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Post by Hoppy on Dec 18, 2006 20:55:32 GMT -1
Norsy - dont listen to that - this is the net you need Fish Net..... and flies..... Rods, dont get anything new - this kind of NE rod will be fine! Hoppy
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Post by norsy on Dec 18, 2006 21:12:14 GMT -1
Please tell me there not your legs there Hoppy mate . when Daz said it was beaver season down there i hope that wasnt some type of code you lot use. As for the flys , our lass as some thing like that i might be able to borrow , but are you sure about the rods as they look a little on the light side to me . what with you telling me i needed to cast a 10oz sinker about 150yrds down river next to steff. Think i better bring my 80lb class rod mate , just to be on the safe side. Norsy.
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Post by SMW on Dec 19, 2006 13:50:36 GMT -1
Hoppy, Can you bring a bit of the powerfull stuff that your taking to the meet so we can all try some.
1st its the Fish net stockings, and then the question of experiencing nice boxe's, ;D
Starlmagwonder
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Post by springwell on Dec 20, 2006 13:07:30 GMT -1
Hi Steffan Where are you ?? Still boozed up after your birthday, Need to get the money to you , better be quick as its going fast Bill
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Post by Paul Dunstan on Dec 21, 2006 13:42:13 GMT -1
Sadly, I'm no longer able to attend the meet! I know you'll all be devastated but............................ I've just found out that on January 14th my daughter is taking me to Twickenham for a guided tour hosted by Brian Moore. Hang on, I could come down on the Friday night, fish Saturday and drive back Saturday night........................... let me think about this for a while. Hold that thought!
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Post by Diawlbach on Dec 21, 2006 18:47:10 GMT -1
Paul, you could always kip in my soapbox at the Cardiff Home for the Alcoholically Challenged, there's plenty of room. For entertainment you could watch me tie a fly. Otherwise it's the pool table at the local.
On second thoughts.......
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Post by tuniwes on Dec 21, 2006 19:13:51 GMT -1
Paul, you could always kip in my soapbox at the Cardiff Home for the Alcoholically Challenged, there's plenty of room. For entertainment you could watch me tie a fly. Otherwise it's the pool table at the local. On second thoughts....... Yes, could get out of control again ;D ;D
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Post by Teifi Terrorist on Jan 3, 2007 21:24:53 GMT -1
Hi Steffan Where are you ?? Still boozed up after your birthday, Need to get the money to you , better be quick as its going fast Bill Finally back in the land of the living Bill ;D you have a pm. Most cheques have now arrived, thanks one and all. I will post the name of all those attending tomorrow, along with money received or not etc. The rivers were getting back to a reasonable level yesterday, although the Taff will need a few more days to drop. Hopefully both rivers will be fishable for our weekend, but at least one of them should be. PaulD; you will be sorely missed If Twickenham sounds more appealing than our company and the freezing cold water of the Taff and Rhymney then I think you need to check your priorities young sir Looking forward to it guys, should be a right laugh. TT.
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Post by Paul Dunstan on Jan 4, 2007 16:13:45 GMT -1
Bad news guys - I'll be there! Regrettably, I won't be able to be there with you all on Saturday night 'cos I'll have to drive back home - so, I'm afraid, the 'Get Down - Get Dirty Pool Lessons will have to be postponed to a later date.
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Post by norsy on Jan 4, 2007 18:01:36 GMT -1
That's bad news mate as the others told me you were something to see when it came to getting your balls going. . But at least you will be there to see me show myself up ;D. Norsy.
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Post by tuniwes on Jan 4, 2007 21:43:27 GMT -1
Bad news guys - I'll be there! Regrettably, I won't be able to be there with you all on Saturday night 'cos I'll have to drive back home - so, I'm afraid, the 'Get Down - Get Dirty Pool Lessons will have to be postponed to a later date. Oh No!! Lock up your daughters, mothers and grandmothers ;D
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Post by Paul Dunstan on Jan 4, 2007 21:57:40 GMT -1
[quote author=tuniwes board=Event thread=1162983261 post=1167950607 Oh No!! Lock up your daughters, mothers and grandmothers ;D[/quote]
I'm not that choosey - that leaves me plenty of opportunity!
