[VFB] Fishing report from the Chalkstreams

[Vagn Hansen]

Well Keith - i was kid of waiting for that one - but have been really busy working lately.

YES!!  I had a relly great time :-) To thouges of you that dont't know i went to the land og Keith(England) to go fishing in the chalgstreams of history, Itchen, Avon and Test.

We started out by wisiting the grave og Mr. Izak Walton, a must see if in that part of the world i guess.
We then went to a Trout Fishery called Avington, an flyfishing only Put N' Take with the clearest water i have ever seen in a Fishery.
Wery good fishing and a lot of fish on land :-)

I'm not going to do a day by day report, all i have time for right now is to tell you : If you ever have the chance to go to the UK and have the time (and the means) you have to give youselve the chance to fish one of theese beautyfull streams.
The fishing i extremely dificult, there was very little water and the water was so clear that we had no problem seeing all the fish, also the once that was near the button at 3-4 meters of water.
Aproaching the river was down on all 4 and very slowly to tha banks, find the fish, get ready to cast and as soon as the line lands on the water 5 to 10 fish were spooked, incl the fish i was casting to.

All in all a very good trip with some fishing that are very diferent to the fishing i do here in Denmark or Norway.
It is absolutely NOT the last time i am going to fish the chalkstreams of England.

Again i would like to thanks the guys here on the list for providing me with information and flypatterns :-)

Pictures can be seen here : http://www.fly-fishing.dk/Billeder/gallery/index.html
(Sorry but the text to the pictures are in Danish)

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Vagn Hansen
There`s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot....