David Norman of Angling Adventures West Cork, reports from West Cork…
Target (Almost) Achieved plus a Mullet Slam!
At the beginning of this year, I set myself a little challenge of catching a Mullet by four methods before the end of April namely… Feeder Fishing, Bread Floater, Surface (Bread) Fly, Natural Fly Pattern (Shrimp etc).
I got the first and easiest (Feeder) in January along with a good few more, one of which was a specimen of 5lb 1oz caught by Gavin Fitzmaurice as reported here previously, followed by Bread Fly, of which there were many, but here’s where it started to get even more interesting… I’d planned on these Mullet all being Thick Lips but one of the Bread Fly captures very unusually turned out to be of the Thin Lipped variety so I was then in good shape for a Mullet “Slam” of all three inshore species if I could also get a Golden Grey.
I continued with Bread Floater using Bombarda Floats which was a lot of fun and time ran out for personal fishing as the Irish Spring Angling Fair approached and I was yet to put a natural fly imitation in the water. When I did get back out after them it made perfect sense to target Golden Greys on fly which I successfully did to my delight in early May.
So, all in all a great way to start the year and season Mullet wise, just don’t ask me to repeat the feat any time soon as the last Thin Lip I caught locally by any method was in 2017 !!
Go fishing…
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