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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 3:47 pm Post subject: Fly Fishing ?
My brother in law wants us to take his dad fly fishing somewhere, isn't October the wrong time of year for that? None of us have fished before, is this a good idea? Where's a good place to go for a couple of days, etc, etc....

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Somewhere

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Fly Fishing ?

tahir wrote:

Where's a good place to go for a couple of days, etc, etc....

The pub, follwed by Billingsgate.
No real idea, I just thought I'd comment.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Fly Fishing ?

Northern_Lad wrote:

The pub, follwed by Billingsgate.

Sounds ideal, don't think his dad'd enjoy it though.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 3:50 pm Post subject:
Commercial fisherys normally stock Rainbow Trout and you are permitted in the main to fish all year round for them. A quick trip through The Yellow Pages and the trout fisheries section should see you fixed up.

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 4:00 pm Post subject:
I think he had visions of going somewhere nice for a couple of days rather than the local trout lake.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 4:04 pm Post subject:
Something like this? https://www.patshull-park.co.uk/fishing.html

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 4:10 pm Post subject:
Ta B, looks ideal

Stewy

Joined: 17 Oct 2005
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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 4:53 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Something like this?
https://www.patshull-park.co.uk/fishing.html

That place looks ace.

gil
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 5:49 pm Post subject:
or these ? https://www.craigadam.co.uk/ https://www.fishcoarse.co.uk/dormontlake/ (no accommodation, so you'd need to find a local hotel) https://www.fishing-uk-scotland.com/htm/dumfries1.htm

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 5:54 pm Post subject:
Like the look of that craigadam place, bit far for a couple of days though

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 07 9:36 pm Post subject:
The local trout lakes are normally fantastic beautiful places.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 07 5:45 pm Post subject:

bodger wrote:

The local trout lakes are normally fantastic beautiful places.

Round here?

Anyway he had the idea of going away for a couple of days, couldn't tell the missus we're going to Basildon for the weekend....

Thinking about it we should probably go shooting rather than fishing, anywhere we could do some air rifle shooting? Be blinking handy to actually fire a weapon for the first time, see if it's something that appeals.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 07 8:55 pm Post subject:
The River Teifi up here is lovely...and one of the best rivers around... https://www.fishing.visitwales.com/fe/default.asp?n1=3&n2=204&n3=206 https://www.fishing-in-wales.com/fisheries/index.htm

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 07 10:09 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Thinking about it we should probably go shooting rather than fishing, anywhere we could do some air rifle shooting? Be blinking handy to actually fire a weapon for the first time, see if it's something that appeals.

Can't believe you were stupid enough to buy an estate without your own private stretch of river and Ghillie.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 07 8:24 am Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Can't believe you were stupid enough to buy an estate without your own private stretch of river and Ghillie.

New to it weren't I. Don't remember you ever mentioning that until, well until just now actually.

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