Love trotting for Grayling, one of my favourite methods. Believe it or not, the River Caler through Halifax is full of them, I had 40 out in an afternoon a couple of weeks back before all the rain came down. Great film, shows what fun can be had when not sitting on a seat box with a pole all day!
Superb video, really enjoyed watching, not tried this style of fishing it does look like great fun, Grayling are beautiful fish, nice sea trout. thank you for sharing. tight lines
A really enjoyable film - I mainly fly fish and my annual treat is a couple of days on the chalkstreams in September - I fish the upper reaches at Wherwell or I actually prefer the tributaries the Dever and the Dun being favourites - I have just purchased the reel you are using and looking forward to trying it out on the Derbyshire Derwent soon for grayling - you are right the fish with the smaller dorsal fin are the females - Thanks for sharing - Steve.
Just found this video as I am planning to get some coarse fishing tackle together for the months when our Club trout lake is out of sorts. Would like to extend that to try for grayling later in the year. It seems that the floats you use are no longer available so what would you recommend to be able to fish the way you did. Will be looking at other videos in the series for more tips.
Hello Colin, Good luck when you try for Grayling. I'll pop a couple of links to floats suitable for trotting for Grayling. Float size will depend on the strength and depth over the river you fish. www.anglingdirect.co.uk/drennan-fishing-float-loafers?queryID=7b4979bf28c760e0594ddda1a67b5b77&objectID=46927&indexName=live_ad_uk_products www.anglingdirect.co.uk/dave-harrell-no-1-alloy-stem-avon-float?queryID=fe733aaa9b6dcfe64fac79ec4a1d378e&objectID=94492&indexName=live_ad_uk_products Hope this helps Phil
Id love to fish the Itchen and Test. Them grayling look lovely , im lucky i have the upper Calder within 10-15 min walk away, shes been good to me over the years had a few two's and three, i can highly recommend it to you if you get chance.
Hi Gojali, both the venues I fished in this video can be fished buy purchasing day tickets. The tickets need to be booked in advance, and coarse fishing is only allowed in the Late Autumn/winter. www.itchen-fishing.co.uk/coarsefishing.asp timsburyfishing.co.uk/contact.html I hope this helps Regards Phil,
I've been fishing the Wensum and the connecting carrier streams for over 30 years and I've caught about 5 or 6 small grayling. But not seen a Norfolk grayling in probably 15 years. But you never know???
I still regularly fish my local rivers such as the Wensum and Waveney. They have suffered terribly from Otter and cormorant predation, but it isn't all bad. The Wensum seems full of roach this year again and a few nice chub if you try hard enough. The Waveney has a fairly healthy stock of chub in some stretches, not so healthy in other areas.
I very nearly filmed Barbel fishing then the temperatures dropped fast and the river levels where low so a last minute plan to head grayling fishing was made. But Barbel fishing is definitely on the cards at some point.
I could watch phil catch a cold and it would be interesting. Really good fishing productions with excellent tips and guidance.
Phil you are definitely a fishing genius. Proud to be able to say I have known you for so long.
Love trotting for Grayling, one of my favourite methods. Believe it or not, the River Caler through Halifax is full of them, I had 40 out in an afternoon a couple of weeks back before all the rain came down. Great film, shows what fun can be had when not sitting on a seat box with a pole all day!
Epic film, just what we needed over the festive break.
Superb video phil👍nice and informative, nothing beats some good old chalk stream fishing!
Mega Phil i'm gonna watch it 3 Times
At least! And yes you caught s Sea Trout. The Fish of a Thousend Cast. You've been blessed!
Glad you enjoyed the video El carpo, I thought it was a sea trout. Thank you for the kind comment again...
Sea Trout are not rare on the Lower Itchen Fishery. I've caught a few whilst both coarse fishing and fly fishing there in October
Here in Germany they are rare as Golddust
Great watch Phil
Cheers Jason, I really must come over to the Severn for a Korum catch up at some point.
