As far as I remember the lower reaches of the dordogne should have runs of shad...
Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Jun 2019, at 10:15, Beer mit <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all: > > I flew to France from Israel a couple days ago for a two week holiday with > the family. Fishing for carp in the lakes with the kids (they take carp VERY > seriously here!). > I am near Bordeaux so will flyfish the Dordonne (horrible spelling I am > sure). It is a big and weedy river but there are some narrow, quiey > stretches. Cannot travel without a couple fly rods in the suitcase. > So, it means that the boys and I will head out mornings and evenings, rod in > one hand, baguette in the other, and cold beer in the pocket and teach those > French fish a lesson. > > <image1.png>Regards, > > > Reuven > >> On 17 Jun 2019, at 6:28 am, Gary Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Fishing reports? New patterns you are tying? >> >> Fishing here has not been too good. We have had so much rain that the >> Mississippi by La Crosse, Wi just lifted the No Wake regulations that have >> been in place for a record 90 days. Previous record was 46. The trout >> streams are running a four times normal flow. That seems to have caused the >> hatches to be off schedule. Panfish spawning is affected too. I have >> managed to catch a few fish. But nothing is happening at the normal times. >> Part of the challenge, I guess. A new (to me) fly I've tied is: Grillo's >> Hippie Stomper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4rilByk4hU . it was >> created for trout, but I know it works for Bass. My son in law has a pond >> behind his back yard and has just started fly fishing. i gave him two and >> he caught a nice three pound Smallmouth on one. Probably will work for >> Panfish too. >> Tuesday I'm scheduled to take two of my grandsons fishing. We will go to a >> local pond and try for Bluegills. Normally this would be a guaranteed >> success. But you never know. The last time I took them they wandered >> around the pond trying to catch frogs. They had a great time. Which is the >> whole point. I remember doing the same for crawdads when I was a kid in >> West Virginia. >> >> Gary >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iZX8GG5XjRXofkWvQinxgiBGF7oQoxRZT4CVX6UQBZhjw%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/783F16A6-7721-4C33-8D0E-472BAFEA4BC8%40gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/71D521D2-47B5-47E9-8469-54831D1ABB81%40stichtsend.xs4all.nl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
