Hello

I've recently joined FDAC and am planning my first trip to the Wear tonight. Can anyone tell me where I'll have the best chance of catching a sea trout, and what flies to use? It's all a bit new to me this sea trout lark...

Cheers

Gav

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Hi buddy.

I am a member of the same club and if your fishing at croxdale the good beats are the pool above where the brownie joins and also the pool below where the brownie joins.

I have fished them both and lost a few fish in these up to now.

i have been used 2" plastic tubes.

Peter ross tube
Black and silver tubes

I fished the Wear on Friday Evening for the Sea-Trout the river was low but i hooked a good fighting fish but it flicked off and i would have to blame the blanket weed that i picked up while playing my fish.
Then i lost another fish that was the slightest of takes but when turned was a nice wear sea -trout.
Since Friday we have had rain so i hope it has removed the blanket weed and brought some fresh fish upstream.
The water felt warm on my legs and was a pleasant night for a change.PB

I was looking at the river this morning and the rain has done little to the water level, we need a good flood to flush the river out and get rid of some of the weed.
From now on I'll try and give a regular report on the water where I live (Wolsingham) and hopefully it'll give others the chance to decide whether to go fishing or not and save them time driving long distances to fish.
I know there are more feeder streams going into the river below Wolsingham, so the water height may be different but I'll do my best.

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Yeah forgot to say about waiting for a little rain to get into the river before you have a proper crack but hey you gotta learn the water and get the hang of things.

i havent been out for a few weeks as i am waitng for the wear to rise a good foot so that the fish have a good chance to run.

Thanks for the advice. I met a couple of guys on the river on Friday, they were kind enough to give me a few tube flies which looked very similar to the one on the photo.

Will probably be giving it a go this Friday too, could meet up if anyone fancies it...

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The EA have a website which provides up to date river levels at several sites on the Wear (and all the other main rivers in the area too). The site is linked from here – click on River Levels: Northumbria under Blogroll - scroll down & look on the right hand side.

When the Regional Map comes up, hover (the area turns green) & then click over the course of the Wear and a new map of the catchment will appear with green dots to represent the gauging stations. Click on the gauging station you want (Sunderland Bridge is Croxdale) and a graph will come up of river levels recorded over the previous 48 hours or so. If there’s been rain, and the graph is still flat, try looking at one of the gauging points further upstream (eg. Stanhope) to see if a spate is on the way. If that graph’s also flat, the chances are there was insufficient rain to produce a spate.

NB. Croxdale is always very weedy in low water and it will take a fair spate to clear it! I’m also hoping for one so I can get down after some chub or barbel.

There’s also a webcam of the Wear at Durham. There’s a link from the same place – click on River Webcam: The Wear at Durham.

Lochbois im now on 2 thanks to the peter ross flies a fishing friend tied for me. They are crackers. Thankyou. Ps that spot ou told me to enter a certain run looks too deep. Or im too chicken. also saw a beauty salmon head and tail above steppies. A very good double.

Im down the wear tonight so hoping to have a nice little session

Good luck andy, Ive just got my fdac permit through so should be down there sometime in the next few weeks.

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