SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

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SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#1 Post by chuckaroo »

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Duration: 1.5 hours

Tide: high around 4pm

Weather: great. cold breeze

Bait: fly and spinner

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couldnt pass up a great day weather-wise yesturday so quickly packed the car and hit the road. before i did though, i popped into the local tackle shop where i purchaed a bit of tackle and a nice looking wee weedless crab-style fly. decided then that i would try something different and target wrasse on the fly.
first mark was very quiet so i headed to another spot where i have caught wrasse before. i waded in up to my chest and tried again for a wrasse with the fly, but no takes. a wee seatrout jumped in front of me twice but i didnt bother covering him bcos he was no size. nothing there so moved on down the shore a bit. still using the fly but with a little shrimp pattern also on the dropper i was getting tiny little pollack on every cast. trying to avoid this i up-sized my fly but was still catchin them. must have caught about 15 wee pollack and managed one 1/2 pound pollack, that was about it. no wrasse showed and no other species. chucked a spinner from a cheap little telescopic rod that i had bought for a holiday but hadnt managed to catch anything on it, so i was trying to christen it for a bit of fun to see how it would handle a fish. never caught anything on it again tho! :roll: it'll come :lol: there was a lot of weed in the water at this stage as the tide was very high and it was lifting a lot of crap from the shore that was laying at the high tide mark - it was was becoming a real issue and i had to give-in to it in the end, pity, bcos it was turning into a very fine day as the cold breeze had settled.
there was a comp setting up on the beach behind me as i was finishing up, wonder how they got on?
a quiet day but enjoyable. few pics below FWIW :)
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#2 Post by the-ghost »

fair play gettin out and giving it ago! ended up decent weather wise..
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#3 Post by sparkey+1 »

On the fly so t speak nice fishing all the same pity no wrasse.... next time and try the telescopic rod have to sneak one in for the xmas hols to canaries. :wink:
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#4 Post by dave316 »

Nice one, great to see a report up from you and lovely pics as always. The crab fly looks great!! I haven't bothered reporting myself as it seems everyone else from the North has stopped now for whatever reason.
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#5 Post by chuckaroo »

cheers Dave, aye i havent put one up in a while, think that im just being a lazy get! :wink: still havent put one up from a boat trip i was out on about 2weeks ago, might still do it tho so lets see

and yes, where is Al (and Jordan)?? :P - the chances are that a lot of people are just out there fishing their socks off!..?

a great looking wee fly indeed i thot too. but the eyes and claws/feathers departed company on about the 10th cast.. i'll be headin back to see if i can get my money back!... :oops: :lol:
u not out yourself lately?
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#6 Post by magpie01 »

That crab fly looks good. Wat size hook was on it?
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#7 Post by chuckaroo »

magpie01 wrote:That crab fly looks good. Wat size hook was on it?
not a big crab magpie01. the hook wouldnt be much bigger than a size 8, or there abouts
i'll get a wrasse on it yet..! :)
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#8 Post by gitsea M »

the lord loves a tryer great pics
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#9 Post by johnwest »

chuckaroo wrote:cheers Dave, aye i havent put one up in a while, think that im just being a lazy get! :wink: still havent put one up from a boat trip i was out on about 2weeks ago, might still do it tho so lets see

and yes, where is Al (and Jordan)?? :P - the chances are that a lot of people are just out there fishing their socks off!..?

a great looking wee fly indeed i thot too. but the eyes and claws/feathers departed company on about the 10th cast.. i'll be headin back to see if i can get my money back!... :oops: :lol:
u not out yourself lately?
Try the recent edition of Sea Angler for Jordan and his Ray's bream from Belmullet! What weight fly rod were you using Chuckaroo? After seeing the bend a good wrasse put in my 4-6oz beachcaster, I would love to see the knots one would tie in a fly rod..... Nice report and great photos as always.
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#10 Post by magpie01 »

chuckaroo wrote:
magpie01 wrote:That crab fly looks good. Wat size hook was on it?
not a big crab magpie01. the hook wouldnt be much bigger than a size 8, or there abouts
i'll get a wrasse on it yet..! :)
Small enough alright! I'd say it looks good in the water.
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Re: SWFF Red Bay 23/9/12

#11 Post by chuckaroo »

johnwest wrote:
chuckaroo wrote:cheers Dave, aye i havent put one up in a while, think that im just being a lazy get! :wink: still havent put one up from a boat trip i was out on about 2weeks ago, might still do it tho so lets see

and yes, where is Al (and Jordan)?? :P - the chances are that a lot of people are just out there fishing their socks off!..?

a great looking wee fly indeed i thot too. but the eyes and claws/feathers departed company on about the 10th cast.. i'll be headin back to see if i can get my money back!... :oops: :lol:
u not out yourself lately?
Try the recent edition of Sea Angler for Jordan and his Ray's bream from Belmullet! What weight fly rod were you using Chuckaroo? After seeing the bend a good wrasse put in my 4-6oz beachcaster, I would love to see the knots one would tie in a fly rod..... Nice report and great photos as always.
cheers JW. yip, i saw that rays bream reported by Irish Angler. some fish, never even heard of one til then
the fly rod is quite heavy and fine for that sort of fishing i reckon, weight 8. have had some decent pollack on it and no major dramas
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