to be home early so two cars were necessary. Derek arrived first and I rocked up about ten minutes later. " How do " We said to each other. " Its been too long since the last time we wet a line together. We got our kit out quickly and started off towards the river. As we arrived we started looking for some likely holding areas. One run hit me straight away but it was three quarters of the way across the river. Castetman only had thigh waders on, mine were chest waders so, luckily I had the option for that run and I took it gratefully. 😊 Casterman opted for the slower water in the shade of a row of Horse chestnut trees in the hope this would be the home of a shoal of wary chub or even his favourite species . . . . the roach. We both opted for stick floats. I chose a 8 number 4...

As we set off to out on our grayling hunt Adam said . . . .  quite matter of fact. . . . .  " Do you fancy grabbing your rainbow trout and River Irk pb in one hit before we go searching for the ladies ? I can guarantee you a two pounder at the very least. !!!!!!!!! " Lets do it " I said.  " Its took us long enough to get a fishing session together " Lol. Ten minutes later we were stealthily, crawling though the undergrowth looking for some local trout action. As Adam had declared it did not take long. He spotted a good fish straight away and with a couple of well aimed casts put the bunch of maggots right past its nose . . . . . .  and the bait was readily ignored on every occasion  !!!!!!!! " Cootesie, pass us a worm mate " came a whisper deep inside the undergrowth " I quickly did his bidding and after few more trots down and we were still without a bite. On the last couple of  casts I noticed Adam jig the worm o...

Well. . . . . . . . . For the last month or two I have seemed to have lost my fishing mojo for one reason or another. A few phone calls from my old chum " The Casterman " had fallen on deaf ears . . . .  I was just not feeling it at the moment !!!!!!!!!! I had put a comment on Facebook about grayling on some site or another . . . . I forget the exact one when my phone pinged and a message from Adam Mack anounced itself in my inbox !!!!! " Fancy taking your pin for a spin " ?  . . . . . . . . " I know where the Ladies are ". The message was a little cryptic but I new ķexactly what he meant and a little smile appeared on my face as I read it. 😁 I had only recently caught my first grayling or  " Lady Of The Stream " so another session for these wonderful looking fish got my attention. A few phone calls later Adam and myself had sorted a time date out to reclaim my fishing mojo. We met up, got some gear from the loca...