Whats everyones hope , ambitions and plans for the coming year of fishing?

Mine personally,

1 Catch a brown trout,never caught one and want to do it this year.
2 Give nymphs a go and stop going for dries and lures as I consider nymphs the boring option, hope to break this mental barrier I have.
3 Try and get my mate who I go sea fishing with out with a fly rod
4 and while we're talking about sea fishing try some saltwater fly fishing.

All the best
AL

Remember you only have 2 seasons left if the Mayans were right abut their 2012 doomsday prediction

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That's it Alan, cheer us all up.
NEVER caught a brownie, what have you been doing?

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

He's been practising his ROLL CAST of-course!

Its funny how your preferences can change. These days I have almost completely lost interest in small stillwater fishing for stocked rainbows, even though thats whats most on offer on a day ticket in my area. My annual trips up to Cumbria river fishing for brownies have spolied me a bit I think and I have always liked rivers anyway whether coarse fishing or fly, so most of my fishing now is rivers, regardless of species. Stillwater-wise for rainbows I now only really fish big ressies out in a boat, ie something a bit more challenging preferably for over-wintered 'bows which are more akin to wild fish than fresh stockies. I'm looking forward to Draycote re-opening So my plans are:

- Chub, barbel and grayling on my coarse stretch of the lower Dove and upper Trent early year until end of coarse season (March 15th)
- When coarse fishing close season kicks in on lower Dove (and trout season opens), trying more fly fishing for the trout on there where its possible.
- April: Get back on Draycote when it hopefully re-opens this year!!
- Early June: my annual week up on the Cumbria rivers after the brownies (always the highlight)
- Through summer: coarse fishing local rivers, maybe a spot of opportunistic river trout fishing where available, on Draycote on a boat for rainbows, get out on Carsington again (not sampled it under the new management)
- Winter: grayling and chub on lower Dove again, plus chub on Trent.

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Back to the Isle of Harris in September for two weeks. There is a certain pool where the salmon and sea trout are a-jumpin' and a-teasin but very rarely taking. Last year I managed to rise a fish there for the first time - this year I aim to go one better.

Apart from my obsession with the Old Pool, I aim to do more saltwater and much more on rivers/ small streams, rather than stillwater. Unlike Alan, I have caught brownies - but only on the Isle of Harris. I would like to fish for them (and hopefully catch one or two) on the mainland in 2011.

Other than that, my ambition mainly is just for more days out in good company where I continue to learn and improve my skills in this magnificent sport of ours. Oh, and for pure entertainment value, Mrs. Tonio hooking and landing a decent salmon on Harris again wouldn't go amiss.

Happy New Year!

Round where I live there's no brownies and my da doesn't fish so I can't even get him to go somewhere there is so its rainbows only but there's a small seatrout river and theres good fishing in the estuary which I hope to sample.

AL


PS I know I'm a pessimist so what

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