Fished the WUF Court of Noke beat on Saturday in the company of Temefisher.
There was a good flow of water, judging by the Arrow Mill beat which I've fished a few times I'd say there was about 9 to 12 inches of extra depth and a degree of colour. We spent the better part of six hours on the water and in that time we only saw three fish rise, so nymphs were the order of the day.
Both being fairly new to flyfihing it took us a little time to find the first fish. My first efforts were New Zealand style gold head nymph supported by a grey Klinkhammer which produced my very first Grayling, all four inches of it!
I changed over to Czech nymphs and had three more Grayling, 2 around 9-10 inches and one about 7 inches.
Temefisher had a couple of very nice brownies round 12 inches and two good Grayling.



Temefisher working out the final stretch of the Court of Noke beat (R27).



My first Grayling!



My second Grayling

Temefisher thanks for your company - an excellent day.

Likewise Peter.



Peter fishing during a seldom seen weather phenomenon!

TF

Not far away from you, I was on the Lypole beat on the Lugg on Saturday. Had 16 - 13 grayling and 3 trout. All on tungsten beaded nymphs

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PD & TF
Thanks for the pictures and for including the WUF beat number.
Bob

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Peter,
16 is an impressive bag!
When I fished Lypole beat I only managed to land three small brownies, curiosity has gotten the better of me, how did you fish your nymphs? Being a novice I am trying to absorb as much knowledge as the grey cell will allow.

PD

I've fished it 3 times now and always done well. In all those visits I've only seen 2 rises though so it's always been nymphs.

I use an 8' leader, 3.5lb flurocarbon. My flies are tied by Stuart Minnikin of Yorkshire Dales Flyfishing who also taught me the technique. On the point I have a tungsten beaded nymph representing a cased caddis. About a foot above I usually have a czech nymph, but most of the fish come to the caddis.

You need about 3-4 feet of water with a good flow. Have about 1 rod length of line out (I use a 9' rod....10' would probably be better if i had one!). Flick the numphs upstream and keep the rod up so that there is no fly line on the water (which would lift the nymphs, you want them deep). Lead them down with the rod so that you are in touch with them and when they are at the end of the drift down stream of you wait a few seconds as they rise in the water. Strike at anything - I use the end of the fly line as my indicator and if it stops, dips, moves to one side etc then strike. Do not, as i still do all to often, see a slight twitch and think "I wonder if that was a fish"...the only way to find out is to strike first and think later.

Keep moving. 3 casts then move a yard upstream.

Lypole is a cracking beat but a long trek from Newbury. I am hoping to get over for a day after grayling before Christmas though so i'll let you know when and if you want to come along then I'll happily demonstrate.

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Marxach,
Excellent description, I think even I could follow the process. Give me a shout when you're up this way next.

Peter

Peter

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Regards
Peter Anderson

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