I’m standing up to my nadgers in cold spring water, wielding a sickle through the long grass, reeds and nettles along the riverbank. Somewhere upstream, Big Dave is doing the same. Every few minutes a raft of leaves and stems comes floating by, and the river is running thick and brown from Dave’s size 11 [...]
Archive for August, 2010
How the work parties work
Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Jungle Warfare
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Listen up chaps. Reports are coming in that it’s all getting a bit overgrown down on the river. This is due to a number of factors. Sun. Rain. Steve getting married on a Saturday and inviting several work party members to the ceremony. All these have contributed to the ongoing river overgrowth situation. But fear [...]
HARPENDEN FLY FISHING GROUP
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just a quick post to draw your attention to a ‘meetup’ group in the area which brings anglers together for fishing trips, chats over a pint and other relevant activities. Many of the members fish Redbournbury. The leader of the group is Ed Hennessey. They have some interesting upcoming events, including a trip to fly [...]
THE LONG DRY SUMMER
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The river will always make a fool of you if it can. No sooner had I unwisely pledged allegiance, in this blog, to sub-surface methods than, for the first time in two years, the river began to run clear as glass and the dry fly was in the ascendancy. Fish rose freely to naturals and [...]
