Dry fly fishing on the river Yeo

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • The water levels may have been a bit low but i managed to find a few rising fish and some of them were willing to take my dry flies. I fear this year will turn out the same as last season with fishing soon restricted to early mornings/late evenings in a couple of weeks if this dry spell continues. As I'm typing this we are only one day off the summer solstice, where did this season go?

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  • @darrenjgreig
    @darrenjgreig Год назад +2

    Pleasure to watch as always Chris. Tight lines 🎣

  • @PAULOatham
    @PAULOatham 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hi Chris ( Me again) working my way through your videos - stunning. I watched the Fingle brdge video last night, i live two miles from there!

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  9 месяцев назад +1

      Your going to be spoilt for choice Paul👍 The Teign isn't quite the river I knew as a child but still a beautiful spot and if you catch it on the right day the Trout fishing can be excellent. I must try and get back this year in better conditions.

  • @GoneFishingNow
    @GoneFishingNow Год назад +1

    Nice to watch someone else fly fishing

  • @fieldsman3307
    @fieldsman3307 Год назад +1

    Hi Chris, thanks for another nice video and a pleasure to see you catching a few, I'm no longer fishing as no point with rivers desperately low and no fly life . Thought of the upland lakes in the hills but at 75 too much of a trek to get to them , we've had some rain and the dam is putting compensation water into the vyrnwy but not enough to make a difference so it looks like a waiting game now. ATB Mike

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      Tiny bit of rain here Mike but no impact on the rivers, had a few off the Moor (next video) but our lowland rivers are now suffering.

  • @thetattooedangler
    @thetattooedangler Год назад +4

    Well done. Since I last caught a fish I've had 4 blanks in a row, broken two rods and found a new hole in my waders. I might take up basket weaving as a new hobby.

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +1

      Bloody bad luck breaking TWO rods, I did wonder about the lack of videos? It's just been a really shit season across the country, at least you had those cracking fish in the spring.

    • @thetattooedangler
      @thetattooedangler Год назад +1

      ​@@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 Its been a combination of crappy conditions, being on holiday and damaged tackle. I bought a new rod today though, a TFO Pro II 9ft 4wt. I might try to get out on Thursday, or the clubs annual sea trout -piss up- evening session on Friday.

    • @highlandfishingdiary8818
      @highlandfishingdiary8818 Год назад

      @@thetattooedangler hope your luck changes 👍 i just repaired a tear in my waders too,
      i really hope it works!! All the best.

  • @peterlaidler3895
    @peterlaidler3895 Год назад +1

    Hi Chris, lucky you! At least you have trout that are still interested in feeding. I have fished early and late with no rise whatsoever. Mind you, river levels are extremely low as are oxygen levels too I presume. Still, nice to see someone is doing quite well.

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      Cheers Peter, we're in the same boat now, this is from a couple of weeks back, our streams are showing their bones this week, need a bit of rain.

  • @user-it4du4zv9g
    @user-it4du4zv9g Год назад +1

    Well done Chris …you handle that small stream very very well mate 👍👍

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      Many thanks, a result of my not so misspent youth (if i was late home it was normally because of one last cast).

    • @user-it4du4zv9g
      @user-it4du4zv9g Год назад

      @@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 😂👍

    • @user-it4du4zv9g
      @user-it4du4zv9g Год назад +1

      @@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 absolutely understand mate …that’s me to a tee as well😂😂

  • @ianphilp7423
    @ianphilp7423 Год назад +2

    A nice fishing season 👌

  • @highlandfishingdiary8818
    @highlandfishingdiary8818 Год назад

    A nice and relaxing watch as ever, you did well and had a good day, some lovely trout netted, there.

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +1

      Nice to have a few rising fish to go at, shame it hasn't lasted, looks like we're already at the early morning/late evening partvof the season.

  • @devonben7019
    @devonben7019 Год назад +1

    Some nice fish there, Chris. Really need a bit of water now.

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +1

      Yes Ben, getting a bit desperate now, even the little moorland stream is low, this seems to be the pattern for recent seasons.

  • @wildfisher
    @wildfisher Год назад +1

    A few nice fish there Chris. Up here it's shaping up to be the shortest season on record. No water! We had a few downpours over the past few days but nothing like enough. Must be a month since I last cast a fly.

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      Looking around the forums etc.. Fred it appears we haven't done to badly down here this season, even though I would class this year as below average.

  • @oliveremson9642
    @oliveremson9642 Год назад +1

    Had a similar experience up there shy sippers had a good few on a mixture of griffiths gnats, emergers and the APT its a fun stretch to fish

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      It's handy for me Oliver as it's just down the road, not for the faint hearted though having to climb over all those boulders. Not sure they bring much to the stretch it I'm honest. It seems to have a been a season of "shy sippers".

  • @brianreed1451
    @brianreed1451 Год назад

    had an evening on the Wiltshire Wylye last night. Mayfly hoping around at 8pm but not a rise. Had a lot of rain night before and it has come up an inch or two. 1 nice Graying for my efforts

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +1

      Maybe the rise in water put the trout off Brian? Although I've had a few sessions this year with a bit of fly life around but no fish.

  • @carlhughes9584
    @carlhughes9584 Год назад +1

    Best of the season is over already! We've had shit season: early spring cold and river high and then straight in to drought. In other words we kind of missed spring. Oh to have normal weather!

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +1

      Yep, longest day tomorrow and then the nights start drawing in, wtf happened? We've had a bit of rain today but nothing like enough, already talk about stopping fishing because of too high water temps.

    • @carlhughes9584
      @carlhughes9584 Год назад +1

      @@chrismatthewsflyfishing7724 It's depressing. Spring didn't really happen. I'm just concentrating on mountain lakes and a bit of seatrout fishing now. I might head of September to finally get to fish the Usk, but not holding my breath.......it will be no doubt flooded again by then 🙄

  • @brianreed1451
    @brianreed1451 Год назад

    You mentioned . Flies. i drove heavies for 40 years and it was not unusual to have to pull over to clean my windscreen.
    those days are gone. when was the last time you had a screen covered in bugs. A sad reflection on the way we treat our planet

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад +2

      Exactly Brian, I remember cleaning my dad's car as a kid and having to scrape the bugs off the number plate. How quickly people forget and this becomes the norm. My kids will never experience the countryside that I knew just as I grew up in a shadow of what my father knew, and so on.

  • @davidaupers7355
    @davidaupers7355 Год назад

    Thanks for the nice video. Really liked it. Maybe a strange question; but why do you have heating tube insulation around your net?

    • @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724
      @chrismatthewsflyfishing7724  Год назад

      Hi David, it's to make the net float, it allows you to rest a fish in the net before release if required. It also stops the net from catching on the bottom if it detaches from the magnet and trails behind you. You can also rest your rod and reel on it but I tend not to do this as I have a clip on my belt to store the rod in. Thanks for the comment.