Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

Brilliant.  Congrats.  Tactics?

[RedStripe]

Thanks G.
Roving all day, finding the slacks on my little river, 20 minutes in each spot, big lump of spam…its been hard won but I am finally cracking the code 

[Giles]

Perfect, will you guide me one day?

[RedStripe]

You know where to come Giles, 1-2 weeks into the season and I can go 80% on you catching a Barbel in a certain weirpool near me 

[Giles]

You are on….

[RedStripe]

cool see you mid-late July then

[Giles]

Oh my oh my…..

[Hereforthebeer]

@RedStripe:

Dream fish for me this evening…a double figure Barbel

Congrats on the catch mate, great looking fish!

[RedStripe]

Thanks HTF…they are beasts, the hardest fighting British coarse fish 

I had an up and down end to the river season here; I lost a HUGE Barbel in a spot I'd been prebaiting for 3 weeks with boilies.. Two days later my mate (a fisherman who features regularly in the angling press) dropped into the spot with a bit of meat and caught the river record ...18lbs. (Anglers mail next week I guess)

On the last night, cold and tired, I managed to pull another smaller one out, on hair rigged bread. 

[Peter]

A small, but super strong sea trout. Probably around 2 lbs. Amazing weather as well. Way too good actually, but at least I caught this one. Swiftly swam away after a quick picture. I love sea trout!

[Peter]

Nice silver from last weekend. I'd say around 4 lbs.

[Giles]

Boom…

[Dion]

[dylantbmayes]

One of these would look great in the fishing room, @Giles…

And a great reason to finally come visit me!

[Giles]

It sure would…..But, currently  fishing room looks like a couple of Great Whites have had a bust up in there.  I'm modifying my GT rods (taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod concentrates the mind) and updating the hardware etc on a load of lures, so we have paint, varnish, Araldite, you name it, all over the place.  I have to keep the door shut, in case Paula sees the squalor....

[dylantbmayes]

@Giles:

… taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod...

Sounds fun!

Well there's a three year wait so you've got plenty of time to cleanup.

[RedStripe]

2 years of hunting down a 3lb+Perch, got one: All the fancy new lures and techniques tried with some success; caught on the humble spinner. Trusty Beatle Busters and IH T-shirt keeping me warm on a sunny but cold day

[Peter]

Nice one! I'm going perch fishing tomorrow, I think.

[Giles]

Decent size Bonito caught back in October…...

[Appfaff]

Figured this would be the place to ask… trying to get a fly fishing set up going and can't decide on what I want/need.

Anyone have experience with the Temple Fork Rods?  I know they have a ton of options, but thinking about one of their entry level rods. The local fly fishing shop owner said it's run by an ex Orvis designer so they are "great" for the price... but then again, he had a lot of stock so I couldn't tell if he was serious or just trying to shift some kit.

Ive used Sage rods before, and my dad's Orvis rods are always great, but I don't think I need anything that fancy. Thinking 6-8wt rod and a reel that won't be afraid of a little saltwater (brackish) every once and a while...

Anyone have something similar that they like?