River Wharfe

Sorry for not updating this site recently, but I have had my G.C.S.E exams.

Anyway we set of to the River Wharfe expecting hard fishing but it proved to be a supper hard day.

We started at the bottom of the Burnsall beat fishing the Czech style nymphs. we carried on fishing for several hours with no luck, it wasn't until I fished through some slow riffle water when I caught the first fish.

we carried on fishing until dusk but to no avail. so overall 5 England team members caught 1 fish. the hardest river session I have ever had.

World team

Just to let you know that we went down to the EYFA AGM today. It was a great day where we listened to all of next years proposels and a summary of the world and international events of the organisation. The main reason why we went was to find out weather I had been picked for the world team, and I have so it is of to Italy next year!



Finally thanks to Dave Mee for picking me for the team and to all of the committee for a great year.

River Itchen

This weekend I was lucky enough to fish at the famous lower Itchen fishery. It was a fantastic day and the sun was shinning, but unfortunately after the rain, the water was not as clear as usual. Despite this, I set up with high hopes, with a french leader, a pink jig on the point and a PTN variant.

 By lunch I had 10 fish which was a little disappointing, so I tried a different fly on the point. What do you know, I start catching lots of fish. The final count was 35 fish and that made me one of the top rods for the day.

To top a fantastic day off, Sky Sports were there filming for their fishing show 'Tight Lines', this will be shown at 7pm on Friday on Sky Sports 4. Finally thanks to all the people who made it happen and to my dad or taking me.

BFFI

Hi All
Last Saturday was a great day all round. I got some fantastic new materials from Flytek and  some new flies from Unique Flies. I also purchased some fantastic new fluorocarbon from Snowbee. And to top it all of Tony Riley and Paul Proctor gave a great demonstration on river casts.

Tom Bilson memorial

I had another fantastic day yesterday with the England youth team. We fished at Pitsford water, in an easterly wind and heavy fog, but despite this I managed too catch 5 fish for 12 pounds 10 ounces. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to win but I was still up there with the top few.

 It was great that our team manager Rob Edmunds was also able to participate and as usual we learned top tips from him!. Thanks Rob

Saturday evening

I had a great evening fishing at Wych Elm trout fishery yesterday. Although there was lots of weed there were also lots of fish. I used a Diawl back on 4lb tippet to tempt 9 trout in 3 hours. The biggest went 4 pound 2 ounces, not bad for a 2 acre fishery.

Lucky me

What a day.

Today I was lucky enough to get some casting instruction from AAPGAI instructor Tony Riley. I got to try some new rods and lines. It was a great day all round and gave me the opportunity to perfect my casting and pick up some more hints and tips to add to my armory.     Thanks Tony