Anyone fished the Tarn yet?

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Hi Scratch, obviously not too many Malham tarn fishers on here.
I fished it years ago but drew a blank, also read an interesting article about it in T @ S some time ago apparently some decent fish to be had.
Hows Chorley these days is the Flat Iron market still on?
P.S. I fished Malham beck many times as a boy and caught some lovely fish but all on a worm in those days.
Tight lines
Steven.

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As it happens Steven,I had my first visit of the season yesterday (Tuesday 6th) ......and drew a blank
I usually work to an average of about a fish every 10 hours on Malham - so another couple of blank trips to get through and then the next will will bring me 2 or 3 fish That's usually how it works on there.
Saw a couple leap though... 2lb+ and 4lb+ ......they'll keep

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Hi Scratch,

Graylinghunter has asked me to convey his thanks for the day on Malham, he's back on nights, under pressure from his wife and looking after his children.

One fish every 10 hours, at least you know your catch rate!

Thanks for the blank eh Moose? ......your turn next

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No far from it, he thoroughly enjoyed it, apart from the rowing!

When we were chatting earlier I mentioned that when I was in Holland many years ago a few of us hired rowing boats to explore a 10 x 4 mile expanse of water at Neukoop Plassen - to look for carp swims - now that really was knackering rowing! I think he got off lightly on Tuesday!

My turn next!

I'll take you up on your offer at some point, I may just bring you a little more luck than Graylinghunter

Had another frustrating but highly enjoyable blank on Malham yesterday (Wed 21st May). the cold easterly coupled with sunshine kept surface activity at bay,so apart from a few chucks with an inter and nymphs,a Di3 with a team of mini lures/flashy dabblers etc was my M.O. for the bulk of the day.... if they're not gonna come to me,I'll go to them innit?

The wind was a good speed though,varying from a cord ripple to a 8" wave and allowing 1 hour long drifts right across the tarn and allowing me to fish my team exactly how I wanted.
Half an hour into the first drift the Di 3 went kinda 'heavy'....stripped and lifted...no fish. Carried on with the retrieve,hung,lifted and the then the clear water and my polaroids revealed a good 5lb fish turning away at the last second,literally 1' from the boat Towards the end of the first drift I got a good solid hit on a red tailed dabbler on the point. Just about to bring the 3lb fish over the net and he found his second wind and went on another mission....just getting him ready for the second netting attempt and he fell off ......not happy. It was a wonderful Malham brownie,3lb+ ....one of those with a greeny tinge,rather than brown or gold.

No action for a couple of hours, then I got a tentative pluck to the inter with some seals fur DB's... stopped the retrieve,started again...bingo. A brief but brave scrap and my polaroids revealed this thing.....






A fine example of the marque,but not the exact brand I had in mind 1.75 / 2lb of pesky Perchness.

Pesky *******s Perch... beautiful creature and all that but no my cuppa... especially when one grafts on average for something like 10 hours per offer on Malham...then it's a piggin Perch

Anyway,the afternoon brought more fun and games... decided to give the wets a good old rip and was soon 'rewarded' with hooking a fridge! He went in the opposite direction as I lifted into him.....ping.Game over,insert coin

About 2 pm ish these little beauties began to trickle off....





Male Pond Olive? About 22/25 mm in length total (body 10/12 mm).

no interest to them on the surface,despite some extra warmth and cloud,and the wind steadying down a bit to provide a consistant cord ripple. Perfect!.... the fish had other ideas.

Malham 2 Scratch 0

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Nice stripeys mate.....the big ones can thump a bit.Canny be bothered with em when I'm after troot though.

Fished The Tarn Today with Moustique
I blanked but Barry hooked into this cracking brown trout 3lbs 8oz weight and returned well done m8
The smile says everything

tight lines
graylinghunter

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Nice work fellas !! And well done indeed Barry,many congratulations on a wonderful fish. One of the best and hardest won prizes in UK wild brown trout fishing.Well deserved too - one of the forums gentlemen.

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