ANGLINGIRELAND

b0ogaloo · Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Belfast

I`fished Woodburn dam this evening

A nice warm evening , bit of a breeze. I wanted to try out some flies I'd tied ,they seemed to work ok Very Happy

Four brownies biggest about a 1lb. all returned ,better than vegatating in the house

some eye candy

Andy

harry_lfc · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject:

there is some nice fish in that dam what did u get them on i might be going up tomorrow
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b0ogaloo · Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Belfast

1st one took a balloon caddis

2nd took a deer hair caddis

3rd+4th took black pennels

Andy

harry_lfc · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

k anytime ive been up i have caught on bibios hares ears and buzzers they dont half hit the fly its good when it gets a good hatch get some fun on the top of the water there is loads of bloodworm in it to. it looks up from the last time i was there they drained it and it looked more like a river than a lake
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b0ogaloo · Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Belfast

Its still very low .. the other two dams are back up again
i saw quite a few fish rising in the middle dam

I think the top one is wild browns and ff only.. the other two are stocked

Andy

harry_lfc · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:01 am Post subject:

ok
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fossil-fish · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 668 Location: Carrickfergus

Andy,

Great result. Those are beautiful places to fish if you can get away from the idiots, litter and poachers. I know last year that the middle was disgraceful. Litter, broken bottles and the remains of fires and burnt rubbish everywhere. I have not seen a balif in at least five years. The middle is supposed to be fly only, but this seems to be generaly ignored. The top dam is certainly a nice place, but not immune, there was guys camping and bait fishing there last year.

It is good to see it fishing well and looking so good. Your photographs are excellent and really catch the atmosphere very well. An excellent report.
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Watty's Rock · Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 324 Location: Co. Antrim

Great report and nice pics too. Cool

b0ogaloo · Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Belfast

Thanks

Litter ... theres a lot of it about , not so bad at the top dam I can't understand why people wont take their rubbish home with them , Mind you I dont think there are any bins about the place, not thats its any excuse to litter

Idiots .. plenty of them about , usually at the weekends tho ,

Dog walkers is another gripe of mine , I take my dog with me most of the time , while walking to the fishing mark.I keep her on a lead, when im fishing i let her off the lead and she stays at my side ,rarely strays more than a few yards from me , unless somebody comes over for a natter , then she goes mental in a friendly way

twice last night I had dogs bouncing all over my fishing bag, net, etc while their owners tried to get the hold of them , can you imagine the outrage there'd be if a dog got a bloody hook in it ? be all my fault of course , not the damn owner who cant control his/her dog

Last year I had to lay the boot into one who went for my dog , I dunno what breed it was but it was a feckin nasty looking thing , not even an apology was forthcoming from its owner. I pay DCAL to fish those waters, do the dog walkers pay to walk their dogs ?

Andy

fossil-fish · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 668 Location: Carrickfergus

Got into an argument wih a female dog walker at the North a couple of years ago. Pointed out the fact that dogs were not allowed and that I paid money to be here. She pointed out the litter, some of it obviously angling related, and stated that her dog left no such mess. Argument was lost there and then.

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