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May 15, 2020 19:37:55 GMT
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Post by rubble on May 15, 2020 19:37:55 GMT
Opened the season today on the golf course stretch of the Yeo. Not much showing but managed a lovely fat 12"+ brownie just below the stone bridge on the golf course. It tried pulling me under every ledge in the pool and there are plenty of those here! Only managed to rise one more. Used a cinnamon sedge sort of fly. Some Mayfly showing but no sign of hard feeding.
Not sure how we add pics now?
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May 18, 2020 11:23:43 GMT
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Post by rubble on May 18, 2020 11:23:43 GMT
Had a pleasant afternoon on Sunday in the upper section of the Taw. Some feeding fish in some places, other places quiet.
Lots of trees habe been cut down further up. Looks like more work than our merry band of volunteers can normally manage. Was this the farmer or WRT?
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May 18, 2020 16:40:32 GMT
Post by yeoman on May 18, 2020 16:40:32 GMT
The Farmer, not sure why he wanted to do it, presumably to prevent shading on his crops. They say you should let light into the river, and he's certainly done that! My money will be on it being sh*te up there until it grows back a bit!
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May 19, 2020 12:18:45 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 19, 2020 12:18:45 GMT
Bugger, that's my favourite bit of the club's water and was going to be my first port of call when I finally get outđ How bad is it?
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May 19, 2020 14:46:38 GMT
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Post by rubble on May 19, 2020 14:46:38 GMT
I have a photo but can't see how to post.
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May 21, 2020 20:11:51 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 21, 2020 20:11:51 GMT
Has anyone been out today? A good fall of sherry spinners here in yeoford ( dancing all over the cars and trampoline ). If I don't get out this weekend I will not be held responsible for my actions!!!! Sorry for the poor photo. Hi Rubble for pictures I upload to photo image and then click hotlink for forums from the share tab.
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May 23, 2020 7:35:21 GMT
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Post by rubble on May 23, 2020 7:35:21 GMT
I've found by using the desktop version of the forum I can post photos again. Bit there is a limit of 1mb per picture which is tiny these days when most phones take high mb images. I've managed to crop pictures in the past to fit them in bit it's just not possible now. Can we please have a larger file limit Pete?
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May 23, 2020 14:57:36 GMT
Post by mojo on May 23, 2020 14:57:36 GMT
There are loads of free aps out there where you can resize pics to fit, no need to crop, I don't think the 1mb is down to Pete more likely to be the platforms capacity.
Mo
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Post by halfstoned on May 24, 2020 15:26:33 GMT
Finally got out today, fished from Dunscombe bridge up to Kersford weir for about 4 hours. Casting very rusty especially in the standard downstream wind for this section. River rather low ( not surprising after the recent dry weather) and not much fly life about, a few Mayfly and BWO plus some black gnats but not enough to get the fish that excited. Managed about ten wbt ( plus the usual missed takes and thrown hooks) all but one on dry fly which was nice, it was a case of finding the odd rising fish and making the first cast count ( put a few fish down despite my best efforts). Most fish in the 6 to 8 inch class with two around the 12" mark. Great to be back!! Not a bad place to have your lunch Loads of this stuff covering the bed of the river, you wonder how any invertebrates survive at all. .
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May 29, 2020 17:19:45 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 29, 2020 17:19:45 GMT
Went to the Taw on Wednesday evening after work, I was hoping to look at the top section but another member was already fishing it so it had to be the bottom beat. I've never really done very well downstream but I'd been assured at the bank clearing that it was worth another try and I could always come back to ther car and see if the top beat was now free. As it turned out I had a cracking evening landing 10 fish topped off by this nice 12 incher from the gauge pool. Quite a few of these about Plus some BWO and sedges and the ever present midges. Lost another good fish in the pool where the cattle drink before taking a nice 11" fish from the same pool. Two hours of great fishing but the top section was still occupied when I got back to the car so I decided to come back the next evening to try that stretch before the levels drop into the "typical low" reading online. Thursday evening was not so good but I'll post that separately as it might be a bit of a rant!!
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May 30, 2020 4:47:26 GMT
Post by boisker on May 30, 2020 4:47:26 GMT
Great to be back out.... đ
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May 30, 2020 20:31:38 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 30, 2020 20:31:38 GMT
I wasn't sure whether to post this as I don't want to discourage other people from fishing here but here goes. As my previous post intimated I returned to the Taw on Thursday evening to fish the top section. I was aware that the farmer had cleared some of the trees ( see rumbles post) but I wasn't prepared for the amount of habitat destruction that had taken place. I would estimate that 70 to 80 percent of the riparian vegetation on the club side has been stripped out right down to the stumps. All of that habitat for birds, insects, small mammals gone! All the food for the above and the trout gone! All the leaves and woody degree that feeds the river gone! All the shade that helps to stabilise the river temperature ( especially in these conditions ) gone! All the low hanging branches covering shallow water protecting the trout fry gone! From a fisherman's point of view the wonderful seclusion that this section offered gone! The sheep are already starting to erode the banks now they have access and if the fence isn't reinstated they will make short work of any regrowth. Can anyone explain to me how this could have been seen as a good idea? We're the trees diseased in some way? Anyway here are the depressing pictures What a bloody shame. Rant over.
