[img][/img] [img][/img] [img][/img] [img][/img] A quick mornings Grayling session on the Derwent turned into course fishing delight.

When I spotted chub taking flies of the surface, I couldnt resist.
The first one fell to a Klinkhammer, but I ended up missing a few takes, so switched to a very big and ugly Grey Wulff which did the trick. Four casts and another three chub. They seem to take a bigger dry much harder!

No more chub left and time to kill before picking my 5 year old up from ballet (complaining about me smelling of fish again).

Changed tactics and decided to drag some heavy goldhead nymphs through a deep rocky area and bam, mr.barbel felt like having goldheads for breakfast.

Fifteen minutes later and my first barbel.

Just shows, you don't need boilies and a bivvy.

Hi mate ,and welcome to the forum and well done on the fish.

Andy

Nice fish babilon well done. The only thing I will say is be careful how you handle the fish holding chub by the lip is not really the done thing, and try and lay fish on a soft surface not gravel.

Point taken, guess I am still use to holding Large mouth bass and tropical saltwater species.

better than laying it on dry ground ,and we all have to learn somewhere and were all still learning .........

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barbel on fly nice one what size fly did it take?

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A size 8, bigger flies, bigger fish! hahaha

talk of the Devil ay?

nice fish there mate..

isnt it just...

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