JACKS SHED.

Tidal_wear · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

Good man confused,I fish for trout 2 nights a week,its always good to be out on the water

froggyfagan · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

Confused-you do realise that they're 'snides'-Rainbow trout,however,you've done well to get the pic's up

confused · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

froggyfagan · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

OK I'll try and explain,I'm in France,where rainbow trout are raised for the table,they're also released in rivers and lakes,uniquely for the local anglers to catch,as they'll take almost anything(I've seen them caught on plastic worms)When the trout are"too old"to be viable for reproduction,they too are released,so you get fishermen posing with 20lb specimens that were released the day before,what I'm saying is that they have little value here,brown trout in their wild form are another matter(they are also raised for the table)So a wild brown trout of say 1kg would be a really good fish.Now as rainbow trout do not reproduce naturally in France or in Scotland,I,in my innocence,presumed that you'd caught a 3 1/2lb brown trout.Must add that I once caught a 3lb rainbow which had escaped from a trout farm in the lake district,I was really pleased,so don't take my words as any sort of rebuke,I was just surprised,I suppose my values have changed somewhat in the 20 odd years that I've lived here

froggyfagan · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

My apologies,I've only just noticed the title of the thread"3 1/2lb rainbow"

confused · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

Thanks for the explanation, where i live there is a trout farm about 10/15 mile away,so i suppose friday nights one, it must have come from there originally, the 3 1/2 lb one ? i caught that while i was at my caravan, so where that came from ??? god knows?
but thanks for the info, i never even considered your comments as a rebuke, i was just delighted to catch them, (and to eat them), I have never fished at a fishery, being to tight (scotsman

) to want to pay , especially to put them back

i prefer eating my "graft" as you can see from the pics of my waist line

I have only recently returned to fishing , and enjoying living my youth again.

maximus · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

I thought some on here may appreciate this photo, it was an extremely cold day up at LlynGwyn here in mid wales. I'd promised to take young Mark(my youngest) for his first fly fishing trip. The irony is that this is the same day that the Trout masters fish off was taking place(bank only). We'd opted to cover a bit more water so Mark persuaded me to pay the £6 and hire a boat. The outcome of the day was Mark 1 fish Dad 2 fish

but as you can see from the photos Mark still wins!

My two

As you can see Mark's fish was worth more than my two.
This was back in the winter but nevertheless I thought with the lovely grin on his face others might find it amusing.

I nearly forgot the end of this story, as I said it was the Troutmasters fish off. There are some really good anglers in that competition and I'm in no way trying to say that I'm a goof fisherman here but, that day the big guns were struggling to catch. Myself and Mark would have won it if we were entered. We definately had top weight on the day between us.

froggyfagan · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:

Young Mark must have been made up to catch a whopper like that on his first trip fly fishing,well done young man

fish · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:

very nice fish young chap! i do like catching trout , so much better eating than pike!
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confused · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

Well done young Mark, i'm going away this weekend to try my luck ,well most of it is luck when i take a rod!