Countless Coleys, Red Bay 31/12/11

[chuckaroo]

People: just me

Duration: 2 hours

Tide: coming in. approaching high

Weather: breezy overcast warm! 12˚C

Rigs: fly and spinner

Report:
had to make the most of the weather so headed down to the coast to try a bit of fly fishing. have recently started to tie my own flies and so i was eager to give a few of them a bash. and the weather was great.. very mild
i found a sheltered little bay away from the wind and got stuck in. firstly put on a sandeel/minnow blue and silver fly that had been in my box for a while and straight away i could see and feel fish hitting it, happy days. after many hits and no hook-ups i had to inspect the fly.. the hook had broken little wonder.
tied on a sandeel/minnow type white fly that i had tied myself and all changed, it was a fish a cast, every cast, as soon as it hit the water. it was great to out again after weeks of no fishing lovely crystal gin-clear calm water and a steady bend in my rod.
so after a while the white fly was in complete tatters and so i decided to put on a shrimp pattern that i had copied from YouTube. same story, a fish a cast. there must have been a shoal right in front of me.
i nearly got fed-up catchin them and it was hard to drag myself away form the action.. but i decided to pack up and head to a beach to target flatties. but as soon as i got there the rain came on. relentless drizzle, never going to end and the wind was much worse there too. so i eventually headed home.
i lost count of the number of coleys (30-40) but did manage one pollack. maybe the biggest fish was 1.5lb. not big but all great fun on the fly rod. at the last minute i decided to throw a spinner at them too to see if they would just as eager to take, they were.
great to be in the water again great to get a break in that weather!!
Happy New Year and tight lines folks

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last few coleys..

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Nice fishing the Coalies are great scrapers, must give them a go on the fly somtime & happy new year

wow, great stuff well done.id love that but clueless when it comes to fly fishing.fair play

well done very clear photos too .happy new year to all

well done very clear photos too .happy new year to all

It is always very satisfying when you catch on your own flies and you did very well with them. Your pics are brilliant also. Well done in every aspect.

Regards Wez, happy New year.

well done lad,fantastic session to end the year with, fair play to you

Great fishing

well done great to catch on flies u tied yourself and happy new year

Well done M8 Great fishing and nice result thoooooo

I'm definitely gonna get the fly gear out next year.

I tied up a pile of sandeel, Shrimp & fry patterns 4-5 years ago and never got round to trying them out.

Theres a few marks round Red Bay where I fancy trying for pollack.

The benefit of fly gear is that you can fish in places which are too snaggy for spinners or even float gear.

super stuff mate great crack on the fly rod i bet

Good winter SWFF, you know youve had good fishin when you are reporting it getting a bit boring after a while!

Great photos too Charlie, youd think youve been tying flies for years, no bother to ye!! Like your shrimp.

Cathal.

I'm definitely gonna get the fly gear out next year.

I tied up a pile of sandeel, Shrimp & fry patterns 4-5 years ago and never got round to trying them out.

Theres a few marks round Red Bay where I fancy trying for pollack.

The benefit of fly gear is that you can fish in places which are too snaggy for spinners or even float gear.

couldnt recommend it enough mate. the only issue is that its not possible to cover too much water (unless you get out on a small boat) i.e. ur only restricted to where you can wade or just in tight to the shore. this mark was in Red Bay and over stones and weed but it fell away quite quickly into deeper water. it was ideal for the fly to target pollack, coley, wrasse and the like. get those flies out!

super stuff mate great crack on the fly rod i bet

was indeed tight lines, cheers. im still waiting for a 3 or 4 lb pollack on the fly gear, it'll be some craic if i get one on it

Good winter SWFF, you know youve had good fishin when you are reporting it getting a bit boring after a while!

Great photos too Charlie, youd think youve been tying flies for years, no bother to ye!! Like your shrimp.

Cathal.

cheers Cathal, you should have been there!

thats the first i have tried that little secluded bay. i'll be back

great report and pics charlie
it must be a great feeling of accomplishment to catch fish on flies you tied yourself man
well done

great report and pics charlie
it must be a great feeling of accomplishment to catch fish on flies you tied yourself man
well done

cheers Al
great to be fly fishing in the sea. and yes, good fun to tie your own flies
i'll be doin plenty more of it every time i get the chance