Anyone decided to try a new tactic or idea to improve your fishing this year.
Mine is to take a little more care when stepping into the river for the first cast.
I have been fishing long enough to know better really, but sometimes in my enthusiasm, I walk into a known pool and start casting to a hot spot that I caught trout in last year.
The times I have done this, only to spook a good fish in the shallows, and probably bu66er up the pool completely!!!
So this year a little more thought on how to attack the river is definitely on the cards for me, and watching where I tread.
What about you?
S.

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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.

Mine is to fish a team of buzzers more often when pursuing wild brownies on some of our Cumbrian lakes. I've been too wedded to traditional wets like Zulus, Kate McClarens etc., but a stonking brownie I caught fishing buzzers rainbow-style during last years fishing festival has made me rethink tactics especially in challenging weather conditions.

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maybe not quite a resolution but i fancy giving that tenkara fishing a go I can think of loads of places that are almost impossible to fish with a conventional cast because of the speed of the currents between you and the lie . I think its the boy in all of us that makes us barge in without a care ( and long may it last .)

Forgot to say, the other one was to stop falling in.
S.

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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.

Just one from me. Get out more and improve my fishing.

Is that two?

Mine is to actually catch a trout.

Been hard at it for the past few weeks after a long absence from the sport.
No success so far, but I can’t wait for tomorrow.

Drinks all round if I manage the miracle!

We will just call it one Terry.

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Mines a pint of best.
Cheers.

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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.

I've been fishing stillwaters through the winter but this will be my first season of fishing for wild brownies on a river, so my resolution is to take my time learning the water, to try to learn to roll cast better and to just enjoy being among wonderful wildlife in beautiful countryside by stopping more often and just looking properly around me.
Steve.

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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

to actually master the art of fly fishing and stop getting stressed when it just not working.dont you just love fishing lol.

To catch on my own tyings (are there any blind fish that may nudge my fly with their mouth?)
To get my 7 yr old fishing and him to catch on his on his 1st ever tied fly
To enjoy it whatever!