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Post by tuniwes on Jan 4, 2007 22:57:08 GMT -1
[quote author=tuniwes board=Event thread=1162983261 post=1167950607 Oh No!! Lock up your daughters, mothers and grandmothers ;D I'm not that choosey - that leaves me plenty of opportunity![/quote] Shit!! I'm not coming then ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Hoppy on Jan 5, 2007 1:32:42 GMT -1
Posted on behalf of TT Dear Grayling bashers! Firstly, happy new year to you all! Hope you had a great Christmas etc. Right, the grayling meet is just around the corner so I thought that I’d take this chance to send some info about the event, where we are meeting etc. The plan is to fish the Taff on the Saturday. I will be down in Cardiff on Friday so will have a look at the levels etc. then to see if it is fishable. If it is fishable we will meet at a place called Radyr. Radyr is on the outskirts of Cardiff, you should be able to avoid coming into contact with Cardiff and going straight to Radyr by using the A470, you will need to take the roundabout by the Castle, Castell Coch. Sorry, I don’t know the junction number, but you should be able to find it quite easily on a map. We will park in the train station, which is free parking. The river is the other side of the tracks. Where you enter the car-park you should notice a small underpass, this will take you onto the river. I would suggest meeting up in the carp park at around 9-10am. Since people will be coming from all over the Country I would suggest just getting tackled up and wondering down to the river to find other party members. I will be there early and will have your permits. Once through the underpass you will see a footbridge, fishing is above and below that point. Any problems, lost etc. my mobile will be on (get No. from Hoppy if required) If the river is too high (I will be posting a message to let you know on the Friday before you leave) then you will be heading for a place named Llanbradach. It’s just North of Caerphilly. When in Llanbradach you should look for a pub named the Wingfield Arms, it’s on a fairly large junction on the way through Llanbradach. Just after the pub there’s a small lane that runs down the side of it, park on either side of that lane. That lane will take you down to the river, so get togged up and follow the instructions as for the Taff. At the end you will see a footbridge, fishing is above and below that point. Meeting times etc. as Taff. We can organise the rest from there, and drive in convoy to the accommodation and the fishing on day 2. If we do have 2 days on the Rhymney then I will have booked 2 different beats. The rivers. The Taff is a fair sized river, probably some 25-35 metres wide in the area where we will fish it. However, it has quite a few features, and the river is nice to wade and quite manageable. It has slow pools on some parts where the nymph off a dry-fly works very well, as do dries on their own. Then there's some lovely fast runs, deep gutters etc. where deep nymphing comes into its own. It has a lot of character, and the river is full of grayling. grayling over 30cm are the norm on the Taff. We will be fishing it literally a couple of miles above Cardiff - the grayling fishing in Cardiff city centre itself is very good! Patterns are the same for both rivers, so I will move on to them after describing the Rhymney. The Rhymney is a much smaller river and has a very high concentration of grayling, many of which are smaller than the Taff. The river is about 10 metres wide in most places, and is very manageable - great first time grayling river. The pools are usually quite short, and have superb character - plenty of interesting riffles and pots. We will be fishing the Rhymney a couple of miles above the town of Caerphilly. Flies; teal blue and silver, shadow shrimp, black woolly buggers work well. Well, that's what I tell Hoppy ) 4 must have flies would be as follows: 1. klinkhammer. these are great on their own in smaller sizes, and will take fish throughout the day. make some with olive bodies. size 16's will cover most eventualities, however, make some larger ones that you can use to tie a nymph onto the bend of - size 10's. Make some with yellow posts, or any colour other than white as you can lose sight of white posts if there are bubbles or some white foam on the water. You can also make some of them on flat hooks, not grub hooks, and add a tail, these work well too. 2. heavy hare's ear nymph. really simple. just put a 3-4mm tungsten bead on a size 10 grub hook, put some lead wire in the body, give the fly a tag of green, red, or pink floss, or even some tinsel. dub the body with hare's ear dubbing, rib with gold wire if you want. job done. great point fly. tie some smaller ones too if you wish - 12-14. 