Mega awesome film as always, really enjoye the specimen series
Thank you Steffen, glad you enjoyed the video.
Glad you enjoy it!
That was superb Phil , great venues , very enjoyable , cheers matey 👍🏻
Thank you Nobby.
Glad you enjoyed it
Superb video, really enjoyed watching, not tried this style of fishing it does look like great fun, Grayling are beautiful fish, nice sea trout. thank you for sharing. tight lines
Thank you Chris, trotting for grayling is so addictive.....
Thanks 👍
A really enjoyable film - I mainly fly fish and my annual treat is a couple of days on the chalkstreams in September - I fish the upper reaches at Wherwell or I actually prefer the tributaries the Dever and the Dun being favourites - I have just purchased the reel you are using and looking forward to trying it out on the Derbyshire Derwent soon for grayling - you are right the fish with the smaller dorsal fin are the females - Thanks for sharing - Steve.
Love Timsbury.....beautiful river
It really is!
Butiful place nice
Just found this video as I am planning to get some coarse fishing tackle together for the months when our Club trout lake is out of sorts. Would like to extend that to try for grayling later in the year. It seems that the floats you use are no longer available so what would you recommend to be able to fish the way you did. Will be looking at other videos in the series for more tips.
Hello Colin,
Good luck when you try for Grayling. I'll pop a couple of links to floats suitable for trotting for Grayling. Float size will depend on the strength and depth over the river you fish.
www.anglingdirect.co.uk/drennan-fishing-float-loafers?queryID=7b4979bf28c760e0594ddda1a67b5b77&objectID=46927&indexName=live_ad_uk_products
www.anglingdirect.co.uk/dave-harrell-no-1-alloy-stem-avon-float?queryID=fe733aaa9b6dcfe64fac79ec4a1d378e&objectID=94492&indexName=live_ad_uk_products
Hope this helps
Phil
@@AnglingDirectTV Thanks, Phil. That’s really helpful and gives me a reason to do some more shopping!
Id love to fish the Itchen and Test. Them grayling look lovely , im lucky i have the upper Calder within 10-15 min walk away, shes been good to me over the years had a few two's and three, i can highly recommend it to you if you get chance.
Hi what is the centre pin reel ?
Looks nice.
Hi Garry, Phil was using the Advanta RVS centrepin.
Hi Phil, do we need a permit/lisence to fish at this chalk stream? Thank you.
Hi Gojali, both the venues I fished in this video can be fished buy purchasing day tickets.
The tickets need to be booked in advance, and coarse fishing is only allowed in the Late Autumn/winter.
www.itchen-fishing.co.uk/coarsefishing.asp
timsburyfishing.co.uk/contact.html
I hope this helps
Regards
Phil,
Are there any graying in Norfolk Chalk Streams?
I've been fishing the Wensum and the connecting carrier streams for over 30 years and I've caught about 5 or 6 small grayling. But not seen a Norfolk grayling in probably 15 years. But you never know???
What is the deal with norfolks rivers at the moment? is it to do with seals and otters?
I still regularly fish my local rivers such as the Wensum and Waveney. They have suffered terribly from Otter and cormorant predation, but it isn't all bad. The Wensum seems full of roach this year again and a few nice chub if you try hard enough. The Waveney has a fairly healthy stock of chub in some stretches, not so healthy in other areas.
Great video. Would like to see a video on Crucians please.
Glad you liked the video Paul, all being well I hope to film some crucian fishing next spring/summer.
Coming soon!
I Will like to se some Barbel fishing
I very nearly filmed Barbel fishing then the temperatures dropped fast and the river levels where low so a last minute plan to head grayling fishing was made. But Barbel fishing is definitely on the cards at some point.
Sea-trout without question.
Thank you Simon, I was pretty sure it was but didn't want to embarrass myself but saying it definitely was just in case!
Timsbury 👍🤌🏻
It really is a lovely river George.