DIARY

BILL'S FISHING CALENDAR

 

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Wet Fly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Fly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beetles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wind Lanes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chironomid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polaroiding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jassid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legend

Best

 

Average to good

 

 Not Recommended

 


The Season as it was!

The 00/01season produced far too many blue-sky days and the prevailing wind seems to have changed from Southwest to North East, oh for some good old-fashioned grey sky southerlies.

The Dun hatches started later this season. The first good hatch occurring in mid December. It was not a good Dun season due to all those blue skies and stiff Easterly winds

Late Summer and Autumn turned on some very good beetle fishing which compensated us somewhat for the poor Dun fishing

From mid March to mid April produced the most productive fishing for the entire season

For the statistically minded I have included some interesting stats on the 00-01 season

TOTAL FISH CAUGHT

650

CLIENT CATCH RATE

2.13 PER PERSON PER DAY

BEST DRY FLY LAKE

LITTLE PINE - 100

BEST WET FLY LAKE

LITTLE PINE - 186

BEST DRY FLY

GUIDE TAG - 65

BEST WET FLY

GREEN MACHINE - 142

LAKES FISHED

LAKE

WET FLY

DRY FLY

TOTAL

ARTHURS

122

59

181

LITTLE PINE

186

100

286

ECHO

0

86

86

PENSTOCK

63

0

63

GREAT LAKE

0

14

14

FERGUS

0

9

9

DEE & Flora & O'Dell

0

11

11

TOTALS

371

279

650

SUCCESSFUL FLIES FISHED

WET FLIES

TOTAL

DRYFLIES

TOTAL

GREEN MACHINE

142

GUIDE TAG

65

RED ARSE

67

BATTLESHIP.

41

LUREX CAT

61

BROWN WOLF

40

KRYSTAL CAT

41

BLACK OBE

33

KRYSTAL NYMPH

38

BLACK PARACHUTE

32

CAT

22

OBE

22

 

 

CLARET PARACHUTE

14

 

 

TC BEETLE

14

 

 

HARDIES FAVOURITE

9

 

 

FOAM BEETLE

4

 

 

SUNDRY

5

TOTALS

371

TOTALS

279

 

NOTES

(1)   Battleship is a very large red tag

(2)   O.B.E. is a parachute Emerger,

(3)   Black O.B.E's and Black Parachutes are very similar, so if we add their catch together they would share top billing with Guide tags.


Guide Tags and Battleships knocked the Brown Wolf from its top perch this season due obviously to the lack of good dun days.

The Green Machine reigned supreme as the best wet fly and unlike last season, wet flies took more fish than dries.

Peter Rollins came down armed with some small beetle flies which he had purchased and they performed rather well so we have named it the T.C. Beetle.

Our total catch was down about 150 from last season so look out for this coming season, we are out to make serious amends.