The one that didn't get away

The one that didn't get away – Rob goes fishing (Bakewell Today)

Now this is what I like to hear about. One man and his fish, his first fly fish, ok ok so he didn;t do all of the hard work but he landed it and after the dissilusionment of not getting any fish on his first two trips he deserved it. And and nice little twist to the tale at the end. Check it out.

A LITTLE more than a year ago, I wrote in this very newspaper about my first experience of fly-fishing.

Aside from expert casting tuition at Carsington Water from Philip White, I came away empty-handed but not totally disillusioned.

With some gentle arm twisting from our esteemed angling correspondent Jim Holt, I traipsed through the mud of Chatsworth Angling Fair to find myself a bargain rod and reel.

But when a second trip, this time to Ogston Reservoir, again gave me no joy, disillusionment began to creep in.

So, Jim set up another afternoon's fishing with Philip at Carsington.

When the day arrived, so did the rain. Surely we can't go out in this weather, I reasoned.

But with my inadequate anorak replaced by fishery manager Phil Straton's robust, state-of-the-art waterproofs, there was no getting out of it now

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The one that didn't get away – Rob goes fishing (Bakewell Today)

Thanks to Rob James for this report

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Hooked on solitude

Hooked on solitude

If you like or even crave solitude then perhaps this is the sort of trip for you. I know getting away from all the interference of the outside world certainly attracted me to fishing a long time ago. Taking a trip with like minded people is often good fun as well, this trip to Fort McMurry sounds like a good way to clense your mind and have some fun at the same time,

Denver Post - Which is why a particular fishing operation in extreme northeast Alberta proves so refreshing. Anglers who connect with Mikisew ... Two fly-casters caught an equal number of pike, but none quite so large. Long after the fish are forgotten, what ...

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Thanks to Charlie Meyers for this report.

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