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Post by yeoman on Aug 8, 2016 18:32:59 GMT
Quick session on the Lapford Yeo this afternoon, very quiet, with a few small fish, when suddenly this cracker showed up.....
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Post by pusser on Aug 9, 2016 10:02:46 GMT
Nice fish, what did it take?
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Post by hardytim on Aug 9, 2016 11:15:08 GMT
Ive not fished the Lapford Yeo this season, are the river levels holding up?
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Post by pusser on Aug 9, 2016 11:17:01 GMT
It isn't too bad, I fished there last Friday and there are some decent deep pools and some half decent riffle sections. It is a bit coloured at the moment
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Post by yeoman on Aug 9, 2016 17:31:59 GMT
Bit on the low side now, most pools barely flowing. Fish took a klink.
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Post by hardytim on Aug 29, 2016 19:17:29 GMT
Managed to sneek in my first session on the Lapford Yeo yesterday morning. On arrival, I walked down to the bridge for a reccy and was promptly greeted with a rising fish and a heavy rain shower, so despite the low river level, all felt good! I spent the next three hours catching trees, missing takes, and believe or not I took a dunking in waist high water! So it wasnt looking great and a blank session was on the cards when I took a plump 10 inch fish from a 'scoop'. Then took several more in quick succession from a sedate deeper pool- so thankfully finished on a high. I really liked this stretch, but would suggest it needs a fair amount of rain to be truly fishable.
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Post by halfstoned on Mar 16, 2018 18:06:09 GMT
Took the long road home to look in on this river as I'm eagerly anticipating fishing on this stretch this season. Er well to say it was in flood would be an understatement, it was so chocolatey that I half expected Gene Wilder to drift past in a gondola! ( substitute Jonny Depp for Gene Wilder if you want to make yourself feel younger than you actually are). I presume being a meadow stream this is going to take a long time to clear? Is it too soon to get up the moor?
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Post by Pete Tyjas on Mar 17, 2018 8:25:21 GMT
I walked it a little higher up first thing this morning. It's still carrying some colour but dropping back for now....
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Post by yeoman on Mar 17, 2018 18:56:43 GMT
At this rate I'll be surprised if we can get out sensibly anywhere before Thursday, and more rain due Friday.
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Post by halfstoned on May 7, 2018 21:20:26 GMT
Finally managed to get out and fish this stretch this evening. I had planned to fish upstream of Dunscombe bridge but as I entered the first pool two anglers appeared at the head of the pool, waved and said they were going to fish upstream. I didn't know there was another parking spot. Not wishing to follow them I retraced my steps back to the car and drove out to the Lapford Yeo, this is the great thing about CFFC, there's plenty of choice in a small catchment area. The Lapford Yeo actually looked a bit clearer than it's namesake in Crediton and there were one or two fish rising in the first pool under the bridge, I had a few casts at them with my duo set up but no takers so I wandered down to the bottom of the beat to do some reconnaissance. As the odd fish was rising I changed to dry fly only but really struggled to get back in to the swing of it. My timing on the strike was either off or the fish weren't really fooled by my artificial ( just slashed at the fly), several risers refused my best efforts despite numerous fly changes and I had a couple of fish throw the hook when I did finally manage to connect with them. Having said all that it was brilliant fun and I rather enjoyed getting my nose bloodied, just shows that none of us are as good as we think we are and the fish will always have the final say. If it was easy, and we could always shell them out like peas, where would the fun be in that. Lovely evening on a lovely bit of river. Managed four fish to hand, best at 8" , deer hair sedge and soft hackle dry got most rises. The one's that kept me sane!
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Post by halfstoned on May 15, 2018 21:19:31 GMT
I had planned to fish the Taw this evening but two members had beaten me to it, thankfully they had placed their cards in the windscreen and as one was upstream and one down I decided to move on to the Lapford Yeo. The river was still a bit coloured and my decision to just fish dry fly wasn't helped by the complete absence of rising trout in the bridge pool ( the last two times there have always been rising fish in this pool). I walked down to the bottom of the beat and found the odd rising fish but they weren't easy, fishing the water was a waste of time and the only success I had was to target any rising fish with different flies until I either got a response or moved on. The trouble was they wouldn't rise regularly and it was hard to mark their position. Some fish took a deer hair sedge, some a cdc split wing but most effective fly was a Mike Weaver black gnat. Finished with about 10 WBT between 5" to 10". There were some black gnats about plus the odd spinner but I had the feeling I might had missed the best of the fishing, anyone who can get out during the day should do well on this stretch with a black gnat if the water clears a bit more ( famous last words). It got a bit cold after 8 o'clock and the last fish came at about 7.30, the spinner fall failed to materialise. No photo's as the battery for the camera was at home in the charger .
