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A days fishing on the yak yields pike and trout

January 17, 2014

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Graham of Irish Kayak Angling heads off to the Oaks Fishery which is just a few miles from Derry and reports on Boat Angling Ireland site :

At long last a days fishing
Finally an aledged calm spell was forecast but the swell is far to big to chance the salt so it was to the oaks for me.
I was really going to give the pike a go on the heavy new 10# fly rod, So it was just 1 fly rod for the trout with an intermediate line and the 1 for the pike with a sinking line.
I was busting the new rod but the wind was strong in the morning and it was not ideal for trying a new set up.
With the wind and rain howling in it was a tough start and for the first 3hrs it was miserable but it was nice to be out there all the same. By now I hadn’t a single take and I was trying the whole fly box with no luck, I ended up trying a huge cats whisker as I had no small ones left and wouldn’t you believe It , it was on for about 10 mins and a fish rose to my right side I covered it and a fantastic bow wave was coming for my fly JAWS lol, Go on go on take it bang and then off as quick as it was on It was a whopper but the ones that get away always are .
But that was it until 1.30 so I went up to the lads in the hut and I picked there brains about flies and tactics. Well Stephen and Ian spilled the beans and sent me on my way with 3 new flies and out I went. I started back where I was but no joy. so I drifted and tried the margins as I went. with no joy.
I saw a nice reedy patch and thought I will try there for the trout and if I had no luck I’d give the budgey flinging a go [pike on the fly] Second cast here and bang fish on and I was delighted a nice trout just over 2lb.

I fished on as I let the flies sink deep half way through a retrieve as I went to retrieve again I got a light take and a minot scrap and this skitter came up.

Back he went and I fished on, This time I cast well in to the margins and no sooner had I started to retrieve my line I got a take but missed it and then half way in again but a better take but gone as just as quick. I lifted my cast to find the fly was gone the one the little pike was on , it was only 4lb line and I never thought to check the cast after the pike .
New fly in it’s place and I didn’t have to wait long and I had another trout, my day was improving nicely.
By now the day was getting on and the budgey flinging was long gone out of my head and the sun was getting low. But it wasn’t over yet, a few casts later and a smaller trout came to the kayak with what looked like weed in his mouth, But no it was my fly from about 30 mins previous.