This weeks Rivers in Flood challenge Nov 7th 2010 can you catch a perch on the fly..
Been out today 9th of November on the local canal for an hour bitterly east wind with bright sunshine not ideal but at least ti isn't raining...
Caught this little chap.......On a nomad not the salmon fly I intended to use as I left that at home but a successful pattern none the less.



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A few more from today 10/Nov 2010


Another couple of Hours today sadly no big perch.......10th November nomad accounting for the fish again..
maybe I need a bigger fly....




Micro perch master.....

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Phil
I thought there is a fishing spot around your neck of the woods that has a heated water flowing into it the fish are bigger and rumour has it there are some exotic species
Numpty

The glass factory closed some years ago although still a good venue the warm water and steam has gone..
It was wonderful in my youth even cold days were warm
The story goes an aquarium owner died or sold up and the fish stock was placed into the local canal hotties...
Many of the fish cross breaded...other traditional species thrived on the margins of the warmer water.....
A true anomaly that many find hard to believe existed...

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Brilliant,beautiful markings on those wee Perch,first class.

I used to fish often in winter for canal perch near Doncaster and found that the large perch 2lb+ were caught in quite tight areas on maybe only 1 lock / bridge out of 4 , some seemingly similar stretches would only yield perch of a few ounces. Once found the hot swims were there every year, most days my wife and I could catch 1/2 dozen 2lb perch in a couple of hours , never any small ones mixed in with the big uns. Not all were caught on fly, Jill preferred small drab curly tail grubs inched along on ultralight spinning tackle.
if anyone lives that way and wonders where we fished , the clue is in my photo album

Bob

Oh I do like Perch, such sporting little critters. Always up for a barny with anyone or thing bigger than them.

I tied a few small nymphs about two months ago (of my own design but basically a ptn varient) which coincided, that day, with the arrival of a new rod. Went down to the local course lake for a chuck. Put my bugs on - two. Third or fourth cast, you know it, two at once . Fiesty as a whirling dervish. About 4" long both. The Jack Russell of the fish world and many a youngster got started and spiked with those yolks. TG for them!

Chris.

Well done ! I love perch

What size rod were you taking them on ? And what size nomad ?

I had great fun over the summer sight casting at them , i was amazed how they would shoot in mouth the fly spit it out before you could react !

I found a 16# red flexi floss blood worm with a short marabou tail best, great fun on a 9' 3#

Well put "Jack Russel" of the fish world

Re the white Nomad ..........my old dad has caught on white Humungus, ive heard Jack frost and other "white" fly seem to do well ?

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Vision GT Four SW 9' 9#
Vision 3 Zone 9' 5#
Vision Cult 9' 3#
Shakespeare Trion 9' 5/6#
Cortland Endurance 9' 6#
Shakespeare Expedition float tube
Vosseler DC3 reel
Okuma Helios 8/9 reel
Greys G series 3/4 reel
Snowbee Geo 3/4 reel

To be honest it was my 7 weight as it is the only one I have a intermediate line on, all my other lighter rods are fitted with dry lines and I though as conditions were bright sub surface fly line was the way to go....

I was hopeing to get a slightly bigger specimen.......

The nomad was a size 10 white body and tail with gold head and red thread....it had quite a long tail like a streamer.......

weather permiting I will play again over the weekend

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yeah i also had some fun with the perch in the summer on a local lake and found that anything small and red was best.

I also missed loads of little perch because of the speed they can reject the fly it was gobsmaking

Blanked yesterday on car mill Dam but bagged this slightly bigger one on the Main canal in the town center formally known as the hotties


Blanked yesterday on Carr Mill Dam and lost a lot of flies, But back on the Canal today in the town center this slightly bigger perch again falling for a nomad

Sadly nothing over 1lbs...

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