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Post by halfstoned on Jun 17, 2018 14:17:01 GMT
Not sure how the rest of you are getting on this season but I have to admit I'm finding it a bit hard going. Just spent four hours on the lapford Yeo for half a dozen small trout, a few were rising but I couldn't find a consistent pattern. As usual my Mayfly patterns just produced splashy rises that I didn't connect with. Perhaps this is why the forum is so quiet? I did see a Mayfly taken in mid air by a Damsel fly which was a first for me.
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Post by terry on Jun 17, 2018 17:11:24 GMT
I share your pain Chris. I'm having a poor season on the moor with only a handful of decent fish all year. The splashy rises with no contact have been driving me mad, I guess it's smaller fish to blame. Not seen any cormorants at all which should be a good thing but maybe they don't think it's worth the effort. Strange that you saw a damsel take a May as the other day on the west dart I saw a 4" trout leap a foot out of the water trying for an adult damsel, I've witnessed this at Kennick but never up on the river. I'm almost at the state of not bothering to go at the moment but I know I will regret it if I don't. Maybe things will change soon. Be interested to hear from others how their season is going. Terry
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Post by halfstoned on Jun 17, 2018 18:27:58 GMT
Hi Terry , not just me then , I also thought the splashy rises must be small fish, of course then you catch a 4" trout that needs the " Farrah forceps" to extract so who knows. I had some really good sessions last year but perhaps the wet cold spring and now the low water conditions have conspired against us.
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Post by yeoman on Jun 17, 2018 19:08:43 GMT
I think we really need a bit of water now. May was good for me but it really seems to be dropping away quickly.
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Post by danw on Jun 17, 2018 21:51:11 GMT
It’s been really hard going on the culm as well lately. There’s not much happening and I’ve not got a fly I’m confident in. I’ve been mainly using a black knat although only getting splashy rises to it that don’t make contact. Being my first season be good to land a fish but with no confidence in the flys I’m using it’s putting me off going out.
I gained some good experience from a few outings in May and lost a few fish from my own error but June seems almost a waste of time
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Post by hardytim on Jun 18, 2018 11:16:05 GMT
The season is most certainly ‘on hold’ for me. Someone once told me, best to fish when your lawn is actively growing. Needless to say, my mower’s not seeing much action either. There have been a few nice moments, but I’ve really only had one good session this year, which was on the Creedy at the end of May. The fish don’t seem to be taking the Dry confidently, consistently. This has only fuelled the opinion of my poor rise to hooking ratio.
It will be interesting to see if we get a pattern of wetter weather and a resurgence in August into September?
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Post by halfstoned on Jun 18, 2018 15:42:28 GMT
Don't get me wrong I'd still take a bad days fishing over a good day at work, just interesting to hear how the rest of you are getting on. I'll keep trying!
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Post by bluegrizzle on Jun 19, 2018 13:01:50 GMT
Afternoon Gents
I too have been having a low-key season. The miserable Spring weather didn't help but I caught a couple of decent fish in late April. I was away for most of May (my wife booked the holiday...all very nice but a big chunk of the better weeks taken up) and have struggled to get a few small ones since returning. Most of this has been near home on the Culm. If anyone fancies joining me for a day on the Culm to combine ideas this weekend or an evening next week then send a PM and I will get right back.
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Post by Pete Tyjas on Jun 22, 2018 8:09:16 GMT
It has been a funny season. Going from too much water to very little in what has felt like one move.
Hatches have been sparse and concentrated and the fish have taken time to rise.
The interesting thing for me is that the larger fish have been a little more elusive and despite a 15incher coming out on Monday I would have been hoping for a few more. I think the water has taken time to warm and had something to do with it and mayfly, where I am expecting to catch the real big boys, has been a bit erratic.
I was doing some spey casting tuition Tues night and we watched a mixture of duns and spinners on the water that the trout were munching them. I think it was 2 years ago that we were targeting fishing rising to mays in July and we might be doing the same again this year.
We've bounced back on numbers of fish though which has been good for visiting anglers.
Probably not one of the easiest seasons but I think these are the ones I really enjoy as you have work to catch the fish but I'm weird like that!
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