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May 30, 2020 21:07:15 GMT
Post by boisker on May 30, 2020 21:07:15 GMT
If the stems are 9cm or greater at waist height they are classed as timber under a forestry commission felling licence requirements... anyone is only allowed to fell 5 m3 of timber in any calendar quarter without a felling licence... if heâs broken it you could (as in the club) report him and see if he had a licence... it wonât bring them back though
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May 30, 2020 21:18:48 GMT
Post by treefella on May 30, 2020 21:18:48 GMT
What a bloody mess, this is nothing to do with the club I'd heard about it from another member but due to the present situation have not been up to see it ,there was nothing wrong with the trees this is the landowners idea of tidying things up? These people are the custodians of the countryside don't forget, god help our rivers, if they could plough across them they would next time you go down to fish at Dunscombe see the wheat hanging over the banks ! After fishing for more than 60 years I'm getting very despondent at the whole situation.
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May 30, 2020 22:08:56 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 30, 2020 22:08:56 GMT
Why would you not take some advice before "tidying up" they must have contracted this work out, it must have taken a while to complete. Surely any professional tree surgeon would have cautioned against such a drastic clearance. Looks like we might be in for some cooler weather next week and perhaps some rain, might be some Mayfly about, see I'm trying to remain positive.
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Post by royt on May 30, 2020 22:13:36 GMT
Halfstoned, I was the member on the upstream section of the Taw when you were there on Wednesday. As you say, the totally pointless tree felling is indeed a disaster and has completely changed the nature of the fishing on that stretch, not to mention the habitat destruction. It had already been carried out when I was there on 18th March, before lockdown. The fact that the adjoining fields now contain sheep suggests that there was no agricultural reason for what must have been a labour-intensive and therefore expensive exercise. So I wonder if it is linked with the ownerâs ambitions to sell the fishing rights at a high price, maybe (wrongly) thinking it would be more attractive to a buyer? With regards to the fishing on Wednesday, the afternoon was somewhat frustrating, with a good few fish making âdimplyâ rises but mostly ignoring the various dries that I offered. Of those that did take my fly, most I either missed or just felt briefly before they got off. So by half-past-five I had only had 4 to hand, but (as you found) the evening was something else ! They seemed to start rising with much more enthusiasm and I finished on twenty fish, including two at 12 ins, two at 11 ins and 5 at 10 inches â as you say, a cracking evening ! Roy.
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May 31, 2020 9:01:34 GMT
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Post by halfstoned on May 31, 2020 9:01:34 GMT
Hi Roy, the Taw often plays out like that for me with not much happening until the evening. I think that the slight reduction in light means they don't see me or the nylon or something. Certainly had more fish throw the hook Thursday than I can ever remember, not confident takes at all, and then after about 8 o'clock they all began to stick. They seem a better average size this season, a few surprises on Thursday with fish in shallow water turning out to be bigger than expected, they both got off thoughđ RAIN NOW PLEASE!!
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May 31, 2020 11:52:21 GMT
Post by devondabbler on May 31, 2020 11:52:21 GMT
Oh no, what a disaster!! I was planning on having a fish up on that section either tonight or tomorrow. I have tried to give the rivers a bit of a rest recently due to the hot weather and low flows potentially stressing the fish - Stupid me, I thought if I fished the Taw it wouldn't be so bad as there is always a nice tree canopy!!!!
Treefella, is there anything, as a club, we can do about this vandalism?? Can we not report the farmer to the EA? I know it's probably a complete waste of time and the damage is done but I would love it if he got slapped with a fine and was told to replant the habitat he has destroyed.
As a club, we need to do something and not take this lying down otherwise what is to stop this happening elsewhere on our rivers?
Paul
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May 31, 2020 20:29:33 GMT
Post by treefella on May 31, 2020 20:29:33 GMT
I will go up and have look this week, maybe one course of action is for individual members to report it on the EA hotline if they get lot of reports they may go and have look,the landowner is not the owner of the fishing rights.
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Jun 10, 2020 22:21:20 GMT
Post by royt on Jun 10, 2020 22:21:20 GMT
I visited the Culm on Monday, downstream from Skinners Farm. Fairly few fish rising all afternoon and the majority of those that took my dry fly proved to be chub, to 12 inches. Finished with 7 trout, all in the 7 to 9 inch range, but at least twice as many chub. Whilst there have always been some chub (and dace) in this stretch, at least in the ten or so years I have been a member, it seems that what were mainly small fish have grown up ! I am concerned that they may be taking over from the trout, or at least representing significant competition for food resources. Are we seeing the inevitable transition to a coarse fishery ?
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