3. something pink! these are really simple too, you can literally just use a grub hook, put some lead wire on the body, then cover it in some flu.pink thread or floss! really simple, but really effective. make some with small tungsten beads, 2.5mm, and some without. sizes should be 10-14. 4. flashback nymphs. again, really easy to make. tie some with and some without beads. I usuaally fish these in sizes 12-16. pheasant tail for the tail and body. draw a thin slice of pearl mirage or tinsel over the back of the nymph then rib with copper or gold wire. dub some hare's ear in the thorax or just leave bare. job done. If you carry these 4 patterns then if the rivers are clear I will guarantee you a fish! Rod: 8'6 - 10ft. aftm rating - anywhere from 3 - 6. floating line is all you need. leader material; some 3 and 5 lbs leader. polarised sunglasses are always recommended. waders, chest if you've got them. Some form of indicators can be useful, e.g. float-do, fish-pimps etc. If you haven't got them then dont' worry I'll help you out. Hope this covers the essentials. I am off to Slovenia on Friday until next Wednesday, so life will be busy before the gathering too! ah well, keeping busy keeps me out of trouble, well sometimes! Looking forward to seeing you you all there. Have a very safe drive from wherever you are coming from.
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Post by Hoppy on Jan 5, 2007 1:33:42 GMT -1
Steff has offered us a free holiday to his new chateau in Sloveni, which i thought was nice!
T&S pay So well!
Hoppy
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Post by Teifi Terrorist on Jan 11, 2007 19:03:49 GMT -1
Steff has offered us a free holiday to his new chateau in Sloveni, which i thought was nice! T&S pay So well! Hoppy he he, yeah sure thing Right then guys, the weather hasn't been that kind to us - an understatement if there ever were one. However, if we don't get any heavy rain tonight and tomorrow the river should be fishable on Saturday (although still high and slightly coloured), and almost definitely on Sunday. The weather outlook looks ok, light rain at most. I'd rather be an optimist and fool than a pessimist and right The Taff will indefinitely be unfishable. Both days will be on the Rhymney. Springwell; PhilRich and Arwel will be traveling from the Carmarthen area. Perhaps you can organise something amongst yourselves? sharing petrol costs etc. Looking forward to seeing you all there. TT.
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Post by springwell on Jan 11, 2007 19:56:56 GMT -1
Thanks Steffan I am ok for a car, no problems there. The Taff today is totally unfishable, there is a 30'-0'' tree jammed under the bridge at Morganstown and by Real Radio it must only be about 6'-0'' below the car parks. Bill
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Post by Diawlbach on Jan 12, 2007 15:21:44 GMT -1
Crap picture of the Rhymney, the pool behind the rugby ground at Bedwas, taken under an hour ago. It's unfishable I'm sad to say and bombing down, about 4" visibility. No chance for tomorrow, very, very slim chance for Sunday, I wouldn't put money on it. But hey, WTF, it will be a good weekend, just bring some rainbow trout gear.......... As the rum was plan B, it's on to plan C now! PS Springwell, checked that tree out and would put it at 30' 2" myself.
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Post by springwell on Jan 12, 2007 20:12:33 GMT -1
Whats the plans now everybody!!!!!! Where we going !!! Bill
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Post by Paul Dunstan on Jan 13, 2007 20:43:10 GMT -1
I made a flying visit to the Grayling meet today (after surviving a night in the Diawlbach Household and a visit to Cardiff Bay!) and enjoyed an afternoon on the Rhymney. The fishing was challenging (that's code for - I caught nothing) as the river was pretty high and really pushing through. Anyway, it was great to meet up with the usual suspects and new suspects too! In the true traditon of the forum, here's a couple of pictures of the happy gathering - and the 'Master' himself! ;D
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