hi all ,

was a bit undecided where to go fishing tomorrow , either have my 1st trip to kiplin hall for my 1st bit of stillwater fishing this year , or get my new St croix avid out and try a bit of Grayling fishing on the Wear .

Anyway i normally don't target Grayling during the autumn/winter months on the Wear , reasons being they are few and between now compared to years ago .But i've decided to spend the day trying anyway .

So should i stick to deep fast runs and tails of pools ? was thinking of either fishing with czech nymphs upstream on a short line and possibly klinks upstream aswell .
Should i keep off the spiders as don't really want to bother the browns or will these still catch the nice Grayling ?

A nice Grayling like the ones in the "grayling photos" thread would make my day

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been , blanked , back home

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Hi Sid,
Send me a pm and perhaps I can suggest a few other methods to try ?

Regards

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I'm planning my first attempt at grayling fishing Stewy, so I'd like to hear your suggestions too. I've not been fishing for a long time, there was no such thing as Czech nymphs back then. I've read up about it now, and it doesn't really appeal to me. I like casting a flyline, flinging a leaded nymph around on 9 feet of leader sounds totally inelegant, are any of your methods a bit more like proper flyfishing?

pm sent hong kong stewy

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Why not come along to one of our Durham fly Fishers & FDG Club nights wherer you can learamn loads and get patterns tie flies have a trip out fishing with some great craic..

Details on our website and next meeting is on 23 October and a grayling day on the Swale on 25 October

http://www.durhamflyfishers.co.uk

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That's a very kind offer Stewy, but I'm an unsociable *******.

Bernie

Hi Sid,

Where did you fish in the end?

Sorry to hear that the grayling are not as plentiful as they once were. I fished the Wear regularly about ten years ago and there were loads then. My best three fish were all caught on a number 2 Mepps whilst spinning for seatrout.

The Tees at Egglestone (BAAC Water) used to have a good head of grayling too....
Cheers,

Davidh

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hi david,

spent the afternoon on the tudhoe stretch , water was still high and slightly coloured .
hardly saw a rise all afternoon , fished czechs , klinks and spiders and had one brown to a czech nymph .

probably go out again next week and try again , i hope its just me not being able to find them rather than the population dwindling

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Hi Sid,

Don't know the Tudhoe stretch - any deep pools there? Always worth a dabble with a goldhead before fishing the runs. Now the salmon season is finished the free Durham stretch is worth a bash. from the Green/carpark side, first pool after the railings is always a good bet when the river is at normal levels.

Cheers,

Davidh

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